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Adolescent Responsibility Scale Test

Designed for a quick look at responsibility-related attitudes and behavior, the Adolescent Responsibility Scale Test contains 27 questions and takes about 5 minutes. Your result highlights patterns involving accountability, self-control, cooperation, environmental concern, and moral reflection, offering a focused starting point for self-understanding and discussion.

Questions: 275 minutes

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How the Scales are Structured

Lie ScaleLS

Assesses the likelihood of socially desirable responding or distortion in self-reported answers.

example score7/15

7/15Moderate distortionexample score

3 – 6Low distortion

7 – 11Moderate distortion

12 – 15High distortion

A score of 7 falls in the Moderate distortion range, suggesting some tendency to present oneself favorably, so responses may be mildly influenced by social desirability.

Responsibility AvoidanceRA

Measures a teenager's tendency to avoid taking responsibility and accountability for their actions.

example score14/20

14/20High avoidanceexample score

4 – 7Low avoidance

8 – 20High avoidance

A score of 14 falls in the High avoidance range, suggesting a stronger tendency to shirk obligations or deflect accountability in everyday situations.

Environmental StewardshipES

Measures the teenager’s ecological responsibility and willingness to act on environmental concerns in everyday life.

example score10/20

10/20Lowexample score

4 – 12Low

13 – 15Moderate

16 – 20High

A score of 10 falls in the Low range, suggesting environmental responsibility is less consistently expressed and may depend on external prompts rather than routine self-initiated actions.

Social ResponsibilitySR

Measures a teenager’s tendency to follow social norms, fulfill role responsibilities, and accept accountability for their actions in social contexts.

example score8/15

8/15Highexample score

3 – 6Low

7Moderate

8 – 15High

A score of 8 falls in the High range, suggesting a generally strong readiness to meet social expectations and take responsibility for the consequences of their actions.

ConscienceC

Measures moral development, including sense of duty, self-reflection, and felt responsibility toward others.

example score7/15

7/15Less developedexample score

3 – 7Less developed

8 – 10Developing

11 – 15Well developed

A score of 7 falls in the Less developed range, suggesting moral self-reflection and felt responsibility may be inconsistent and more situational in everyday life.

Self-ControlSC

Measures a teenager’s ability to regulate emotions and behavior and follow rules in everyday situations.

example score11/20

11/20Lower self-controlexample score

4 – 12Lower self-control

13 – 14Moderate self-control

15 – 20Higher self-control

A score of 11 falls in the Lower self-control range, suggesting self-regulation and rule-following may be inconsistent and benefit from structure and practice.

SupportS

Measures a teenager’s readiness to support others and engage in cooperative, shared activities.

example score16/30

16/30Low supportexample score

6 – 22Low support

23 – 30High support

A score of 16 falls in the Low support range, suggesting support for others and participation in joint activities may be less consistent or situational.

ResponsibilityR

Measures how consistently a teenager follows social norms, fulfills role obligations, and considers the consequences of their actions.

example score39/100

39/100Lowexample score

20 – 60Low

61 – 68Moderate

69 – 100High

A score of 39 falls in the Low range, suggesting responsibility and self-control may be inconsistent and more dependent on external reminders or structure.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School psychologists and counselors

41%OF USERS

They use it to quickly assess a student’s responsibility patterns and plan support around academics, behavior, and wellbeing.

Teachers and youth workers

34%OF USERS

They take it to understand how teens handle obligations in class, clubs, or community programs and where skills need strengthening.

Parents of high schoolers

25%OF USERS

They use it to pinpoint responsibility gaps at home and school and start more focused conversations about expectations and independence.

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

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See How You Compare

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.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Lie ScaleLS

You?

Average10.6

Typical rangeTypical8.9 – 12.4

Possible3 – 15

Avoidance of ResponsibilityAoR

You?

Average9

Typical rangeTypical6.1 – 11.9

Possible4 – 20

Caring for the EnvironmentCftE

You?

Average12.4

Typical rangeTypical9.9 – 14.9

Possible4 – 20

Social ResponsibilitySR

You?

Average11.2

Typical rangeTypical9 – 13.4

Possible3 – 15

ConscienceC

You?

Average9.7

Typical rangeTypical7.6 – 11.9

Possible3 – 15

Self-controlS

You?

Average11.9

Typical rangeTypical9.9 – 14

Possible4 – 20

SupportS

You?

Average15.3

Typical rangeTypical12 – 18.6

Possible6 – 30

ResponsibilityR

You?

Average67.4

Typical rangeTypical56.6 – 78.2

Possible20 – 100

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Below are statements related to a person’s attitudes toward life in society. Please read each statement carefully and indicate the extent to which you agree with it. There are no right or wrong answers; the goal is to understand the views of different people.

- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Partly agree
- Agree
- Strongly agree
- Strongly disagree
- Disagree
- Partly agree
- Somewhat agree
- Strongly agree
- Completely disagree
- Disagree
- Partly agree
- Mostly agree
- Completely agree

These are 3 of the 27 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Adolescent Responsibility Scale Test - Description and methodology of the test

responsibility

People who want to understand how responsibility appears in an adolescent’s daily choices can use the Adolescent Responsibility Scale Test as a structured self-reflection tool. Adolescents answer the questionnaire, while parents, educators, and practitioners may use the profile to discuss reliability, accountability, cooperation, and self-regulation. An adolescent responsibility assessment presents a profile of tendencies across personal, social, moral, and environmental situations, rather than a single judgment about character.

What This Assessment Explores

The statements address duties, honesty, harm, helping, nature, and accountability. As a teen responsibility questionnaire, the result groups them into these dimensions:

Lie Scale (3-15) flags distortion: Low distortion (3-6), Moderate distortion (7-11), High distortion (12-15).
Responsibility Avoidance (4-20) measures duty evasion: Low avoidance (4-7), High avoidance (8-20).
Environmental Stewardship (4-20) measures ecological responsibility: Low (4-12), Moderate (13-15), High (16-20).
Social Responsibility (3-15) measures norms and accountability: Low (3-6), Moderate (7-7), High (8-15).
Conscience (3-15) measures duty and moral reflection: Less developed (3-7), Developing (8-10), Well developed (11-15).
Self-Control (4-20) measures behavioral and emotional regulation: Lower self-control (4-12), Moderate self-control (13-14), Higher self-control (15-20).
Support (6-30) measures helping and cooperation: Low support (6-22), High support (23-30).
Responsibility (20-100) measures integrated accountability: Low (20-60), Moderate (61-68), High (69-100).

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement uses five agreement choices, although anchor wording varies slightly. The items ask about school duties, punctuality, promises, honesty, helping relatives, shared spaces, volunteering, blame, concern for others, environmental care, and contribution to group life. The questionnaire reports dimension scores and displayed bands; its item weighting, reversal rules, and full scoring procedure are not specified.

The 27-item online questionnaire is an English adaptation of the responsibility instrument reported by Danilova et al. (2024), retaining its scale structure. The study’s standardization and psychometric findings apply to the published version, not this online translation.

Read as a responsibility test for adolescents, the result is a profile of tendencies rather than a norm-based character judgment. Muzdybaev’s framework treats responsibility as connected with self-regulation, social obligations, consequences, and relationships. Self-report scores can shift with candor, circumstances, and self-awareness; a high distortion result may indicate socially desirable responding without proving dishonesty. The displayed bands are result categories, not population norms or clinical cutoffs, and published standardization of the source instrument does not establish norms for this online version.

Author: Thomas J. Dishion

Literature:

Danilova E.E., Begunova L.A., Lisichkina A.G., Andreeva D.A. The Methodology of "Responsibility in Adolescents": Development and Description. Psychological-Educational Studies, 2024, vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 69-84. 10.17759/psyedu.2024160305
Muzdybaev K. Psychology of Responsibility. Edited by V.E. Semenov. 2nd ed. Moscow: LIBROKOM, 2010. 248 p.

Updated: 2025-10-02