Submissive Behaviour Scale – SBS

I agree that I am wrong even though I know I'm not

I do things because other people are doing them, rather than because I want to

I would walk out of a shop without questioning, knowing that I had been short changed

I let others criticise me or put me down without defending myself

I do what is expected of me even when I don't want to

If I try to speak and others continue, I shut up

I continue to apologise for minor mistakes

I listen quietly if people in authority say unpleasant things about me

I am not able to tell my friends when I am angry with them

At meetings and gatherings, I let others monopolise the conversation

I don't like people to look straight at me when they are talking

I say 'thank you' enthusiastically and repeatedly when someone does a small favour for me

I avoid direct eye contact

I avoid starting conversations at social gatherings

I blush when people stare at me

I pretend I am ill when declining an invitation