Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale for Compulsive Buying, YBOCS-SV Test - the question form
Questions: 10 · 2 minutes
1. Time occupied by thoughts about shopping. How much time do you spend having thoughts about shopping?
None.
Mild; less than 1 hour a day, or occasional.
Moderate; 1–3 hours a day, or frequent urges.
Severe; 3–8 hours a day, or very frequent urges.
Extreme; more than 8 hours a day, or nearly constant preoccupation.
2. Interference from thoughts about shopping. To what extent do your thoughts about shopping interfere with your social, work, or role functioning? Is there anything you do not do because of them?
None.
Mild: slight interference with social or work activities, but overall performance is not impaired.
Moderate: definite interference with social or work activities, but performance is still manageable.
Severe: causes substantial impairment in social or occupational functioning.
Extreme: incapacitating.
3. Distress associated with shopping thoughts. How much do thoughts about shopping distress you?
None.
Mild: not too distressing.
Moderate: distressing but still under control.
Severe: very distressing.
Extreme, almost constant and disabling distress.
4. Resistance to thoughts about shopping. How much effort do you make to resist thoughts about shopping? How often do you try to ignore them or shift your attention away from these thoughts when they enter your mind?
Always make an effort to resist, or the symptoms are so minimal that no resistance is necessary.
Try to resist most of the time.
Make some effort to resist.
Give in to all thoughts without trying to control them, but do so with some resistance.
Completely and willingly give in to all thoughts about shopping.
5. Degree of control over shopping-related thoughts. How much control do you have over your thoughts about shopping? How successful are you in stopping or diverting these thoughts? Can you dismiss them?
Complete control.
Substantial control: I can usually stop the thoughts or divert them with some effort and concentration.
Moderate control: I can sometimes stop the thoughts or divert them.
Limited control: I can rarely stop or dismiss the thoughts; I can divert them only with effort.
No control: the thoughts are completely involuntary; I can rarely change my shopping-related thoughts even for a moment.
6. Time spent shopping. How much time do you spend shopping? How much time do you spend on compulsive shopping?
None.
Mild; less than 1 hour per day spent shopping.
Moderate; 1–3 hours per day spent shopping.
Severe; 3–8 hours per day spent shopping.
Extreme; more than 8 hours per day spent shopping, or shopping almost constantly.
7. Interference due to shopping behavior. How much does your shopping behavior interfere with your social, work, or role functioning? Is there anything you do not do because of shopping?
None.
Mild; slight interference in social or work functioning, but overall functioning is not impaired.
Moderate; definite interference in social or work functioning, but still manageable.
Severe; causes substantial impairment in social or occupational functioning.
Extreme; incapacitating.
8. Distress associated with compulsive shopping behavior. How would you feel if you were prevented from shopping? How anxious would you become?
None.
Mild: only slight anxiety if shopping were prohibited.
Moderate: anxiety would increase but would remain manageable.
Severe: a marked and very distracting increase in anxiety if shopping is interrupted.
Extreme, incapacitating anxiety from any interference aimed at changing the behavior, or incapacitating anxiety develops while shopping.
9. Resistance to compulsive shopping: How much effort do you make to resist the urge?
I always make an effort to resist, or the symptoms are so minimal that resistance is not needed.
I try to resist most of the time.
I make some effort to resist.
I give in to almost all urges without trying to control them, but I do so with some resistance.
I completely and involuntarily give in to almost all urges.
10. Control over compulsive shopping urges. How strong is the urge to shop? How much control do you have over the urge?
Complete control.
High control: I feel pressure to perform certain actions, but I can usually exert voluntary control over it.
Moderate control: strong pressure to perform certain actions, controlled only with effort.
Low control: a very strong urge to perform certain actions that feels it must be carried out and can be resisted only with extreme effort.
No control. The urge is experienced as completely involuntary and irresistible; I can rarely even delay acting on it briefly.