Schizotypal Personality Test

Background

Procedure

Believing in magic or thinking in unusual ways alone does not make someone schizotypal. However, there are a wide range of traits associated with schizotypal personality including odd beliefs, perceptual distortions, social discomfort, isolation, suspiciousness, unusual thinking, eccentric behavior, and emotional detachment. These traits must significantly affect social, interpersonal, occupational, or daily functioning before a clinical diagnosis can be considered. The assessment consists of 27 statements and typically takes 4–6 minutes to complete. Participants respond to statements describing beliefs, behaviors, perceptions, emotional experiences, interpersonal tendencies, and personality characteristics associated with schizotypal traits.

Participation

This assessment is intended for adults and older adolescents interested in understanding personality characteristics associated with schizotypal traits.

Scoring & Interpretation

The scoring of this self-test is very simple, there are 27 items scored on a five-point response scale. Item responses are calculated to produce a raw total score ranging from 0 to 108, with higher scores indicating greater levels of schizotypal personality-related traits.

Results include an Overall Index Score and scores for nine dimensions: Fantastical Thinking, Social Discomfort, Eccentricity, Magical Thinking, Perceptual Aberrations, Unusual Thinking, Suspiciousness, Emotional Reserve, and Peculiar Behavior.

Dimension scores are standardized to a 0–100 scale and interpreted using qualitative categories.

Overall results are classified into five interpretive ranges:

• Minimal (0–20)
• Mild (21–40)
• Moderate (41–60)
• High (61–80)
• Very High (81–100)

Deenz Schizotypal Personality Scale (DSPS-27) Questionnaire

Below is the Deenz Schizotypal Personality Scale (DSPS-27), a digitally adapted 27- items self-assessment questionnaire. This assessment does not provide a clinical diagnosis, medical determination, or substitute for professional psychological evaluation. Anonymous responses may be included in research statistics and normative datasets.Please read each statement carefully. Respond honestly and choose the option that best reflects your typical thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.