Stress Quiz

Stress can have a significant impact on your physical, emotional and relational wellbeing. This Stress Quiz is adapted from the Holmes-Rahe Stress Scale (also known as the Life Stress Inventory and the Social Readjustment Rating Scale) developed by Drs. Holmes and Rahe. The quiz will ask you a series of questions in which you will identify (and in many cases rate) stressful experiences you have had over the past year leading up to today. After you complete the quiz your results will indicate your current risk of developing a stress-related illness, and will also highlight the various stressful experiences you marked with indications of their relative contribution to your overall stress.

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This quiz takes approximately 5 minutes to complete.

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For the past year up through today, please mark any changes (and the degree of change) you have experienced in your life. Note that many questions ask you to indicate the degree of change even though a particular event may be positive (i.e., you are asked to indicate how much of a change you experienced, regardless of the seeming positive or negative nature of the event). So please read each question carefully and mark accordingly.


Education, Employment and Finances

Began or Ended School?
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Switched to a Different School?
  /  


  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

Switched to a Different Line of Work?
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Began Retirement?
  /  

Education, Employment and Finances (cont.)

  • No Trouble
  • Significant Trouble

Fired from a Job?
  /  


Purchased a Car and/or Other Large Purchase?
  /  


Took on a Mortgage or Loan for a Major Purchase (i.e. home, etc.)?
  /  


Foreclosure of a Mortgage or Loan?
  /  


  • No Change
  • Major Change
Living Conditions & Personal Life

Change in Residence?
  /  


  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change
Living Conditions & Personal Life (cont.)

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Significant Personal Achievement
  • Significant Personal Achievement

  • No Injury or Illness
  • Major Injury or Illness

  • No Violations
  • Major Violations and/or Consequences
Family Life

  • No Change
  • Major Change

Death of a Spouse?
  /  


Death of a Close Family Member?
  /  


Death of a Close Friend?
  /  


Began a Marriage?
  /  


Experienced Marital Separation?
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Experienced Marital Reconciliation?
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Began or Completed a Divorce?
  /  

Family Life (cont.) (Final Questions)

Self or Spouse Pregnant?
  /  


Gained a New Family Member through Birth, Adoption or Remarriage?
  /  


Son or Daughter Left Home (e.g., moved out, went to college, etc.)?
  /  


  • No Trouble
  • Significant Trouble

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Change
  • Major Change

  • No Difficulties
  • Significant Difficulties

Spouse Started or Stopped Working Outside of the Home?
  /  


Took a Vaction?
  /  


Celebrated Christmas and/or Other Holiday(s)?
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