Extreme Risk-Taking Tendency Scale Test
Learn how likely you are to chase thrills and take extreme risks in about 8 minutes. Get a clear 40 item profile to support safer choices, coaching, and progress tracking.
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Maladaptive striving for difficulties (UA) (Msfd()
Maladaptive striving for difficulties (UA) (Msfd()
Average
5
Normal range
1.4 — 8.7
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0
max.
20
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Seeking New Experiences (ES) (SNE()
Seeking New Experiences (ES) (SNE()
Average
10.1
Normal range
7.6 — 12.6
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0
max.
20
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Intolerance of Monotony (IM) (IoM()
Intolerance of Monotony (IM) (IoM()
Average
6.5
Normal range
3.5 — 9.5
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0
max.
20
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Thrill Seeking (TAS) (TS()
Thrill Seeking (TAS) (TS()
Average
5.2
Normal range
2.5 — 8
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0
max.
20
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SAMPLE QUESTIONS
Example Questions From the Test
Below are statements concerning various hobbies, interests, and viewpoints. Your task is to select the response option that best applies to you. When answering, please keep the following in mind:
• The items are too brief to include all necessary details. If you feel it is impossible to answer precisely, provide an approximate answer. Do not spend much time thinking; give the first answer that comes to mind.
• Try to avoid intermediate or uncertain responses, except when it is truly impossible to answer otherwise; no more than one uncertain response for every 5–6 items.
• If you feel that an item does not apply to you, try to imagine that it does; you must still provide an answer.
• Remember that there are no “good” or “bad” answers. Do not try to create a favorable impression through your responses; express your opinion freely.
- Yes, true
- Unsure
- Not true
- Yes, that is true
- Not sure
- Not true
- Yes, true
- Difficult to say
- Not true
WHAT THE TEST MEASURES
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Extreme Risk-Taking Tendency Scale Test - Symptoms and Signs
This instrument is designed to assess individual differences in sensation seeking and willingness to engage in high-intensity or potentially hazardous experiences. The Extreme Risk-Taking Tendency Scale is a self-report questionnaire intended for use in psychological assessment and research contexts. It was developed by Frank H. Farley.
The measure contains 40 items and typically takes about 8 minutes to complete. Responses are used to generate a quantitative estimate of propensity toward extreme risk taking; results should be interpreted in the context of presenting concerns, relevant history, and other assessment data. The Extreme Risk-Taking Tendency Scale is not a diagnostic tool and does not, by itself, establish the presence or absence of a mental disorder.
Author: Frank H. Farley, Marvin Zuckerman
Literature: Zuckerman, M. Sensation seeking: Beyond the optimal level of arousal. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1979.; Gullone, E., & Cummins, R. A. The development of the adolescent risk-taking questionnaire. Journal of Adolescence. 2000.; Lejuez, C. W., Read, J. P., Kahler, C. W., Richards, J. B., Ramsey, S. E., Stuart, G. L., Strong, D. R., & Brown, R. A. Evaluation of a behavioral measure of risk taking: The Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART). Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 2002.
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