Free relationship assessment
Are my standards unrealistic?
Discover your Reality Distortion Index to see how impossible expectations and fairy tale fantasies can sabotage real love. Based on Fletcher's Ideal Standards Model and Epstein's relationship belief research, this assessment reveals where your relationship standards may be pulling you away from reality.
Begin the assessmentSources and foundations
This assessment draws on the following published frameworks.
Fletcher, G. J., et al. (2000). The Ideal Standards Model of romantic relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Epstein, N., & Eidelson, R. J. (1982). Unrealistic beliefs of distressed couples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Vannier, S. A., & O'Sullivan, L. F. (2017). Passion, connection, and destiny: Romantic idealism and its consequences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.