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Responsibility Interpretations Questionnaire (RIQ)

Responsibility Interpretations Questionnaire (RIQ) Test

Understand how someone interprets personal responsibility and guilt around intrusive thoughts in about 3 minutes. Sixteen targeted items give actionable insight to support OCD assessment and track anxiety triggers.

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October 2, 2025

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50/100

Responsibility Interpretations (RI)

Measures how strongly a person interprets events and intrusive thoughts as making them personally responsible for preventing negative outcomes.

Low responsibility interpretation

Moderate responsibility interpretation

High responsibility interpretation

0 – 33: Low responsibility interpretation | 34 – 66: Moderate responsibility interpretation | 67 – 100: High responsibility interpretation

A score of 50 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a balanced but noticeable tendency to feel personally responsible for possible negative outcomes in specific situations.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

OCD therapy clients

46%OF USERS

People working through intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors take it to see how strongly they blame themselves for feared outcomes.

Anxiety and guilt strugglers

34%OF USERS

People who often feel overly responsible for preventing harm use it to understand the thought patterns that drive worry and self-blame.

Clinicians and researchers

20%OF USERS

Mental health professionals and students use it to measure responsibility appraisals in specific scenarios and track changes over time.

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Responsibility Interpretation Scale (RIS)

Average

43.6

Normal range

25 — 62.3

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100

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It assesses how responsibility and self-blame are interpreted in response to intrusive thoughts or anxiety-provoking situations. It focuses on guilt, perceived duty, and feared consequences.

Who is this questionnaire intended for?

It is used in clinical and research settings where responsibility interpretations are relevant, including work related to obsessive-compulsive symptoms. It can be used with adults who can read and rate brief scenarios.

How is it completed?

Read each scenario and rate how strongly responsibility or self-blame applies, using the response options provided. Answers should reflect the immediate interpretation rather than what seems most reasonable later.

How long does it take and how many items are included?

It includes 16 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Most respondents finish in one sitting without breaks.

How are results scored and interpreted?

Scores are calculated by summing item ratings to produce a total index of responsibility interpretation, with higher scores indicating stronger responsibility appraisals. Interpretation uses published scoring guidance and reference data from the original validation work.

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About This Assessment

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Responsibility Interpretations Questionnaire (RIQ) Test

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This brief self-report measure assesses how individuals appraise personal responsibility, particularly in situations that may evoke intrusive thoughts, doubt, or guilt. The Responsibility Interpretations Questionnaire (RIQ) is intended to capture responsibility-related interpretations that can be clinically relevant when evaluating anxiety- and obsession-related concerns.

The instrument consists of 16 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Responses are used to characterize the extent to which a person endorses heightened responsibility or self-blame across presented scenarios, supporting case formulation and research applications. The Responsibility Interpretations Questionnaire (RIQ) is commonly cited in work by Paul M. Salkovskis.

Author: Paul M. Salkovskis

Literature: David A. Clark. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for OCD and its subtypes. Guilford Press. 2004.; 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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