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Üsküdar Voter Self-Evaluation Scale (ÜSSEÇMEN)
A 16-item scale on how far you use rational and emotional/ethical criteria when you vote.
NPİSTANBUL Brain Hospital
Üsküdar Voter Self-Evaluation Scale (ÜSSEÇMEN)
- 16 questions
- About 3 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.
Think about yourself as a voter and mark how far you agree with each statement.
Choosing an answer takes you to the next question. You can go back at any time.
Your result
No clear criteria in voting decisions
You report that you do not use clear criteria when you vote; the leader's policies and the values they stand for play little part in your decision.
Few criteria in voting decisions
You take some criteria into account when you vote, but your decision is mostly not based on clear criteria.
Moderately considered voting decisions
When you vote, you take both the leader's policies and your values into account to a moderate degree.
Well-considered voting decisions
When you vote, you largely take the leader's policies and the values you hold into account.
Very well-considered voting decisions
You report that you know the leader's policies in detail and give strong weight to ethical values when you vote.
Total score
out of 80
Rational criteria: low
You report knowing little about the policies of the leader you vote for in areas such as the economy, education, health and foreign affairs.
Rational criteria: moderate
You report knowing some of the policies of the leader you vote for.
Rational criteria: high
You report knowing the policies of the leader you vote for well across different areas.
Rational decision-making
out of 40
Emotional/ethical criteria: low
Values such as bringing people together, honesty, compromise and rejecting violence play a small part in your voting decision.
Emotional/ethical criteria: moderate
Values such as bringing people together, honesty, compromise and rejecting violence play a moderate part in your voting decision.
Emotional/ethical criteria: high
Values such as bringing people together, honesty, compromise and rejecting violence play an important part in your voting decision.
Emotional/ethical decision-making
out of 40
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, Kansu AF, Tutgun-Ünal A, 2022 (Üsküdar Voter Self-Evaluation 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 Voter Self-Evaluation Scale looks at how well you know the leader's policies when you vote (rational criteria) and which values you consider important (emotional/ethical criteria). You answer 16 statements in about 3 minutes. The higher the score, the more criteria you use in your decision; the result is not a psychological diagnosis.
- Developed by
- Prof. Dr. K. Nevzat Tarhan
Score ranges of this test: Total score
| 16–28 | No clear criteria in voting decisions |
| 29–41 | Few criteria in voting decisions |
| 42–54 | Moderately considered voting decisions |
| 55–67 | Well-considered voting decisions |
| 68–80 | Very well-considered voting decisions |
Score ranges of this test: Rational decision-making
| 8–18 | Rational criteria: low |
| 19–29 | Rational criteria: moderate |
| 30–40 | Rational criteria: high |
Score ranges of this test: Emotional/ethical decision-making
| 8–18 | Emotional/ethical criteria: low |
| 19–29 | Emotional/ethical criteria: moderate |
| 30–40 | Emotional/ethical criteria: high |
Uskudar Voter Self-Evaluation Scale (ÜSSEÇMEN) · Tarhan N, Kansu AF, Tutgun-Ünal A, 2022 (Üsküdar Voter Self-Evaluation Scale).
This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.