UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

CPI-DM A Psychological Questionnaire

Developed by
Baby Shari Rinju George

Faculty Research Scholar

Department of Psychology
Directions for filling questionnaire: Given below are statements related to human behavior.
Read each statement carefully and mark your responses accordingly. There is no right or wrong
response. If your response is ‘always’ mark as ‘5’, if it is ‘sometimes’ mark as ‘4’, mark ‘3’ if
your response is ‘occasionally’, mark ‘2’ if your response is ‘rarely’ and mark ‘1’ if your
response is ‘never’. I also assure you that the information provided will be used only for the
research purpose and it will be kept confidential.

Sl. Items Rating

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1 When mild signs of illness appear I hesitate to consult a doctor fearing that the
symptoms indicate some chronic disease.

2 Some unnatural forces control many of the situations in my life.

3 Black magic creates failure in my life.

4 I plan beforehand visualizing my failure.

5 I day dream a lot about my future.

6 I escape from the scene when I find my near ones are in trouble.

7 Omens control my life.

8 I laugh at my own mistakes now and then.

9 I usually think about the consequences before entering into any matters.

10 Sometimes I day dream forgetting my duties.

11 I rarely take up responsibilities.

12 I find humor even in my mistakes.

13. I openly express my disinterest to people.

14 I plan beforehand for the problems that are going to happen.

15 Many say that I am a daydreamer

16 I humorize the mistakes of others.

17. I don’t hide my emotions.

18. I channelize my emotions to artistic or other creative activities.

19. I control my anger through yoga, exercise etc.

20. I am serious at home even though I am very timid before others.

21. I express my ideology without considering the name and fame of others.

22. Whatever may be the matter, I am interested to get all the details.

23. I engage in co-curricular activities to reduce my tension.

24. Though everybody respects me, I do some things secretly.

25. I express my anger towards elders by showing it to my youngsters.

26. When there is a financial crisis I think about how to rearrange the expenses.

27. It’s my habit to think without involving my emotions in it.

28. There are situations in which I have completely forgotten complicated issues
involved in it.

29. I express my anger by destroying things.

30. For my external issues, I express responses at home.

31. I behave hiding my dislikes to others.

32. I behave respectfully to authorities hiding my hate to them.

33. In various situations I pretend to be brave even though I am afraid.

34. I have no clear memories about many of my problems that have happened in
my life.

35. I naturally forget even great sorrows.

36. The reasons for many of my problems are the near ones.
37. I forget my sorrows (unhappiness) by helping others.

38. I tactfully escape from helping those whom I hate.

39. Most of the times I suppress my negative emotions.

40. I hate many people and do express it unconsciously.

41. Many of my friendships have broken because of some outside factors.

42. Social service gives me peace of mind.

43. I take certain secret measures to take revenge on those whom I dislike.

44. I hide my inner unhappiness.

45. I hide my anger towards authorities.

46. My talents didn’t develop because of the lack of appreciation from my family.

47. I have talent to find out and solve others problems.

48. I am happy when my enemies suffer.

Note: Please mail filled in questionnaires to rinjuhere@gmail.com

Thank you