Take the Self-Compassion Test
Please read each statement carefully before answering. To the left of each item, indicate how often you behave in the stated manner, using the following scale:
| Almost never |
Occasionally | About half of the time |
Fairly often | Almost always |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Score interpretations:
Average overall self-compassion scores tend to be around 3.0 on the 1-5 scale, so you can interpret your overall score accordingly. As a rough guide, a score of 1-2.5 for your overall self-compassion score indicates you are low in self-compassion, 2.5-3.5 indicates you are moderate, and 3.5-5.0 means you are high. Remember that higher scores for the Self-Judgment, Isolation, and Over-Identification subscales indicate less self-compassion, while lower scores on these dimensions are indicative of more self-compassion (these subscales are automatically reverse-coded when your overall self-compassion score is calculated.)