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Health Behavior Disorders Questionnaire Test

In 12 minutes, see where unhealthy habits and risky choices may be undermining your health. Get a clear, actionable profile across key areas in just 63 questions.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

example score

13/28

Low Self-Control (LSC)

Measures how well a person can regulate impulses and resist behaviors that may negatively affect health.

Adequate self-control

Low self-control

7 – 20: Adequate self-control | 21 – 28: Low self-control

A score of 13 falls in the Adequate self-control range, suggesting generally sufficient ability to manage impulses related to health-affecting behaviors.

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29/36

Pursuit of a Fashionable Image (PoaFI)

Measures how strongly a person prioritizes following fashion and appearance standards even when it may conflict with health-supportive choices.

Low

High

9 – 24: Low | 25 – 36: High

A score of 29 falls in the High range, suggesting a pronounced focus on maintaining a trendy image that may sometimes outweigh health considerations.

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9/16

Self-Destructive Behavior (SDB)

Measures the tendency toward knowingly health- and life-threatening actions such as drug use and unprotected sexual activity.

Low

Moderate

High

4 – 6: Low | 7 – 9: Moderate | 10 – 16: High

A score of 9 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting an occasional inclination toward self-destructive behavior patterns without a strongly pronounced tendency.

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11/24

Emotional Incompetence (EI)

Assesses difficulties with emotional regulation and stress coping that can contribute to unhealthy behavior patterns.

Adequate emotional coping

Emotional coping difficulties

6 – 16: Adequate emotional coping | 17 – 24: Emotional coping difficulties

A score of 11 falls in the Adequate emotional coping range, suggesting generally effective emotion management and stress responses with fewer signs of emotional incompetence.

example score

33/36

Alcohol Craving (AC)

Assesses the intensity of craving for alcohol as a health-harming behavioral tendency.

Low

High

9 – 22: Low | 23 – 36: High

A score of 33 falls in the High range, indicating a pronounced inclination toward alcohol use as a risky health-related behavior.

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24/48

Neglect of Safety (NoS)

Measures how often a person tends to ignore safety rules and precautions, increasing exposure to avoidable risks.

Low

High

12 – 28: Low | 29 – 48: High

A score of 24 falls in the Low range, suggesting safety rules and precautions are generally followed with only occasional lapses.

example score

24/28

Disordered Eating (DE)

Measures the tendency toward eating behaviors that may harm health, such as overeating, unbalanced nutrition, and reduced control over food intake.

Low

High

7 – 20: Low | 21 – 28: High

A score of 24 falls in the High range, suggesting pronounced difficulties with regulating eating behavior and maintaining balanced nutrition.

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23/36

Craving to Smoke (CtS)

Assesses the intensity of craving to smoke as a health-harming behavioral tendency.

Low craving

High craving

9 – 22: Low craving | 23 – 36: High craving

A score of 23 falls in the High craving range, suggesting a pronounced urge to smoke or a stable smoking habit tendency.

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151/252

Overall Propensity Toward Unhealthy Health Behavior (OPTUHB)

Measures the overall tendency to engage in behaviors that deviate from healthy lifestyle principles and neglect bodily signals.

Low tendency

Moderate tendency

High tendency

63 – 104: Low tendency | 105 – 144: Moderate tendency | 145 – 252: High tendency

A score of 151 falls in the High tendency range, suggesting a pronounced inclination to disregard health-related cues and engage in health-damaging habits.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

People worried about habits

41%OF USERS

They suspect alcohol, smoking, overeating, poor self-control, or risky routines are affecting their health and want a quick reality check.

Students and young adults

34%OF USERS

They take it to understand impulsive choices, peer pressure, and trend-driven behaviors that may lead to unsafe or self-destructive patterns.

Clients in counseling or clinics

25%OF USERS

They complete it during prevention, counseling, or treatment to pinpoint which specific risky behaviors need targeted support.

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

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Low Self-Control (LS)

Average

20.3

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16.3 — 24.2

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Chasing the Trendy Image (CtTI)

Average

26.2

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21.2 — 31.2

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Self-Destructive Behavior (SB)

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8.1 — 11.8

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Emotional Incompetence (EI)

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17.1

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13.7 — 20.4

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Craving for alcohol (Cfa)

Average

18.9

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14.5 — 23.2

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Neglecting Safety (NS)

Average

27.9

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21.6 — 34.3

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Eating Disorders (ED)

Average

13.2

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9.6 — 16.7

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Craving for smoking (Cfs)

Average

22.2

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18.9 — 25.5

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General tendency to deviate from healthy behavior (Gttdfhb)

Average

158.5

Normal range

122.9 — 194.2

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252

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

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

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Questionnaire on Unhealthy Behavior Test

Health Behavior Disorders Questionnaire Test - Symptoms and Signs

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self-regulation

health

healthy lifestyle

In clinical and counseling settings, the Health Behavior Disorders Questionnaire is used to screen for patterns of health-compromising and risk-related behaviors. It is a self-report measure intended to support initial case conceptualization and identify domains that may warrant further assessment.

The instrument includes 63 items and typically takes about 12 minutes to complete. Items are rated as statements and can be summarized to provide a profile of behavioral tendencies across relevant areas (e.g., substance-related urges, eating-related difficulties, safety nonadherence, self-control problems, emotion regulation difficulties, and self-destructive patterns).

Results from the Health Behavior Disorders Questionnaire are best interpreted in conjunction with clinical interview data and other sources of information, rather than as a standalone diagnostic indicator. The measure is attributed to James O. Prochaska and Carlo C. DiClemente.

Author: Carlo C. DiClemente, James O. Prochaska

Literature: Prochaska, J. O., & DiClemente, C. C. Stages and processes of self-change of smoking: Toward an integrative model of change. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 1983.