Updated 3 November 2026
How trusting am I?
IPIP-NEO trust facet, 10 items, 2 minutes
Trust is the tendency to assume that other people mean well and tell the truth, rather than to suspect hidden motives. It is one facet of agreeableness. These ten statements are the public-domain IPIP-NEO trust facet.
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0 of 10 answered. Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly your same age.
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Understanding your scores
Trust
High. People who score high say they trust others, believe that others have good intentions, trust what people say, believe in human goodness and think that all will be well. In daily life that shows as taking people at their word, lending and sharing freely, and being slow to suspect. Trust is the first facet of agreeableness. The cost is being taken advantage of sometimes; the benefit is the relationships and cooperation that only trust makes possible.
Low. People who score low say they distrust people, suspect hidden motives, are wary of others and doubt that people are basically moral. In daily life that shows as checking before believing, reading the small print, and taking time before letting anyone close. It is not paranoia and it is not a judgement about anyone; it is a default setting for new people and claims, and a low score often reflects experience. Low scorers are hard to fool.
How reliable is this test
Internal consistency (coefficient alpha) per scale, as published:
| Scale | Published |
|---|---|
| Trust | 0.82 |
Coefficient alpha as given on the key page, https://ipip.ori.org/newNEOKey.htm, accessed 3 November 2026.
No published norms exist for this instrument, so the results show raw scores against the possible range and no percentiles.
The IPIP key page gives coefficient alpha of .82 for this scale and no test-retest figure. Personality scores are fairly stable over weeks; a change of a few points between attempts is usual.
Limits worth knowing: ten items on one facet, self-reported, with no published norm sample for the facet on its own. The 120-item Big Five test scores the same facet with four items against a norm sample.
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Questions people ask
Do I have trust issues?
This scale cannot say. It measures how readily you assume good intentions in people in general, which is a trait that varies across the whole population. It does not measure trust in any particular person or relationship.
Is low trust a bad thing?
No. Low trust protects against being deceived and is common among people who have reason to be careful. High trust eases cooperation. Each end has its costs, and the site never codes scores as good or bad.
Why is there no percentile on this test?
No norm sample has been published for this scale on its own, and the site never estimates or invents norms. Your marker is drawn against the possible range instead, and the page says so. The Big Five tests do have published norms.
Is a high or low score better?
Neither. Each end has strengths and costs, and the research describes tendencies across large groups, not what any one person will do. The site never colours scores as good or bad.
Where do my answers go?
Nowhere. The test is scored in your browser and the result is kept only on this device. If you choose to share a link, your scores are inside the link itself and nothing is sent to this site.
Sources and licence
Instrument: Trust. Goldberg, L. R. (1999). A broad-bandwidth, public-domain, personality inventory measuring the lower-level facets of several five-factor models. In I. Mervielde, I. Deary, F. De Fruyt, & F. Ostendorf (Eds.), Personality psychology in Europe, Vol. 7 (pp. 7-28). Tilburg University Press.
Scoring key: https://ipip.ori.org/newNEOKey.htm, checked 2026-11-03.
Licence: Public domain (IPIP). Permission is granted automatically for any person to use IPIP items for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial. https://ipip.ori.org/newPermission.htm Credit: International Personality Item Pool, https://ipip.ori.org/.