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Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS)

Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) Test

Understand how someone carries responsibility and guilt in daily life in about 5 minutes. Fast, 26 items help spot self-criticism patterns and guide focused CBT planning and progress tracking.

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October 2, 2025

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Responsibility Assumptions (RA)

Measures how strongly a person believes they are personally responsible for preventing or causing negative outcomes in everyday situations.

Low responsibility beliefs

Moderate responsibility beliefs

High responsibility beliefs

1 – 2: Low responsibility beliefs | 3 – 5: Moderate responsibility beliefs | 6 – 7: High responsibility beliefs

A score of 2 falls in the Low responsibility beliefs range, suggesting relatively less tendency to over-attribute personal responsibility for potential negative outcomes.

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Who Usually Takes This Test?

Anxious self-blamers

41%OF USERS

People who often feel guilty, overthink consequences, and assume things are their fault want to see how strongly they over-assign responsibility.

Therapy and counseling clients

34%OF USERS

People in CBT or related therapy take it to map responsibility beliefs that may be maintaining anxiety or obsessive patterns and track change over time.

Clinicians and researchers

25%OF USERS

Psychologists, counselors, and study teams use it as a quick measure to screen responsibility assumptions and complement other assessments.

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Responsibility Assumptions Scale (RAS)

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It measures general beliefs about who is responsible for preventing harm and managing outcomes in everyday situations. It indicates the extent to which responsibility is experienced as excessive or guilt-based.

What types of statements are included?

Items describe common assumptions about duty, blame, and control over events. Responses reflect a general style of relating to responsibility rather than specific intrusive thoughts.

How long does it take to complete and how many items are there?

Completion typically takes about 5 minutes. The questionnaire includes 26 statements.

How are results used in clinical or research settings?

Scores support case formulation by identifying responsibility-related “hot spots” linked to anxiety, guilt, or self-criticism. Repeated administration can help track change during treatment.

How should the results be interpreted?

Results should be interpreted using established scoring instructions and appropriate norms from the source materials. Findings are best considered alongside other measures that assess responsibility-related interpretations and symptoms.

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Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) Test

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This self-report measure is designed to assess general beliefs and assumptions about personal responsibility in everyday situations. The Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) focuses on a person’s tendency to overestimate responsibility and to experience heightened guilt or pressure across contexts.

The instrument consists of 26 items and typically takes about 5 minutes to complete. It can be used in clinical and research settings to inform case conceptualization, particularly when evaluating cognitive styles that may be relevant to anxiety- or obsessionality-related presentations, and to monitor change over time. The Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) should be interpreted alongside other assessment data rather than as a standalone diagnostic tool.

Author: julian-b-rotter

Literature: Abramowitz, J. S. The psychological treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2006.; Salkovskis, P. M., Wroe, A. L., Gledhill, A., Morrison, N., Forrester, E., Richards, C., Reynolds, M., & Thorpe, S. Responsibility attitudes and interpretations are characteristic of obsessive compulsive disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2000.

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