Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia

If you would prefer to fill in this questionnaire offline you can download a pdf by clicking on the link.


This is an abridged version of the Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia. It only includes those items that relate to avoidance of situations. Some items have been reworded to give a UK English equivalent to American English terms.


The Mobility Inventory calculates a score for two separate scales: first, avoidance of situations when accompanied (Avoidance Accompanied scale) and second, avoidance when alone (Avoidance Alone scale). Please complete both scales.


For each question on each scale, please indicate the degree to which you avoid the following places or situations because of discomfort or anxiety. Rate your amount of avoidance when you are with a trusted companion (Avoidance Accompanied scale) and when you are alone (Avoidance Alone scale). Please use the following scale:

1:
Never avoid
2:
Avoid occasionally
3:
Avoid about half the time
4:
Avoid most of the time
5:
Always avoid
N/A:
Situations that do not apply to you
Place or situation When accompanied When alone
1. Theatres
2. Supermarkets
3. Shopping malls
4. Classrooms
5. Department stores
6. Restaurants
7. Museums
8. Elevators/lifts
9. Auditoriums/stadiums
10. Garages
11. High places
12. Enclosed places
Open spaces:
13. Outside (for example: fields, wide streets, courtyards)
14. Inside (for example, large rooms, lobbies)
Riding in:
15. Buses
16. Trains
17. Subways/underground/metro
18. Aeroplanes
19. Boats
Driving or riding in a car:
20. At any time
21. On motorways/dual carriageways/expressways
Situations
22. Standing in lines/queues
23. Crossing bridges
24. Parties or social gatherings
25. Walking on the street
26. Staying home alone
27. Being far away from home
28. Other

The most relevant score on the Mobility Inventory is not the total for each of the two scales because not every situation will apply to you. Instead an average (also called the mean) is calculated for each of the scales.


Chambless et al. (1985) report that people who met the diagnostic criteria for agoraphobia scored an average of 2.5 on the Avoidance Accompanied scale and 3.3 on the Avoidance Alone scale. People who did not meet the diagnostic criteria for agoraphobia scored on average 1.07 on the Avoidance Accompanied scale and 1.35 on the Avoidance Alone scale.

Reference

Chambless, D. L., Caputo, G. C., Jasin, S. E., Gracely, E. J., & Williams, C. (1985). The Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 23(1), 35-44.

Important

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