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Antisocial Preferences Scale (APS-35)

The Antisocial Preferences Scale (APS-35) is a psychological self-report assessment designed to measure antisocial personality preferences and behavioral tendencies in non-clinical and research populations. The scale evaluates traits associated with aggressiveness, impulsiveness, egocentrism, lack of guilt or remorse, breaking legal norms, risk-taking, and difficulties in intimate interpersonal relationships.

The APS-35 was developed to assess stable antisocial tendencies that may influence social behavior, emotional functioning, interpersonal conduct, and decision-making patterns. Higher scores may reflect stronger antisocial personality characteristics and reduced concern for social norms or the emotional experiences of others.

Read each statement carefully and select the response that best describes your usual thoughts, feelings, or behavior. Answer honestly and choose the option that most accurately reflects your experiences. There are no right or wrong answers.

This assessment is intended for educational, research, and self-reflection purposes only. It is not designed to provide a formal clinical diagnosis. Results should be interpreted cautiously and within the broader context of personality and psychological functioning.

The APS-35 is scored using a 5-point Likert scale (0 = Strongly Disagree to 4 = Strongly Agree). Total raw scores are calculated by summing all responses, with the total score ranging from 0 to 140. Higher scores represent a greater intensity of antisocial personality preferences. Scores are distributed across seven distinct sub-scales (Aggressiveness, Lack of Guilt or Remorse, Breaking Legal Norms, Incapacity for Mutually Intimate Relationships, Impulsiveness, Risk-Taking, and Egocentrism), which are standardized to a 0–100 scale for comparative profiling.

I often get into fights when someone irritates me.

I don’t like people who cry.

I could steal a petty thing only to experience a thrill of excitement.

I treat relationships as an unwanted obligation.

I am annoyed by people looking at me in public.

I am capable of doing many crazy things if someone persuades me to.

There is no place for sentiment in life; I only do what benefits me.

I like to see people fear me.

I don’t care if someone feels bad because of my behavior.

I could steal small things just for fun.

I have never truly been in love.

Sometimes I flare up over nothing.

I avoid engaging in things that do not give me excitement.

I am only guided by my own good.

I sometimes humiliate others.

I am not in the habit of apologizing.

I could commit theft to experience a thrill of adrenaline.

I avoid relationships because they demand too much.

I very easily lose my temper.

I need constant changes in my life.

I try to care mostly for myself.

I wouldn’t be a real person if I didn’t want to fight others.

I do not inquire into whether I am doing the right thing.

I do not treat agreements as something that must always be fulfilled.

I avoid close relationships because of inevitable problems.

I quickly lose my patience when someone criticizes me.

I often feel the need for thrills.

I don’t care much about other people’s fate.

I am excited by fist fighting.

There are times when I remain indifferent to the pain and suffering of others.

I only keep written agreements.

I avoid intimate relationships.

I am quarrelsome.

Being in danger is exciting.

I rarely help other people.