Alienation Test

by C. George Boeree

Below is a list of statements. Please read each statement carefully and rate how strongly you agree or disagree with it. There are no right or wrong answers, what's important is your personal view.

I don't understand the way people behave nowadays.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't want what most people seem to want.
strongly agree strongly disagree
The future of mankind looks pretty hopeless.
strongly agree strongly disagree
Most people act as if the end justifies the means.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't get much satisfaction from my work (or school work).
strongly agree strongly disagree
It's a lonely life for more and more people nowadays.
strongly agree strongly disagree
Things don't make much sense to me anymore.
strongly agree strongly disagree
My values are different from society's values.
strongly agree strongly disagree
There is little room for personal choice anymore.
strongly agree strongly disagree
There just aren't any definite rules to live by today.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I wish I could feel more involved in my job (or school work).
strongly agree strongly disagree
I wish people would be a lot kinder than they are.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I feel confused about the world a lot.
strongly agree strongly disagree
Most people don't have the same priorities that I do.
strongly agree strongly disagree
You can only get ahead if you get some lucky breaks.
strongly agree strongly disagree
It seems that right and wrong are pretty ambivalent nowadays.
strongly agree strongly disagree
Sometimes I just feel like a robot at work (or school).
strongly agree strongly disagree
Sometimes I feel all alone in the world.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't know what the purpose of life is anymore.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't identify with my culture's values.
strongly agree strongly disagree
There are so many decisions to make that I could just scream.
strongly agree strongly disagree
It seems as if you have to play dirty to win.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't have much opportunity to be creative.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't get to go out with friends much anymore.
strongly agree strongly disagree
Life has become less and less meaningful to me.
strongly agree strongly disagree
Everybody seems to have a different idea of success than I have.
strongly agree strongly disagree
It is (or would be) scary to be responsible for a child nowadays.
strongly agree strongly disagree
It often seems that it's the nice people who lose.
strongly agree strongly disagree
It's frustrating if you really care about the quality of your work.
strongly agree strongly disagree
I don't see my family as much as I'd like to.
strongly agree strongly disagree

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