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Psychological Difficulties Questionnaire Test

Understand family and close-relationship strain in about 7 minutes. A 33 item snapshot helps spot key trouble areas and track change over time.

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Questions: 337 minutes

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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Verified by Daniel Hall

Psychologist with 25 years of experience

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15/33

Psychological Difficulties (PD)

Measures the respondent’s subjective level of psychological difficulties and discomfort in close family relationships.

Low

Moderate (optimal)

High

0 – 12: Low | 13 – 23: Moderate (optimal) | 24 – 33: High

A score of 15 falls in the Moderate (optimal) range, suggesting a generally balanced level of perceived difficulties without pronounced distress.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Parents in relationship strain

41%OF USERS

Married adults with children who feel growing tension at home and want to pinpoint what exactly is causing conflict with a partner or kids.

Couples in counseling or therapy

34%OF USERS

Clients already working with a psychologist who need a quick baseline and a way to track changes in family comfort over time.

Quietly dissatisfied spouses

25%OF USERS

People who seem fine outwardly but notice irritability, emotional distance, or resentment and want to clarify their level of internal discomfort in close relationships.

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

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Psychological Distress Scale (PDS)

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14.5 — 25.5

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Read each statement carefully and determine whether it is true or false as it applies to you. If you consider the statement to be true, respond “Yes”; if it is false, respond “No.” Note that you should respond “Yes” only if you agree with the entire statement as a whole; in all other cases, respond “No.” For example, the statement “I am deeply distressed that many circumstances prevent me from living better” should be endorsed as true only if you genuinely experience strong distress about this. If nothing prevents you from living better, or if this circumstance does not cause you strong distress, respond “No.”

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These are 3 of the 33 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Questionnaire of Psychological Difficulties, QPD Test

Psychological Difficulties Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

psychotherapy

This brief self-report measure is designed to screen for perceived difficulties in close interpersonal and family relationships. The Psychological Difficulties Questionnaire helps document subjective distress related to marital/partner functioning and parent-child interactions.

It contains 33 items and typically requires about 7 minutes to complete. Responses can be used to support initial clinical formulation and to monitor perceived change over time during counseling or psychotherapy. The Psychological Difficulties Questionnaire is attributed to Michael Rutter.

Author: Michael Rutter

Literature: Groth-Marnat, G. Handbook of psychological assessment. John Wiley & Sons. 1997.