What the RDP measures
The RDP (Relational Dynamics Profile) is a psychometric assessment for relational clarity, published by MK COACHING. This page describes its structure, what it measures, and the limits it holds itself to.
A two-part questionnaire
The RDP is made up of 72 items: 64 quantitative items, scored on scales, and 8 narrative items, where the person answers in their own words.
Single people answer 66 of these items (59 quantitative and 7 narrative): the couple debrief module (6 additional items), reserved for people in a relationship, is not shown to them.
The questionnaire is available in 6 languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean), with an identical set of items verified in each. Taking it usually takes about 35 to 45 minutes.
The RDP is published by MK COACHING (Malachie Kengne).
The 9 scored dimensions
The RDP's global score is built from 9 dimensions, each weighted differently. Here is what each one measures and its weight in the global score.
This weighting is a v1 theoretical weighting (clinical a priori); its empirical calibration is under way.
- Emotional Regulation (14.71% of the score)
- The management of internal states in a relational context — the ability to move through tension without being overwhelmed by it or suppressing it.
- Engagement Capacity (11.76% of the score)
- Investment in the long term of a relationship, beyond the intensity of the present moment.
- Affective Openness (9.80% of the score)
- The ability to receive and give emotional intimacy within a relationship.
- Attachment Security (17.65% of the score)
- The person's attachment profile (secure, anxious, avoidant, or fearful-avoidant), calculated on two axes: relational anxiety and avoidance of closeness.
- Emotional Intelligence (14.71% of the score)
- Reading and managing the emotions of others within a relationship.
- Risk Patterns (9.80% of the score)
- Relational risk behaviors self-reported by the person.
- Value Clarity (4.90% of the score)
- Alignment on structuring fundamentals: family, geographic mobility, and the type of relationship structure envisioned.
- Conflict Management (11.76% of the score)
- A measure informed by John Gottman's research on conflict dynamics in couples.
- Intimacy Expression (4.90% of the score)
- The desires and needs the person expresses regarding intimacy.
Cognitive style (COM)
The questionnaire also measures a cognitive style, labeled COM: how a person perceives a situation, how they decide, and how they act.
This style is categorical — it describes a preference, never a score. It never enters the calculation of the global score across the 9 dimensions.
The three-gap doctrine
The RDP report is not reduced to a single score. It separates three distinct layers of reading.
Current maturity is the raw score across the 9 dimensions described above — a snapshot of the present situation.
The sharpness index measures the concordance between how a person describes themselves in their narrative answers and what the psychometric measure from the quantitative items shows. A large gap signals an area to clarify in the profile — never a judgment on the person.
The roadmap orders the priorities: first clarifying the gap between perception and measurement, if one exists, then working on the complementarity between the current profile and the type of relationship or partner sought.
What the RDP does NOT do
The RDP holds itself to strict limits, consistent with its "limited risk" classification under the EU AI Act.
- It is not a medical device.
- It is not a psychological or clinical diagnostic tool.
- It does not predict the future of a relationship.
- It never decides on behalf of the person answering.
- It does not replace the support of a healthcare professional.
- Its use is prohibited in a human resources context, for credit assessment, or for evaluating a third party who has not consented to being assessed.