Assessing your own competence is a useful step in understanding and improving your personal communication behaviors. Complete the following questionnaire, evaluating your behavior with a long-standing partner in mind (for example, close friend, family member, romantic partner). Rate each of the following statements on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 = strongly disagree, 2 = somewhat disagree, 3 = neither agree nor disagree, 4 = somewhat agree, 5 = strongly agree: