Submissiveness Test

This test helps you assess how often you tend to give in to others, step back from your own position, avoid confrontation or adapt to the people around you even when you do not agree with them inside.

It does not measure politeness or kindness but a tendency toward overly submissive behaviour, in situations such as admitting you are wrong when you are not, letting others talk over you or apologising for minor mistakes again and again.

The test is based on the Submissive Behaviour Scale (SBS) by S. Allan and P. Gilbert, developed to assess submissive behaviour in interactions with other people.

The statements describe typical submissive reactions, and how often each of them applies to you is added up into one overall measure, where a higher score means a stronger tendency to give in. The app keeps the structure of the method, the number of statements, the response scale and the scoring principle unchanged.

You read each statement and rate how often it reflects your usual behaviour, from never to always.

After completing the test you receive an overall level of submissiveness, from low to high, with a description of how this level tends to show up: in how easily you object, say no, express anger or defend yourself against criticism.

The result helps you notice where you agree automatically rather than by choice, and can be supplemented with personalized AI analysis in the Who Am I? app.

1. S. Allan, P. Gilbert — Submissive behaviour and psychopathology
2. Masuyama et al. — Validation of the Japanese version of the Submissive Behaviour Scale and its relation to depressive cognitive characteristics
3. M. E. Sardoğan, M. Yılmaz, N. Bellici — A study of relationship between submissive behaviours of university students and their psychological symptoms