Personal Risk Factors Assessment Test

With 53 questions completed in about 10 minutes, the Personal Risk Factors Assessment Test explores influences across school, family, peer environment, and personal experiences. Your result can highlight patterns associated with vulnerability to addictive behavior, helping you reflect on circumstances that may support safer choices and more informed self-understanding.

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Personal Risk Factors Assessment Test: sample question card

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

SchoolS

Measures school-related risk factors such as academic difficulties, conflicts at school, absenteeism, and instability in the educational environment.

example score14/19

14/19Moderateexample score

0 – 9Low

10 – 14Moderate

15 – 19High

A score of 14 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable school-related stressors that may warrant closer attention in the educational setting.

Immediate Social EnvironmentISE

Measures exposure to and approval of deviant behavior or psychoactive substance use within the adolescent’s closest social circle.

example score33/58

33/58Moderate influenceexample score

0 – 24Low influence

25 – 41Moderate influence

42 – 58High influence

A score of 33 falls in the Moderate influence range, suggesting some exposure to peers or close contacts who may normalize or engage in risky behaviors.

PsychologicalP

Assesses psychological risk factors such as impulsivity, loneliness, difficult life situations, unstructured free time, and a need for thrills.

example score30/57

30/57Moderateexample score

0 – 20Low

21 – 37Moderate

38 – 57High

A score of 30 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting some psychological vulnerability factors are present and may warrant attention in the student’s support context.

FamilyF

Measures family-related risk factors such as unclear norms, parental conflict, weak shared values, and insufficient expectations that may increase vulnerability to substance use.

example score34/37

34/37Highexample score

0 – 15Low

16 – 26Moderate

27 – 37High

A score of 34 falls in the High range, suggesting notable family-environment stressors or lack of consistent structure that may contribute to increased psychosocial risk.

Overall RiskOR

Overall Risk summarizes the cumulative level of psychosocial factors associated with vulnerability to developing addictive behavior.

example score81/171

81/171Moderateexample score

0 – 68Low

69 – 118Moderate

119 – 171High

A score of 81 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting a noticeable accumulation of risk factors that may warrant closer monitoring and targeted support.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School psychologists and counselors

41%OF USERS

They use the questionnaire to quickly spot students who may be vulnerable and plan targeted prevention or support.

Teachers and homeroom leaders

33%OF USERS

They screen classes or specific students when behavior, attendance, or peer issues raise concerns about risky influences.

Parents seeking clarity

26%OF USERS

They want an objective snapshot of their child’s risk factors to decide whether extra support or professional help is needed.

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

Benchmarking

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

SchoolS

You?

Average13.6

Typical rangeTypical10.1 – 17.1

Possible0 – 19

Closest circleCc

You?

Average16.4

Typical rangeTypical8.5 – 24.3

Possible0 – 58

PsychologicalP

You?

Average18.8

Typical rangeTypical10.8 – 26.8

Possible0 – 57

FamilyF

You?

Average23.4

Typical rangeTypical17.4 – 29.3

Possible0 – 37

Overall RiskOR

You?

Average56.2

Typical rangeTypical30.3 – 82.2

Possible0 – 171

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

Dear students, This questionnaire is being administered to assess attitudes toward the issue of psychoactive substance use. Please read each question and all response options carefully. Select the response that best reflects your opinion.

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

These are 3 of the 53 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Personal Risk Factors Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test

addiction

deviant behavior

drug addiction

People seeking a structured way to examine circumstances linked with addictive-behavior vulnerability may use the Personal Risk Factors Assessment Test to consider school, family, peer, and personal contexts. It is intended as an assessment of risk factors in an adolescent’s everyday experiences, relationships, attitudes, and habits. The profile reports separate domain results alongside an overall risk estimate.

What This Assessment Explores

Questions cover school, family, peer exposure, substance attitudes, emotional states, and habits. Readers can examine how an adolescent’s context and reactions may increase vulnerability. As a substance use risk assessment, it highlights areas for reflection.

The five dimensions are:

School (0-19) covers underachievement, conflict, absenteeism, and school changes; Low 0-9, Moderate 10-14, High 15-19.
Immediate Social Environment (0-58) reflects deviant or substance-using peers and approval of such behavior; Low influence 0-24, Moderate influence 25-41, High influence 42-58.
Psychological (0-57) covers free time, impulsivity, loneliness, hardship, and sensation seeking; Low 0-20, Moderate 21-37, High 38-57.
Family (0-37) reflects weak shared values and goals, unclear norms, parental conflict, and insufficient expectations; higher scores may indicate an unfavorable environment linked to addictive-behavior risk; Low 0-15, Moderate 16-26, High 27-37.
Overall Risk (0-171) estimates adverse conditions across domains; Low 0-68, Moderate 69-118, High 119-171.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Items use formats suited to content: frequency choices, yes-or-no answers, perceived harm, past-use categories, and estimates of peers’ behavior or access. This self-report design covers personal experiences and surrounding conditions. The questionnaire reports domain scores and an overall estimate, but it does not state a standardized answer-to-point conversion, so displayed ranges should not be reverse-engineered into a scoring rule.

Conceptually, it is consistent with Shipitsyna (2004) on risk and protective conditions affecting minors, but is not presented as an adaptation or validation of it. Bulycheva (2023) emphasizes social surroundings and relationships in risky behavior, while Wills et al. (2013) links impulsivity and self-regulation with social and emotional influences on substance use.

Taken as an addiction risk assessment, the result is best read as a pattern across domains. Higher domain scores identify areas for reflection, while a high overall band indicates multiple adverse conditions. Interpretation remains limited by self-report, current circumstances, insight, and possible under- or over-reporting; the bands are descriptive, not universal clinical cutoffs or a diagnosis.

Author: Thomas A. Wills

Literature:

Shipitsyna, L. M. (Ed.). (2004). Risk and Protective Factors in the Prevention of Psychoactive Substance Abuse among Minors. Moscow: Moscow City Foundation for Support of School Book Publishing. 111 pp.
Bulycheva, Ekaterina V. (2023). Adolescents’ relationships with the social environment as a factor of protection against risky behaviours. National Psychological Journal, 1(49), 88-101. 10.11621/npj.2023.0108
Wills, Thomas A., Bantum, Erin O’Carroll, Pokhrel, Pallav, Maddock, Jay E., Ainette, Michael G., Morehouse, Ellen, and Fenster, Bonnie. (2013). A dual-process model of early substance use: tests in two diverse populations of adolescents. Health Psychology, 32(5), 533-542. 10.1037/a0027634

Updated: 2025-10-02