Daily Hassles and Stress: Wellness Worksheet 12

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Name _________________________ Section ________________ Date ___________________


W E L L N E S S WO R K S H E E T 1 2

Daily Hassles and Stress


For each of the following experiences, indicate to what degree it has been a part of your life over the past
month by writing in the appropriate number.

1 = not at all part of my life


2 = only slightly part of my life
3 = distinctly part of my life
4 = very much part of my life

____ 1. Disliking your daily activities


____ 2. Lack of privacy
____ 3. Disliking your work
____ 4. Ethnic or racial conflict
____ 5. Conflicts with in-laws or boyfriend’s/girlfriend’s family
____ 6. Being let down or disappointed by friends
____ 7. Conflict with supervisor(s) at work
____ 8. Social rejection
____ 9. Too many things to do at once
____ 10. Being taken for granted
____ 11. Financial conflicts with family members
____ 12. Having your trust betrayed by a friend
____ 13. Separation from people you care about
____ 14. Having your contributions overlooked
____ 15. Struggling to meet your own standards of performance and accomplishment
____ 16. Being taken advantage of
____ 17. Not enough leisure time
____ 18. Financial conflicts with friends or fellow workers
____ 19. Struggling to meet other people’s standards of performance and accomplishment
____ 20. Having your actions misunderstood by others
____ 21. Cash-flow difficulties
____ 22. A lot of responsibilities
____ 23. Dissatisfaction with work
____ 24. Decisions about intimate relationship(s)
____ 25. Not enough time to meet your obligations
____ 26. Dissatisfaction with your mathematical ability
(over)
Insel/Roth, Core Concepts in Health, Tenth Edition © 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Chapter 2
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WELLNESS WORKSHEET 12 — continued

____ 27. Financial burdens


____ 28. Lower evaluation of your work than you think you deserve
____ 29. Experiencing high levels of noise
____ 30. Adjustments to living with unrelated person(s) (e.g., roommate)
____ 31. Lower evaluation of your work than you hoped for
____ 32. Conflicts with family member(s)
____ 33. Finding your work too demanding
____ 34. Conflicts with friend(s)
____ 35. Hard effort to get ahead
____ 36. Trying to secure loan(s)
____ 37. Getting “ripped off” or cheated in the purchase of goods
____ 38. Dissatisfaction with your ability at written expression
____ 39. Unwanted interruptions of your work
____ 40. Social isolation
____ 41. Being ignored
____ 42. Dissatisfaction with your physical appearance
____ 43. Unsatisfactory housing conditions
____ 44. Finding work uninteresting
____ 45. Failing to get money you expected
____ 46. Gossip about someone you care about
____ 47. Dissatisfaction with your physical fitness
____ 48. Gossip about yourself
____ 49. Difficulty dealing with modern technology (e.g., computers)
____ 50. Car problems
____ 51. Hard work to look after and maintain home

Scoring
Add up your responses and find your total below.
≥ 136 Very high stress
116–135 High stress
76–115 Average stress
56–75 Low stress
51–55 Very low stress

QUIZ SOURCE: Used with permission of Plenum Publishers, from Kohn, P. M., and J. E. Macdonald. 1992. The survey of
recent life experiences: A decontaminated hassles scale for adults. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 15:221–236.

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