Victim Identity Test

Understand how strongly you identify with being a victim in stressful or traumatic situations in about 5 minutes. Get a clear snapshot of vulnerability and coping patterns to guide better support and treatment.

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Questions: 245 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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11/24

Victim Identity (VI)

Measures the extent to which a person perceives themselves as a victim of circumstances and identifies with a victim role.

Low victim identity

Moderate victim identity

High victim identity

0 – 8: Low victim identity | 9 – 18: Moderate victim identity | 19 – 24: High victim identity

A score of 11 falls in the Moderate victim identity range, suggesting generally realistic self-respect with some awareness of vulnerability without strong helplessness or fatalism.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Trauma recovery seekers

41%OF USERS

People healing from past abuse, bullying, or toxic relationships who want to understand how strongly they identify with being a victim.

Therapy and coaching clients

34%OF USERS

People already in counseling who use the test to clarify how victim identity shapes their coping style, boundaries, and relationship patterns.

Helping professionals and students

25%OF USERS

Psychologists, counselors, social workers, and psychology students who use it to assess victim-role tendencies for case formulation or research.

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

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Victim Identity Scale (VIS)

Average

16.7

Normal range

12.7 — 20.8

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

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These are 3 of the 24 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Victim Identity Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This measure is intended to assess self-perceptions related to victimization and perceived vulnerability in stressful or adverse situations. The Victim Identity Test focuses on the extent to which an individual identifies with a victim role and how this appraisal may relate to coping style and interpersonal expectations.

The measure includes 24 items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. It may be used in clinical or counseling contexts to support case formulation and to monitor changes in victim-related self-concept over time. The Victim Identity Test is attributed to Ronnie Janoff-Bulman.

Author: Ronnie Janoff-Bulman

Literature: McMillen, J. C., & Fisher, R. H. The perceived benefit scales: Measuring perceived positive life changes after negative events. Social Work Research. 1998.