The Coolidge Personality Test has been designed to aid parents and professionals in the identification of problematic behaviors in childhood and adolescence. Please answer these questions as they apply to this child's present behavior compared to most other children's normal behavior. Try to be as honest and as open as you can be. A few parents who complete the inventory will deny all problems with their children. In such cases, there is no help whatsoever that we can offer. All children are certain to show some of these behaviors, so do not worry if you seem to be endorsing a lot of questions as true for this child. The test has been designed to help children, not to hurt or penalize them. We believe that the proper identification of problem behaviors is the first step in helping to relieve these problems. Remember when you answer these questions to keep in mind your child's typical behavior within the last few months.
It is also important to remember to answer the questions by comparing this child's behavior to other children's behavior, or other children you have known.
How to mark the answers:
Click on "SF" if:
SF. This is strongly false for the child.
This has never happened to the child within the last few months.
I have never observed this in the child in the last few months.
My child is not at all like this.
Click "MF" if:
MF. This is more false than true for this child.
This happens infrequently in this child.
This child has reported this infrequently.
Mark "MT" if:
MT. This is more true than false for the child.
This happens occasionally to the child.
I have observed or this child has reported this happening somewhat frequently.
Mark "ST" if:
ST. This is strongly true for the child.
I would say this is very typical of this child's behavior.
I have observed this or the child has reported this on a regular basis.
I would say this describes my child very well.