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In the late 1960s Dr Thomas Holmes
and Dr Richard Rahe, of the University of Washington in Seattle,
USA, published in chart form, in the Journal of Psychosomatic
Research, the degrees of stress, based on a scale from 1 to 100,
which their research showed as commonly associated with life events.
Whether or not you feel your own stress levels coincide with
the findings outlined in the chart, it provides a comprehensive
checklist of stressors which affect us all.
|
Stressor |
Degree Of Stress
(1-100) |
|
Death of spouse |
100 |
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Divorce |
73 |
|
Marital separation |
65 |
|
Jail term |
63 |
|
Death in family |
63 |
|
Personal injury or
illness |
53 |
|
Marriage |
50 |
|
Losing a job |
47 |
|
Marital reconciliation |
45 |
|
Retirement |
45 |
|
Illness of family
member |
44 |
|
Pregnancy |
40 |
|
Sex problems |
39 |
|
New baby |
39 |
|
Business readjustment |
39 |
|
Change in financial
circumstances |
38 |
|
Death of a close friend
|
37 |
|
Change in work |
36 |
|
Increased arguments
with spouse |
35 |
|
Large mortgage or loan |
31 |
|
New responsibilities at
work |
29 |
|
Children leaving home |
29 |
|
Trouble with in-laws |
29 |
|
Outstanding personal
achievement |
28 |
|
Spouse begins or stops
work |
26 |
|
School or college ends
or begins |
26 |
|
Living conditions
change |
25 |
|
Personal habits change
|
24 |
|
Trouble with boss |
23 |
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Change in working
conditions |
20 |
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Change in residence |
20 |
|
Change in school or
college |
20 |
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Change in social
activities |
18 |
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Change in sleeping
habits |
16 |
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Change in eating habits |
15 |
|
Holiday |
13 |
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Christmas |
12 |
|
Minor violations of law |
11 |
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