This site contains a number of very brief psychological "tests". These tests are student projects in a graduate course that teaches students the scientific method for measuring psychological characteristics. Your help is needed so that our students can see how real people respond to the students' questions that are trying to measure and understand certain psychological concepts. After you complete the test, a brief explanation of what the students were trying to measure will be provided. Your help will make a very important contribution to their learning about psychological tests. Additionally, some students may use the anonymous data from this project for professional presentations or additional research.
Below you will find information that you will need in order to provide informed consent about participating in this research.
Study Name & Purpose: The Psychometric Class Research Project is a collection of 7 small studies designed by students in a psychology course to get experience measuring the psychological concepts that are listed at the bottom of this page.
These studies have been approved by the Michigan School of Psychology Institutional Review Board (IRB #’s 240302 - ).
Who Can Participate: To participate in these studies you must be at least 18 years old.
Nature of Participation: If you choose to participate, you will have an opportunity to take as many of these 7 surveys as you wish. Each is briefly described at the bottom of this page, has about 30-45 questions including a few questions about your demographics and should take between 10-15 minutes per questionnaire.
Voluntary Participation: Participation in this research is completely voluntary, and you may skip questions and stop participation at any time.
Risks: There are minimal risks with answering the research questions, less than you would encounter if answering these questions in a face-to-face conversation. However, if you consider any of the questions as too personal or too sensitive, feel free to not answer them. We encourage you to put your personal well-being above participation in the research.
Benefits: There is no material benefit for you to participate. However you may satisfy a curiosity you might have about these research concepts and you may satisfy a desire to be helpful to others by contributing to the education of students conducting this research.
Compensation: There is no financial compensation for participation in these studies.
Confidentiality: All of your responses are completely confidential. You will not be asked for your name or email address. This research does not track site visitors.
Additional Questions: If you have any questions related to your participation in this study, you may contact Dr. Kevin Johnson, PsyD, the psychometrics class professor at kjohnson@msp.edu . If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact the Institutional Review Board at the Michigan School of Psychology at irb@msp.edu or 248-476-1122
Acceptance of Uncontrollable Life Events (AULES) (IRB# 240307) attempts to measure intra and interpersonal reactions and acceptance of aversive life events. >>> Please take this test here.
Religion and Coping Skills (IRB# 240306) attempts to measure individual levels of religion and related coping mechanisms used. >>> Please complete this scale here.
Resistance to Change (IRB# 240305) attempts to measure and understand how interpersonal relationships influence willingness to change. >>> Please complete this scale here.
Personality and Sexuality (IRB# 240304) attempts to identify traits, feelings, and behaviors related to sexuality and personality traits/characteristics. Some questions are sexually explicit >>>Please take this test here.
Self-Identity Change and Acceptable Scale (IRB# 240302) attempts to measure how and why people experience changes in identity, including the motivations and reasons for doing so. >>> Please complete this scale here.
Likelihood for Effective Grieving Scale (LEGS) (IRB# 240301) attempts to measure individual "effectiveness" for grieving. >>> Please complete this scale here.
Fear in Relationships Scale (IRB# 240303) attempts to measure the amount and type of fear that an individual experiences when in relationship with others. >>> Please complete this scale here.