Stoelting Abuse Disability Questionnaire

Features

• Stoelting Abuse Disability Questionnaire (ADQ) includes:
  - Manual 
  - 50 Questionnaire or profile forms
• 30 ADQ items cover eight subscales:
  - Relationship Disability
  - Psychological Dysfunction
  - Substance Abuse
  - Anxiety
  - Life Restriction
  - Health Status Issues
  - Inadequate Life Control
  - Concern with Physical Harm
• Responses on these items determine the level of impairment:
  Low:
  - No major personality problems or psychological problems present
  - Individual is able to function in life roles such as wife, mother, worker etc
  Mild:
  - Does not view life positively
  - Strain may be evidenced in coping with everyday life issues
  - Adjustment disorders and depression may be seen
  Moderate:
  - Life is viewed negatively
  - Strain may cause temporary disruption in activities such as absences from work or sleeping all day
  - Presence of a psychiatric condition is likely
  Severe:
  - Life is viewed as quite negative
  - Complete cessation of activities may occur
  - Presence of a psychiatric condition is very likely
• Age Range: 18 years and older
• Time required: 10 minutes or less, self report
• Author: John R. McNamara, Ph. D., ABPP

More Information

• Easily incorporated into intake procedures at most types of human service organizations, the ADQ is a brief, easy to use self report screener, which can be completed by individuals with only an elementary school education
• While not intended to provide a comprehensive psychological assessment of abuse, the ADQ gives an indication of the amount of the abuse and its effect on a number of life areas
• This valuable information can then be immediately used to identify and provide appropriate psychological, social and psychiatric client services