Do I Have Selective Mutism Quiz

People who notice that speech becomes difficult only in particular situations can use the Do I Have Selective Mutism Quiz to organize what happens around speaking, participation, and essential needs. It is suited to personal reflection and can organize a conversation about a recurring pattern. This selective mutism quiz can help identify situations that deserve closer attention and support that may make communication easier.

What This Assessment Explores

Three dimensions shape this selective mutism profile:

• Daily-Life Impact and Support Need (0-15) covers participation, relationships, choices, and communication: Not endorsed (0); Some concern (1-2); Act on this (3-15).
• Situation-Dependent Speech Pattern (0-15) covers restricted or unavailable speech where expected despite greater availability elsewhere: Not endorsed (0); Some concern (1-2); Act on this (3-15).
• Speaking-Related Anxiety and Freeze (0-15) covers anxiety, tension, blankness, or freezing when speech is anticipated or required: Not endorsed (0-0); Some concern (1-2); Act on this (3-15).

Results describe reported situations rather than establish a diagnosis. The bands are unvalidated reflective summaries, not clinical cutoffs; any concerning endorsed experience matters independently of the total, and one 3-point response is a red flag that overrides the total. If an urgent need cannot be expressed, use text, gestures, or another communication method and seek immediate help.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

Each item offers four response choices, moving from little or no difficulty toward greater restriction, anxiety, freezing, or life impact. Prompts cover anticipated speaking, unexpected questions, setting differences, duration, support, avoidance, and urgent needs. This speech anxiety assessment records both internal reactions and observable consequences.

The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with the Selective Mutism Questionnaire (Bergman et al., 2008), which examined situation-specific speaking difficulties. Letamendi et al. (2008) evaluated that measure’s structure and validity, while Pereira et al. (2023) stress careful interpretation of selective mutism measures. This online version is not presented as a direct adaptation.

Because it is a selective mutism self-assessment, read the result alongside the settings, duration, and functional effects in the answers. The questionnaire does not specify how many points each option contributes, so no point-by-point scoring rule should be inferred. The displayed bands are unvalidated reflective summaries; read them with those reported patterns rather than as severity measures.

Self-report can shift with current stress, memory, self-awareness, or pressure to minimize or emphasize difficulty. It can organize support discussions.