Updated: 28 October 2026 | English questionnaire
What this questionnaire explores
Explore how your self-worth may depend on how your partner is perceived, their achievements, or their difficulties. This is the eight-item form displayed by the ROCD Research Unit, not a rating of your partner’s worth.
Download Partner Value Contingent Self-Worth (PVCSW, 8-item form) in English (Word)
The original questionnaire is reproduced below. Online scoring is not currently available for this form. Its results should be discussed using the version-specific scoring guidance, rather than interpreted as a diagnosis or a decision about the relationship.
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Download Partner value-contingent self-worth (PVCSW, 8 items) in English (Word DOCX)
See below a shorter version of the Partner Value Contingent Self-worth Scale ( PVCSW; Doron et al., 2014)
This inventory lists different attitudes or beliefs that people sometimes hold. Read each statement carefully and decide how much you agree or disagree with it. For each statement, choose the number matching the answer that best describes how you think. Because people are different, there are no right or wrong answers. To decide whether a given statement is typical of your way of looking at things, simple keep in mind what you are like most of the time. Use the following scale.
Rate your replies as follows:
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1 Disagree Very Much |
2 Disagree Moderately |
3 Disagree a little |
4 Neither agree nor disagree |
5 Agree a little |
6 Agree moderately |
7 Agree very much |
| 1. | My partner’s accomplishments reflect on my own capabilities | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 2. | When my partner is perceived as less successful, it reduces my self-esteem | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 3. | The more my partner is perceived positively, the higher my self-esteem | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 4. | When others perceive my partner negatively, I feel like I am perceived in the same way | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 5. | I feel better about myself, when my partner is perceived as a “success“ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 6. | My partner’s achievements are an important indicator of my own worth | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 7. | My self-esteem suffers when my partner fails | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8. | If my partner does not succeed in something, I feel like less of a success | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
The PVCSW scale was reduced using CFA to 8 items based on the 403 people who reported a serious relationship (n = 403). 4 positive items (1,3,5,6) and 4 negative (2,4,7,8). Reliabilities are over .80. The two factors are highly correlated so a total score can be used.