Stress Testing Results

Now that you finished the Stress Testing page - look at your score

Look at our score for the stress management test. Stress Testing -

Routines and Habits 
If you didn’t answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, skip to the next section and continue adding your totals. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 1 of these questions, add 2 points to your score.
If you answered ‘yes’ to 2 of these questions, add 5 points to your score. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 3-4 of these questions, add 10 points to your score

Thoughts and Feelings
If you didn’t answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, skip to the next section and continue adding your totals. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 1 of these questions, add 2 points to your score.
If you answered ‘yes’ to 3-4 of these questions, add 5 points to your score. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 5-6 of these questions, add 10 points to your score
If you answered ‘yes’ to more than 6 of these questions, add 20 points to your score

Relationship Problems
If you didn’t answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, skip to the next section and continue adding your totals. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 1 of these questions, add 2 points to your score.
If you answered ‘yes’ to 3-4 of these questions, add 5 points to your score. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 5-6 of these questions, add 10 points to your score
If you answered ‘yes’ to more than 6 of these questions, add 20 points to your score

Changes or Life Events
If you didn’t answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you can now begin to total your scores for each section and proceed to the TOTALS section below, to see how you did.
If you answered ‘yes’ to 1 of these questions, add 1 point to your score.
If you answered ‘yes’ to 3-4 of these questions, add 3 points to your score. 
If you answered ‘yes’ to 5-6 of these questions, add 5 points to your score
If you answered ‘yes’ to 6-8 of these questions, add 10 points to your score
If you answered ‘yes’ to 9-12 of these questions, add 20 points to your score
If you answered ‘yes’ to 13-15 of these questions, add 30 points to your score
If you answered ‘yes’ to more than 15 of these questions, add 50 points to your score

Stress Testing - TOTALS
Total your points for each section and add them together.  Now look at the list below to determine your stress levels.

0-10 - Your long-term stress levels are low.  You are doing just fine!

11-30 - You have moderate levels of long-term stress in your life.  You should look for ways to reduce stress (time management, more aggressive negotiation of deadlines, training in conflict management, etc.)

31-60 – Your long-term stress levels are a real concern.  Review the areas in which you feel the most stress and work on those to improve your quality of life.  Consider a meditation, exercise program, and/or counseling to help you reduce stress more quickly and analyze the areas you may need help so you can set goals and work toward reducing stress in the short term and long term.

Over 60 – Your long-term stress levels are VERY HIGH.  You should immediately assess the areas of stress in your life, talk to friends, family and co-workers, and begin a program to reduce AND to handle stress better.  Consider exercise, meditation, counseling and other stress management techniques as appropriate (time management, training in conflict management and assertiveness, career change or counseling, etc.)

As you assess your stress levels and consider options for dealing with your stress, remember that everyone is different.  Each of us has a different capacity for handling and tolerating stress.  If you have a high score because of temporary conditions that you KNOW will change soon, you need not be as concerned as if you have stress factors that are longer term.  These will, over time, affect your mental and physical health and your relationships, unless you address these stressors and find a way to deal with them or get rid of them.

Stress Management advice and tips reccomned that you seek proffesional help if you think that you sufer from increased stress problems, stress managment can help some poeple, but other suffer from prolonged stress and may need a little more help than regular stress management tips. For information on Stress Relief, please consult our Stress Relief Page. Stress Testing.