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Ego-Control

Introduction

Here are a number of statements that may or may not apply to you. For each statement, select the response that best applies to you. Do not spend too long deliberating about your responses: if in doubt, choose the option that immediately seems most appropriate.

Disagree Strongly Disagree Moderately Disagree a Little Agree a Little Agree Moderately Agree Strongly
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 - Disagree Strongly
2 - Disagree Moderatley
3 - Disagree a Little
4 - Agree a Little
5 - Agree Moderately
6 - Agree Strongly
Statement 1 2 3 4 5 6
It is unusual for me to express strong approval or disapproval of the actions of others.
I consider a matter from every viewpoint before I make a decision.
Some of my family have habits that bother and annoy me very much.
I would like to wear expensive clothes.
I become impatient when I have to wait for something.
At times, I am tempted to do or say something that others would think inappropriate.
My conduct is largely controlled by the customs of those about me.
I do not always tell the truth.
People consider me a spontaneous, devil-may-care person.
Some of my family have quick tempers.
I have sometimes stayed away from another person because I thought I might do or say something that I might regret afterwards.
I keep out of trouble at all costs.
I do not let too many things get in the way of my work.
I finish one activity or project before starting another.
Sometimes I rather enjoy going against the rules and doing things I am not supposed to.
I am steady and planful rather than unpredictable and impulsive.
I often say and do things on the spur of the moment, without stopping to think.
At times I have very much wanted to leave home.
At times I have worn myself out by undertaking too much.
I have never done anything dangerous for the fun of it.
When I get bored, I like to stir up some excitement.
I am against giving money to beggars.
I like to stop and think things over before I do them.
I have often had to take orders from someone who did not know as much as I did.
I find it hard to make small talk when I meet new people.
I like to flirt.
I would like to be a journalist.
I don’t like to start a project until I know exactly how to proceed.
I am easily downed in an argument.
I have been known to do unusual things on a dare.
In a group of people I would not be embarrassed to be called on to start a discussion or give an opinion about something I know
I can remember ‘‘playing sick’’ to get out of something.
I tend to buy things on impulse.
I often get involved in things I later wish I could get out of.
On the whole, I am a cautious person.
It makes me uncomfortable to put on a stunt at a party even when others are doing the same sort of thing.
My way of doing things can be misunderstood or bother others.