Separation Anxiety Self-Assessment
Looks at feelings of distress or worry when separated from people or places you feel close to, and how these experiences show up in daily life.
What this assessment explores
Separation anxiety isn't just a childhood experience – for many adults, the fear of being separated from people they love, or the worry that something will happen to them, can be a constant and exhausting presence. This assessment explores how separation anxiety might be showing up in your life: the worry, the avoidance, and the way it shapes your relationships. It's built on the ASA-27, a validated measure aligned with diagnostic criteria for adult separation anxiety disorder.
See the original scaleWhat you can expect
There are 27 questions, and they'll ask you to reflect on how you respond to separation from the people or places that matter most to you.
The questions touch on things like:
- Worry and distress when separated from loved ones – or in anticipation of separation
- Avoidance behaviours and the lengths you might go to in order to stay close
- Physical symptoms that show up around separation – like nausea, headaches, or dread
- How separation anxiety might be affecting your relationships and daily life
Your responses give you a clearer picture of how separation anxiety is showing up for you – and how much it might be shaping how you move through your relationships.
Why this is free and private
Insightable Mind is built by clinical and research psychologists to help people better understand themselves, while contributing to meaningful psychological research. These assessments are offered free as part of that work. Your responses are private – when data is used for research, it's fully anonymised and combined with others to help improve the assessments and answer important questions about human psychology.
Top tips
Our best advice to help you get the most out of your self-assessment:
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