Perceived Stress Scale 10
Assesses the degree to which people perceive their lives as stressful. High levels of stress are associated with poor self-reported health, elevated blood pressure, depression, and susceptibility to infection. Subjects indicate how often they have found their lives unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded in the last month.
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Attribution
Cohen, S., & Williamson, G. (1988). Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States. In S. Spacapan & S. Oskamp (Eds.), The social psychology of health: Claremont Symposium on applied social psychology. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Use
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Questionnaire
Instructions
The questions in this scale ask you about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. In each case, please indicate how often you felt or thought a certain way.
Scale
| Never | Almost never | Sometimes | Fairly often | Very often |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Questions
1. In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?
2. In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?
3. In the last month, how often have you felt nervous and "stressed"?
4. In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems? *
5. In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way? *
6. In the last month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?
7. In the last month, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life? *
8. In the last month, how often have you felt that you were on top of things? *
9. In the last month, how often have you been angered because of things that were outside of your control?
10. In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
Scores
Total Perceived Stress