Urgent Addiction Assessment Test

Designed for people examining how urgency shapes work and daily life, the Urgent Addiction Assessment Test contains 44 questions and takes about 9 minutes. Its results outline patterns in pace, work involvement, personal time, relationships, and overall balance, supporting focused self-reflection about habits that may deserve attention.

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How the Scales are Structured

Pace of LifePoL

Measures the tendency to live in a constant rush, dislike slowness, and push events to happen faster under perceived time pressure.

example score38/60

38/60Elevated paceexample score

12 – 27Calm pace

28 – 44Elevated pace

45 – 60Urgent pace

A score of 38 falls in the Elevated pace range, suggesting a noticeable tendency to hurry and experience internal time pressure, though not at the highest intensity.

Interpersonal RelationshipsIR

Assesses how much work focus and urgent-mode behavior interfere with maintaining close relationships and meeting social needs outside of work.

example score30/50

30/50Some strainexample score

10 – 23Balanced connections

24 – 36Some strain

37 – 50Marked strain

A score of 30 falls in the “Some strain” range, suggesting work-related urgency may sometimes make it harder to sustain relationships or prioritize social time.

Personal TimePT

Measures how strongly a perceived lack of free time affects emotional state and behavior through busyness, reduced rest, and time-related tension.

example score40/50

40/50High impactexample score

10 – 23Low impact

24 – 36Moderate impact

37 – 50High impact

A score of 40 falls in the High impact range, suggesting that limited personal time is likely linked with persistent busyness, difficulty resting, and elevated internal tension around time constraints.

WorkaholismW

Measures the extent to which work becomes a dominant, compulsive focus that crowds out rest and personal life.

example score42/60

42/60Elevated work focusexample score

12 – 27Balanced involvement

28 – 43Elevated work focus

44 – 60Work-centered pattern

A score of 42 falls in the “Elevated work focus” range, suggesting a strong tendency to prioritize work and stay mentally engaged with tasks even outside working hours.

Overall Urgent Addiction IndexOUAI

This scale measures the overall intensity of urgency-driven behavior and internal pressure to live and work in constant haste across life domains.

example score128/220

128/220Moderateexample score

44 – 102Low

103 – 161Moderate

162 – 220High

A score of 128 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable tendency toward time pressure and operating in “urgent mode,” though not at the most pronounced level.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Always busy achievers

41%OF USERS

People who juggle many tasks, feel constant time pressure, and worry they’re not doing enough even when things are going well.

Deadline-driven professionals

34%OF USERS

Workers who operate in constant urgency, thrive on last-minute pushes, and find it hard to slow down without feeling anxious.

Stressed perfectionists

25%OF USERS

Those who fear making mistakes or being late, over-plan and over-control, and struggle to relax because everything feels urgent.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Pace of LifePoL

You?

Average33.3

Typical rangeTypical26.6 – 40

Possible12 – 60

Interpersonal RelationshipsIR

You?

Average33.9

Typical rangeTypical27.2 – 40.6

Possible10 – 50

Personal timePt

You?

Average33.7

Typical rangeTypical26.8 – 40.5

Possible10 – 50

WorkaholismW

You?

Average32.6

Typical rangeTypical24.4 – 40.9

Possible12 – 60

Overall Score of Urgent AddictionOSoUA

You?

Average166

Typical rangeTypical143.5 – 188.5

Possible44 – 220

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always
- Never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Often
- Always

These are 3 of the 44 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Urgent Addiction Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test

addiction

workaholism

urgent addiction

People who feel driven to hurry, remain mentally at work, or postpone rest may use the Urgent Addiction Assessment Test to examine how these patterns interact. This urgent addiction assessment is intended for people seeking a structured picture of work-centered pressure and its effects on everyday balance. The result can identify areas for reflection without reducing a complex lifestyle to a single label.

What This Assessment Explores

The questionnaire links urgency with work attachment, limited personal time, strained social connection, and reactions to delay. It suits people noticing chronic rushing, difficulty relaxing, or turning spare moments into tasks. Viewed as a workaholism questionnaire, it shows how these tendencies combine in daily life.

The result profile contains these dimensions:

Pace of Life (12-60) measures rushing and time scarcity: Calm pace (12-27), Elevated pace (28-44), Urgent pace (45-60).
Interpersonal Relationships (10-50) measures work's effect on close connections: Balanced connections (10-23), Some strain (24-36), Marked strain (37-50).
Personal Time (10-50) measures the impact of insufficient free time: Low impact (10-23), Moderate impact (24-36), High impact (37-50).
Workaholism (12-60) measures work's dominance and mental preoccupation: Balanced involvement (12-27), Elevated work focus (28-43), Work-centered pattern (44-60).
Overall Urgent Addiction Index (44-220) summarizes urgency across domains: Low (44-102), Moderate (103-161), High (162-220).

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement asks the respondent to choose one frequency option-Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often, or Always-so the profile reflects reported habits and reactions rather than measured performance. Items address work intruding on breaks and weekends, discomfort with free time, sleep and relaxation, family and friends, multitasking, impatience, speed, and achievement pressure. The scoring groups responses into the displayed domains and combines them in the overall index; no extra points rule should be inferred beyond the questionnaire's stated ranges.

The assessment is conceptually consistent with the Urgency Addiction Index (Shybko, 2008), while Tassi's account provides the psychological idea of urgency addiction as acceleration maintained in the pursuit of success. Later empirical work by Shcherbak and Usyk (2019) offers related discussion of the construct, but the online questionnaire is not presented as a standardized adaptation of their study. This work-life balance assessment is therefore best read as a structured profile of tendencies. Its result may vary with current workload, mood, recall, and willingness to answer candidly. The bands organize interpretation, but they are not clinical diagnoses or population norms.

Author: G. Alan Marlatt

Literature:

Shybko, O. L. (2008). Diagnosis of Urgent Addiction. Psychological Journal of Belarusian State University, no. 1, pp. 23-33.
Tassi, Nina. (1993). Urgency Addiction: How to Slow Down Without Sacrificing Success. New York: Signet, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated. ISBN 9780451175632.
Shcherbak, T. I., & Usyk, D. B. (2019). Empirical Research of Urgency Addiction among Youth. Theoretical and Applied Problems of Psychology, no. 3 (50), vol. 3, pp. 324-337. 10.33216/2219-2654-2019-50-3-3-324-337

Updated: 2025-10-02