

How do you usually come across with other people — do you tend to take the lead or hold back, draw close or keep your distance? The IPIP Interpersonal Circumplex (IPIP-IPC) by Patrick Markey and Charlotte Markey uses 32 short statements to place your everyday interpersonal style on a circle built from two dimensions: dominance and warmth. It takes about three minutes. The result describes a style — where your answers lean on the circle — not a fixed type, and it is not a diagnosis.
Scientific background: Markey, P. M., & Markey, C. N. (2009). A brief assessment of the interpersonal circumplex: The IPIP-IPC. Assessment, 16(4), 352–361. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191109340382. Items and scoring key: International Personality Item Pool (IPIP), IPIP-IPC Scoring Key, https://ipip.ori.org/newIPIP-IPCScoringKey.htm — public domain ("permission has already been automatically granted for any person to use IPIP items, scales, and inventories for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial", https://ipip.ori.org/newPermission.htm). Dimension scores: Wiggins (1995) geometric formula as given by Markey & Markey (2009), standardised against their Study 1 sample (N = 501). Traditional Chinese: Treehole Hong Kong translation, not psychometrically validated (樹洞香港自行翻譯,未經心理計量驗證). Learn more
This result is for reference only and describes interpersonal style; it is not a diagnosis. IPIP-IPC by Markey & Markey (2009), International Personality Item Pool (public domain). Chinese: Treehole Hong Kong translation, not psychometrically validated.
Interpersonal Style Test (IPIP-IPC)
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The following phrases describe people’s behaviours. Please rate how accurately each statement describes you. Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same gender as you and of roughly your age. Read each statement carefully, then choose the answer that fits you.
Am quiet around strangers.
Speak softly.
Tolerate a lot from others.
Am interested in people.
Feel comfortable around people.
Demand to be the center of interest.
Cut others to pieces.
Believe people should fend for themselves.
Am a very private person.
Let others finish what they are saying.
Take things as they come.
Reassure others.
Start conversations.
Do most of the talking.
Contradict others.
Don’t fall for sob stories.
Don’t talk a lot.
Seldom toot my own horn.
Think of others first.
Inquire about others’ well-being.
Talk to a lot of different people at parties.
Speak loudly.
Snap at people.
Don’t put a lot of thought into things.
Have little to say.
Dislike being the center of attention.
Seldom stretch the truth.
Get along well with others.
Love large parties.
Demand attention.
Have a sharp tongue.
Am not interested in other people’s problems.
Complete the assessment to open your report.
Results are for reference only and do not constitute a medical diagnosis — if you have concerns, please consult a doctor or mental-health professional.