Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27) Test

In about 5 minutes, it clarifies how strongly separation fears affect your daily life and what situations trigger distress. Quick, focused results support targeted therapy plans and help flag when added support may help.
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October 2, 2025
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29/81
Separation Anxiety (SA)
Measures the severity of adult separation-related anxiety symptoms, including distress with separation and an excessive need for closeness in key relationships.
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0 – 18: Low | 19 – 37: Moderate | 38 – 81: High
A score of 29 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable but not extreme separation-related anxiety symptoms that may affect comfort with distance or independence in close relationships.
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Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxious when apart
41%OF USERS
Adults who feel intense worry, panic, or physical tension when separated from a partner, family, or home use it to understand how strong the anxiety is and what triggers it.
Therapy and counseling clients
34%OF USERS
People already in therapy take it to clarify whether separation fears contribute to depression, panic symptoms, or relationship difficulties.
Life change stress
25%OF USERS
Adults facing moves, travel, breakups, new jobs, or becoming a parent take it to check if separation-related distress is interfering with daily life.
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Separation Anxiety Scale (SAS)
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28.2
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What does this questionnaire measure?
It screens for distress and fear related to separation from attachment figures, home, or familiar settings. It also reflects avoidance and emotional reactions that may interfere with daily functioning.
Who is this questionnaire intended for?
It is designed for adults. It may be used in clinical care, counseling, or research when separation-related anxiety is a concern.
How long does it take and what does it include?
It contains 27 self-report items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Items cover worries about safety, discomfort when apart, and related behaviors.
How should responses be completed?
Each item should be answered based on typical experiences, not a single unusual event. All items should be answered to support accurate scoring.
How should results be interpreted?
Scores estimate the severity of separation-related anxiety and highlight situations that may act as triggers. Results are not a diagnosis and should be interpreted with other clinical information.
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Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire, ASA-27 Test

Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This questionnaire is a brief self-report measure designed to assess separation-related anxiety symptoms in adults. The Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27) supports screening for clinically relevant distress and impairment associated with separation from attachment figures and familiar environments.

The instrument includes 27 items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. Item content samples common cognitive, emotional, and behavioral features of separation anxiety (e.g., worries about safety, avoidance, and distress during anticipated or actual separation). Scores may help guide clinical interviewing, case formulation, and decisions about whether additional assessment is warranted.

The Adult Separation Anxiety Questionnaire (ASA-27) is attributed to Brian P. McCabe. Results should be interpreted in the context of the individual’s history and current functioning and are not, by themselves, sufficient for diagnosis.

Author: Brian P. McCabe
Literature: Manicavasagar, V., Silove, D., Wagner, R., & Drobny, J. Adult separation anxiety: A disorder comes of age. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2003.
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