Social Readjustment Scale

Ask the trainee to rank….

Rank the events below on a scale of 0-100, where:

• 0 is “not stressful at all”
• 100 is “extremely stressful”

[ ] Death of spouse [ ] Change in work responsibility [ ] Divorce [ ] Son/daughter leaving home [ ] Giving up hard drugs [ ] Trouble with inlaws [ ] Marital separation [ ] Outstanding personal [ ] Prison sentence achievement [ ] Death of close family member [ ] Wife begins/stops work [ ] Personal illness or injury [ ] Children start/stop school [ ] Marriage [ ] Change in living conditions [ ] Sacked/made redundant [ ] Revised personal habits [ ] Marital reconciliation [ ] Trouble with boss [ ] Retirement [ ] Giving up smoking fewer than 40 a day [ ] Change in family members health [ ] Change in working hours or conditions

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

Social readjustment scale – answers