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Stress Test

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Stress Test

StressAre you stressed, depressed or affected by anxiety? Lovibond and Lovibond developed the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale 42. Answer the following questions in relation to your past week and Psychologist World will compare your answers with the scale to find out how stressed you are:

Answer the questions below:
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I found myself getting upset by quite trivial things


2.

I was aware of dryness of my mouth


3.

I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all


4.

I experienced breathing difficulty (eg, excessively rapid breathing, breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion)


5.

I just couldn't seem to get going


6.

I tended to over-react to situations


7.

I had a feeling of shakiness (eg, legs going to give way)


8.

I found it difficult to relax


9.

I found myself in situations that made me so anxious I was most relieved when they ended


10.

I felt that I had nothing to look forward to


11.

I found myself getting upset rather easily


12.

I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy


13.

I felt sad and depressed


14.

I found myself getting impatient when I was delayed in any way (eg, lifts, traffic lights, being kept waiting)


15.

I had a feeling of faintness


16.

I felt that I had lost interest in just about everything


17.

I felt I wasn't worth much as a person


18.

I felt that I was rather touchy


19.

I perspired noticeably (eg, hands sweaty) in the absence of high temperatures or physical exertion


20.

I felt scared without any good reason


21.

I felt that life wasn't worthwhile


22.

I found it hard to wind down


23.

I had difficulty in swallowing


24.

I couldn't seem to get any enjoyment out of the things I did


25.

I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical exertion (eg, sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat)


26.

I felt down-hearted and blue


27.

I found that I was very irritable


28.

I felt I was close to panic


29.

I found it hard to calm down after something upset me


30.

I feared that I would be "thrown" by some trivial but unfamiliar task


31.

I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything


32.

I found it difficult to tolerate interruptions to what I was doing


33.

I was in a state of nervous tension


34.

I felt I was pretty worthless


35.

I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with what I was doing


36.

I felt terrified


37.

I could see nothing in the future to be hopeful about


38.

I felt that life was meaningless


39.

I found myself getting agitated


40.

I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make a fool of myself


41.

I experienced trembling (eg, in the hands)


42.

I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things


How does your stress level match with the population?

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Source:

Devilly, G.J. (2004). Assessment Devices. Retrieved March 24, 2004, from Swinburne University, Clinical & Forensic Psychology Web site: http://www.swin.edu.au/victims/resources/assessment/assessment.html

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