The Adolescent AQ
Ages 12-15 years
Name:........................................... Sex:...........................................
Date of birth:................................... Today’s Date.................................
How to fill out the questionnaire
Below is a list of statements about your child. Please read each statement very carefully and rate
how strongly you agree or disagree by selecting the appropriate option opposite each question.
DO NOT MISS ANY STATEMENT OUT.
Examples
E1. S/he is willing to take risks. definitely slightly slightly definitely
agree agree disagree disagree
E2. S/he likes playing board games. definitely slightly slightly definitely
agree agree disagree disagree
E3. S/he finds learning to play musical instruments definitely slightly slightly definitely
agree agree disagree disagree
easy.
E4. S/he is fascinated by other cultures. definitely slightly slightly definitely
agree agree disagree disagree
Definitely Slightly Slightly Definitely
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
1. S/he prefers to do things with others rather than
on her/his own.
2. S/he prefers to do things the same way over and
over again.
3. If s/he tries to imagine something, s/he finds it
very easy to create a picture in her/his mind.
4. S/he frequently gets so strongly absorbed in one
thing that s/he loses sight of other things.
5. S/he often notices small sounds when others do
not.
6. S/he usually notices car number plates or similar
strings of information.
7. Other people frequently tell her/him that what
s/he has said is impolite, even though s/he thinks
it is polite.
8. When s/he is reading a story, s/he can easily
imagine what the characters might look like.
9. S/he is fascinated by dates.
10. In a social group, s/he can easily keep track of
several different people’s conversations.
11. S/he finds social situations easy.
12. S/he tends to notice details that others do not.
13. S/he would rather go to a library than a party.
14. S/he finds making up stories easy.
15. S/he finds her/himself drawn more strongly to
people than to things.
Definitely Slightly Slightly Definitely
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
16. S/he tends to have very strong interests, which
s/he gets upset about if s/he can’t pursue.
17. S/he enjoys social chit-chat.
18. When s/he talks, it isn’t always easy for others to
get a word in edgeways.
19. S/he is fascinated by numbers.
20. When s/he is reading a story, s/he finds it
difficult to work out the characters’ intentions.
21. S/he doesn’t particularly enjoy reading fiction.
22. S/he finds it hard to make new friends.
23. S/he notices patterns in things all the time.
24. S/he would rather go to the theatre than a
museum.
25. It does not upset him/her if his/her daily routine
is disturbed.
26. S/he frequently finds that s/he doesn’t know how
to keep a conversation going.
27. S/he finds it easy to “read between the lines”
when someone is talking to her/him.
28. S/he usually concentrates more on the whole
picture, rather than the small details.
29. S/he is not very good at remembering phone
numbers.
30. S/he doesn’t usually notice small changes in a
situation, or a person’s appearance.
31. S/he knows how to tell if someone listening to
him/her is getting bored.
Definitely Slightly Slightly Definitely
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
32. S/he finds it easy to do more than one thing at
once.
33. When s/he talks on the phone, s/he is not sure
when it’s her/his turn to speak.
34. S/he enjoys doing things spontaneously.
35. S/he is often the last to understand the point of a
joke.
36. S/he finds it easy to work out what someone is
thinking or feeling just by looking at their face.
37. If there is an interruption, s/he can switch back to
what s/he was doing very quickly.
38. S/he is good at social chit-chat.
39. People often tell her/him that s/he keeps going on
and on about the same thing.
40. When s/he was younger, s/he used to enjoy
playing games involving pretending with other
children.
41. S/he likes to collect information about categories
of things (e.g. types of car, types of bird, types of
train, types of plant, etc.).
42. S/he finds it difficult to imagine what it would be
like to be someone else.
43. S/he likes to plan any activities s/he participates
in carefully.
44. S/he enjoys social occasions.
45. S/he finds it difficult to work out people’s
intentions.
46. New situations make him/her anxious.
Definitely Slightly Slightly Definitely
Agree Agree Disagree Disagree
47. S/he enjoys meeting new people.
48. S/he is a good diplomat.
49. S/he is not very good at remembering people’s
date of birth.
50. S/he finds it very to easy to play games with
children that involve pretending.
MRC-SBC/SJW Feb 1998