CURRENT BEHAVIOR SCALE - SELF-REPORT
Copyright by Russell A. Barkley, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Name ____________________			Date __________
Instructions
Please circle the number next to each item that best describes your behavior DURING THE PAST 6 MONTHS.
Items:	Never or Rarely	Some-times	Often	Very Often
1. Find it difficult to tolerate waiting; impatient	0	1	2	3
2. Make decisions impulsively	0	1	2	3
3. Unable to inhibit my reactions or responses to events or others	0	1	2	3
4. Have difficulty stopping my activities or behavior when I should do so	0	1	2	3
5. Have difficulty changing my behavior when I am given feedback about my mistakes	0	1	2	3
6. Easily distracted by irrelevant thoughts when I must concentrate on something	0	1	2	3
7. Prone to daydreaming when I should be concentrating on something	0	1	2	3
8. Procrastinate or put off doing things until the last minute	0	1	2	3
9. Make impulsive comments to others	0	1	2	3
10. Likely to take short cuts in my work and not do all that I am supposed to do	0	1	2	3
11. Likely to skip out on work early if its boring or unpleasant to do	0	1	2	3
12. Can’t seem to defer gratification or to put off doing things that are rewarding now so as to work for a later goal	0	1	2	3
13. Likely to do things without considering the consequences for doing them	0	1	2	3
14. Change my plans at the last minute on a whim or last minute impulse	0	1	2	3
15. Start a project or task without reading or listening to directions carefully	0	1	2	3
16. Poor sense of time	0	1	2	3
17. Waste or mismanage my time	0	1	2	3
18. Fail to consider past relevant events or past personal experiences before responding to situations	0	1	2	3
19. Do not think about the future as much as others of my age seem to do	0	1	2	3
20. Not prepared for work or assigned tasks	0	1	2	3
21. Fail to meet deadlines for assignments	0	1	2	3
22. Have trouble planning ahead or preparing for upcoming events	0	1	2	3
23. Forget to do things I am supposed to do	0	1	2	3
24. Have difficulties with mental arithmetic	0	1	2	3
25. Not able to comprehend what I read as well as I should be able to do; have to re-read material to get its meaning	0	1	2	3
26. Can’t seem to remember what I previously heard or read about	0	1	2	3
27. Can’t seem to accomplish the goals I set for myself	0	1	2	3
28. Late for work or scheduled appointments	0	1	2	3
29. Trouble organizing my thoughts or thinking clearly	0	1	2	3
30. Not aware of things I say or do	0	1	2	3
31. Can’t seem to hold in mind things I need to remember to do	0	1	2	3
32. Have difficulty being objective about things that affect me	0	1	2	3
33. Find it hard to take other people’s perspectives about a problem or situation	0	1	2	3
34. Have difficulty keeping in mind the purpose or goal of my activities	0	1	2	3
35. Forget the point I was trying to make when talking to others	0	1	2	3
36. When shown something complicated to do, cannot keep the information in mind so as to imitate or do it correctly	0	1	2	3
37. Give poor attention to details in my work	0	1	2	3
38. Find it difficult to keep track of several activities at once	0	1	2	3
39. Can’t seem to get things done unless there is an immediate deadline	0	1	2	3
40. Dislike work or school activities where I must think more than usual	0	1	2	3
41. Have difficulty judging how much time it will take to do something or get somewhere	0	1	2	3
42. Have trouble motivating myself to start work	0	1	2	3
43. Quick to get angry or become upset	0	1	2	3
44. Easily frustrated	0	1	2	3
45. Over-react emotionally	0	1	2	3
46. Have difficulty motivating myself to stick with my work and get it done	0	1	2	3
47. Can’t seem to persist at things I do not find interesting	0	1	2	3
48. Do not put as much effort into my work as I should or than others are able to do	0	1	2	3
49. Have trouble staying alert or awake in boring situations	0	1	2	3
50. Easily excited by activities going on around me	0	1	2	3
51. Not motivated to prepare in advance for things I know I am supposed to do	0	1	2	3
52. Can’t seem to sustain my concentration on reading, paperwork, lectures, or work	0	1	2	3
53. Easily bored	0	1	2	3
54. Others tell me I am lazy or unmotivated	0	1	2	3
55. Have to depend on others to help me get my work done	0	1	2	3
56. Things must have an immediate payoff for me or I do not seem to get them done	0	1	2	3
57. Have trouble completing one activity before starting into a new one	0	1	2	3
58. Have difficulty resisting the urge to do something fun or more interesting when I am supposed to be working	0	1	2	3
59. Can’t seem to sustain friendships or close relationships as long as other people	0	1	2	3
60. Inconsistent in the quality or quantity of my work performance	0	1	2	3
61. Don’t seem to worry about future events as much as others	0	1	2	3
62. Don’t think about or talk things over with myself before doing something	0	1	2	3
63. Unable to work as well as others without supervision or frequent instruction	0	1	2	3
64. Have trouble doing what I tell myself to do	0	1	2	3
65. Poor follow through on promises or committments I may make to others	0	1	2	3
66. Lack self-discipline	0	1	2	3
67. Have difficulty using sound judgement in problem situations or when under stress	0	1	2	3
68. Trouble following the rules in a situation	0	1	2	3
69. Not very flexible in my behavior or approach to a situation; overly rigid in how I like things done	0	1	2	3
70. Have trouble organizing my thoughts	0	1	2	3
71. Have difficulties saying what I want to say	0	1	2	3
72. Unable to come up with or invent as many solutions to problems as others seem to do	0	1	2	3
73. Often at a loss for words when I want to explain something to others	0	1	2	3
74. Have trouble putting my thoughts down in writing as well or as quickly as others	0	1	2	3
75. Feel I am not as creative or inventive as others of my level of intelligence	0	1	2	3
76. In trying to accomplish goals or assignments, find I am not able to think of as many ways of doing things as others	0	1	2	3
77. Have trouble learning new or complex activities as well as others	0	1	2	3
78. Have difficulty explaining things in their proper order or sequence	0	1	2	3
79. Can’t seem to get to the point of my explanations as quickly as others	0	1	2	3
80. Have trouble doing things in their proper order or sequence	0	1	2	3
81. Unable to “think on my feet” or respond as effectively as others to unexpected events	0	1	2	3
82. Clumsy; not as coordinated in my movements as others	0	1	2	3
83. Poor or sloppy handwriting	0	1	2	3
84. Have difficulty arranging or doing my work by its priority or importance; can’t “prioritize” well	0	1	2	3
85. Slower to react to unexpected events	0	1	2	3
86. Get silly, clown around, or act foolishly when I should be serious	0	1	2	3
87. Can’t seem to remember things I have done or places I have been as well as others seem to do	0	1	2	3
88. Accident prone	0	1	2	3
89. More likely to drive a motor vehicle much faster than others (Excessive speeding)	0	1	2	3
90. Have difficulties managing my money or credit cards	0	1	2	3
91. I am less able to recall events from my childhood compared to others	0	1	2	3
92. Lose my temper	0	1	2	3
93. Argue with others	0	1	2	3
94. Actively defy or refuse to comply with others’ requests or rules	0	1	2	3
95. Deliberately annoy people	0	1	2	3
96. Blame others for my own mistakes or misbehavior	0	1	2	3
97. Am touchy or easily annoyed by others	0	1	2	3
98. Am angry or resentful	0	1	2	3
99. Am spiteful or vindictive	0	1	2	3