| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Description | The Ascendance-Submission Questionnaire (Sargent & Beardsley, 1960) evaluates the degree of ascendant or submissive behavior in six social situations commonly encountered by undergraduate college women. These include three group scenarios and three dyadic (pair) scenarios. The questionnaire comprises 36 items designed to assess six aspects of behavior: “Speaking Out,” “Initiating Action,” “Conforming,” “Being Conspicuous or Unconventional,” “Standing Up for One’s Rights,” and “Standing Up for the Rights of Others.” Each item is rated on a 5-point scale ranging from “Always” to “Never,” with scores weighted from 4 (ascendance) to 0 (submission). Higher scores reflect more ascendant behaviors, while lower scores indicate submissiveness. The measure demonstrated a reliability of .83 using Hoyt’s method (analysis of variance). |
| Authors | S. Stansfeld Sargent & Katharine Pease Beardsley |
| Affiliation | S. Stansfeld Sargent: V.A. Hospital |
| Purpose | To assess ascendant or submissive behavior in social contexts. |
| Construct | Ascendance; Submission; Submissiveness |
| Instrument Type | Inventory/Questionnaire |
| Test Type | Revision |
| Number of Items | The measure consists of 36 items. |
| Format | Items are rated on a 5-point scale from “Always” to “Never,” with higher scores indicating ascendance and lower scores indicating submission. |
| Reliability | Internal consistency reliability of .83 as estimated by Hoyt’s method (analysis of variance). |
| Validity | No validity information provided. |
| Factor Analysis | No factor analysis indicated. |
| Test Methodology | Test Construction; Internal Consistency |
| Administration Method | Paper-based |
| Classification | 7200 Personality |
| Age Group | Adulthood (18 years and older) |
| Population Group | Human; Female |
| Population Details | Sample: College Women |
| Keywords | Ascendance-Submission Questionnaire; Test Development; Internal Consistency |
| Index Terms | Aggressiveness; Passiveness; Questionnaires; Test Reliability |
| Reference | Sargent, S. S., & Beardsley, K. P. (1960). Social roles and personality traits. International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 6(1-2), 66–70. https://doi.org/10.1177/002076406000600109 |
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Mohammed looti (2026). Ascendance-Submission Questionnaire. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/ascendance-submission-questionnaire/
Mohammed looti. "Ascendance-Submission Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 4 Apr. 2026, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/ascendance-submission-questionnaire/.
Mohammed looti. "Ascendance-Submission Questionnaire." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2026. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/ascendance-submission-questionnaire/.
Mohammed looti (2026) 'Ascendance-Submission Questionnaire', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/s/ascendance-submission-questionnaire/.
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