ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Score Diagnostic Test [Supervised by Certified Public Psychologists]

We have developed a tool for licensed psychologists to assess ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) scores. If you wish, you may check your own ACE score.

 

   

Supervisor of this page

Ichitaro Miki (Certified Public Psychologist (Japan))

Graduated from Osaka University; Completed Master's Program at Osaka University Graduate School

Engaged in psychological clinical practice for over 20 years. Specializes in trauma and attachment disorders that cause various struggles and difficulties in life. Author of books including “Developmental Trauma: The True Nature of ‘Difficulty in Life’” (cumulative sales approx. 40,000 copies), numerous TV program appearances, drama production collaboration/supervision, web media, and magazine features.

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Answer the questions below and count the number of “Yes” responses. ※The total will be calculated automatically here.

That will be your ACE score.

※Please answer all questions based on experiences you had before turning 18.

 

※Source: Japanese edition of Donna Jackson Nakazawa, Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal

 

→Related articles can be found here.

　　　→What Are Trauma (Developmental Trauma), PTSD, and Complex PTSD? Causes and Symptoms

　　　→What is Attachment Disorder? Its Characteristics and Symptoms

 

 

Before turning 18:
1 / 10

Were you frequently or routinely subjected to verbal abuse, insults, name-calling, or humiliation by a parent or other adult living in the same household? Or were you made to fear that harm might come to you?


2 / 10

Were you frequently or routinely pushed, grabbed, hit, or had things thrown at you by a parent or other adult living in the same household? Or were you ever hit hard enough to leave marks or cause injury?


3 / 10

Were you ever touched or stroked in a sexual way by an adult or someone at least 5 years older than you? Were you ever forced to touch someone else's body? Or were you ever almost touched, touched inappropriately, or sexually abused?


4 / 10

Did you frequently or routinely feel that no one in your family loved you, or that you weren't important or special?　Or did you feel your family members showed no interest in each other, lacked affection, or didn't help each other?


5 / 10

Did you frequently or routinely feel you didn't have enough to eat, had to wear dirty clothes, or had no one to protect you? Or did you feel neglected by your parents due to their alcohol or drug addiction, or that they didn't take you to the hospital when you needed it?


6 / 10

Have you ever been separated from your biological parents due to divorce, separation, or other reasons?


7 / 10

Was your mother (or stepmother) frequently or routinely grabbed, hit, or had things thrown at her? Was she sometimes, frequently, or routinely kicked, bitten, or hit with fists or objects?　Or were you repeatedly beaten for several minutes, or threatened with a gun or knife?


8 / 10

Did you live with someone who had a bad drinking problem, was an alcoholic, or abused drugs?


9 / 10

Did you have a family member who was depressed, had a mental illness, or attempted suicide?


10 / 10

Did you have a family member who was incarcerated in prison?