Yale-Brown as a Self-Report 2017

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Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale Modified for Compulsive Buying

2. First Name: *

3. Choose the statement that best describes you.

How much of your time is occupied by thoughts of shopping? *

None [0]

Less than 1 hour per day or they intrude occasionally. [1]

1 to 3 hours per day, or they intrude frequently. [2]

More than 3 and up to 8 hours per day or they intrude very frequently. [3]

More than 8 hours per day or they intrude almost constantly. [4]

4. How much do your thoughts of shopping interfere with your social, work, or role functioning? Is there anything you don't do because of them? *

Not at all. There's nothing I don't do because of them. [0]

My thoughts about shopping interfere slightly with my social or occupational activities but my overall functioning is not impaired. [1]

My thoughts about shopping definately interfere with my social or occupational functioning, but it's still manageable. [2]

My thoughts about shopping cause substantial impairment in my social and occupational functioning. [3]

My thoughts about shopping interfere extremely with my social or occupational functioning. They are incapacitating. [4]

5. How much distress do your thoughts about shopping cause you? *

My thoughts about shopping are not disturbing at all. [0]

My thoughts about shopping are milding disturbing. [1]

My thoughts about shopping are disturbing, but manageable. [2]

My thoughts about shopping are very disturbing. [3]

My thoughts about shopping are extremely disturbing, and cause me near constant and disabling distress. [4]

6. How much effort do you make to resist the thoughts about shopping? How often do you try to disregard or turn your attention away from these thoughts as they enter your mind?

I always make an effort to resist, or my thoughts about shopping are so minimal that I don't need to actively resist. [0]

I try to resist my thoughts about shopping most of the time. [1]

I make some effort to resist thoughts about shopping. [2]

I give in to all thoughts about shopping without attempting to control them, but I do so with some reluctance. [3]

I completely and willingly give in to all thoughts about shopping. [4]

7. How much control do you have over your thoughts about shopping? How successful are you in stopping or diverting your thoughts about shopping? Can you dismiss them? *

I have complete control over my thoughts about shopping. [0]

I have much control and am usually able to stop or divert my thoughts about shopping with some effort and concentration. [1]

I have moderate control. I'm sometimes able to stop or divert my thinking about shopping. [2]

I have little control. I'm rarely successful in stopping or dismissing thinking about shopping. I can only divert my attention with difficulty. [3]

I have no control. My experience is completely involuntary. I'm rarely able to even momentarily alter my thoughts about shopping. [4]

8. How much time do you spend shopping? How much time do you spend compulsively shopping? *

None [0]

I spend less than 1 hour per day shopping. [1]

I spend 1 to 3 hours per day shopping. [2]

I spend more than 3 and up to 8 hours per day shopping. [3]

I spend more than 8 hours per day shopping or am shopping almost constantly. [4]

9. How much does your shopping behavior interfere with your social, work or role functioning? Is there anything you don't do because of the shopping? *

Not at all. There's nothing I don't do because of the shopping. [0]

I experience a mild, slight interference with my social or occupational activities, but overall my functioning is not impaired. [1]

I experience a moderate, definate interference with my social or occupational performance, although it's still manageable. [2]

I experience severe anxiety, which causes substantial impairment in my social or occupational functioning. [3]

I experience extreme, incapacitation anxiety, which causes me to be unable to function socially or occupationally. [4]

10. How would you feel if you were prevented from shopping? How anxious would you become? *

Not anxious at all. [0]

I'd only feel slightly anxious if I was prevented from shopping. [1]

I'd feel moderately anxious. My anxiety would mount but would re [2]

I'd feel a severe, prominent and very disturbing increase in anxiety if I was prevented from shopping. [3]

I'd feel extreme, incapacitating anxiety from any intervention aimed at modifying my shopping anxiety. [4]

11. How much of an effort do you make to resist the compulsion to shop? *

I always make an effort to resist, or my compulsion to shop is so minimal that I don't need to actively resist. [0]

I try to resist most of the time. [1]

I make some effort to resist. [2]

I give in to almost all compulsions toshop without attempting to control them, but I do this with some reluctance. [3]

I completely and willingly give in to almost all compulsions to shop. [4]

12. How strong is your drive to compulsively shop? How much control do you have over the compulsion? *

I have complete control. [0]

I have much control. I experience pressure to shop compulsively, but I'm usually able to exercise voluntary control over it. [1]

I have moderate control. I experience strong pressure to shop compulsively and can control it only with difficulty. [2]

I have little control. I have a very strong drive to shop compulsively and must do it. I can only delay with difficulty. [3]

I have no control. I experience my drive to shop compulsively as completely involuntary and overpowering. I'm rarely able to even momentarily delay activity. [4]


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