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Holmes-Rahe Scale

Thursday, 1 February 2007 | 15:07

Test yourself here.

The Holmes-Rahe Scale was developed in the 1960s, as a measure of an individual’s stress levels. The scale is in questionnaire format; various life events (both positive and negative) are listed, and one simply ticks off a box if the event has happened to him or her in the past two years. Each event has a numerical score attached to it – the higher the number, the more stressful the event. The scale assumes the death of a spouse to have a value of 100 (most stressful event) and marriage to have a value of 50 (middle of the road? ;) ). At the end of the questionnaire, one’s score is totted up. The score is translated into a percentage – the percent someone is likely to contract a stress-related illness or to be involved in a stress-related accident within the following two years.

My score? Well, since you asked… :)

“From 150-199 points: Mild life crisis. 33% chance of illnesses such as: headache, diabetes, fatigue, hypertension, chest and back pain, ulcers, infectious diseases, etc.”

(Actually, I took this test twice and got different results both times – there are some events I’m not so certain about, therefore I checked different ones off each time. Either way, I’m apparently not too far from having a ‘moderate life crisis’, which ups my chance of illness to 51% from the above-noted 33%…)

Time to take a chill pill! The big question is, how stressed-out are my readers? :idea:

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5 Responses to “Holmes-Rahe Scale”

  1. phil says:
    Thursday, 1 February 2007 at 15:45

    Comme tu le sais Larissa, je ne connais pas l’anglais, mais j’ai pu lire middle of the road et cela me replonge dans mon adolescence, avec « Soley Soley » et « Sanson & Dalilah » C’était aux débuts des années soixante dix… Les Années Michel Polnareff également. Ce groupe avait un peu le style des Mamas and the Papas je trouve .

    http://www.middleoftheroadpopgroup.com/

  2. Moonbeam says:
    Thursday, 1 February 2007 at 19:02

    Enough not to sleep at night? Or is it because your photos ans texts spur one on to find out more about the topic mentioned? Hence many delightful hours on the web.

    My score is “under 150, no signifiacant level of stress.”Should I dare say “Stressless” ;-) ;-)

  3. beautiful cynic says:
    Thursday, 1 February 2007 at 23:44

    I always found moonbeams to be quite restful and relaxing, myself, so I’m not surprised. Perhaps you take after your “namesake”. :)

    Phil, je ne connais pas ce groupe; j’explorerais ce lien bientôt.
    La note est sur l’échelle Holmes-Rahe, une questionnaire pour évaluer le stress dans son vie. (Tu sais, tu peux toujours utiliser une traducteur-en-ligne – il y a deux liens à la droite du page :) ) Mais, voici un lien à l’échelle en français: ici.

  4. loicia says:
    Friday, 2 February 2007 at 7:07

    Bonjour

    Le séjour en prison , le déces d’un parent proche : score identique ! j’ai des doutes sur ce genre de test ! :) J’ai joué le jeu , je ne dépasse pas 150 … mais beaucoup de choses sont derrière moi ! et je n’ai pas encore somatisé ! à bientôt

  5. beautiful cynic says:
    Friday, 2 February 2007 at 7:44

    Ah, une autre qui est “sans stress”! Hum, je suis jalouse! Peut-être c’est mon âge… On dit que le stress est le plus fort entre les âges de 18 à 25, puis diminue à chaque décennie. (Hourra pour les petits détails: étant 26 ans, je ne suis plus dans la catégorie des “plus stressés”! :roll: )

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