FOR ADULT VERSION CLICK HERE

The following questionnaire is for personal information only and is not meant to be a professional evaluation. As with many research questionnaires, this questionnaire may not be normed for online participants. Please take this into account when you receive the results. However, as more people complete these questionnaires the results will become more accurate. You may be asked after you complete the questionnaire to submit it for research purposes which will improve the accuracy of results.

This questionnaire determines how sensitive you are to rejection.

Each of the items below describes things college students sometimes ask of other people. Please imagine that you are in each situation.  For each item, imagine that you are in the situation, and then answer the questions that follow it according to how concerned or anxious you would be and how likely they would respond in the way that you want.

No login required to obtain results.

Situation 1: You ask someone in class if you can borrow his/her notes.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not the person would want to lend you his/her notes?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that the person would willingly give me his/her notes.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 2:  You ask your boyfriend/girlfriend to move in with you.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not the person would want to move in with you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would want to move in with me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 3: You ask your parents for help in deciding what programs to apply to.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your parents would want to help you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that they would want to help me.
 

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 4: You ask someone you don’t know well out on a date.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not the person would want to go out with you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that the person would want to go out with me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 5:Your boyfriend/girlfriend has plans to go out with friends tonight, but you really want to spend the evening with him/her, and you tell him/her so.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your boyfriend/girlfriend would decide to stay in?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that the person would willingly choose to stay in.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 6:You ask your parents for extra money to cover living expenses.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your parents would help you out?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that my parents would not mind helping me out.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 7: After class, you tell your professor that you have been having some trouble with a section of the course and ask if he/she can give you some extra help.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your professor would want to help you out?
 

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that my professor would want to help me out.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 8: You approach a close friend to talk after doing or saying something that seriously upset him/her.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your friend would want to talk with you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would want to talk with me to try to work things out.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 9: You ask someone in one of your classes to coffee.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not the person would want to go?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that the person would want to go with me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 10: After graduation, you can’t find a job and ask your parents if you can live at home for a while.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your parents would want you to come home?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect I would be welcome at home.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 11:  You ask your friend to go on a vacation with you over Spring Break.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your friend would want to go with you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would want to go with me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 12: You call your boyfriend/girlfriend after a bitter argument and tell him/her you want to see him/her.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your boyfriend/girlfriend would want to see you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would want to see me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 13: You ask a friend if you can borrow something of his/hers.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your friend would want to loan it to you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would willingly loan me it.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 14:You ask your parents to come to an occasion important to you.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your parents would want to come?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that my parents would want to come.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 15:You ask a friend to do you a big favor.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your friend would do this favor?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would willingly do this favor for me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 16: You ask your boyfriend/girlfriend if he/she really loves you.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your boyfriend/girlfriend would say yes?
 

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would answer yes sincerely.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 17: You go to a party and notice someone on the other side of the room and then you ask them to dance.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not the person would want to dance with you?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would want to dance with me.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

Situation 18: You ask your boyfriend/girlfriend to come home to meet your parents.

How concerned or anxious would you be over whether or not your boyfriend/girlfriend would want to meet your parents?

Very Unconcerned___________________________Very Concerned

  1          2          3          4          5         6

I would expect that he/she would want to meet my parents.

Very Unlikely____________________________________Very Likely

  1         2          3          4          5         6

No login required to obtain results.