TRAIT X (Family Background)

Be absolutely truthful in taking this test; try to be objective and honest with yourself. Answer Yes or No if possible; if you can’t decide Yes or No, then circle the question mark.

1.Were your own parents quite happily married?YES?NO
2.Did you have a happy childhood?YES?NO
3.Did you have a great deal of love and affection for your mother?YES?NO
4.Did you have a great deal of love and affection for your father?YES?NO
5.Did you get along well with your mother without any serious conflict?YES?NO
6.Did you get along well with your father without any serious conflict?YES?NO
7.Was your home discipline firm but not harsh?YES?NO
8.Was the punishment that you received both mild and infrequent?YES?NO
9.Is your present attitude toward sex free from disgust or aversion?YES?NO
10.Was at least one of your parents easy to talk to, and frank, about matters of sex? YES?NO
11.Were you reared in either the country, a small town, or the suburbs of a city?YES?NO
12.Do you go to church three or four times (or more) every month?YES?NO
13.Are you regularly employed?YES?NO
14.Do you have many friends of your own sex?YES?NO
15.Do you belong to three or more social organizations?YES?NO

Directions for Scoring Your Tests

Do not read these scoring directions until after you have taken the tests. When you have marked the tests according to the directions, then you are ready to score them. Because all the tests are not scored in the same way, be sure you score them very carefully. After having done so, then turn to the further directions, some of which apply to a man, some of which apply to a girl.

Test for Trait I. For each item that you have marked M, give yourself three points; for each one that you marked S, give yourself two points; for each item that you marked L, give yourself one point. Items marked N are counted zero. Then add these numbers up for your total score on Trait I. For example, if you marked four of the fifteen items M, that would give you twelve points; let us say you also marked five items S, that would be five times two points, or ten more points; if you marked three items L, that would be another three points. That would leave three items that you marked N for which you get no credit. Your total score on Trait I would then be 12 + 10 + 3 = 25 points.

Test for Trait II. For each A you marked, you get two points and for each R you get one point. Items that you answered D are counted zero. Add these up for your total score.

Test on Trait III. The scoring is reversed on this test from that used for Trait I. On Trait III, M is scored zero, each S gets credit of one point, each L gets credit of two points, and each N gets credit of three points.

Test on Trait IV. You marked the items on this test either, T, D, or F. Those you marked T are scored zero. For each D answer you get one point, and for each F answer you get two points.

Test on Trait V. Each marked M gets zero credit, each S gets one point, each L gets two points, and each N gets three points.

Test on Trait VI. Each M gets three points, each S gets two points, each L gets one point, and N receives no credit.

Test on Trait VII. This is the test in which four words come after each word in capitals. The first of the four words gets three points if circled, the second gets two points, the third word gets one point, and the last word receives no credit. Take the word PAST. If you marked it yesterday, or the word in the first column, you get three points; if forget is circled instead you would get two points. If you marked it hidden, you get no credit for that word. Add all your points for your total score.

Test on Trait VIII. The items in this test were marked S, P, or D. Items marked S get no credit. For each item marked P, give yourself one point credit; for each item marked D, give yourself two points credit.

Test on Trait IX. Each M gets three points; each S, two points; each L, one point, each N gets no credit.

Test on Trait X. In this test you were asked to mark your answers either Yes, ?, or No. For each Yes, give yourself ten points; for each question mark, credit yourself with five points. You receive no credit for any question that you answered No.

If you have followed carefully the directions that have been given you, you now have ten separate raw scores, one for each of the ten traits on which you were tested. We are now ready to see what these scores mean. Using the little outline below, put down your scores.