Measures of Interpersonal Attraction: (Old versions)
McCroskey & McCain‚ 1974
Social Attraction
1. I think he (she) could be a friend of mine.
2. I would like to have a friendly chat with her/him.
3. It would be difficult to meet and talk with him (her).
4. He (she) just wouldn’t fit into my circle of friends.
5. We could never establish a personal friendship with each other.
6. He/she would be pleasant to be with.
Physical Attraction
7. I think he (she) is quite handsome (pretty).
8. He/she is somewhat ugly.
9. He (she) is very sexy looking
10.I find him (her) very attractive physically.
11.I don’t like the way he (she) looks.
12.He/she is not very good looking.
Task Attraction
13.He (she) is a typical goof off when assigned a job to do.
14.You could count on her/him getting the job done.
15.I have confidence in his (her) ability to get the job done.
16.If I wanted to get things done I could probably depend on him (her).
17.I couldn’t get anything accomplished with him (her).
18.He/she would not be good to work with.
Interpersonal Attraction Scale
Use the following scale and write one number before each statement to indicate your feelings.
7 = Strongly agree; 6 = Moderately agree; 5 = Slightly agree; 4 = Undecided; 3 = Slightly disagree; 2 = Moderately disagree; 1 = Strongly disagree
He (she) is a typical goof-off when assigned a job to do.
It would be difficult to meet and talk with him (her).
We could never establish a personal friendship with each other.
He (she) is somewhat ugly. “
I think he (she) could be a friend of mine.
I would like to have a friendly chat with him (her).
I think he (she) is quite handsome (pretty).
He (she) would be a poor problem solver.
I find him (her) very attractive physically.
I don’t like the way he (she) looks.
He (she) just wouldn’t fit into my circle of friends.
He (she) is very sexy looking.
I have confidence in his (her) ability to get the job done.
If wanted to get things done‚ I could probably depend on him (her).
I couldn’t get anything accomplished with him (her).
Items 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ 14‚ and 15 reverse the scoring so that 7 becomes 1‚ 6 becomes 2‚ etc. Then add up the total score.
Social Attraction
1. I think he (she) could be a friend of mine.
2. It would be difficult to meet and talk with him (her).
3. He (she) just wouldn’t fit into my circle of friends.
4. We could never establish a personal friendship with each other.
5. I would like to have a friendly chat with him (her).
Physical Attraction
6. I think he (she) is quite handsome (pretty).
7. He (she) is very sexy looking.
8. I find him (her) very attractive physically.
9. I don’t like the way he (she) looks.
10.He (she) is somewhat ugly.
Task Attraction
11.He (she) is a typical goof-off when assigned a job to do.
12.I have confidence in his (her) ability to get the job done.
13.If ______ wanted to get things done‚ I could probably depend on him (her).
14.I couldn’t get anything accomplished with him (her).
15.He (she) would be a poor problem solver.
Note. Items 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ 14‚ and 15 are reverse-coded. Items should be randomly arranged and dimension labels removed before administration.
Social Attraction
1. I think he (she) could be a friend of mine.
2. I would like to have a friendly chat with him (her).
3. It would be difficult to meet and talk with him (her).
4. We could never establish a personal friendship with each other.
5. He (she) just wouldn’t fit into my circle of friends.
6. He (she) would be pleasant to be with.
7. I feel I know him (her) personally.
8. He (she) is personally offensive to me.
9. I don’t care if I ever get to meet him (her).
10.I sometimes wish I were more like him (her).
Physical Attraction
11.I think he (she) is quite handsome (pretty).
12.He (she) is very sexy looking.
13.I find him (her) very attractive physically.
14.I don’t like the way he (she) looks.
15.He (she) is somewhat ugly.
16.He (she) wears neat clothes.
17.The clothes he (she) wears are not becoming.
18.He (she) is not very good looking.
19.She (he) is well groomed.
20.He (she) is repulsive to me.
Task Attraction
21.I couldn’t get anything accomplished with him (her).
22.He (she) is a typical goof-off when assigned a job to do.
23.I have confidence in his (her) ability to get the job done.
24.If I wanted to get things done I could probably depend on him (her).
25.He (she) would be a poor problem solver.
26.I think studying with him (her) would be impossible.
27.You could count on him (her) getting a job done.
28.I have the feeling he (she) is a very slow worker.
29.If we put our heads together I think we could come up with some good ideas.
30.He (she) would be fun to work with.
Social Attraction (alpha 0.75)‚ Physical Attraction (alpha 0.80) & Task Attraction (alpha 0.86)
Strongly Disagree = 1; Disagree = 2; Neutral = 3; Agree = 4; Strongly Agree = 5
Scoring for 18 items version: To compute your scores‚ add your scores for each item as indicated below:
Recode items 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 8‚ 11‚ 12‚ 13‚ 17‚ & 18
Add the six items for each form of attraction. Scores should range from 6 to 30.
Social Attraction (Items 1-6)
Physical Attraction (Items 7-12)
Task Attraction (Items 13-18)
NOTE: To measure the attractiveness of a different person‚ simply put in the other person’s name in place of “David Letterman” above.
CAUTION: Do not add the scores for these three dimensions to get a total score. These are different dimension. Adding them together is similar to the proverbial adding of apples‚ oranges‚ and watermelons.
This instrument can be found at: http://www.jamescmccroskey.com/measures/attraction_interpersonal.htm
McCroskey‚ J. C.‚ & McCain‚ T. A. (1972). Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Western Speech Communication Assn. (Honolulu‚November-1972).
McCroskey‚ J. C.‚ & McCain‚ T. A. (1974). The measurement of interpersonal attraction. Speech Monographs‚ 41‚ 261-266.
McCroskey‚ L. L.‚ McCroskey‚ J. C.‚ & Richmond‚ V. P. (2006). Analysis and improvement of the measurement of interpersonal attraction and homophily‚ Communication Quarterly‚ 54‚ 1-31.