Table of Contents
Domain: Relationship/Marital Quality
Measure: Beck Codependence Assessment Scale (BCAS; Beck, 1991)
Please mark how often each statement describes you by checking the appropriate box. Some statements express a thought. In that case your choice would indicate how often you have that thought. Other statements describe feelings or situations, and in each case, you would mark the choice describing the frequency with which the statement describes you or the situation in which you have been involved.
Please remember to answer each question.
| Almost
never |
Rarely | Sometimes | Frequently | Almost
always |
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| 1. I feel that my significant other does not understand me. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 2. I let others make their own choices even when I think they are wrong. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 3. As a child, I was encouraged to express myself. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 4. I feel frustrated because I cannot keep my significant other from behaving self- destructively. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 5. If my friend or significant other wants to get drunk or take drugs, it’s not my problem. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 6. If my parents fought, I felt it was my fault. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 7. When growing up, I felt no one really understood me. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 8. I have sex when I don’t want to. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 9. There was a lot of tension in my family when I was growing up. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 10. One or both of my parents told me I was worthless. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 11. It’s not my responsibility to take care of other people. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 12. I say what I hope will make people do as I want. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 13. I feel loved and accepted by my family. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 14. As a child, I was anxious. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 15. If other people get mad, it’s not my problem. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 16. My significant other is sick. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 17. I let everyone make their own choices. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 18. My parents let me down as a child. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 19. I do not like to do for other people what they can do for themselves. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 20. In my family, I had to learn not to show my emotions. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 21. I can’t control other people. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 22. I have used guilt to make other people do what I wanted. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 23. It was not OK to talk about problems in my family. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 24. Because I feel responsible for other people, I try to control what they do. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 25. My parents were angry. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 26. If my friend drinks too much, I don’t worry about it. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 27. In my family, it was not acceptable to express my feelings. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 28. If two friends don’t like each other, it’s not my problem. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 29. As a child, I expected something terrible to happen. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 30. I try to keep my friends and family out of trouble. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 31. I know what’s best for other people. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 32. When I have been in trouble, I knew I could go to my parents for help. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 33. I think I know best how people should behave. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 34. I had to be careful to avoid making my parents angry. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| 35. I don’t know how I do it, but I find myself involved in other people’s business. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
Source:
Corcoran, K., & Fischer, J. (2000). Measures for clinical practice: A sourcebook (Vol. 1). New York, NY: The Free Press.