GMS 5 + AMS 5 · Two full guides free

Mattering Test (GMS/AMS)

Answer all 10 GMS/AMS questions and read two separate 5–20 scores, worked examples and complete free guides. No signup, diagnosis or combined worth score.

10 questions · About 3 minutes · Untimed · No signup

Explore feeling important to others and feeling insignificant as two related experiences. Neither score defines your value or establishes what others really think. Chinese is a new, unvalidated working translation.

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Reflect on experiences with people in general

Consider your experiences with people in general, without a fixed recall period. Choose how much each question applies. All ten questions are needed for both totals; you can exit and read either guide instead.

Add the five GMS ratings and separately add the five AMS ratings. Each total ranges from 5 to 20; no item is reversed. Larger GMS means more reported mattering; larger AMS means more reported not mattering. Do not combine, subtract or rank the totals.

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Two full public readings

Read without answering. Public pages are identical for everyone, without personal scores.

General Mattering (GMS): Reading Your Score
Read the five-item General Mattering Scale separately: what 5–20 means, why being relied on is not the same as being cared for, and how to reflect on real interactions.
Anti-Mattering (AMS): Reading Your Score
Read the five-item Anti-Mattering Scale independently: its 5–20 total, examples of feeling invisible, mixed relationship experiences, limits and optional next steps.

Method, sources and scope

Two scales, ten published questions

This edition retains the five GMS questions credited to Marcus and Rosenberg (1987) and the five AMS questions in Flett et al. (2022), Table 2. The four response anchors and separate sums follow the joint-scale protocol described by Krygsman et al. (2022). It is not GMS-6, a ten-item single scale, or a diagnostic assessment.

Answer based on your experiences with people in general. No fixed recent-week or month is imposed. Select 1 Not at all, 2 A little, 3 Somewhat or 4 A lot. You may exit without answering; reading the public guides does not require a score.

Separate 5–20 sums; no reverse keys

Each scale requires all five valid responses under this website’s stricter completeness rule. No response is inferred from the other scale. The source articles do not establish a general missing-item rule, website cutoffs, individual risk probabilities or meaningful-change thresholds.

Source, attribution and working translation

GMS: Marcus, R. F., & Rosenberg, M. (1987), General Mattering Scale; wording as reproduced in Flett et al. (2022), Table 2. AMS: Flett, G. L., Nepon, T., Goldberg, J. O., Rose, A. L., Atkey, S. K., & Zaki-Azat, J. (2022), The Anti-Mattering Scale, Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 40(1), 37–59. DOI: 10.1177/07342829211050544. The AMS source article is published under CC BY 4.0.

The Chinese wording is a new FermatMind working translation of the selected English items and anchors. Instructions are adapted for web controls; explanations and examples are FermatMind editorial content. Neither language of this website, the translation nor the presentation has independent validation or original-author endorsement.

Privacy, retaking and sharing

Responses and scores remain in current-page memory. There is no account record or automatic draft. Refreshing, leaving, changing language, clearing or retaking removes them. Copy only the public explanation links; they contain no personal responses or scores.

A later attempt is a fresh reflection, not a clinical follow-up. If you want to compare privately, make your own note of language, date and the relationships you considered. You can read both full guides without starting the test, paying or registering.

Frequently asked questions

Are the two scores opposites?

No. They are related but distinct experiences. Both can be present, and equal scores do not have a special meaning. Read both without ranking or subtracting them.

Does this measure how much I am worth?

No. It records your responses about relationships, not your value, popularity or other people’s verified opinions.

What if I leave an item unanswered?

The affected five-item total is withheld. The website does not insert zero or estimate a missing answer. You may exit and read the guides without a score.

Is the Chinese version validated?

No. This is a new working translation. Evidence for other Chinese versions or for published English items does not validate this edition.

Which timeframe should I use?

Consider experiences with people in general, as in the selected AMS instructions. This edition does not impose a past-week or past-month timeframe.

Can I share my result privately?

The copy button shares public guides only, without your answers or scores. No automatic draft is stored; retaking or leaving clears the current attempt.

Website edition: 1.0.0 · 2026-10-29