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Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIRS) Test

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With 10 questions taking about 2 minutes, the Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIRS) Test explores how openly and honestly you relate to a romantic partner. Your result highlights comfort with vulnerability, self-disclosure, and transparency, offering a focused starting point for reflecting on intimacy and communication patterns.
Questions: 102 minutes
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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

Unacceptability of Lying and DeceptionUoLaD
This scale measures how strongly a person rejects lying and deception and prefers transparency in a romantic relationship.
example score19/36
19/36Strongly rejects deceptionexample score
4 – 18More tolerant of deception
19 – 36Strongly rejects deception
A score of 19 suggests a generally principled stance against lying and a preference for open, honest communication with a partner.
Intimacy Risk AcceptanceIRA
Measures readiness to be emotionally open with a romantic partner despite the perceived risks of vulnerability and honest self-disclosure.
example score27/54
27/54Cautious with intimacy risksexample score
6 – 38Cautious with intimacy risks
39 – 54Open to intimacy risks
A score of 27 falls in the cautious range, suggesting a relatively guarded approach to self-disclosure and emotional vulnerability with a partner.
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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Couples rebuilding trust
41%OF USERS
Partners dealing with past dishonesty or secrecy take it to gauge openness and identify where trust needs repair.
Relationship growth seekers
34%OF USERS
People who want a deeper, more emotionally honest connection use it to check how comfortable they are with vulnerability and direct communication.
Therapists and counselors
25%OF USERS
Couples therapists and relationship counselors use it as a quick screening tool to guide sessions toward intimacy and honesty barriers.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
Benchmarking

See How You Compare

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.
Shaded area — where most people score
Dot — the average
You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test
The Unacceptability of Lies and DeceptionTUoLaD
You?
Average17.7
Typical rangeTypical13.5 – 21.9
Possible4 – 36
Acceptance of the Risks of IntimacyAotRoI
You?
Average37.9
Typical rangeTypical31.5 – 44.3
Possible6 – 54
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Below are statements describing how people experience their relationship with a romantic partner. Using the 1–9 scale, select for each item the response that best reflects your relationship.
    • 1: Not true at all
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5: Somewhat true
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9: Very true
    • 1: Not at all true
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5: Somewhat true
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9: Very true
    • 1: Does not apply at all
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
    • 5: Applies to some extent
    • 6
    • 7
    • 8
    • 9: Applies very much
These are 3 of the 10 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIRS) Test - Description and methodology of the test

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People who want to understand how genuine and open they feel with a partner can use this assessment to examine everyday authenticity in romantic relationships. The Authenticity in Relationships Scale (AIRS) Test is especially relevant when you are reflecting on withheld opinions, vulnerability, or the balance between honesty and closeness. It can support reflection on your own communication and intimacy patterns, including how you handle disclosure and honesty.

What This Assessment Explores

At its core, the questionnaire examines authenticity in closeness: expressing thoughts and feelings, remaining yourself with a partner, and tolerating disclosure risks. It also asks about avoided topics, concealed opinions, inaccurate self-presentation, and what remains unknown between partners. These themes place self-disclosure in relationships alongside honesty and vulnerability, rather than treating disclosure alone as authenticity.

The two displayed scales describe separate dimensions:

  • Unacceptability of Lying and Deception (4-36) measures attitudes toward lying and deception; 4-18 is More tolerant of deception, while 19-36 is Strongly rejects deception.
  • Intimacy Risk Acceptance (6-54) measures willingness to be vulnerable and self-disclosing; 6-38 is Cautious with intimacy risks, while 39-54 is Open to intimacy risks.

Read the result bands independently: a position in one does not predict the label in the other, so the dimensions can be considered together without becoming one authenticity score.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each statement uses a nine-point continuum, moving from 'not true' or 'does not apply' to 'very true' or 'applies very much.' Items cover openness, avoidance, concealment, impression management, and uncertainty, so answers should reflect experience rather than an ideal relationship. Responses form two displayed scale scores, but the questionnaire does not specify weighting or reverse-scoring; the ranges alone do not establish a point-by-point scoring rule.

For someone examining emotional openness in relationships, the items connect private disclosure with possible discomfort, misunderstanding, or rejection.

The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with Authenticity in Relationships Scale (Lopez & Rice, 2006), but it is not presented as an adaptation of that instrument. Kernis and Goldman’s multicomponent model frames authenticity through awareness, unbiased processing, behavior, and relational orientation. Wickham, Reed, and Williamson’s AIRS-SF study provides a short-form psychometric reference, but does not establish that this online questionnaire has the same items, norms, reliability, or validity. Because responses are self-reported, current context, self-awareness, and response bias can affect answers; scores are most useful alongside the situations that prompted reflection.

Author: Brian M. Goldman, Michael W. Kernis
Literature:
  • Lopez, Frederick G., and Kenneth G. Rice. (2006). Preliminary Development and Validation of a Measure of Relationship Authenticity. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53(3), 362-371. 10.1037/0022-0167.53.3.362
  • Wickham, R. E., Reed, D. E., and Williamson, R. E. (2015). Establishing the psychometric properties of the Self and Perceived-partner Authenticity in Relationships Scale-Short Form (AIRS-SF): Measurement invariance, reliability, and incremental validity. Personality and Individual Differences, 77, 62-67. 10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.049
  • Kernis, Michael H., and Brian M. Goldman. (2006). A Multicomponent Conceptualization of Authenticity: Theory and Research. In Mark P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 283-357. Academic Press. 10.1016/S0065-2601(06)38006-9

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