Social readjustment scale

 

Social readjustment scale – ratings

[100] Death of spouse [ 29] Change in work responsibility [ 73] Divorce [ 29] Son/daughter leaving home [ 71] Giving up hard drugs [ 29] Trouble with inlaws [ 65] Marital separation [ 28] Outstanding personal [ 63] Prison sentence achievement [ 63] Death of close family member [ 26] Wife begins/stops work [ 53] Personal illness or injury [ 26] Children start/stop school [ 50] Marriage [ 25] Change in living conditions [ 47] Sacked/made redundant [ 24] Revised personal habits [ 45] Marital reconciliation [ 23] Trouble with boss [ 45] Retirement [ 21] Giving up smoking fewer than 40 a day [ 44] Change in family members health [ 20] Change in working hours or conditions

[ 40] Pregnancy [ 40] Giving up 40+ fags/day [ 20] Change in residence [ 39] Sex difficulties [ 20] Change school [ 39] Addition to the family [ 19] Change recreation [ 39] Business readjustment [ 19] Change church activity [ 38] Change in financial state [ 18] Change social activity [ 37] Death of close friend [ 17] Mortgage or loan under £20,000 [ 36] Change to new line of work [ 16] Change in sleeping habits [ 35] Change in number of arguments with spouse [ 15] Change in number of family get-togethers [ 31] Foreclosure of mortgage or loan [ 15] Change in eating habits [ 13] Holiday [ 30] Mortgage over £20,000 [ 12] Christmas [ 11] Minor law violations

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Scoring

Less than 60

Life stress free lately

60-80

Normal amount of stress lately

80-100

Stress high: probably a single life event

100+

Under serious stress