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Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire Test

In about 6 minutes, learn how much you avoid uncomfortable thoughts, feelings, or memories and how that affects your choices. A quick 32 item check-in that supports clearer goals and more flexible coping.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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October 2, 2025
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97/160

Experiential Avoidance (EA)

Measures the tendency to avoid or control unpleasant internal experiences such as thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and memories.

Low avoidance

Moderate avoidance

High avoidance

32 – 74: Low avoidance | 75 – 117: Moderate avoidance | 118 – 160: High avoidance

A score of 97 falls in the Moderate avoidance range, suggesting a noticeable tendency to avoid or control unpleasant internal experiences that may sometimes limit psychological flexibility.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxiety and stress avoiders

41%OF USERS

People who notice they constantly distract themselves or shut down to escape anxiety, shame, sadness, or uncomfortable thoughts.

Therapy and self-work starters

34%OF USERS

Those beginning counseling or personal growth who want to understand how avoiding inner experiences affects their choices and relationships.

Psych students and practitioners

25%OF USERS

Students, psychologists, and coaches using a quick screening tool to spot avoidance patterns and plan work on behavioral flexibility.

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

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Avoidance of Experience Scale (AoES)

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Normal range

59.1 — 98.9

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160

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

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Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

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openness to experience

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The measure assesses the tendency to avoid or suppress unwanted internal experiences (e.g., thoughts, emotions, bodily sensations, and memories) and the degree to which this pattern may influence behavior and functioning. The Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire is a self-report instrument intended to support clinical case formulation and to inform discussions about experiential avoidance and behavioral flexibility.

It consists of 32 items and typically takes about 6 minutes to complete. Developed by Kelly G. Wilson and Kirk D. Strosahl, the Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire is commonly used to quantify avoidance-related coping and to track change over time in clinical or research settings.

Author: Kelly G. Wilson, Kirk D. Strosahl, Steven C. Hayes

Literature: Bond, F. W., Hayes, S. C., Baer, R. A., Carpenter, K. M., Guenole, N., Orcutt, H. K., Waltz, T., & Zettle, R. D. Preliminary psychometric properties of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire–II: A revised measure of psychological inflexibility and experiential avoidance. Behavior Therapy. 2011.; Hayes, S. C., Strosahl, K. D., Wilson, K. G., Bissett, R. T., Pistorello, J., Toarmino, D., Polusny, M. A., Dykstra, T. A., Batten, S. V., Bergan, J., Stewart, S. H., Zvolensky, M. J., Eifert, G. H., Bond, F. W., Forsyth, J. P., Karekla, M., & McCurry, S. M. Measuring experiential avoidance: A preliminary test of a working model. The Psychological Record. 2004.