Risk Factors Assessment Test

With 55 questions and an estimated completion time of 11 minutes, the Risk Factors Assessment Test explores school, family, psychological, and social-environment factors linked to risky or addictive behavior. Your result highlights areas of lower or higher risk, supporting focused self-reflection and helping identify where preventive attention may be useful.

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How the Scales are Structured

SchoolS

Assesses school-related risk factors such as academic difficulties, conflicts with teachers or peers, school changes, and absenteeism.

example score5/22

5/22Lowexample score

0 – 10Low

11 – 16Moderate

17 – 22High

A score of 5 falls in the Low range, suggesting relatively few current school-related risk indicators on this scale.

Immediate Social EnvironmentISE

Assesses immediate peer-environment risk, including exposure to deviant peers, approval of substance use, and conflictual relationships with classmates or friends.

example score26/60

26/60Moderateexample score

0 – 22Low

23 – 42Moderate

43 – 60High

A score of 26 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting some peer-environment risk factors may be present but are not strongly expressed.

PsychologicalP

Assesses psychological risk factors such as excess free time, impulsivity, loneliness, stressful situations, and permissive attitudes toward psychoactive substance use.

example score29/48

29/48Moderateexample score

0 – 16Low

17 – 37Moderate

38 – 48High

A score of 29 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting noticeable psychological risk factors that may warrant closer attention to coping skills, social support, and attitudes toward substance use.

FamilyF

Assesses family-related risk factors such as low shared values and goals, reduced parental monitoring, parental conflict, and inconsistent demands on the adolescent.

example score20/46

20/46Moderateexample score

0 – 17Low

18 – 33Moderate

34 – 46High

A score of 20 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting some family dynamics (e.g., conflict or inconsistent expectations) may be present and could contribute to vulnerability.

Overall RiskOR

Overall Risk measures the combined strength of psychosocial and environmental factors associated with vulnerability to deviant or addictive behavior.

example score24/176

24/176Low riskexample score

0 – 65Low risk

66 – 128Moderate risk

129 – 176High risk

A score of 24 falls in the Low risk range, suggesting relatively few combined risk factors are currently indicated on this scale.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

School prevention screenings

46%OF USERS

Students complete it during school-wide or class-based prevention checks to spot early risk factors and decide who may need extra support.

Counselor referral students

33%OF USERS

Teenagers sent by a school psychologist, social worker, or teacher take it to clarify whether family stress, peer pressure, or behavior patterns raise concern.

Concerned parents and teens

21%OF USERS

Families use it when they notice changes in mood, friends, or rule-breaking and want a clearer picture of what influences might be increasing risk.

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

SchoolS

You?

Average6.8

Typical rangeTypical3.5 – 10.1

Possible0 – 22

Closest circleCc

You?

Average44.4

Typical rangeTypical33.9 – 54.8

Possible0 – 60

PsychologicalP

You?

Average27.2

Typical rangeTypical20.2 – 34.2

Possible0 – 48

FamilyF

You?

Average13.3

Typical rangeTypical6 – 20.6

Possible0 – 46

Overall RiskOR

You?

Average91.9

Typical rangeTypical60.6 – 123.1

Possible0 – 176

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

This questionnaire is being administered to assess attitudes toward the use of psychoactive substances. 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 55 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Risk Factors Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test

addiction

deviant behavior

drug addiction

Adolescents and adults supporting them can use this structured self-report to build a risk factor profile of circumstances that may need attention. The Risk Factors Assessment Test shows how strongly risk factors are represented in the respondent’s reported experience, helping readers interpret patterns across the result rather than treating one score as a complete explanation. Its questionnaire format supports focused discussion and self-reflection.

What This Assessment Explores

The profile shows where risk factors are concentrated for an adolescent, supporting adolescent risk assessment:

School (0-22) measures academic difficulty, conflict, school changes, and absenteeism: Low (0-10), Moderate (11-16), High (17-22).
Immediate Social Environment (0-60) measures deviant influences in the immediate environment, substance-use approval, and conflicted peer relationships: Low (0-22), Moderate (23-42), High (43-60).
Psychological (0-48) measures free time, impulsivity, loneliness, difficult situations, and attitudes toward psychoactive substances: Low (0-16), Moderate (17-37), High (38-48).
Family (0-46) measures family risk from absent shared values and goals, reduced social control, parental conflict, and inconsistent demands: Low (0-17), Moderate (18-33), High (34-46).
Overall Risk (0-176) reflects cumulative risk across factors: Low risk (0-65), Moderate risk (66-128), High risk (129-176).

Together, these results identify contexts for prevention, conversation, or further assessment, not a single cause.

Methodology and Scientific Basis

The questionnaire uses mixed response formats: frequency and safety questions, Yes/No items, graded attitudes toward substances, access categories, peer-exposure estimates, and questions about school or family situations. Responses form domain totals and an overall score, but displayed ranges do not show how individual responses contribute, so points cannot be inferred.

The closest source is the methodological complex described by Demenko and colleagues. Related work by Rasskazova and colleagues examined psychological risk indicators among adolescents with delinquent or addictive behavior and comparison groups. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with those studies, not a verbatim reproduction or equivalent standardized administration. Its substance use risk factors fit Jessor’s psychosocial framework linking behavior with personal and social context.

That ecological perspective matches the NRC/IOM emphasis on interacting individual, family, peer, school, and environmental influences. Displayed bands are this questionnaire’s categories; cited studies provide no population norms or validated cutoffs for this version. A high or elevated Overall Risk result indicates a need for preventive measures and additional professional attention. Self-report varies with memory, honesty, circumstances, and self-awareness; interpret the profile carefully, not diagnostically.

Author: Thomas R. Achenbach

Literature:

Demenko, E.G., Rasskazova, E.I., Tkhostov, A.Sh., Brun, E.A., & Arshinova, B.V. (2018). Psychological diagnostics of risk factors for adolescent involvement in narcotic substance use: The development of a methodological complex. Part 1. Scale structure and psychometric characteristics. Bekhterev Review of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, 3, 32-39. 10.31363/2313-7053-2018-3-32-39
Rasskazova, E.I., Tkhostov, A.S., Falkovskaia, L.P., Kiseleva, A.L., Kremlev, A.E., & Artamonova, E.G. (2019). Psychological Indicators of Delinquent Behavior in Adolescents: The Potential of the Psychological Risk Factors of Deviant Behavior in Adolescents Inventory for Differentiating Between Adolescents with Delinquent Behavior, Drug Addiction, and Controls. Psychology in Russia: State of the Art, 12(3), 149-162. 10.11621/pir.2019.0311
Jessor, R. (1991). Risk behavior in adolescence: A psychosocial framework for understanding and action. Journal of Adolescent Health, 12(8), 597-605. 10.1016/1054-139X(91)90007-K
National Research Council and Institute of Medicine. (2001). Adolescent Risk and Vulnerability: Concepts and Measurement. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. 10.17226/10209

Updated: 2025-10-02

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