Deviant Behavior Assessment Test
How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- Almost never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Quite often
- Always
- Almost never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Quite often
- Constantly
- Almost never
- Rarely
- Sometimes
- Quite often
- Constantly
Deviant Behavior Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test
People considering whether recurring choices are becoming disruptive can use the Deviant Behavior Assessment Test to examine specific situations rather than accept a single label. This deviant behavior test organizes experiences involving rule breaking, aggression, risky choices, self-harm-related behavior, and excessive online involvement into distinct areas. The result can indicate which contexts deserve closer attention.
What This Assessment Explores
The questionnaire covers online deviant behavior and everyday activity without implying that raw scores are directly comparable. It suits readers examining actions or impulses involving safety, relationships, work, study, and social rules. The result is a profile of reported tendencies.
The four displayed dimensions are:
- Self-Destructive Online Activity (10-50) measures self-harming or self-sabotaging online tendencies: Low 10-23; Moderate 24-36; High 37-50.
- Antisocial and Aggressive-Asocial Online Activity (10-50) measures antisocial or aggressive-asocial online tendencies: Low 10-23; Moderate 24-36; High 37-50.
- Real-Life Self-Destructive Behavior (14-70) measures self-damaging tendencies outside virtual settings: Low 14-32; Moderate 33-51; High 52-70.
- Antisocial and Asocial Real-Life Activity (14-70) measures tendencies to violate everyday social norms: Low 14-32; Moderate 33-51; High 52-70.
Together, they map self-destructive and norm-violating tendencies separately across virtual and everyday settings.
Methodology and Scientific Basis
Representative items use a five-point frequency response, moving from almost never or practically never through rarely and sometimes to quite often or always/constantly. The examples cover aggression, rule breaking, deception, substance use, self-injury, risky excitement, online hostility, impersonation, harassment, compulsive gaming, and aimless browsing. The questionnaire presents four dimension scores; higher scores may indicate more frequent or pronounced tendencies in the direction defined by each scale.
The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with Sharov’s 2019 method for examining deviant activity in real and virtual environments. It is not the published method itself or a standardized or validated adaptation of that work.
It is an online self-report assessment, so memory, honesty, current circumstances, and personal interpretation can affect results. The displayed bands are descriptive categories for this questionnaire, and a score does not establish a diagnosis; use it as a starting point for examining real-life deviant behavior in context.
- Sharov, A. A. (2019). Method of Studying Deviant Activity in the Real and Virtual Environment. Izvestiya of Saratov University. New Series. Series: Educational Acmeology. Developmental Psychology, 8(1), 30-37. 10.18500/2304-9790-2019-8-1-30-37
- Sharov, A. A. (2019). Deviant Behavior of Young People: Some Aspects and Mechanism of Transfer from Real to Virtual Settings. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 28, 103-109. 10.26516/2304-1226.2019.28.103
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