Psychometric Scales Repository

Psychologists regularly use psychometric scales to collect data about peoples attitudes, personality, perceptions, or behaviour (amongst other things).

The questionnaires, scales, and inventories listed below are a great place to get started on looking for a suitable measure for your research. Although, there are many measures that are listed below. You may find a more suitable measure by conducting a Library Search, using Google Scholar, or by other means. If you come across something interesting that you think we should look at, please let us know!

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This page organises validated questionnaires into key psychological domains. You can access the Gorilla version of these tasks here: Wrexham PsychTech Open Materials

Scale Count

Total number of scales listed: 183

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Full List

Below is the same structure, converted into Quarto Markdown with unnumbered section headings. You can paste this directly into a .qmd file.

Personality, Traits & Individual Differences

100 Nuances of Personality (100NP 2022)
Big Five Inventory–10 (BFI-10 2007)
The Big Five Personality Test (BFPT – 50 Item)
HEXACO – 60 Item Version
HEXACO – 100 Item Version
Fisher Temperament Inventory (FTI 2013)
Light Triad Scale (LTS 2019)
The Short Dark Triad (SD3 2014)
Selfishness Questionnaire (SQ)
Bullshitting Frequency Scale (2021)
Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS 1964) †
General Risk Propensity Scale (GRiPS)
Impulsive Behavior Scale (UPPS-P 2001) †
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11 1995) †

Mental Health, Psychopathology & Clinical Screening

Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale – Short Form (DASS-21)
Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale – Long Form (DASS-42)
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D 1977) †
Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale – Revised (CESD-R) †
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9 2001)
Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7 2006)
Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZUNG) †
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10 2003) †
General Health Questionnaire – 12 (GHQ-12) †
Brief Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (B-HiTOP 2025)
Obsessive Compulsive Inventory – Revised (OCI-R) †
Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) †
Social Phobia Scale (SPS 1998) †
Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) †
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI 1983) †
State-Trait Anxiety Inventory – Form Y †
Thought-Action Fusion Scale – Revised (TAFS-R)
Revised Beliefs About Voices Questionnaire (BAVQ-R) †
SNAP-IV (2008)
Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) †

Autism, Neurodivergence & Cognitive Profiles

Autism Spectrum Quotient (AQ 2001) †
Autism Spectrum Quotient – Adolescent Version †
Autism Spectrum Quotient – Child Version †
Autism Spectrum Screening Questionnaire (ASSQ) †
Broad Autism Phenotype Questionnaire (BAPQ 2007)
Comprehensive Autistic Trait Inventory (CATI)
Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q 2017)
Repetitive Behaviours Questionnaire – 3 (RBQ-3)
Subthreshold Autism Trait Questionnaire (SATQ 2012)
Extreme Demand Avoidance Questionnaire – Adult (EDA-QA 2019)
The Childhood Autism Spectrum Test (CAST 2002) †

Emotion, Affect & Emotion Regulation

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) †
Scale of Positive and Negative Experience (SPANE 2009)
Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ 2003)
State Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (S-DERS 2015)
Emotional Contagion Scale (ECS 1997)
Current Thoughts Scale (1991)
Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire – Believability (ATQ-B) †
Equanimity Scale (ES-16)

Wellbeing, Resilience & Positive Psychology

Psychological Wellbeing Scale (1995) †
Psychological Wellbeing Scale – 42 Items (1989) †
Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scales – 42 Item Version †
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) †
Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) †
Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale – Fersiwn Cymraeg †
Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (2002)
Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS)
Flourishing Scale (2002)
Flourishing Scale (2009)
Riverside Life Satisfaction Scale (RLSS 2019)
Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS 1985)
Purpose in Life Scale (2018)
Purpose in Life Scale – Short Form (2018)
Gratitude Questionnaire – Six Item Form (GQ-6)
Brief Resilience Scale (BRS 2008)
The Resilience Scale (1987) †

Stress, Coping & Psychological Flexibility

Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-2)
Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ)
Distress Tolerance Scale (2005)
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
Survey of Recent Life Experiences (1992)
Digital Stress Scale (DSS)
Athletic Coping Skills Inventory (ACSI-28) †
Athlete Psychological Strain Questionnaire (APSQ 2020)

Self, Identity & Self-Evaluation

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)
General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE 1995)
General Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (GASE-2022)
Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES 2016)
Mindfulness-Based Self-Efficacy Scale – Revised (MSES-R)
Life Orientation Test – Revised (LOT-R 1994)
Self-Compassion Scale – Short Form (SCS-SF) †
Personal Attributes Questionnaire (1973)

Religion, Spirituality & Meaning

20-item Religiosity Scale (DR Scale 2006)
4-Basic Dimensions of Religiousness Scale (4-BDRS 2025)
Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS)
Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness–Spirituality (1999)
Daily Spiritual Experience Scale (DSES 2002)
Prayer Importance Scale (PIS 2002)
Religious Orientation Scale – Revised (ROS-R 2025)
Spirituality Scale (2003)

Cognitive Functioning & Executive Processes

Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ 1982) †
Cognitive Flexibility Inventory (CFI)
Executive Skills Questionnaire – Revised (ESQ-R) †
Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS) †
Procrastination Scale (1986)
Boredom Proneness Scale (1986)

Health, Somatic Experience & Sleep

Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) †
Insomnia Severity Index (ISI 2001) †
Groningen Sleep Quality Scale (GSQS 1988)
Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS 1991) †
Fatigue Assessment Scale (FAS)
McGill Pain Questionnaire (1975) †
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS 1995) †
Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ 2007) †
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia – 11 (TSK-11) †
Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI) †

Eating, Body Image & Appearance

Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26 1982) †
Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.0 2008) †
Binge Eating Scale (BES) †
Body Awareness Questionnaire (1989)
Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI 2014)
The Body Esteem Scale – Revised (2018)
Dieting Beliefs Scale (1990)
Perceptions of Healthy Eating (2020)

Trauma, Dissociation & Adversity

Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale (A-DES) †
International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) †
International Trauma Questionnaire – Child & Adolescent (ITQ-CA) †
Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs)
Positive Childhood Experiences Scale (PCEs)

Education, Motivation & Career

Academic Motivation Scale (AMS-C 28)
Career Aspirations Scale – Revised (CAS-R 2015)
Mathematics Anxiety Scale (2011)
Computer Anxiety Rating Scale (CARS 1987)

Substance Use & Risk Behaviours

Drug Use Disorder Identification Test (DUDIT 2003)
Deffenbacher Driving Anger Scale – Short Form (1994)

In Development List

These scales are not yet uploaded to Gorilla.sc and are currently in development.

5–15 (Developmental Questionnaire)
Early Executive Functions Questionnaire (EEFQ)
School children’s happiness inventory
Varni-Thompson paediatric pain questionnaire
Saucier Mini-Marker (brief Big-Five personality measure)
Framingham Type A behaviour pattern measure
Perfectionistic self-presentation scale (PSPS)
Attitudes to Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ)
Attitudes to Sexual Offenders (ATS)
Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO)
Community Attitudes Towards the Mentally Ill (CAMI)
Friendship Questionnaire
Love Attitudes Scale
Self-Presentation on Facebook Questionnaire (SPFBQ)
Short Form Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ6)
Significant Others Scale (SOS)
Sociability Questionnaire
Social Readjustment Rating Scale
Behavioural Avoidance/Inhibition Scales (BIS/BAS)
COPE Inventory (Coping)
Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CES)
Creative Achievement Questionnaire (CAQ)
Flow State Scale (FSS)
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT)
Barthel Index
Beliefs About Pain Questionnaire (BPCQ)
Body Shape Questionnaire (BSQ-34)
Cancer Attitude Inventory
Fat Phobia Scale
Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ)
Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale (HADS)
Impact of Events Scale
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8)
Sleep Habits Survey
Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale
False Facebook Self Questionnaire
Internet Addiction Scale
Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD)
Problematic Internet Use Questionnaire (PIUQ)
Psychological Predictors of Problem Mobile Phone Use
Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS)
Social Media Use Integration Scale (SMUIS)
Ryff Scales of Psychological Wellbeing
Cheerfulness Scale
State-Trait Cheerfulness Inventory (STCI)
Multi-Dimensional Anxiety Scale for Children
General psychopathology (Children Behavior Checklist, CBCL)