Sense of Agency Scale (SoAS) Test

Understand how much control and ownership you feel over your actions and choices in about 3 minutes. A fast 13 item snapshot that supports assessment, research, and tailored intervention planning.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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29/49

Negative Sense of Agency (NSoA)

Measures the extent to which a person experiences their actions as lacking personal control or being driven by external forces.

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Moderate

High

7 – 20: Low | 21 – 34: Moderate | 35 – 49: High

A score of 29 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable but not extreme tendency to feel less personally in control or less internally driven in one’s actions.

example score

35/42

Positive Sense of Agency (PSoA)

Measures how strongly a person experiences themselves as an active, responsible initiator with conscious control over their actions.

Lower positive agency

Moderate positive agency

Higher positive agency

6 – 17: Lower positive agency | 18 – 29: Moderate positive agency | 30 – 42: Higher positive agency

A score of 35 falls in the Higher positive agency range, suggesting a strong sense of personal initiative and conscious control over behavior.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Therapy and coaching clients

41%OF USERS

People working on motivation, decision-making, or recovery take it to understand whether they feel in control of their actions and choices.

Psychology researchers and students

34%OF USERS

Researchers and students use it as a quick measure of perceived agency for studies on self-awareness, behavior, and mental health.

High-stress professionals

25%OF USERS

Busy adults facing burnout or major life changes take it to check if stress is making them feel less involved or less responsible for outcomes.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Feeling of Negative Subjectivity (FoNS)

Average

36.5

Normal range

29.5 — 43.5

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The Feeling of Positive Subjectivity (TFoPS)

Average

24.8

Normal range

19.8 — 29.9

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Completely agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Somewhat disagree
- Neither agree nor disagree
- Somewhat agree
- Agree
- Completely agree

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Sense of Agency Scale (SoAS) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This self-report measure is used to assess perceived control and personal authorship over one’s actions and decisions. The Sense of Agency Scale (SoAS) provides a brief index of how individuals experience themselves as the agent of their behavior across situations.

It consists of 13 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Item content is commonly organized to reflect both reduced agency (e.g., diminished control or involvement) and enhanced agency (e.g., feeling active and responsible for one’s actions). The Sense of Agency Scale (SoAS), by Daniel M. Wegner and Patrick Haggard, is used in research and clinical contexts to support characterization of subjective agency and related self-experiential processes.

Author: Daniel M. Wegner, Patrick Haggard

Literature: Bandura, A. Self-efficacy: The exercise of control. W. H. Freeman. 1997.; Tapal, A., Oren, E., Dar, R., & Eitam, B. The Sense of Agency Scale: A measure of consciously perceived control over one's mind, body, and the immediate environment. Frontiers in Psychology. 2017.