{"id":90,"date":"2023-01-19T16:24:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T21:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rebootyourresiliencywithselfcare\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=90"},"modified":"2023-11-01T18:56:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T22:56:13","slug":"assess-your-stress","status":"web-only","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rebootyourresiliencywithselfcare\/chapter\/assess-your-stress\/","title":{"raw":"Assess Your Stress","rendered":"Assess Your Stress"},"content":{"raw":"Let's look at two clinical tools that can be utilized to formally assess your stress.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory<\/strong> is a widely used measure of cumulative life stressors over the preceding year. Higher scores on this measure indicate that you are at increased risk of psychological stress and physical illness.[footnote]Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.mdapp.co\/holmes-and-rahe-stress-scale-calculator-253\/[\/footnote] You can access an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdapp.co\/holmes-and-rahe-stress-scale-calculator-253\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online version here<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rebootyourresiliencywithselfcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1868\/2023\/01\/Holmes-Rahe-Life-stress-inventory-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf version here<\/a>.\r\n\r\nTo assess more recent stressors, a gold standard clinical tool is <strong>The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)<\/strong>. The DASS is a set of 42 questions with three self-report scales designed to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress.[footnote]Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. Retrieved from: http:\/\/www2.psy.unsw.edu.au\/dass\/over.htm[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nThe <strong>Depression<\/strong> scale assesses dissatisfaction with life, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest\/involvement, reduced pleasure, and passivity.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>Anxiety<\/strong> scale assesses autonomic stimulation, skeletal muscle effects, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious affect.\r\n\r\nThe <strong>Stress<\/strong> scale assesses difficulty relaxing, nervous stimulation, and being easily upset\/agitated, irritable\/over-reactive and impatient.\r\n\r\nSubjects are asked to use 4-point severity\/frequency scales to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state\u00a0<em>over the past week<\/em>. Scores for Depression, Anxiety and Stress are calculated by summing the scores for the relevant items.\r\n\r\nYou can take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.depression-anxiety-stress-test.org\/take-the-test.html\">DASS quiz online here<\/a>. You can also access a <a href=\"https:\/\/ehchiro.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DASS-Questionnaire_FILLABLE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fillable pdf of it here<\/a>[footnote]Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Questionnaire. Retrieved from: https:\/\/ehchiro.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DASS-Questionnaire_FILLABLE.pdf[\/footnote] and calculate your score yourself.","rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s look at two clinical tools that can be utilized to formally assess your stress.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory<\/strong> is a widely used measure of cumulative life stressors over the preceding year. Higher scores on this measure indicate that you are at increased risk of psychological stress and physical illness.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.mdapp.co\/holmes-and-rahe-stress-scale-calculator-253\/\" id=\"return-footnote-90-1\" href=\"#footnote-90-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a> You can access an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdapp.co\/holmes-and-rahe-stress-scale-calculator-253\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online version here<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/rebootyourresiliencywithselfcare\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1868\/2023\/01\/Holmes-Rahe-Life-stress-inventory-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf version here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To assess more recent stressors, a gold standard clinical tool is <strong>The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS)<\/strong>. The DASS is a set of 42 questions with three self-report scales designed to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress.<a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. Retrieved from: http:\/\/www2.psy.unsw.edu.au\/dass\/over.htm\" id=\"return-footnote-90-2\" href=\"#footnote-90-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Depression<\/strong> scale assesses dissatisfaction with life, hopelessness, devaluation of life, self-deprecation, lack of interest\/involvement, reduced pleasure, and passivity.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Anxiety<\/strong> scale assesses autonomic stimulation, skeletal muscle effects, situational anxiety, and subjective experience of anxious affect.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Stress<\/strong> scale assesses difficulty relaxing, nervous stimulation, and being easily upset\/agitated, irritable\/over-reactive and impatient.<\/p>\n<p>Subjects are asked to use 4-point severity\/frequency scales to rate the extent to which they have experienced each state\u00a0<em>over the past week<\/em>. Scores for Depression, Anxiety and Stress are calculated by summing the scores for the relevant items.<\/p>\n<p>You can take the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.depression-anxiety-stress-test.org\/take-the-test.html\">DASS quiz online here<\/a>. You can also access a <a href=\"https:\/\/ehchiro.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DASS-Questionnaire_FILLABLE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fillable pdf of it here<\/a><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Questionnaire. Retrieved from: https:\/\/ehchiro.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/DASS-Questionnaire_FILLABLE.pdf\" id=\"return-footnote-90-3\" href=\"#footnote-90-3\" aria-label=\"Footnote 3\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[3]<\/sup><\/a> and calculate your score yourself.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-90-1\">Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale. Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.mdapp.co\/holmes-and-rahe-stress-scale-calculator-253\/ <a href=\"#return-footnote-90-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-90-2\">Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. Retrieved from: http:\/\/www2.psy.unsw.edu.au\/dass\/over.htm <a href=\"#return-footnote-90-2\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 2\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-90-3\">Depression Anxiety Stress Scale Questionnaire. 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