 | This checklist will help you determine if there is undue stress in your life. In this checklist, each item signifies a life event that requires an individual to make a readjustment or a change in his or her life. Such changes produce stress in our lives, even if the event is a pleasant one. Therefore, a step toward reducing stress is to become aware of the sources of stress in your life. By assigning values to these 32 potential stress producers, you can determine whether you have experienced low, moderate, or high stress in the past year. This scale in its original format is from a 15-year research of stress in adults conducted by insurance companies. It has been modified to apply to college students and may only be considered a rough indication of stress levels and health consequences. In the original checklist designed for adults, the higher the stress level the more likely one was to have illness within the coming year. For example, if one had a stress score of 300 or greater, that person was almost certain to have illness requiring time off from work within the next year. Persons with low stress in their lives had significantly fewer cases of illnesses. For paper version click here. |