Distress Tolerance Skills Quiz

What is distress tolerance?

• The ability to control others' emotions

• The ability to avoid emotional incidents

• The ability to ignore emotional incidents

• The ability to manage emotional incidents without feeling overwhelmed

Which of the following is not a distress tolerance skill?

• Distraction

• Radical acceptance

• Emotional regulation

• Self-soothing techniques

What is the purpose of distress tolerance, self-soothing, and TIPP skills?

• To create the emotional crisis

• To ignore the emotional crisis

• To prevent the emotional crisis from worsening

• To worsen the emotional crisis

What is the purpose of weighing the pros and cons?

• To ignore the situation

• To pause and think logically about the situation and the next steps

• To avoid making decisions

• To make rash and impulsive choices

What is the purpose of distraction as a distress tolerance skill?

• To temporarily do something else to distract from the distressing situation

• To worsen the distressing situation

• To avoid the distressing situation

• To increase emotional distress

What is the purpose of self-soothing using your senses?

• To mentally and emotionally ground yourself

• To worsen the environment

• To ignore the environment

• To avoid the environment

What is the purpose of the IMPROVE skills?

• To worsen the emotional crisis

• To prevent the emotional crisis from worsening

• To create the emotional crisis

• To ignore the emotional crisis

What is the purpose of radical acceptance as a distress tolerance skill?

• To reject the reality of the situation

• To worsen the emotional crisis

• To accept the reality of the situation without judgement

• To ignore the emotional crisis

Which of the following is not a self-soothing technique?

• Listening to calming music

• Deep breathing

• Engaging in a stressful activity

• Taking a warm bath