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Social Interaction Competence Assessment Scale Test

Understand how you handle tough social situations and solve interpersonal problems in about 6 minutes. 30 quick items pinpoint strengths and gaps to guide targeted coaching, training, or support.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

57/100

Personal-Creative Style (PCS)

Measures how effectively a person uses a personal, creative approach to build trust and resolve difficulties in informal relationships.

Limited

Developing

Strong

0 – 39: Limited | 40 – 69: Developing | 70 – 100: Strong

A score of 57 falls in the Developing range, suggesting a generally workable personal-creative style in informal relationships with room to apply it more consistently across situations.

example score

50/100

Normative/Stereotypical (N)

Measures the extent to which a person relies on familiar, normative interaction patterns in informal relationships rather than more individualized approaches.

Flexible/Individualized

Balanced Normative Use

Highly Stereotypical

0 – 33: Flexible/Individualized | 34 – 66: Balanced Normative Use | 67 – 100: Highly Stereotypical

A score of 50 suggests a moderate tendency to use familiar social scripts in informal settings, generally supporting smooth interaction while allowing some flexibility for more personal connection.

example score

61/100

Counterproductive (C)

Measures the degree to which a person’s communication style in informal relationships tends to create obstacles to trust, harmony, and effective problem resolution.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 33: Low | 34 – 66: Moderate | 67 – 100: High

A score of 61 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional patterns in informal interactions that may complicate building trusting, harmonious personal connections.

example score

82/100

Personal-Creative Style (PCS)

Measures how creatively and individually a person adapts their communication style to solve challenges within formal or official relationships.

Conventional

Adaptive

Personal-creative

0 – 49: Conventional | 50 – 74: Adaptive | 75 – 100: Personal-creative

A score of 82 falls in the Personal-creative range, suggesting a strong tendency to use flexible, individualized, and sometimes unconventional approaches in formal interactions.

example score

49/100

Normative/Stereotyped (N)

Measures the tendency to rely on established rules and stereotypical norms when interacting in formal relationships.

Flexible / less rule-bound

Balanced

Strongly normative

0 – 33: Flexible / less rule-bound | 34 – 66: Balanced | 67 – 100: Strongly normative

A score of 49 suggests a balanced use of formal norms, combining adherence to rules with some situational flexibility.

example score

59/100

Counterproductive (C)

Measures the tendency toward ineffective or strained behavior in formal or business interactions that can impede goal achievement.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 33: Low | 34 – 66: Moderate | 67 – 100: High

A score of 59 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional counterproductive patterns in formal interactions that may sometimes complicate cooperation or task progress.

example score

46/100

Personal-Creative (PC)

Measures how flexibly and creatively a person approaches social interactions to solve interpersonal challenges and build relationships.

Developing

Moderate

Strong

0 – 39: Developing | 40 – 69: Moderate | 70 – 100: Strong

A score of 46 indicates a moderate personal-creative style, suggesting some flexibility and originality in social situations with room to expand the range of adaptive interaction strategies.

example score

17/100

Normative/Stereotypical (N)

Measures the extent to which a person relies on commonly accepted social norms and stereotyped behavior patterns when handling interpersonal situations.

Low normative reliance

Moderate normative reliance

High normative reliance

0 – 33: Low normative reliance | 34 – 66: Moderate normative reliance | 67 – 100: High normative reliance

A score of 17 indicates low reliance on stereotypical social norms, suggesting a tendency to use less conventional or more individually adapted interaction strategies.

example score

39/100

Counterproductive (C)

Measures the degree to which a person tends to use ineffective or potentially destructive strategies during social interactions.

Low

Moderate

High

0 – 33: Low | 34 – 66: Moderate | 67 – 100: High

A score of 39 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting occasional counterproductive reactions in communication that may reduce effectiveness in some challenging situations.

example score

23/60

Social Interaction Competence Level (SICL)

Measures how effectively a person adapts and responds to challenging social situations using flexible communication strategies.

Basic

Developing

Personal-creative

15 – 37: Basic | 38 – 42: Developing | 43 – 60: Personal-creative

A score of 23 falls in the Basic range, suggesting social interaction strategies are more limited and may be less flexible across different contexts.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Team leaders and managers

41%OF USERS

They use it to gauge how effectively they handle workplace conversations, conflict, and collaboration under pressure.

Students and young adults

33%OF USERS

They take it to understand how they come across in new groups and build communication skills for study, internships, and friendships.

Counseling and therapy clients

26%OF USERS

They complete it to identify social situations that feel difficult and pinpoint practical areas to practice and improve.

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

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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Personal and Creative (Informal Relationships Sphere) (PaC(RS)

Average

25.3

Normal range

12.1 — 38.5

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Normative/Stereotypical (Sphere of Informal Relationships) (N(oIR)

Average

61.8

Normal range

46.4 — 77.2

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Counterproductive (Informal Relationships Sphere) (C(RS)

Average

45.3

Normal range

28.3 — 62.4

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Personal-Creative (Sphere of Formal Relationships) (P(oFR)

Average

25.6

Normal range

12.1 — 39.2

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Normative/Stereotypical (Sphere of Formal Relationships) (N(oFR)

Average

44.7

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30.4 — 58.9

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Counterproductive (Field of Formal Relationships) (C(oFR)

Average

36.7

Normal range

18 — 55.4

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Personal-Creative (P)

Average

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13.1 — 44.9

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Normative/stereotypical (N)

Average

26.1

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7.7 — 44.6

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Counterproductive (C)

Average

32.3

Normal range

13.9 — 50.6

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Level of social interaction competence (Losic)

Average

48.4

Normal range

42 — 54.9

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This instrument consists of a set of interpersonal interaction situations. Please rate the likelihood that you would choose each behavioral pattern in the situations presented using a 100% scale. That is, the total across the three patterns within each situation must equal 100%. Within a given situation, the percentage values must not be repeated, except for the 0% option. For each pattern (a, b, c), select a percentage. For example, Situation 1: a) 60% (i.e., this is how I would act in 60% of cases), b) 30%, c) 10%. The sum of all selections must equal 100%. There is no time limit, but please respond as quickly as possible.

- I will make contact with students in the other group easily and quickly, but will limit it to working relationships only.
- I will try to establish friendly acquaintances, with the prospect of developing them into friendships.
- Most likely, I will keep to myself in the new group and maintain my existing contacts.
- Decline to participate in the conference because you do not have the knowledge and skills for public speaking.
- Try to impress the audience with your erudition, with little concern for how accessible the information is.
- Try to present the material in the most engaging way possible and in a manner that is clear and accessible to the audience.
- Tell the instructor you do not have your grade record book only after the result has been entered on the grade sheet.
- Tell the instructor right away and, by giving appropriate reasons, arrange to have the result entered in your grade record book the next day.
- Come back to take the assessment another time.

These are 3 of the 30 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Social Interaction Competence Assessment Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs

social competence

social intelligence

This measure is designed to support a brief appraisal of social-interaction skills in context. The Social Interaction Competence Assessment Scale presents respondents with interpersonal situations and asks them to indicate how they would typically respond, allowing clinicians to characterize perceived effectiveness and adaptability in social problem-solving.

The instrument includes 30 items and typically requires about 6 minutes to complete. It may be used as part of a broader assessment to identify relative strengths and areas that could benefit from skills development or targeted intervention, with results interpreted alongside clinical history and other data sources.

The Social Interaction Competence Assessment Scale is attributed to Ronald E. Riggio and is intended for use in educational, organizational, or clinical settings where social functioning and interpersonal competence are relevant to case formulation or treatment planning.

Author: Ronald E. Riggio

Literature: Riggio, R. E. Assessment of basic social skills. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 1986.