Attention Seeking Scale
Attention Seeking Scale
Directions: Thinking about your current condition, how often does each of the following statements describe how you feel?
1 2 3 4 5
Sr. Items 1 2 3 4 5
1. I often use physical appearance to draw attention of the people. 1 2 3 4 5
2. I do express my emotion in an exaggerated way. 1 2 3 4 5
3. I fear of being alone, rejected or abandoned. 1 2 3 4 5
4. I feel uncomfortable when I am not the Centre of attention. 1 2 3 4 5
5. I intentionally disagree to the views of people on social media in order to get attention. 1 2 3 4 5
6. I consistently point out my achievements, however insignificant. 1 2 3 4 5
7. I often get upset and sad when being unattended. 1 2 3 4 5
8. I dress provocatively in order to gain attention. 1 2 3 4 5
9. I am highly suggestible, I do things so that people admire me. 1 2 3 4 5
10. When people surround me, I want them to take notice of me. 1 2 3 4 5
11. I like it when people pay attention towards me. 1 2 3 4 5
12. It pleases me when somebody asks about me. 1 2 3 4 5
13. I feel sad/uncomfortable when I'm not given the attention I need. 1 2 3 4 5
14. I put a lot of things on social media to have views and comments. 1 2 3 4 5
15. It bothers me when I put my picture or a status on social media and get no response. 1 2 3 4 5
16. When someone admires me I get happy. 1 2 3 4 5
17. I try to prove myself as a most attractive person. 1 2 3 4 5
18. I show off suicidal attack to seek attention of people. 1 2 3 4 5
19. I smoke/drink/puff to get the attention of other. 1 2 3 4 5
20. I am dramatic. I do rash decisions 1 2 3 4 5
21. I buy expensive and branded things so that people ask about it. 1 2 3 4 5
22. I tend to be the life of the party. I constantly use excessively extrovert behavior. 1 2 3 4 5
23. I always share my personal information with people to get their sympathy. 1 2 3 4 5
24. I think I have good social skills more than others. 1 2 3 4 5
25. I have extreme level of sensitivity to criticism or disapproval. 1 2 3 4 5
26. Sometimes, I became overly emotional and display rapidly shifting of emotions. 1 2 3 4 5
27. I want to seek reassurance and approval constantly for my satisfaction. 1 2 3 4 5
28. I like self-grooming so much. 1 2 3 4 5
29. I think my talking style is so impressive. 1 2 3 4 5
30. I have low tolerance for frustration and I use to speak loud 1 2 3 4 5
31. I like to share my physical illness to everyone. 1 2 3 4 5
32. I influenced by the people easily who treat me approvingly. 1 2 3 4 5
Scoring key:
Highest score will be 160 if individuals respond to all 5 (very often).
Higher the score will be higher the attention seeking behavior.