The 12-item Green Tea Cattiness Scale is a self-report measure developed to assess green tea cattiness as a culturally rooted dark personality trait, capturing four dimensions—pretentiousness, exploitation, unkindness, and attention seeking.
Below are some items that may or may not apply to you. Select a score from 1(Strongly disagree) to 7(Strongly agree) to indicate the extent to which you agree with the item.
There is NO right or wrong answer.
1. I like to act innocent in front of others.
2. I only show the behaviours that are well liked by others.
3. I will do anything to get a good impression from others, even if I have to lie.
4. I will only be nice to the people who will give me benefits.
5. I would do anything to get what I want.
6. I only befriend those who can benefit me.
7. Criticizing others makes me feel good.
8. I have the habit of being unreasonably demanding toward people around me.
9. I tend to complain about other people for no reason.
10. I feel good when other people are paying attention to me.
11. I like the feeling of being admired.
12. I enjoy gaining attention from the opposite sex.
Scoring
To calculate subscale scores, average the scores of the respective items. For the pretentiousness subscale, average items 1 through 3. For the exploitation subscale, average items 4 through 6. For the unkindness subscale, average items 7 through 9. For the attention-seeking subscale, average items 10 through 12. Lastly, to compute an overall score, average scores across all 12 items.
Reference:
Tan, C.-S., Cheng, S.-M., Ang, C.-T., Phi, C.-N. (2026). The Green Tea Cattiness Scale: Assessing a dark personality trait rooted in Asian online contexts. Current Psychology, 45, Article 776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-026-09106-5
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Creative Commons NonCommercial CC BY-NC. Permission is not required for academic uses. For commercial uses, contact Chee-Seng Tan, PhD at cstan(at)outlook.my for information.
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12-item Green Tea Cattiness Scale (English version)