Avoidant Personality Disorder Test

APSS-14 is a self-assessment tool designed to measure avoidant personality traits. It is used to evaluate pathological tendencies associated with avoidant personality, including social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy, hypersensitivity to criticism, preoccupation with rejection, limited social connectedness, and longing for social acceptance.

Over the years our understanding of avoidant behaviors has evolved and the change in the classifications and shift in focus on accessing subclinical traits has been recognized.

Avoidant Personality Facets.

Avoidance (Social Inhibition): Social Inhibition refers to a tendency to be cautious in social situations.

Inferiority (Feelings of Inadequacy): Inferiority refers to the state of feeling inadequacy and low self-esteem.

Defensiveness (Hypersensitivity to Criticism or Rejection): Defensiveness is a natural response to the perceived threat, whether physical or emotional.

Overconcern (Preoccupation with Criticism or Rejection): Overconcern in the subclinical perspective refers to the state of feeling concerned about criticism or rejection in social situations without impairing overall social and psychological well-being.

Insularity (Limited Social Circle): Insularity refers to the state of being detached or limiting social interactions with others.

Yearning (Longing for Social Connection): Yearning refers to the desire to build meaningful relationships. From the psychosocial perspective, it is an emotional state characterized by a sense of emptiness or feeling of isolation that arises from the inadequacy of social connections.