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Üsküdar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale (USBEMA)
A 35-item scale on whether benevolent or malevolent attitudes weigh more when you make decisions about an event or a person.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Üsküdar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale (USBEMA)
- 35 questions
- About 8 minutes
- For adults
These tests are for screening. A result is not a diagnosis: only a psychiatrist or psychologist can make one, after talking with you.
Your answers are scored on this device and never sent. Only your result is saved, with the email address you confirm.
Confirm your email address
Before the test we send a 6-digit code to your email address. Your result is saved with it, so that our team can help you if you wish. The email with the code contains no health information.
For each statement, choose the option that fits you best.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
Self-interest outweighs benevolent values
In your answers, views that put self-interest first weigh more than benevolent values such as honesty, accountability, fairness and doing good for its own sake. The scale's authors describe this range as one where malevolent tendencies prevail and have come to seem normal. It may be worth reflecting on how these views show up in your relationships.
Some awareness, benevolent values not yet strong
You are aware of malevolent tendencies, but you take on and practise benevolent values less than average. According to the scale's authors, what matters in this range is turning awareness into action.
Benevolent values largely adopted
You largely take on benevolent values. According to the scale's authors, the task in this range is to strengthen these values through what you do every day.
Benevolent values clearly dominant
You take on benevolent values and practise them more than average. The scale's authors link this range with inner peace and point out that every new event tests these values again.
Total score
out of 140
Take your result as a rough guide, not a diagnosis. How you feel over time, and a conversation with a specialist, tell much more than a questionnaire.
Talk it through with a specialist
If your result worries you, or you would like to talk it through, our psychiatrists can review it with you, free and without obligation.
Tarhan N, Tutgun-Ünal A, 2022 (Üsküdar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.
About this test
The Üsküdar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale looks at your attitudes towards values such as honesty, accountability, justice, patience, generosity and doing good without expecting anything back, in two dimensions: purpose-oriented and process-oriented. You answer 35 statements in about 8 minutes. The result reflects your attitudes and views; it is not a judgement of your character or a diagnosis.
- Developed by
- Prof. Dr. K. Nevzat Tarhan
Score ranges of this test
| 0–35 | Self-interest outweighs benevolent values |
| 36–70 | Some awareness, benevolent values not yet strong |
| 71–105 | Benevolent values largely adopted |
| 106–140 | Benevolent values clearly dominant |
Uskudar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale (USBEMA (ÜSİYKÖ)) · Tarhan N, Tutgun-Ünal A, 2022 (Üsküdar Benevolence and Malevolence Scale).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.