AppRoVE-Social: Assertive (vs. Passive or Provoking) Responding to Others
15-item measure of how a person responds when other people are being difficult, across three relating styles: assertive, aggressive, and submissive/passive. Part of the AppRoVE pair (parallel Social and Voices forms). 11-point (0-10) agreement scale; subscale scores are the mean of their items.
Estimated Time
~5 mins
Instrument Scale
Standardized Items
Administration
Self-Administered
Scoring Engine
Automated Real-Time
Scale Overview & Construct
15-item measure of how a person responds when other people are being difficult, across three relating styles: assertive, aggressive, and submissive/passive. Part of the AppRoVE pair (parallel Social and Voices forms). 11-point (0-10) agreement scale; subscale scores are the mean of their items.
15-item measure of how a person responds when other people are being difficult, across three relating styles: assertive, aggressive, and submissive/passive. Part of the AppRoVE pair (parallel Social and Voices forms). 11-point (0-10) agreement scale; subscale scores are the mean of their items. Based on your answers to its 15 items, you'll get a breakdown across its 3 component areas as well as an overall picture, showing where the pattern is strongest for you. Your result gives you a clearer, more specific picture of how you've been thinking, feeling, or coping recently, rather than a vague sense of it.
Instrument Specifications
Target Population
Teachers, Educators & Faculty
Administration Format
Self-Administered
Intended Domain / Purpose
Research & Empirical Study
Recommended Age Bracket
Adults (18+ yrs)
Duration & Pacing
5 Minutes (Self-Paced)
Access License
Open Creative Commons
Academic Citation & Instrument Provenance
When referencing this instrument in research, academic theses, or clinical institutional audits, please cite the original author publication:
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Citation: Hayward, M., Schlier, B., Strauss, C., Rammou, A., & Lincoln, T. (2026). AppRoVE. Assertive (vs. Passive or Provoking) Responding to Voice-hearing Experiences [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogenversionen AppRoVE-Voices und AppRoVE-Social]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.22178 This is not a diagnostic tool. If you are in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please contact a licensed mental health professional or a crisis helpline in your country immediately. Low/Moderate/High bands below reflect this test's own possible score range only (simple thirds) — they are NOT a clinical threshold or population norm. No such cutoff has been published for this instrument.
Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use
Construct Boundaries & Interpretive Limitations
Imported from the OpenScales open item-bank project. This specific digital implementation has not been independently clinically validated by PsiQ — scores are for self-reflection, research, and educational purposes only, and are not a diagnosis.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Citation: Hayward, M., Schlier, B., Strauss, C., Rammou, A., & Lincoln, T. (2026). AppRoVE. Assertive (vs. Passive or Provoking) Responding to Voice-hearing Experiences [Verfahrensdokumentation, Fragebogenversionen AppRoVE-Voices und AppRoVE-Social]. In Leibniz-Institut für Psychologie (ZPID) (Hrsg.), Open Test Archive. Trier: ZPID. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.22178 This is not a diagnostic tool. If you are in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please contact a licensed mental health professional or a crisis helpline in your country immediately. Low/Moderate/High bands below reflect this test's own possible score range only (simple thirds) — they are NOT a clinical threshold or population norm. No such cutoff has been published for this instrument.
