Online version of the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40), a self-report measure assessing habitual psychological defense mechanisms and broader defense styles. The scale groups defenses into mature, neurotic, and immature styles, reflecting characteristic ways individuals manage internal conflict, distress, and threatening thoughts or feelings.
The newer version, DSQ-60, provides an updated assessment of 30 defense mechanisms but currently lacks established norms.
Also available is the early, historical version – DSQ-88.
Test is provided for educational and entertainment use only. It is not intended to be a psychological advice of any kind, and come without any guarantee of accuracy or validity. Assesment is free and anonymous. You can save the direct link to your results.