The IPIP-ORAIS is a public-domain checklist of specific, everyday activities across 33 leisure and lifestyle domains — from Interest in Gardening and Interest in Music to Spirituality/Religiousness and Reclusiveness. Unlike a typical trait questionnaire, each item is a concrete recent behavior (for example, "Went running or jogging" or "Attended a church or religious service") rather than an abstract personality statement. Taking it gives you a behaviorally-anchored picture of which everyday interests and activities you actually engage in, across a very wide range of hobbies, habits, and lifestyle domains.
Instrument Specifications
Target Population
Adults
Administration Format
Self-Administered
Intended Domain / Purpose
Research & Empirical Study
Recommended Age Bracket
18+
Duration & Pacing
30 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: Public Domain (International Personality Item Pool, ipip.ori.org). Citation: Goldberg, L. R. (2001). Analyses of Digman's child-personality data: Derivation of Big-Five factor scores from each of six samples. Journal of Personality, 69(5), 709-743 (ORAIS activity-scale tradition within the broader IPIP project). This is not a diagnostic tool. Domain scores reflect this test's own item pool only — they are not compared against a published clinical or population norm; no such norm has been entered for this instrument.
Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use
Construct Boundaries & Interpretive Limitations
This is a 200-item self-report checklist covering 33 separate activity domains; individual domain scores are based on 4 to 8 items each. Results reflect how you rated your own recent activity pattern, not an objective record of behavior or a clinical evaluation.
License: Public Domain (International Personality Item Pool, ipip.ori.org). Citation: Goldberg, L. R. (2001). Analyses of Digman's child-personality data: Derivation of Big-Five factor scores from each of six samples. Journal of Personality, 69(5), 709-743 (ORAIS activity-scale tradition within the broader IPIP project). This is not a diagnostic tool. Domain scores reflect this test's own item pool only — they are not compared against a published clinical or population norm; no such norm has been entered for this instrument.
