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    Holmes and Rahe studied whether or not stress contributes to illness. Each event had a different "weight" for stress. The higher the score, the more likely the patient was to become ill.

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    The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale

    In 1967, psychiatrists Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe decided to study whether or not stress contributes to illness. They surveyed more than 5,000 medical patients and asked them to say whether they had experience any of a series of 43 life events in the previous two years. Each event, called a Life Change Unit (LCU), had a different "weight" for stress. The more events the patient added up, the higher the score. The higher the score, and the larger the weight of each event, the more likely the patient was to become ill. The Stress Scale To score your stress levels, simply check the box in the right hand column next to all the events that have happened to you in the last year. This table is taken from "The Social Readjustment Rating Scale", Thomas H. Holmes and Richard H. Rahe, Journal of Psychosomatic Research, Volume 11, Issue 2, August 1967, Pages 213-218, Copyright 1967 Published by Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce granted by the publisher. This scale must not be used in any way to cause harm to an individual's professional career.

    Life Event 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Death of spouse Divorce Marital separation Jail term Death of close family member Personal injury or illness Marriage Fired at work Marital reconciliation Retirement Change in health of family member Pregnancy Sex difficulties Gain of new family member Business readjustment Change in financial state Death of close friend Change to a different line of work Change in number of arguments with spouse A large mortgage or loan Foreclosure of mortgage or loan Change in responsibilities at work Son or daughter leaving home Trouble with in-laws Outstanding personal achievement Spouse begins or stops work Begin or end school/college Change in living conditions Revision of personal habits Trouble with boss Change in work hours or conditions Change in residence Change in school/college Change in recreation Change in church activities Change in social activities A moderate loan or mortgage Change in sleeping habits Change in number of family get-togethers Change in eating habits Vacation Christmas Minor violations of the law

    Value 100 73 65 63 63 53 50 47 45 45 44 40 39 39 39 38 37 36 35 31 30 29 29 29 28 26 26 25 24 23 20 20 20 19 19 18 17 16 15 15 13 12 11

    Experienced in the last 2 years?

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    Score Interpretation
    Score 300+ 150-299 <150 Comment
    You have a high or very high risk of becoming ill in the near future. You have a moderate to high chance of becoming ill in the near future. You have only a low to moderate chance of becoming ill in the near future.

    What You Can Do About This If you find that you are at a moderate or high level of risk, then an obvious first thing to do is to try to avoid future life crises. While this is clearly easier said than done, you can usually avoid moving house, for example, close to when you retire, or when one of your children goes off to college; you can learn conflict resolution skills to minimize conflict with other people; you can avoid taking on new obligations or engaging with new programs of study; and you can take things easy, and look after yourself.

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