In a collaboration of our group from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm with colleagues from the Maudsley Hospital and King’s College in London, we have adapted the WSAS for its use in youth with a broad range of psychiatric, neurological and functional disorders. The items of WSAS-Youth version (WSAS-Y) are similar to those of the original WSAS but have been adapted to be age-appropriate and to capture areas likely to be functionally affected in young people, such as education. Like the WSAS, the WSAS-Y consists of five items that are rated on a nine-point Likert scale, generating a global score ranging from 0 to 40. The WSAS-Y is accompanied by a parallel parent/guardian version (WSAS-P).

The WSAS-Y is free for non-commercial uses.

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Citing the WSAS-Y:
Jassi, A., Lenhard, F., Krebs, G. et al. The Work and Social Adjustment Scale, Youth and Parent Versions: Psychometric Evaluation of a Brief Measure of Functional Impairment in Young People. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 51, 453–460 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-00956-z