The Alienation Test

Maddi, Kobasa, & Hoover (1979)

Anatomy

Fig. The Alienation Test → its items → the construct(s) they measure. Click a construct to follow it.

Measures this construct

Alienation
Powerlessness
Adventurousness (unresolved)
Nihilism (unresolved)
Vegetativeness (unresolved)

Items

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Reliability & validity

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Items measuring this instrument

Canonical item stems whose source_items[] includes a variant from this instrument. Capped at 10; see the full list via the link below.

big parties are very exciting to me a

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everyone is out to manipulate you toward his own ends p

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families do not provide security and warmth they just restrict a person and give him many unnecessary responsibilities n

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for me home and family have never had much positive meaning v

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i admire those who participate in protest movements that are full of danger and drama a

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i am better off when i keep to myself v

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i am not sure i want to stay married because i dont want to feel tied down p

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i am really interested in the possibility of expanding my consciousness through drugs a

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i dont like my job or enjoy my work i just put in my time to get paid v

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i feel no need to try my best at work for it makes no difference anyway p

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