Perceived Stress Scale- 10 Item
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The questions in this scale ask you about your feelings and thoughts during the last month. In each case‚ please indicate with a check how often you felt or thought a certain way.
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1. In the last month‚ how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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2. In the last month‚ how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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3. In the last month‚ how often have you felt nervous and "stressed"?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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4. In the last month‚ how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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5. In the last month‚ how often have you felt that things were going your way?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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6. In the last month‚ how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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7. In the last month‚ how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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8. In the last month‚ how often have you felt that you were on top of things?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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9. In the last month‚ how often have you been angered because of things that were outside of your control?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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10. In the last month‚ how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
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___0=never
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___1=almost never
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___2=sometimes
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___3=fairly often
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___4=very often
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This scale can be found in:
Cohen‚ S.‚ Kamarck‚ T.‚ Mermelstein‚ R. (1983). A global measure of perceived stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior‚ 24‚ 385-396. Link to full-text (pdf)
Cohen‚ S.‚ & Williamson‚ G. (1988). Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States. In S. Spacapam & S. Oskamp (Eds.)‚ The social psychology of health: Claremont Symposium on applied social psychology. Newbury Park‚ CA: Sage. Link to full-text (pdf)
updated July 8‚ 2008
http://www.psy.cmu.edu/updatescohen/PSS.html
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