Dysfunctional Attitude Scale

This scale will give you an indication where your psychological strengths or emotional weaknesses lie. Please complete this questionnaire before my talk, as I will explain the ratings during my talk. You will not be asked to share any of your results with the group – they are for your eyes only!

Example

Ring your scores	Agree Strongly	Agree Slightly	Neutral	Disagree Slightly	Disagree Very Much
35. People who have the marks of success (good looks, social status, wealth, or fame) are bound to be happier than those who do not.	0	1	2	3	4

Fill in the questionnaire on the next page and transfer your Total Scores to the grid below.

Value System	Questions	Total Scores
I. Approval	1 to 5	&nbsp
II. Love	6 to 10	&nbsp
III. Achievement	11 to 15	&nbsp
IV. Perfectionism	16 to 20	&nbsp
V. Entitlement	21 to 25	&nbsp
VI. Omnipotence	26 to 30	&nbsp
VII. Autonomy	31 to 35	&nbsp

Now plot your Total Scores on the diagram below to develop your ‘personal philosophy profile!’

The meanings of these concepts ‘psychological strengths’ and ‘emotional vulnerabilities’ will be explained.

Dysfunctional Attitude Scale Questionaire

Ring your scores	Agree Strongly	Agree Slightly	Neutral	Disagree Slightly	Disagree Very Much	&nbsp
1. Criticism will naturally upset the person who receives the criticism.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
2. It is best to give up my own interests in order to please other people.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
3. I need other people’s approval in order to be happy.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
4. If someone important to me expects me to do something then I should do it.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
5. My value as a person depends greatly on what others think of me.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
I. Approval. Total Score →						&nbsp
6. I cannot find happiness without being loved by another person.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
7. If others dislike you, you are bound to be less happy.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
8. If people whom I care about reject me, there’s something wrong with me.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
9. It a person I love does not love me, it means I am unlovable.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
10. Being isolated from others is bound to lead to unhappiness.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
II. Love. Total Score →						&nbsp
11. If I am to be a worthwhile person, I must be truly outstanding in at least one major respect.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
12. I must be a useful, productive, creative person or life has no purpose.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
13. People who have good ideas are more worthy than those who do not.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
14. If I don’t do as well as other people, it means I am inferior.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
15. If I fail at my work, then I am a failure as a person.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
III. Achievement. Total Score →						&nbsp
16. If you can’t do something well, there is little point in doing it at all.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
17.It is shameful for a person to display his weaknesses.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
18. A person should try to be the best at everything he undertakes.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
19. 1 should be upset if I make a mistake.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
20. 1f 1 don’t set the highest standards for myself, I am likely to end up a second-rate person.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
IV. Perfectionism. Total Score →						&nbsp
21. If I strongly believe I deserve something, I expect that I should get it.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
22. It is necessary to become frustrated if you find obstacles to getting what you want.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
23.If I put others people’s needs before my own, they should help me when I need something from them.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
24. If I am a good husband (or wife), then my spouse is bound to love me.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
25. If 1 do nice things for someone, I can anticipate that they will respect me and treat me just as well as I treat them.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
V. Entitlement. Total Score →						&nbsp
26. I should assume responsibility for how people feel and behave if they are close to me.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
27. If I criticize the way someone does something and they become angry or depressed, this means I have upset them.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
28. To be a good, worthwhile, moral person, I must try to help everyone who needs it.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
29. If a child is having emotional or behavioural difficulties, this shows that the child’s parents have failed in some important aspect.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
30. I should be able to please everybody	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
VI. Omnipotence. Total Score →						&nbsp
31. I cannot expect to control how I feel when something bad happens.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
32. There is no point in trying to change upsetting emotions because they are a valid and inevitable part of daily living.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
33. My moods are primarily created by factors that are largely beyond my control, such as the past, or body chemistry, or hormone cycles, or chance.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
34. My happiness is largely dependent on what happens to me.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
35. People who have the marks of success (good looks, social status, wealth, or fame) are bound to be happier than those who do not.	0	1	2	3	4	&nbsp
VII. Autonomy. Total Score →						&nbsp

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