
Warm Tolerance Scale
Are you able to accept and embrace your differences with others? Take this test to find out.
By Mark Travers, Ph.D.
May 15, 2024

By Mark Travers, Ph.D.
May 15, 2024
Mark Travers, Ph.D., is the lead psychologist at Awake Therapy, responsible for new client intake and placement. Mark received his B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude, from Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder. His academic research has been published in leading psychology journals and has been featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker, among other popular publications. He is a regular contributor for Forbes and Psychology Today, where he writes about psycho-educational topics such as happiness, relationships, personality, and life meaning. Click here to schedule an initial consultation with Mark or another member of the Awake Therapy team. Or, you can drop him a note here.
Tolerance boosts one's ability to maintain positive and constructive relationships, despite encountering people who hold contrasting views. The Interpersonal Tolerance Scale is a tool designed to measure the capacity to tolerate and accept interpersonal differences. The researchers' analyses resulted in three distinct factors: warm tolerance, cold tolerance and limits of tolerance.
The Warm Tolerance dimension of the Interpersonal Tolerance Scale is useful for assessing an individual's capacity to maintain accepting attitudes toward others. This dimension helps evaluate the degree to which an individual exhibits warmth and acceptance toward those who hold different beliefs or values.
You can take this test here. Please follow all of the steps to receive your results.
References: Thomae, M., Birtel, M. D., & Wittemann, J. (2016). The Interpersonal Tolerance Scale (IPTS): Scale Development and Validation. Paper presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.