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.

1. In the last month‚ how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

2. In the last month‚ how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

3. In the last month‚ how often have you felt nervous and "stressed"?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

4. In the last month‚ how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

5. In the last month‚ how often have you felt that things were going your way?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

6. In the last month‚ how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

7. In the last month‚ how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

8. In the last month‚ how often have you felt that you were on top of things?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

9. In the last month‚ how often have you been angered because of things that were outside of your control?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often

10. In the last month‚ how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?

___0=never

___1=almost never

___2=sometimes

___3=fairly often

___4=very often