Rigidity Scale – RI

I usually don't like to talk much unless I am with people I know very well.

I like to talk before groups of people.

It is hard for me to start a conversation with strangers.

I would like to be an actor on the stage or in the movies.

It is hard for me to act natural when I am with new people.

I feel nervous if I have to meet a lot of people.

I usually feel nervous and ill at ease at a formal dance or party.

When I work on a committee I like to take charge of things.

I usually take an active part in the entertainment at parties.

I am a better talker than listener.

I try to remember good stories to pass them on to other people.

I am embarrassed with people I do not know well.

A strong person doesn't show his emotions and feelings.

I must admit that it makes me angry when other people interfere with my daily activity.

I find that a well-ordered mode of life with regular hours is congenial to my temperament.

It bothers me when something unexpected interrupts my daily routine.

I don't like to undertake any project unless I have a pretty good idea as to how it will turn out.

I find it hard to set aside a task that I have undertaken, even for a short time.

I don't like things to be uncertain and unpredictable.

I am very slow in making up my mind.

At times I feel that I can make up my mind with unusually great ease.

I must admit I try to see what others think before I take a stand.

I do not like to see women smoke.

I would be uncomfortable in anything other than fairly conventional dress.

I keep out of trouble at all costs.

It wouldn't make me nervous if any members of my family got into trouble with the law.

I must admit that I would find it hard to have for a close friend a person whose manners or appearance made him somewhat repulsive, no matter how brilliant or kind he might be.

I would certainly enjoy beating a crook at his own game.

I would like the job of a foreign correspondent for a newspaper.

I get very tense and anxious when I think other people are disapproving of me.

I am certainly lacking in self-confidence.

Criticism or scolding makes me very uncomfortable.

Most people inwardly dislike putting themselves out to help other people.

I am against giving money to beggars.

Many of the girls I knew in college went with a fellow only for what they could get out of him.

I always follow the rule: business before pleasure.

I get disgusted with myself when I can't understand some problem in my field, or when I can't seem to make any progress on a research problem.

I have never been made especially nervous over trouble that any members of my family have gotten into.

I have no fear of spiders.