Your Results — Youth Mental Health Test:
At Risk for Emotional, Attentional, or Behavioral Difficulties
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Each of your answers has a score of 0-2. Click “Your Answers” above to see your score for each question. Adding these up provides your Total Score.
Never = 0; Sometimes = 1; Often = 2
In addition to your Total Score, 3 subscores are calculated using specific questions from the test. It’s possible to score high on one or more subscores while also having a low total score.
Interpreting your scores
- Total Score:
Children/teens with scores of 30 or higher usually have significant difficulties in overall psychosocial functioning. - Anxiety/Depression Score:
Children/teens with scores of 5 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with anxiety and/or depression. - Attention Problem Score:
Children/teens with scores of 7 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with attention. - Conduct Problem Score:
Children/teens with scores of 7 or higher on this subscale usually have significant difficulty with conduct.
Source:
Pediatric Symptom Checklist – Youth Self-Report (PSC-Y)
Jellinek, Murphy, et al. (1988). Pediatric Symptom Checklist: Screening school-age children for psychosocial dysfunction. The Journal of Pediatrics, 112(2), pp. 201-209. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3476(88)80056-8
For more information, visit the Pediatric Symptom Checklist page at Massachusetts General Hospital Psychiatry: https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/treatments-and-services/pediatric-symptom-checklist
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Your Answers
Complain of aches or pains
Often (2)
Spend more time alone
Often (2)
Tire easily, little energy
Often (2)
Fidgety, unable to sit still
Sometimes (1)
Have trouble with teacher
Sometimes (1)
Less interested in school
Often (2)
Act as if driven by motor
Sometimes (1)
Daydream too much
Often (2)
Distract easily
Often (2)
Are afraid of new situations
Often (2)
Feel sad, unhappy
Often (2)
Are irritable, angry
Sometimes (1)
Feel hopeless
Often (2)
Have trouble concentrating
Often (2)
Less interested in friends
Often (2)
Fight with other children
Sometimes (1)
Absent from school
Never (0)
School grades dropping
Often (2)
Down on yourself
Often (2)
Visit doctor with doctor finding nothing wrong
Never (0)
Have trouble sleeping
Often (2)
Worry a lot
Often (2)
Want to be with parent more than before
Sometimes (1)
Feel that you are bad
Often (2)
Take unnecessary risks
Never (0)
Get hurt frequently
Sometimes (1)
Seem to be having less fun
Often (2)
Act younger than children your age
Never (0)
Do not listen to rules
Sometimes (1)
Do not show feelings
Sometimes (1)
Do not understand other people's feelings
Often (2)
Tease others
Sometimes (1)
Blame others for your troubles
Never (0)
Take things that do not belong to you
Sometimes (1)
Refuse to share
Sometimes (1)
Do you have any emotional or behavioral problems for which you need help?
No (0)
Overall Score: 48 / 70
Anxiety/Depression Subscore: 10 / 10
Attention Problem Subscore: 8 / 10
Conduct Problem Subscore: 7 / 14
Your results indicate that you have some signs of emotional, attentional or behavioral difficulties.
These results are not meant to be a diagnosis. You can meet with a doctor or therapist to get a diagnosis and/or access therapy or medications. Sharing these results with someone you trust can be a great place to start.
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More Mental Health Info & Resources for Youth
This test was taken on March 2, 2021, 10:49 am EST. To view this result on the web, visit:
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