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Comprehensive Assessment of Sadistic Tendencies (CAST)

The Comprehensive Assessment of Sadistic Tendencies (CAST) is a psychological self-report questionnaire designed to measure everyday sadistic personality traits in non-clinical populations.

The assessment explores attitudes, behaviors, and emotional reactions related to cruelty, aggression, domination, humiliation, enjoyment of violence, and emotional insensitivity. It examines how individuals may derive pleasure, excitement, or satisfaction from causing physical, emotional, or psychological discomfort to others.

The CAST focuses on multiple forms of sadistic tendencies, including direct verbal cruelty, physical aggression, dominance through fear, enjoyment of violent entertainment, and emotional coldness. These traits can appear in both subtle and overt ways in everyday social behavior.

This assessment is commonly used in personality research, dark personality studies, and behavioral psychology to better understand socially aversive personality characteristics.

The CAST is not intended to diagnose personality disorders, criminal behavior, or psychiatric conditions. High scores indicate stronger endorsement of sadistic attitudes or tendencies but should always be interpreted carefully within broader personality and social contexts.

You will be presented with a series of statements related to thoughts, behaviors, social attitudes, and reactions toward others.

Dimensions:
Verbal Cruelty
Physical Aggression
Violence Enjoyment
Dominance & Control
Emotional Coldness

Please rate how strongly you agree or disagree with each statement based on your genuine experiences and attitudes.

Use the following response scale:

1 = Strongly disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither agree nor disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Strongly agree

There are no right or wrong answers. Respond honestly and select the option that best reflects your natural reactions and personality style.

This assessment is intended for adults and older adolescents capable of self-reflection and honest self-reporting.

Participation is voluntary. Responses are anonymous and intended only for educational, self-exploration, and research-awareness purposes.

Higher scores may reflect stronger tendencies toward cruelty, domination, emotional hardness, aggressive enjoyment, or fascination with suffering and violence.

I was purposely mean to some people in high school.

I enjoy making jokes at the expense of others.

I have purposely tricked someone and laughed when they looked foolish.

When making fun of someone, it is especially amusing if they realize what I'm doing.

Perhaps I shouldn't have, but I never got tired of mocking certain classmates.

I would never purposely humiliate someone.

I enjoy physically hurting people.

I enjoy tormenting people.

I have the right to push certain people around.

I have dominated others using fear.

I enjoy hurting my partner during sex (or pretending to).

In video games, I like the realistic blood spurts.

I love to watch YouTube clips of people fighting.

I enjoy watching cage fighting (or MMA), where there is no escape.

I sometimes replay my favorite scenes from gory slasher films.

There's way too much violence in sports.

I enjoy playing the villain in games and torturing other characters.

In professional car-racing, it's the accidents that I enjoy most.

By staying strong, one can better help others.

I'm considered to be a kind person.

I'd do anything, even break the law, for those I love.

I have ambitions to make the world a better place.

I am a religious person.

I have had some really good friends.