Scale Overview & Construct
24-item measure of positive self-beliefs associated with psychological well-being. Participants rate how much they believe each statement about themselves over the past week. Scores range from 0 to 96; higher scores indicate stronger positive self-beliefs.
Purpose & Measurement Objectives
Instrument Specifications
Academic Citation & Instrument Provenance
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Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use
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. Citation: Freeman, D., Rosebrock, L., Loe, B. S., Saidel, S., Freeman, J., & Waite, F. (2023). The Oxford Positive Self Scale: psychometric development of an assessment of cognitions associated with psychological well-being. Psychological Medicine, 53(15), 7161–7169. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723000624 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.