Life Stress Test

Take this test and mark down the points for each event that you have experienced this year.  When you are done looking at the whole list, add up the points for each event.

            _____100 Death of Spouse

            _____73 Divorce

            _____65 Marital Separation or from relationship partner

            _____63 Jail Term

            _____63 Death of close family member

            _____53 Personal injury or illness

            _____50 Marriage

            _____47 Fired from work

            _____45 Marital reconciliation

            _____45 Retirement

            _____44 Change in family member’s health

            _____40 Pregnancy

            _____39 Sex difficulties

            _____39 Addition to family

            _____38 Change in financial status

            _____37 Death of close friend

            _____36 Change to a different line of work

            _____35 Change in number of marital arguments

            _____31 Mortgage or loan over $30,000

            _____29 Change in work responsibilities

            _____29 Trouble with in-laws

            _____28 Outstanding personal achievement

            _____26 Spouse begins or stops work

            _____26 Starting or finishing school

            _____25 Change in living conditions

            _____24 Revision of personal habits

            _____23 Trouble with boss

            _____20 Change in work hours, conditions

            _____20 Change in residence

            _____20 Change in schools

            _____19 Change in recreational habits

            _____19 Change in church activities

            _____18 change in social activities

            _____17 Mortgage or loan under $20,000

            _____16 Change in sleeping habits

            _____15 Change in number of family gatherings

            _____15 Change in eating habits

            _____13 Vacation

            _____12 Christmas Season

            _____11 Minor violations of the law

___________Your total score

This scale shows the kind of life pressure that you are facing.  Depending on your coping skills or the lack thereof, this scale can predict the likelihood that you will fall victim to a stress related illness.  The illness could be mild-frequent tension headaches, acid indigestion, loss of sleep to very serious illness like ulcers, cancer, migraines and the like.

0-149    Low susceptibility to stress-related illness (35% chance of illness or accident within 2 years).

150-299--Medium susceptibility to stress-related illness (51% chance of illness or accident within 2 years),

300 and over--High susceptibility to stress-related illness (80% chance of illness or accident within 2 years).