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    Positive life events can be just as stressful as negative ones. Your current stress level is the sum of all your recent stressors. For people with a score of 300 or more, almost 80 percent will get sick in the near future.

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    The Holmes Life Stress Scale

    SCHEDULE OF RECENT EXPERIENCE: PART A


    Check off the life events that happened to you in the last year.
    Mean
    Value
    1. A lot more or a lot less trouble with the boss.
    2. A major change in sleeping habits (more sleep, less sleep, different bedtime)
    3. A major change in eating habits (more food, less food, different food)
    4. A revision of personal habits (dress, manners, associations, etc.)
    5. A major change in your usual type and/or amount of recreation
    6. A major change in your social activities (clubs, dancing, movies, visiting, etc.)
    7. A major change in religious or spiritual activities
    8. A Major change in number of family get-togethers
    9. A major change in financial state (much better or much worse than usual)
    10. In-law troubles
    11. A major change in the number of arguments with spouse (a lot more or a lot less than usual regarding
    child-rearing, personal habits, etc.)
    12. Sexual difficulties

    TOTAL FOR PART A
    ____ 23
    ____ 16
    ____ 15
    ____ 24
    ____ 19
    ____ 18
    ____ 19
    ____ 15
    ____ 38
    ____ 29

    ____ 35
    ____ 39



    ________
    SCHEDULE OF RECENT EXPERIENCE: PART B
    Multipl y the number of times an event happened to you by the mean value of that event to get your score for each.





    Positive life events
    can be just as
    stressful as negative
    ones. And though
    you would want to
    believe that you deal
    with a new situation
    or problem and move
    on, the truth is that
    your current stress
    level is the sum of all
    your recent stressors.
    Imagine placing
    straws (in this case,
    bales of straw) on the
    proverbial camels
    back until, well, you
    know...

    ARE THESE STRESSORS
    ADDING UP?

    Now add the scores
    for each of the events
    that happened to you
    in Part A to your
    scores in Part B. For
    people with a score of
    300 or more, almost
    80 percent will get
    sick in the near
    future. For those who
    scored between 200
    and 299, about 50
    percent will get sick in
    the near future. With
    a score of 150 to 199,
    fewer than 30 percent
    will get sick. The
    higher your score, the
    more you should work
    to stay well and
    reduce stress.




    YOUR TOTAL
    SCORE:

    __________



    Copyright 1976 by Thomas
    H. Holmes, M.D. Stress scale
    reprinted with the permission of
    New Harbinger Publications,
    Inc.

    13. Major personal injury or illness
    14. Death of a close family member (other than spouse)
    15. Death of a spouse
    16. Death of a close friend
    17. Gaining a new family member (birth, adoption, elder moving in)
    18. Major change in the health or behavior of a family member
    19. Change in residence
    20. Detention in jail or other institution
    21. Minor violations of the law (traffic tickets, jaywalking)
    22. Major business readjustment (merger, bankruptcy)
    23. Marriage
    24. Divorce
    25. Separation from spouse or significant other
    26. Outstanding personal achievement
    27. Son or daughter leaving home (college, marriage)
    28. Retirement
    29. Major change in working hours or conditions
    30. Major change in responsibilities at work (promotion, demotion)
    31. Being fired from work
    32. Major change in living conditions (new home, remodeling, deterioration of old home)
    33. Spouse beginning or ceasing work
    34. Taking on a home mortgage
    35. Taking on a loan of less than $25,000
    36. Foreclosure on a mortgage or loan
    37. Vacation
    38. Changing to a new school
    39. Changing to a different line of work
    40. Beginning or ceasing formal schooling
    41. Reconciliation with a mate
    42. Pregnancy

    TOTAL FOR PART B


    No. of X Mean Score
    Times Value
    _____ 53 ______
    _____ 63 ______
    _____ 100 ______
    _____ 37 ______
    _____ 39 ______
    _____ 44 ______
    _____ 20 ______
    _____ 63 ______
    _____ 11 ______
    _____ 39 ______
    _____ 50 ______
    _____ 73 ______
    _____ 65 ______
    _____ 28 ______
    _____ 29 ______
    _____ 45 ______
    _____ 20 ______
    _____ 29 ______
    _____ 47 ______
    _____ 25 ______
    _____ 26 ______
    _____ 31 ______
    _____ 17 ______
    _____ 30 ______
    _____ 13 ______
    _____ 20 ______
    _____ 36 ______
    _____ 26 ______
    _____ 45 ______
    _____ 40 ______

    ____________

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