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Brown’s adolescent ADD Scale

Name: Gender:

Age: Occupation:

Date: Email Id:

Instructions to Examiner: Item by item, read each statement listed below, and mark
the responses from 0,1,2 and 3 that tell how much you believe that feeling or
behaviour has been a problem in the past 6 months for you.

The response choices for each statement are listed below.

Type the 0 if the statement never applies.


Type the 1 if the statement once a week applies.
Type the 2 if the statement twice a week occasionally applies.
Type the 3 if the statement almost daily applies.

Statement 0-1-2-3
(Type the
number)

1. Listen and try to pay attention (e.g., in a meeting, lecture, or


conversation) but the mind often drifts. Misses out on desired
information.

2. Experience excessive difficulty getting started on tasks (e.g.,


doing paperwork or contacting people).

3. Feel excessively stressed or overwhelmed by tasks that


should be manageable (e.g., "no way I can do all this now; this is
way too much" though it really isn't all that bad).

4. "Space out" involuntarily and frequently when doing required


reading. Keeps thinking of things that have nothing to do with
what is being read.

5. I am easily sidetracked. Start a task then switch to doing


something less important.

6. Lose track in required reading of what has just been read and
need to read it again to understand the words, but what was
read "just doesn't stick."

7. Excessively forgetful about what has been said, done, or


heard in the past 24 hours.

8. Remember some of the details in required reading but have


difficulty grasping the main idea.

9. Easily frustrated and excessively impatient.

10. Bog down when presented with many things to do; has
difficulty setting priorities, getting organised, and then getting
started.

11. Procrastinate excessively. Keep putting things off for e.g.,


"I'll do it later," or "I'll do it tomorrow."

12. Feel sleepy or tired during the day, even after a decent
sleep the night before.

13. Disorganised and has excessive difficulty keeping track of


plans, money, or time.

14. Cannot complete tasks in the allotted time. Needs extra


time to finish satisfactorily.

15. Intend to do things but forget (e.g., turn off appliances, get
things from store, return phone calls, keep appointments, pay
bills, do assignments).

16. Criticised by self or others for being lazy.

17. Produce inconsistent quality of work. Performance quite


variable-slacks off unless"pressure" is on.

18. Sensitive to criticism from others. Feel it deeply for a long


time and get overly defensive.

19. Tend to be slow to react or to get started. Sluggish or slow-


moving. Does Not jump right into slow to answer questions or
to get ready to do something. .

20. Become irritated easily. "short-fused" with sudden


outbursts of anger.

21. Excessively rigid or perfectionist (has to get things just so,


"picky, picky, picky").
22. Receive criticism for not working up to potential (e.g.,
"could do so much better if only would try harder or work more
consistently").

23. Get lost in daydreaming or are preoccupied with your own


thoughts.

24. Difficulty expressing anger appropriately to others. Won't


stand up for self.

25. "Running out of steam" and doesn't follow through. Effort


fades quickly.

26. Easily distracted from tasks by background noises or


activities. Need to check out whatever else is going on.

27. Hard time waking up in the morning. Find it very difficult to


get out of bed and to get going.

28. In writing, must repeatedly erase, scratch out, or start over


because of minor mistakes.

29. Frequently feel discouraged, depressed, sad, or down.

30. Tend to be a loner among peers, keeps to self, and is shy.


Won’t associate much with friends of the same age.

31. Appear apathetic or unmotivated (others think he/she


doesn't care at all about his/her work).

32. Stare off into space. Feels "out of it."

33. Often leave out words or letters in writing.

34. Having sloppy, hard-to-read penmanship.

35. Forget to bring or lose track-of-needed items such as keys,


pencils, bills, and paperwork ("I know it's here someplace; I just
can't find it right now...").

36. Not listening and getting complaints from others about it.

37. Need to be reminded by others to get started or to keep


working on tasks that need to be done.

38. Difficulty memorising (e.g., names, dates, information at


work).
39. Misunderstand directions for assignments, completion of
forms, etc.

40. Start tasks (e.g., paperwork, chores) but don't complete


them.

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