Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD) Test

Jasper/Goldberg Adult ADD/ADHD Screening Quiz
By Larry Jasper & Ivan Goldberg

Use this quiz to help determine if you need to see a mental health professional for diagnosis and treatment of ADD or ADHD in an adult. We also have a 6-question, short ADD quiz.

Instructions: Continue to answer the questions on how you have behaved and felt during most of your life. If you have usually been one way and recently have changed, your responses should reflect how you have usually been or felt.

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I am a year old /

1. At home, work, or school, I find my mind wandering from tasks that are uninteresting or difficult.






2. I find it difficult to read written material unless it is very interesting or very easy.






3. Especially in groups, I find it hard to stay focused on what is being said in conversations.






4. I have a quick temper... a short fuse.






5. I am irritable, and get upset by minor annoyances.






6. I say things without thinking, and later regret having said them.






7. I make quick decisions without thinking enough about their possible bad results.






8. My relationships with people are made difficult by my tendency to talk first and think later.






9. My moods have highs and lows.






10. I have trouble planning in what order to do a series of tasks or activities.






11. I easily become upset.






12. I seem to be thin skinned and many things upset me.






 

Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Larry Jasper & Ivan Goldberg. All rights reserved. Adopted from the printed edition of the Jasper/Goldberg Adult ADD Screening Examination for electronic distribution. For personal use only; other use may be prohibited by law. Used here with permission.
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