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Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) Test

Take the online Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) Test - AI psychologist FreudlyYou can take Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) Testhere. Online version of a simple and accurate psychological test with interpretation.en
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
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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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

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.
BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.
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Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Responsibility Assumptions Scale (RAS)
Responsibility Assumptions Scale (RAS)
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Normal range
2.2 — 4
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1
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7
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This questionnaire lists various attitudes or beliefs that people sometimes hold. Please read each statement carefully and decide whether you agree or disagree with it. Indicate your response to each statement by selecting the option that best describes what you think. There are no definitively right or wrong answers to these statements, as people differ. To determine how typical each attitude is of your general way of viewing things, consider which perspective you most often identify with.
    • Totally agree
    • Strongly agree
    • Somewhat agree
    • Neutral
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Completely disagree
    • Totally disagree
    • Completely agree
    • Strongly agree
    • Partly agree
    • Neutral
    • Partly disagree
    • Strongly disagree
    • Completely disagree
    • Strongly agree
    • Agree quite a bit
    • Somewhat agree
    • Neutral
    • Somewhat disagree
    • Disagree quite a bit
    • Strongly disagree
These are 3 of the 26 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

Responsibility Assumption Scale (RAS) Test - Symptoms and Signs

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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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