To find out where you stand on each of the four meanings of introversion, answer the following questions by deciding to what extent each item is characteristic of your feelings and behavior. Fill in the blank next to each item by choosing a number from the following scale: 1 = very uncharacteristic or untrue, strongly disagree 2 = uncharacteristic 3 = neutral 4 = characteristic 5 = very characteristic or true, strongly agree Social Introversion ____ 1. I like to share special occasions with just one person or a few close friends, rather than have big celebrations. ____ 2. I think it would be satisfying if I could have very close friendships with many people. ____ 3. I try to structure my day so that I always have some time to myself. ____ 4. I like to vacation in places where there are a lot of people around and a lot of activities going on. ____ 5. After spending a few hours surrounded by a lot of people, I am usually eager to get away by myself. ____ 6. I do not have a strong need to be around other people. ____ 7. Just being around others and finding out about them is one of the most interesting things I can think of doing. ____ 8. I usually prefer to do things alone. ____ 9. Other people tend to misunderstand me—forming a mistaken impression of what kind of person I am because I don’t say much about myself. ____ 10. I feel drained after social situations, even when I enjoyed myself. Thinking Introversion ____ 1. I enjoy analyzing my own thoughts and ideas about myself. ____ 2. I have a rich, complex inner life. ____ 3. I frequently think about what kind of person I am. ____ 4. When I am reading an interesting story or novel or when I am watching a good movie, I imagine how I would feel if the events in the story were happening to me. ____ 5. I seldom think about myself. ____ 6. I generally pay attention to my inner feelings. ____ 7. I value my personal self-evaluation, that is, the private opinion I have of myself. ____ 8. I sometimes step back (in my mind) in order to examine myself from a distance. ____ 9. I daydream and fantasize, with some regularity, about things that might happen to me. ____ 10. I am inclined to be introspective, that is, to analyze myself. Anxious Introversion ____ 1. When I enter a room I often become self-conscious and feel that the eyes of others are upon me. ____ 2. My thoughts are often focused on episodes of my life that I wish I’d stop thinking about. ____ 3. My nervous system sometimes feels so frazzled that I just have to get off by myself. ____ 4. I am confident about my social skills. ____ 5. Defeat or disappointment usually shame or anger me, but I try not to show it. ____ 6. It does not take me long to overcome my shyness in new situations. ____ 7. I feel relaxed even in unfamiliar social situations. ____ 8. Even when I am in a group of friends, I often feel very alone and uneasy. ____ 9. My secret thoughts, feelings, and actions would horrify some of my friends. ____ 10. I feel painfully self-conscious when I am around strangers. Restrained Introversion ____ 1. I like to be off and running as soon as I wake up in the morning. ____ 2. I’ll try anything once. ____ 3. For relaxation I like to slow down and take things easy. ____ 4. I like to wear myself out with exertion. ____ 5. I often say the first thing that comes into my head. ____ 6. I generally seek new and exciting experiences and sensations. ____ 7. I like to keep busy all the time. ____ 8. I often act on the spur of the moment. ____ 9. I sometimes do “crazy” things just to be different. ____ 10. I often feel sluggish.
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