Test your addictive tendencies

The SPQ (The Shorter PROMIS Questionnaire) is a 160-question assessment that counsellors and researchers use to measure addictive tendency across sixteen distinct behavioural areas.

Jointly developed by PROMIS Clinics and researchers at the University of Kent, the SPQ is recognised and respected as an accurate indicator of addictive tendency.

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SPQ questionnaire and results screenshots

What does the SPQ measure?

The SPQ measures addictive tendency across 16 behavioural categories:

  • Alcohol
  • Gambling
  • Shopping
  • Food starving
  • Recreational drugs
  • Tobacco
  • Sex
  • Caffeine
  • Exercise
  • Work
  • Compulsive helping (dominant)
  • Compulsive helping (submissive)
  • Relationship (dominant)
  • Relationship (submissive)
  • Prescription drugs
  • Food bingeing

Interpreting your results

Having scored the SPQ, you will be presented with your results and a comparison against typical scores for a normal population and a clinical population.

One of the strengths of the SPQ is its ability to indicate addictive illness in several categories simultaneously.

If you require any further explanation of the SPQ, please email us at enquiries@s-p-q.com.