Claustrophobia test

People who feel uneasy in elevators, packed transport, restrictive clothing, or situations where movement, escape, or breathing seems limited can examine that pattern with this tool. The claustrophobia test is intended for people seeking a structured self-check of reactions to enclosed situations, with results organized around fear themes. It serves as a claustrophobia assessment when someone wants to examine restricted movement, blocked escape, and perceived difficulty breathing in confined situations.

What This Assessment Explores

These situations sample restricted movement, blocked escape, and perceived difficulty breathing in confined settings. Elevators, crowds, stalled transport, bindings, and breathing-related contexts show how claustrophobic reactions arise through confinement or perceived lack of air. This claustrophobic test describes separate aspects of fear. Results are organized into three scales:

• Fear of Restriction (0-48) measures anxiety about being unable to move or leave an enclosed space; Low 0-33 and High 34-48 are displayed.
• Fear of Suffocation (0-56) measures anxiety about insufficient air or inability to breathe in confined spaces; Low 0-17 and Elevated 18-56 are displayed.
• Claustrophobia Scale (0-104) measures overall fear of enclosed spaces; Low 0-48 and Elevated 49-104 are displayed.

Together, the scales describe separate aspects of claustrophobic fear and overall severity; subscale totals should not be ranked because their ranges differ.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item presents a situation and asks the respondent to choose one of five ordered anxiety responses, from extreme anxiety to no anxiety. Scenarios vary in confinement, movement, exit access, crowding, darkness, and breathing, so the format captures intensity across related triggers rather than a yes-or-no reaction.

Responses are summarized into scores for each construct; higher scores indicate more reported anxiety. The online questionnaire displays scale bands but does not state a point-conversion rule or normative standardization basis. Interpretation follows the ordered response options and displayed score bands.

Conceptually, this claustrophobia questionnaire is consistent with the Claustrophobia Questionnaire, published by Radomsky and colleagues in 2001 to distinguish restriction and suffocation fears. Published CLQ work supports that distinction: a 2006 study examined English and French versions, while Rachman and Taylor's 1993 analysis found separate restriction and suffocation concerns. This evidence does not by itself validate or norm this online presentation.

Current context, scenario interpretation, response style, and self-awareness can affect results. A high band identifies a pattern to examine but cannot establish a clinical condition or explain its cause.