Extreme Demand Avoidance - 8 (EDA-8)

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Instructions: Please answer the questions thinking about your childʼs behaviour during the last six months. Please read each item carefully and select the answer that best applies.

1. Obsessively resists and avoids ordinary demands and requests

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

2. Is driven by the need to be in charge

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

3. Tells other children how they should behave, but does not feel these rules apply to themselves

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

4. Has difficulty complying with demands unless they are carefully presented

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

5. Seems unaware of the differences between themselves and authority figures (e.g., parents, teachers, police)

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

6. Mood changes very rapidly (e.g., switches from affectionate to angry in an instant)

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

7. Uses outrageous or shocking behaviour to get out of doing something

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

8. Has bouts of extreme emotional responses to sma ll events (e.g., crying/giggling, becoming furious)

Not True

Somewhat True

Mostly True

Very True

Developer Reference: OʼNions, E., Happé, F., Viding, E., & Noens, I. (2021). Extreme demand avoidance in children with autism spectrum disorder: Refinement of a caregiver-report measure. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 5, 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-021-00203-z

Extreme Demand Avoidance – 8 (EDA-8)