Once you have your access key in hand, taking the MPADQ is a straightforward process — but it requires your full, uninterrupted attention from start to finish. The assessment moves through a demographics section and a longer Likert-scale section before delivering your personalized results. This page walks you through every stage so you know exactly what to expect before you begin.Documentation Index
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Quiz Flow Overview
The full assessment follows five stages in sequence:| Stage | Location | What Happens |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Key Entry | / (homepage) | You enter your 10-character key and click Start Quiz |
| 2. Initialization | /start/ | Session is established; empty answer rows are created in the database |
| 3. Demographics | /demographics/ | 15 background questions about you and your performing experience |
| 4. Likert Questions | (paginated) | 157 scaled questions, displayed 10 per page (~16 pages) |
| 5. Results | /finish/ | Scores are computed and your full results are displayed |
Full Step-by-Step Walkthrough
Enter your key on the homepage
Navigate to performanceanxietyquestionnaire.com, type your 10-character access key into the text field, and click Start Quiz. If your key is valid and active, you will be forwarded to
/start/. See Access Keys for full details on key validation and error handling.Read the introduction at /start/
The
/start/ page displays a brief introduction to the questionnaire — its purpose, its confidentiality policy, and the one-sitting requirement. Read it carefully before proceeding.At this point, the server performs an important initialization step: it deletes any pre-existing answer rows for your license ID and inserts fresh, empty rows for all 15 demographic questions and all 157 Likert questions. This ensures your session starts from a clean slate even if you had previously navigated away mid-quiz.Click Begin Questionnaire to proceed to the demographics section.Complete the demographics section (15 questions)
The demographics section gathers background information about you as a musician. There are 15 questions in total, presented using a variety of input types:
- Radio buttons — for single-choice categorical answers (e.g., your primary instrument family)
- Select dropdowns — for choosing from a longer list of options
- Text fields — for short free-text responses
- Textareas — for longer written responses
Work through the Likert questions (~16 pages)
After demographics, you enter the main body of the assessment: 157 Likert-scale questions displayed 10 per page, for approximately 16 pages of questions.Each question asks you to rate a statement about your thoughts, feelings, or behaviors on the following scale:
Answer every question honestly, even if some seem unrelated to performing. As the introduction explains, your perspective on a wide range of situations contributes to your overall psychological profile, which is central to understanding performance anxiety.A progress bar is displayed throughout the Likert section so you can track how far through the questionnaire you are.Navigate through pages using the Next button at the bottom of each question set. You can move forward but should not use your browser’s back button, as this may disrupt your session.
| Value | Label |
|---|---|
| 1 | Strongly Disagree |
| 2 | Disagree |
| 3 | Neutral |
| 4 | Agree |
| 5 | Strongly Agree |
| 6 | N/A |
Your answers are submitted asynchronously using a background request (jQuery
$.post) each time you advance to the next page. This means your responses are saved to the database as you go — you will not lose the answers from earlier pages if something goes wrong later in the session. However, this does not mean you can close the browser and resume later; your PHP session must remain active for the quiz to continue.Submit the quiz on the final page
After you answer the questions on the last Likert page, a final Submit button appears. Clicking it sends your completed responses to the server, triggers score computation, and sets your key’s
active flag to false in the database.This action is permanent and irreversible — once submitted, the quiz cannot be retaken with the same key.Review your results at /finish/
After submission, the results page loads automatically at
/finish/. Your scores are displayed across:- Sub-category scores — detailed breakdowns of specific anxiety factors
- Broad-category scores — higher-level groupings that give an overall picture of your anxiety profile
/finish/.