Perceived Stress Screener (1 of 2)
We are going to talk some about screening tools. The Global Measure of Perceived Stress, original published by Cohen et al. in 1983, is a tool. I didn’t want to choose a tool that would be too intrusive and that might still be useful. In class, I’ve generally printed and had students complete about five different screeners to see how each of them work. Today we will just do this one.
[Whole Class Activity] Write on a sheet of paper your rating for each of the numbers (make sure to number your answer)
- In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?
- In the last month, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?
- In the last month, how often have you felt nervous and stressed?
- In the last month, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?
- In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way?
- In the last month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?
- In the last month, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?
- In the last month, how often have you felt that you were on top of things?
- In the last month, how often have you been angered because of things that happened that were outside of your control?
- In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
For each question choose from the following alternatives:
0 - never 1 - almost never 2 - sometimes 3 - fairly often 4 - very often
Cohen, S., Kamarck, T., & Mermelstein, R. (1983). A Global Measure of Perceived Stress. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 24(4), 385. https://doi.org/10.2307/2136404
Example taken from the New Hampshire Department of Employee Assistance Programs:
https://das.nh.gov/wellness/Docs/Percieved%20Stress%20Scale.pdf
