Trust and transparency
XPTI contains tools with very different purposes. A validated symptom screener should not be presented like an entertainment quiz, and an original personality system should not be described as a clinical assessment.
Uses the item wording and scoring structure of a recognized screening instrument. A screener identifies symptoms or possible concerns; it does not establish a diagnosis.
Examples: PHQ-9, GAD-7, and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale when implemented and labeled correctly.
Uses concepts discussed in psychological research but may not reproduce a specific validated instrument or clinical scoring process.
Examples: Trait-oriented self-assessments about attachment, empathy, narcissism, or dark-triad concepts.
Organizes personal preferences or experiences into a result designed to prompt reflection, not measure a clinical construct.
Examples: Love-language, introvert–extrovert, and relationship-preference quizzes.
An original or adapted quiz without a validated diagnostic purpose. Results should be treated as playful labels or discussion prompts.
Examples: SBTI, XPTI original profiles, and the modern Rice Purity–style checklist.
Measures browser interaction such as response time. Hardware, browser scheduling, display refresh rate, and environment can affect the result.
Examples: Reaction-time tasks.
Test answers are generally held in page state and used in the browser to calculate a result. This is narrower than “complete anonymity”: hosting, security, cookies, and analytics services may still process standard visit and device information.
Health screeners must state that they are not diagnoses. When an answer raises an immediate safety concern, support guidance should appear when that answer is selected rather than waiting for the final score. An online item cannot assess current intent, planning, access to means, protective factors, or immediate danger.
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