Form DPT-45Guides
Guides
Three questions people ask after taking the test, answered from the research and labeled where we're giving our own judgment.
- 01
Is the difficult person test accurate?
Where the difficult person test comes from, what a self-report score can and can't tell you, how well people know their own difficult traits, and how to read your result.
- 02
How to be less difficult, according to personality-change research
Can you change a difficult trait? What studies of deliberate personality change found, why wanting to change isn't enough, and a practical plan built on those findings.
- 03
How to deal with a difficult person, trait by trait
Generic advice treats every difficult person the same. Here's how to respond depending on which of the seven difficult traits you're facing, plus what research says about why we stay tied to difficult people.