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The Perfectionism Test
A free, science-grounded measure of perfectionism that scores your standards and your self-criticism separately, because they are not the same trait.
Perfectionism isn't one thing — it's two that usually travel together. Personal standards are how high you set the bar; self-criticism is what happens inside you when you miss it. The first is often an asset. The second is what makes perfectionism expensive.
This free 12-item test scores both halves separately, so you can see which one you actually run on. About 3 minutes. Answer honestly, not aspirationally.
12 questions · free · results are yours to share
Validation status
Perfectionism · Reliability not yet published — 1 of 300 opted-in responses collected (6 items per screen). We publish the coefficient the day we reach it.
What these numbers mean, and what they don’t, is on the methodology page.