Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES)

What this looks at

Measures global self-esteem, assessing your general sense of self-worth and self-acceptance.

Consider if you:

• Frequently doubt your value or competence
• Feel inferior to others

Self-Compassion Scale – Short Form (SCS-SF)

What this looks at

Evaluates how you treat yourself during moments of failure or suffering, measuring self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness.

Consider if you:

• Are highly self-critical or struggle to forgive mistakes
• Are engaged in compassion-focused or mindfulness-based therapy

Compassion Motivation and Action Scale – Self

What this looks at

Evaluates your motivation to respond to your own suffering with care, support, and constructive action.

Consider if you:

• Understand self-compassion conceptually but struggle to act on it
• Want to build supportive self-care behaviors

Compassion Motivation and Action Scale – Other

What this looks at

Assesses your motivation and willingness to respond to others\’ suffering with care and helpful action.

Consider if you:

• Want to explore how you respond when others are distressed
• Work in a caregiving role and are reflecting on boundaries

PID-5-SF (Personality Inventory for DSM-5 – Short Form)

What this looks at

Looks at personality traits that can complicate life, such as negative emotions, detachment, conflict, impulsivity, and unusual thinking.

Consider if you:

• Run into ongoing conflict in your relationships
• Struggle with impulsive choices, strong mood swings, or mistrust

IPIP-NEO-120

What this looks at

Looks at the “Big Five” traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Consider if you:

• Want a broad, research-based overview of your everyday personality
• Are curious about your strengths and natural tendencies

Attachment Style Questionnaire – Short Form (ASQ-SF)

What this looks at

Explores how you connect with others, comfort with closeness, worry about rejection, and value independence.

Consider if you:

• Notice the same patterns showing up in your close relationships
• Fear being left or feel uneasy with emotional closeness

Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR)

What this looks at

Looks at two main parts of attachment: anxiety (fear of rejection) and avoidance (discomfort with closeness).

Consider if you:

• Notice jealousy, a need for reassurance, or pulling away in relationships
• Are actively working on relationship patterns in therapy

UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale

What this looks at

Looks at different kinds of impulsivity: acting during strong feelings, sensation seeking, lack of planning, and low follow-through.

Consider if you:

• Make decisions you later regret when highly emotional
• Find it hard to follow through on long-term plans

Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)

What this looks at

Looks at how easily you can notice, identify, and put words to your emotional experiences.

Consider if you:

• Find it hard to put your feelings into words or identify what you feel
• Focus more on outside facts than inner feelings

Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)

What this looks at

Measures sleep difficulties, including trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and daytime impact.

Consider if you:

• Regularly have difficulty sleeping or wake feeling unrefreshed
• Notice sleep problems affecting concentration or mood

PID-5-SF (Personality Inventory for DSM-5 – Short Form)

What this looks at

Looks at personality traits that can complicate life, such as negative emotions, detachment, conflict, impulsivity, and unusual thinking.

Consider if you:

• Run into ongoing conflict in your relationships
• Struggle with impulsive choices, strong mood swings, or mistrust

IPIP-NEO-120

What this looks at

Looks at the “Big Five” traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

Consider if you:

• Want a broad, research-based overview of your everyday personality
• Are curious about your strengths and natural tendencies

Attachment Style Questionnaire – Short Form (ASQ-SF)

What this looks at

Explores how you connect with others, comfort with closeness, worry about rejection, and value independence.

Consider if you:

• Notice the same patterns showing up in your close relationships
• Fear being left or feel uneasy with emotional closeness

Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (ECR)

What this looks at

Looks at two main parts of attachment: anxiety (fear of rejection) and avoidance (discomfort with closeness).

Consider if you:

• Notice jealousy, a need for reassurance, or pulling away in relationships
• Are actively working on relationship patterns in therapy

UPPS-P Impulsive Behavior Scale

What this looks at

Looks at different kinds of impulsivity: acting during strong feelings, sensation seeking, lack of planning, and low follow-through.

Consider if you:

• Make decisions you later regret when highly emotional
• Find it hard to follow through on long-term plans

Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20)

What this looks at

Looks at how easily you can notice, identify, and put words to your emotional experiences.

Consider if you:

• Find it hard to put your feelings into words or identify what you feel
• Focus more on outside facts than inner feelings

Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)

What this looks at

Measures sleep difficulties, including trouble falling asleep, staying asleep, and daytime impact.

Consider if you:

• Regularly have difficulty sleeping or wake feeling unrefreshed
• Notice sleep problems affecting concentration or mood

Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS)

What this looks at

Measures catastrophic thinking related to pain, including rumination, magnification, and helplessness.

Consider if you:

• Feel overwhelmed by pain or expect the worst when symptoms flare
• Have difficulty shifting attention away from physical discomfort

Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ)

What this looks at

Measures your confidence in your ability to perform daily activities and function despite pain.

Consider if you:

• Question whether you can stay active or work with pain
• Avoid tasks because you doubt your ability to cope

Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK)

What this looks at

Assesses fear of movement, physical activity, and fear of re-injury.

Consider if you:

• Avoid physical activity due to fear of worsening pain
• Feel anxious about exercise or physical rehabilitation

Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)

What this looks at

Measures how much a health problem interferes with work, home management, social activities, and relationships.

Consider if you:

• Feel your physical or mental health is disrupting daily responsibilities
• Want to measure real-world functional impairment

Tinnitus Handicap Inventory (THI)

What this looks at

Measures how persistent ringing or noise in the ears affects emotional well-being, concentration, and daily life.

Consider if you:

• Experience persistent tinnitus
• Feel distressed, distracted, or sleep-deprived due to ear noise

Eating Disorder-15 (ED-15)

What this looks at

Measures core eating disorder symptoms over the past week, including dietary restraint, weight/shape concern, and body dissatisfaction.

Consider if you:

• Are concerned about restrictive eating or binge/purge behaviors
• Want a brief measure sensitive to short-term changes

Children’s Eating Attitudes Test (ChEAT)

What this looks at

Assesses dieting behaviors, food preoccupation, and fear of weight gain in children.

Consider if:

• You are concerned about a child\’s eating behaviors or restrictive rules
• A child is expressing intense distress about weight or shape

Binge-Eating Scale (BES)

What this looks at

Measures behavioral and emotional aspects of binge eating, including loss of control, rapid eating, and distress afterward.

Consider if you:

• Experience episodes of overeating where you feel unable to stop
• Feel intense guilt, shame, or distress after eating

Appearance Anxiety Inventory (AAI)

What this looks at

Measures anxiety and preoccupation related to physical appearance, including checking behaviors and avoidance.

Consider if you:

• Spend significant time worrying about perceived physical flaws
• Frequently check mirrors, seek reassurance, or avoid social situations

Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA)

What this looks at

Evaluates how eating behaviors or body image concerns interfere with daily work, social life, and relationships.

Consider if you:

• Want to measure how much eating concerns disrupt your functioning
• Are tracking treatment progress for disordered eating

Cosmetic Readiness Questionnaire (CRQ)

What this looks at

Evaluates psychological readiness, motivations, and expectations for elective cosmetic procedures.

Consider if you:

• Are considering a cosmetic or aesthetic procedure
• Want to explore whether your expectations for treatment outcomes are realistic

Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ‑9)

What this looks at

Measures symptoms of depression over the past two weeks, including mood, energy, sleep, and concentration.

Consider if you:

• Feel persistently sad, empty, or unmotivated
• Have lost interest in activities you normally enjoy

CESD‑R (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale – Revised)

What this looks at

Measures depressive symptoms over the past two weeks, offering a more detailed clinical profile than brief screeners.

Consider if you:

• Want a thorough evaluation of depressive symptoms and emotional flatness
• Are tracking changes in symptom severity over time

Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Self‑Report)

What this looks at

Evaluates depressive symptoms in children and adolescents from the young person\’s own perspective.

Consider if:

• You are an adolescent experiencing sadness, irritability, or loss of interest
• You want to describe your internal mood experience

Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (Parent Version)

What this looks at

Parent-report measure assessing depressive symptoms in children or adolescents based on observed behavior.

Consider if:

• You are concerned about your child\’s mood, withdrawal, or irritability
• You want to provide parent observational input

CES‑DC (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale for Children)

What this looks at

Measures depressive symptoms in children and adolescents, focusing on mood, energy, sleep, and social withdrawal.

Consider if:

• You are evaluating depressive symptoms in a child or adolescent
• You want a structured, child-focused depression scale

General Behaviour Inventory (GBI)

What this looks at

Assesses both depressive symptoms and hypomanic/manic symptoms, including mood elevation, decreased sleep, and rapid thoughts.

Consider if you:

• Experience significant mood swings or alternating periods of high and low energy
• Want to clarify if your symptoms reflect unipolar depression or bipolar spectrum patterns

Important: Endorse hypomanic/manic symptoms only if they occurred during a distinct period of mood/energy change lasting at least 4 consecutive days.

MDQ (Mood Disorder Questionnaire)

What this looks at

A screening tool for bipolar spectrum conditions, focusing on lifetime history of hypomanic or manic symptoms.

Consider if you:

• Have experienced episodes of unusually elevated, expansive, or irritable mood
• Have had periods of decreased need for sleep without feeling tired

Important: Endorse hypomanic/manic symptoms only if they occurred during a distinct period of mood/energy change lasting at least 4 consecutive days.

Male Depression Risk Scale

What this looks at

Evaluates externalizing depression symptoms that may be common in men, such as irritability, anger, risk-taking, and emotional suppression.

Consider if you:

• Do not identify with classic “sadness” but feel irritable, angry, or withdrawn
• Notice increased risk-taking, substance use, or emotional shutdown

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)

What this looks at

Assesses depressive symptoms in older adults, omitting physical symptoms that may overlap with normal aging or medical issues.

Consider if you:

• Are an older adult concerned about changes in mood, motivation, or interest
• Want a depression measure designed specifically for later life

Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

What this looks at

Screens for depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Consider if you:

• Are pregnant or recently gave birth
• Feel emotionally overwhelmed, anxious, tearful, or detached

Acceptance and Action Questionnaire‑II (AAQ‑II)

What this looks at

Measures psychological flexibility, experiential avoidance, and your ability to act on values despite discomfort.

Consider if you:

• Feel controlled by your thoughts or avoid difficult emotions
• Are engaged in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Brief Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (BEAQ)

What this looks at

Assesses your tendency to actively avoid uncomfortable internal experiences like difficult thoughts, emotions, or physical sensations.

Consider if you:

• Suppress emotions or distract yourself frequently to avoid distress
• Avoid situations that trigger uncomfortable feelings

Valuing Questionnaire (VQ)

What this looks at

Measures how consistently your actions align with your core values, and how much you feel obstructed from living them.

Consider if you:

• Feel disconnected from meaning, purpose, or direction
• Want to clarify if your daily behavior reflects your priorities

Brief COPE

What this looks at

Evaluates a wide range of coping strategies, including problem-solving, emotional support seeking, denial, and reframing.

Consider if you:

• Want to understand how you typically respond to stress
• Are curious whether your coping strategies are adaptive or maladaptive

Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

What this looks at

Measures five components of mindfulness: observing, describing, acting with awareness, non-judging, and non-reactivity.

Consider if you:

• Practice mindfulness or meditation and want to assess your skills
• Want to reduce emotional reactivity to thoughts and feelings

Mindfulness‑Based Self‑Efficacy Scale (MSES)

What this looks at

Evaluates how confident you feel in your ability to use mindfulness skills effectively in daily life under stress.

Consider if you:

• Are engaged in mindfulness training or therapy
• Want to track your confidence and growth in using mindfulness skills

Equanimity Scale – 16

What this looks at

Measures emotional steadiness and balance, particularly your ability to stay composed during pleasant or unpleasant events.

Consider if you:

• Feel emotionally reactive or easily thrown off balance
• Are exploring contemplative, meditation, or resilience-based practices

Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale (FMPS)

What this looks at

Evaluates dimensions of perfectionism, including concern over mistakes, personal standards, and parental expectations.

Consider if you:

• Fear making mistakes or being evaluated negatively
• Struggle with procrastination linked to high standards

Perfectionistic Cognitions Inventory (PCI)

What this looks at

Me asures the frequency of perfectionistic thoughts, such as “I should always be doing more” or “I must not fail.”

Consider if you:

• Experience constant mental pressure to achieve
• Feel mentally exhausted by repetitive self-imposed “should” or “must” thoughts

Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire – Believability (ATQ-B)

What this looks at

Evaluates how strongly you believe common negative automatic thoughts, such as self-critical or hopeless statements.

Consider if you:

• Notice a harsh internal dialogue or think “I\’m not good enough”
• Are engaged in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Brief Early Schema Questionnaire (BESQ)

What this looks at

Evaluates long-standing core beliefs (schemas) about yourself and others, such as abandonment, mistrust, or unrelenting standards.

Consider if you:

• Feel stuck in repetitive relational or self-worth patterns
• Are engaged in schema-focused or depth-oriented therapy

MSI-BPD (McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder)

What this looks at

A brief screening tool evaluating core features associated with Borderline Personality Disorder, including instability, impulsivity, and fear of abandonment.

Consider if you:

• Wonder whether BPD traits or chronic interpersonal instability apply to you
• Want a brief screener before pursuing a more detailed assessment

Borderline Personality Questionnaire (BPQ)

What this looks at

Assesses a broad range of borderline personality traits, including identity disturbance, relationship difficulties, anger, and dissociative experiences.

Consider if you:

• Experience intense, rapidly changing emotions and unstable relationships
• Struggle with a stable sense of identity or self-image

Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23)

What this looks at

Measures the severity of borderline-related symptoms over the past week, including emotional instability, self-criticism, and emptiness.

Consider if you:

• Identify with borderline features and want to measure current symptom intensity
• Are monitoring symptom changes over time during treatment

DERS-16 (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale – Short Form)

What this looks at

Evaluates general emotion regulation capacity, including difficulty identifying feelings, controlling impulses, and accessing coping strategies.

Consider if you:

• Struggle to understand or label your emotions when distressed
• Feel overwhelmed by emotional intensity and act impulsively

State DERS

What this looks at

Measures emotion regulation difficulties in the present moment, rather than as a long-term pattern.

Consider if you:

Emotion Regulation Checklist (ERC)

What this looks at

A caregiver-report measure evaluating emotional regulation and emotional instability in children.

Consider if:

• You are concerned about a child\’s emotional reactivity or frequent outbursts
• You want structured feedback on a child\’s emotional coping skills

Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment (GAD‑7)

What this looks at

Evaluates generalized anxiety symptoms such as excessive worry, restlessness, irritability, and muscle tension.

Consider if you:

• Worry excessively about multiple areas of life most days
• Feel constantly tense, “on edge,” or struggle to relax

Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ)

What this looks at

Measures chronic, excessive, and uncontrollable worry across multiple life situations.

Consider if you:

• Find it incredibly hard to “turn off” your thoughts once you start worrying
• Feel mentally restless, preoccupied, or overwhelmed by “what-if” scenarios

Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS – Child)

What this looks at

Child self-report measure assessing anxiety symptoms, including social anxiety, separation anxiety, panic, and fears.

Consider if:

• You are a child or adolescent experiencing persistent fears or separation anxiety
• You want to describe your own internal worries directly

Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS – Parent)

What this looks at

Parent-report measure evaluating observable anxiety symptoms and avoidance behaviors in a child.

Consider if:

• You are concerned about your child\’s physical or social anxiety signs
• Your child frequently avoids situations or clings to you due to fear

Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS – Child)

What this looks at

Evaluates both anxiety subtypes and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents from their own perspective.

Consider if:

• You want a comprehensive child assessment covering both mood and anxiety subtypes
• The child\’s low mood and anxiety symptoms overlap significantly

Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS – Parent)

What this looks at

Parent-report version assessing both anxiety subtypes and depression symptoms in children.

Consider if:

• You want to provide parent observational input on your child\’s anxiety and depression

Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS)

What this looks at

Measures frequency and severity of panic attacks, anticipatory anxiety, and avoidance related to panic.

Consider if you:

• Experience sudden episodes of intense fear or physical symptoms (e.g., heart racing, shortness of breath)
• Avoid places due to fear of panic attacks

Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SADS)

What this looks at

Evaluates anxiety, distress, and avoidance in social interactions.

Consider if you:

• Avoid social situations due to fear of embarrassment or negative evaluation
• Feel intense distress in conversations or group settings

Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASAQ)

What this looks at

Measures separation anxiety symptoms in adults, including excessive distress when apart from attachment figures.

Consider if you:

• Feel intense anxiety when separated from a partner or loved one
• Avoid independence due to separation fears

Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI)

What this looks at

Measures health-related anxiety, including fear of serious illness despite medical reassurance.

Consider if you:

• Frequently worry about having a serious illness and repeatedly check symptoms
• Find it difficult to trust medical evaluations and reassurance

OCI‑R (Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory – Revised)

What this looks at

Measures obsessive-compulsive symptoms, including intrusive thoughts, checking, washing, ordering, and hoarding.

Consider if you:

• Experience intrusive unwanted thoughts
• Feel driven to perform repetitive behaviors (rituals) to reduce anxiety

Obsessional Compulsive Inventory – Parent

What this looks at

Parent-report measure evaluating obsessive-compulsive symptoms and repetitive rituals in children.

Consider if:

• Your child shows repetitive rituals, ordering patterns, or intrusive fears

Obsessional Compulsive Inventory – Child

What this looks at

Child self-report version assessing obsessive-compulsive symptoms from the child\’s perspective.

Consider if:

• A child reports intrusive thoughts or feels compelled to perform repetitive rituals

Thought-Action Fusion Scale – Revised (TAF-R)

What this looks at

Assesses the belief that having a thought is morally equivalent to acting on it, or that thinking about an event makes it more likely to occur.

Consider if you:

• Feel intense guilt for having unwanted thoughts
• Fear that thinking something “bad” increases its likelihood

Buss & Perry Aggression Questionnaire (BPAQ)

What this looks at

Evaluates physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger (emotional intensity), and hostility (cynical thinking).

Consider if you:

• Want a detailed breakdown of how anger and hostility show up for you
• Experience chronic irritability or mistrust of others

Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR-5)

What this looks at

A brief screening tool that measures the frequency, intensity, and functional impact of anger reactions.

Consider if you:

• Want a quick assessment of whether your anger is clinically significant
• Notice anger interfering with work, school, or relationships

IBR-MOAS (Modified Overt Aggression Scale)

What this looks at

Evaluates the presence and severity of overt aggressive behaviors, including verbal, physical, and property damage.

Consider if:

• There have been observable aggressive incidents or safety concerns
• A caregiver or clinician is helping evaluate behavioral safety

Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS)

What this looks at

Measures current adult ADHD symptoms, including inattention, restlessness, forgetfulness, and impulsivity.

Consider if you:

• Are an adult wondering whether focus or organization difficulties point to ADHD
• Struggle with constant distractibility in work or daily life

Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS)

What this looks at

Asks adults to reflect on childhood behaviors associated with ADHD to establish developmental history.

Consider if you:

• Were never evaluated as a child but suspect longstanding focus patterns
• Want to strengthen the developmental history component of an adult assessment

Executive Skills Questionnaire – Revised (ESQ-R)

What this looks at

Evaluates executive functioning skills such as planning, task initiation, working memory, and emotional control.

Consider if you:

• Struggle with task paralysis, organization, and chronic procrastination
• Want a detailed look at your executive skill strengths and weaknesses

Weiss Symptom Record II (WSR-II)

What this looks at

Measures both ADHD symptoms and the functional impact of those symptoms across work, school, and relationships.

Consider if you:

• Want to understand how attention symptoms are affecting real-world functioning
• Are monitoring treatment response and functional improvement over time

ADHD Clinical Outcome Scale (ACOS-Self)

What this looks at

Evaluates current ADHD symptoms and tracks clinical changes and treatment progress over time.

Consider if you:

• Have an existing ADHD diagnosis and want to monitor symptom change
• Recently adjusted your treatment plan or medication and want to track outcomes

Strengths and Weaknesses of ADHD Symptoms (SWAN)

What this looks at

Assesses attention and impulse regulation across the full range of functioning, highlighting strengths rather than just deficits.

Consider if:

• You prefer a balanced, dimensional measure that evaluates both strengths and difficulties
• You are assessing a child or adolescent\’s attention patterns

Vanderbilt ADHD Rating Scale (Parent)

What this looks at

Parent-report measure evaluating ADHD symptoms and screening for co-occurring behavioral or mood concerns in children.

Consider if:

• You are the parent of a school-aged child with suspected attention difficulties
• You want a structured, clinically validated behavioral overview of your child

Vanderbilt ADHD Teacher Rating Scale

What this looks at

Teacher-completed measure evaluating classroom attention, hyperactivity, and academic performance.

Consider if:

• You are pursuing a formal evaluation for a school-aged child
• You need structured, objective input regarding academic or classroom behaviors

Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Rating Scale – 18 Item Version (SNAP-18)

What this looks at

A concise, DSM-aligned symptom checklist measuring core inattention, hyperactivity, and oppositional behaviors.

Consider if:

• You want a straightforward, DSM-aligned symptom count for a child or adolescent