Adult ADHD Self-Report Scales (ASRS)

We have had many requests from people who want to post the ADHD-ASRS v1.1 instruments on their websites.  Our preference would be that you link to this website and to our PDF of the instrument.  This is because we are unable to coordinate with other sites in order to provide updates to the new methodological evidence about the instrument as it becomes available. However, these updates will be available from this site.  
 
Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS) Version 1.1: Background Information (PDF)
Information on ASRS Distribution Scale in the General Population (PDF)
DSM-5 scoring of the DSM-IV ASRS screening questions (PDF)
ASRS v1.1 screener (6Q)- Scoring update(PDF)

ADHD-ASRS instruments

ASRS v1.1 Screener-English (PDF)

Permission requests

ASRS v1.1 6-question Screener

Use of the ASRS v1.1 6-question screener is free and does not require any formal permission or approval, but we do ask that you please cite the below article and include the copyright notice when using these scales. Also, please send us the citations to any published work that is based on the ASRS instruments.

Kessler, R.C., Adler, L., Ames, M., Demler, O., Faraone, S., Hiripi, E., Howes, M.J., Jin, R., Secnik, K., Spencer, T., Ustun, T.B., Walters, E.E. (2005). The World Health Organization Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS). Psychological Medicine, 35(2), 245-256

Copyright © New York University and Ronald C. Kessler, PhD. All rights reserved.

If you find it necessary to recreate the ADHD-ASRS v1.1 6-question screener either in paper or electronic format, it is important that the instrument is not altered (i.e., that all the response options are included, that the scoring algorithm is not altered, and that the two levels of shading within the response categories are included).    

ASRS v1.1 18-question Symptoms Checklist

Please visit this site to request permission to use the ASRS v1.1 18-question Symptoms Checklist.

The translations available can be seen by clicking "Research and Academic Use."

ASRS-5 6-question Screener

Please visit this site to request permission to use the ASRS-5 6-question Screener.

Translated versions of the ASRS v1.1 6-question screener

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Portuguese- Brazil
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Spanish (for Mexico & U.S.)
Spanish
Swedish
Thai
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For more information on validation and translation of the ASRS v1.1 6-Q screener, please send an email to: ronkadm@hcp.med.harvard.edu.

We would like to thank Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Saena Arbadzadeh-Bouchez, Ron de Graaf, Josep Maria Haro, Norito Kawakami, Viviane Kovess, Jean-Pierre Lepine, Sing Lee, Daphna Levinson, Hans Ormel, Svetlana Stepukhovich, Maria Carmen Viana, Chuck Webb, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, and Victoria Zakhozha  for their comments on prior versions of the translations.

*Note to all users: If you are unable to download the PDF files above, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat on your computer.  This is a free download available from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html