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Egogram Test (エゴグラム) — Transactional Analysis

Measure your five Transactional Analysis ego states — CP, NP, A, FC, AC — with Dusay's Egogram. 20 questions, 4 minutes, free. Discover your dominant ego state and how your inner parent, adult, and child interact. エゴグラム.

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What Is the Egogram?

The Egogram, developed by psychologist John Dusay (1972) as a visual extension of Transactional Analysis (TA), maps how much energy you invest in five ego states: Critical Parent (CP), Nurturing Parent (NP), Adult (A), Free Child (FC), and Adapted Child (AC). The pattern across all five — not just the highest score — reveals your characteristic interaction style.

Dusay's Constant Hypothesis states that the total psychic energy across all five states is fixed: raising one state tends to lower another. Understanding your egogram profile helps you identify which states dominate your interactions, which are underutilised, and where intentional growth can shift the balance.

What You'll Discover

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Your profile across all 5 Transactional Analysis ego states

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Your dominant ego state (CP, NP, A, FC, or AC) and what it means

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Which states are high, balanced, or underactive in your personality

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Practical insight for communication, relationships, and self-awareness

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an egogram?

An egogram is a bar chart showing your relative energy investment across the five Transactional Analysis ego states: CP (Critical Parent), NP (Nurturing Parent), A (Adult), FC (Free Child), and AC (Adapted Child). Developed by John Dusay in 1972, it visualises how you typically show up in interactions.

What do the 5 ego states mean?

CP (Critical Parent) = judgement, standards, rules. NP (Nurturing Parent) = care, support, warmth. A (Adult) = logical, present-focused problem-solving. FC (Free Child) = spontaneity, creativity, play. AC (Adapted Child) = compliance, people-pleasing, or rebellion in response to authority.

Is there a best egogram profile?

No single profile is ideal. A high Adult state supports clear thinking, but too much can feel cold. A high Free Child supports creativity but can lack structure. The healthiest profile is context-dependent — the ability to access all five states flexibly is the real goal.

What is Dusay's Constant Hypothesis?

Dusay proposed that the total psychic energy across all five ego states is relatively constant. This means that if you work to strengthen one state (e.g. raising Free Child), energy tends to shift from another state (often Adapted Child). The egogram is therefore a dynamic map, not a fixed diagnosis.

How long is the egogram test?

20 questions — 4 per ego state — rated on a 5-point scale from Never to Always. It takes approximately 4 minutes. You receive a full profile with scores for all five ego states and a read on your dominant state.

Is the egogram scientifically validated?

The egogram comes from Transactional Analysis, a psychotherapeutic theory with a long clinical history but limited formal psychometric validation by modern standards. It remains widely used in counselling and self-development contexts, particularly in Japan where エゴグラム is a mainstream personality tool.

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