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AMS-C 2828 items

Academic Motivation Scale — College Version

A 28-item multidimensional measure of academic motivation grounded in Self-Determination Theory. Assesses seven motivational orientations: three forms of intrinsic motivation, three forms of extrinsic regulation, and amotivation. Stem: "Why do you go to college?"

psychologyeducationsocial sciences
BFI-4444 items

Big Five Inventory

A 44-item self-report inventory measuring the Big Five personality dimensions (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openness) using short phrase items. A de-facto standard in personality research — balances brevity with subscale-level reliability.

psychologysocial scienceseducation
EQ-5D-5L6 items

EQ-5D-5L (Five-Level EuroQol)

A generic preference-based measure of health-related quality of life across five dimensions: Mobility, Self-Care, Usual Activities, Pain/Discomfort, and Anxiety/Depression. Each dimension has five response levels. The descriptive system is accompanied by a visual analogue scale (EQ VAS) rating overall health today from 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

health sciencespsychology
GAD-77 items

Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7

A 7-item self-report instrument for screening and measuring the severity of generalized anxiety disorder.

psychologyhealth sciences
HEXACO-6060 items

HEXACO-60

A 60-item short form of the HEXACO Personality Inventory measuring six broad dimensions: Honesty-Humility (H), Emotionality (E), eXtraversion (X), Agreeableness (A), Conscientiousness (C), and Openness to Experience (O). Adds a sixth factor (H) to the Big Five and reframes Agreeableness and Emotionality around the moral and affective components of interpersonal behaviour.

psychologysocial sciences
IRI28 items

Interpersonal Reactivity Index

A 28-item multidimensional measure of dispositional empathy, comprising four 7-item subscales: Perspective Taking (cognitive empathy), Fantasy (imaginative identification), Empathic Concern (other-oriented affect), and Personal Distress (self-oriented affect).

psychologysocial scienceshealth sciences
JSS36 items

Job Satisfaction Survey

A 36-item measure of employee satisfaction with nine work-related facets: Pay, Promotion, Supervision, Fringe Benefits, Contingent Rewards, Operating Conditions, Coworkers, Nature of Work, and Communication. Originally developed for human-service employees and since validated across a wide range of occupations.

psychologysocial sciences
MBI-GS16 items

Maslach Burnout Inventory — General Survey

A 16-item measure of burnout in non-human-services occupations. Generalises the original MBI from human-service work to any occupational context. Produces three subscale scores: Exhaustion, Cynicism, and Professional Efficacy (the last is reverse-indexed for burnout — higher efficacy = lower burnout).

psychologysocial scienceshealth sciences
MFQ-3030 items

Moral Foundations Questionnaire

A 30-item measure of the five moral foundations identified in Moral Foundations Theory: Care/Harm, Fairness/Reciprocity, Loyalty/Betrayal (Ingroup), Authority/Subversion (Respect), and Sanctity/Purity. The form uses two item types — relevance judgments (Part 1) and agreement with moral statements (Part 2) — three of each per foundation.

psychologysocial scienceshumanities
NASA-TLX6 items

NASA Task Load Index

A multi-dimensional rating procedure that assesses perceived workload across six subscales. Widely used in human factors, aviation, healthcare, and HCI research. Two common versions are in use: the original weighted TLX (with pairwise comparisons) and the Raw TLX (unweighted mean of subscales).

psychologystemhealth sciences
NFC-SF18 items

Need for Cognition Scale (Short Form)

An 18-item short form of the Need for Cognition scale measuring an individual's tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive activity.

psychologysocial scienceseducation
PAM-1313 items

Patient Activation Measure

A 13-item measure of patient knowledge, skill, and confidence for self-management of chronic conditions and general health. Items vary in difficulty and are scored using a Rasch-calibrated algorithm that converts raw responses to a 0–100 activation score, classified into four activation levels.

health sciencespsychology
PHQ-99 items

Patient Health Questionnaire-9

A 9-item self-report instrument for screening and measuring the severity of depression, based on DSM diagnostic criteria.

psychologyhealth sciences
PSS-1010 items

Perceived Stress Scale

A 10-item self-report instrument measuring the degree to which situations in one's life over the past month are appraised as stressful, unpredictable, and uncontrollable.

psychologyhealth sciencessocial sciences
R-SPQ-2F20 items

Revised Study Process Questionnaire

A 20-item instrument measuring two approaches to learning in tertiary students: Deep Approach (driven by intrinsic interest; intention to understand) and Surface Approach (driven by fear of failure; intention to reproduce). Each approach decomposes into Motive and Strategy subscales (5 items each), yielding four 5-item subscales in total.

educationpsychology
RSES10 items

Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

A 10-item self-report instrument measuring global self-esteem as a unidimensional construct.

psychologysocial sciences
SWLS5 items

Satisfaction with Life Scale

A 5-item self-report instrument assessing global cognitive judgments of one's life satisfaction as a component of subjective well-being.

psychologysocial sciences
SD327 items

Short Dark Triad

A 27-item measure of the three dark personality traits: Machiavellianism, Narcissism, and Psychopathy. Nine items per trait. Designed as a brief alternative to full-length Mach-IV, NPI-40, and SRP scales.

psychologysocial sciences
SDO716 items

Social Dominance Orientation (SDO7)

A 16-item measure of preference for group-based hierarchy and inequality. Distinguishes two subdimensions: Dominance (support for active group-based oppression and hierarchy enhancement) and Anti-Egalitarianism (opposition to equality, conceptualised as hierarchy-maintaining).

psychologysocial sciences
SUS10 items

System Usability Scale

A 10-item questionnaire giving a global view of subjective usability. Alternates positively- and negatively-worded items. Produces a single 0–100 score; 68 is commonly cited as the average.

stempsychologysocial sciences
TAM12 items

Technology Acceptance Model (core items)

The original Davis (1989) 12-item scale measuring two determinants of technology acceptance: Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), six items each. The most widely-cited instrument in information-systems research. Item stems should be customised to name the specific system under study.

stemsocial sciencespsychology
TIPI10 items

Ten-Item Personality Inventory

A very brief 10-item measure of the Big Five personality dimensions (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Openness), with two items per dimension. Intended for use when brevity is essential; sacrifices internal consistency for breadth.

psychologysocial sciences
UCLA-LS320 items

UCLA Loneliness Scale (Version 3)

A 20-item self-report instrument measuring subjective feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Version 3 uses simpler wording than earlier versions and balances positively and negatively worded items.

psychologysocial scienceshealth sciences
UWES-99 items

Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (short version)

A 9-item short form of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale measuring work engagement across three dimensions: Vigor, Dedication, and Absorption.

psychologysocial sciences
WHOQOL-BREF26 items

World Health Organization Quality of Life — BREF

A 26-item abbreviated version of the WHOQOL-100, measuring quality of life across four domains (Physical Health, Psychological, Social Relationships, Environment) plus two overall items on general QoL and general health. Response anchors vary by item (intensity, frequency, capacity, evaluation).

health sciencespsychologysocial sciences

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