ACE Self Assessment Quiz

Answer the following yes or no questions. Your ACE score (1 point for each yes answer) is tallied at the bottom of the quiz.

While you were growing up, during your first 18 years of life:

Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often swear at you, insult you, put you down, or humiliate you or act in a way that made you afraid that you might be physically hurt?

YesNo

Did a parent or other adult in the household often or very often push, grab, slap, or throw something at you or ever hit you so hard that you had marks or were injured?

YesNo

Did an adult or person at least 5 years older than you ever touch or fondle you or have you touch their body in a sexual way or attempt or actually have oral, anal, or vaginal intercourse with you?

YesNo

Did you often or very often feel that no one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? Or Your family didn’t look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other?

YesNo

Did you often or very often feel that you didn’t have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, and had no one to protect you or your parents were too drunk or high to take care of you or take you to the doctor if you needed it?

YesNo

Were your parents ever separated or divorced?

YesNo

Was your mother or stepmother often or very often pushed, grabbed, slapped, or had something thrown at her or sometimes, often, or very often kicked, bitten, hit with a fist, or hit with something hard or ever repeatedly hit at least a few minutes or threatened with a gun or knife?

YesNo

Did you live with anyone who was a problem drinker or alcoholic or who used street drugs?

YesNo

Was a household member depressed or mentally ill, or did a household member attempt suicide?

YesNo

Did a household member go to prison?

YesNo

Quiz Results

ACE Self-Assessment Quiz