Question

In the Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale, how is a person’s total stress score obtained?

Options

• By counting the total number of hassles in one month.

• By adding the mean stress scores of all life events in the last year.

• By multiplying the most severe event by ten.

• By rating only negative events on a 1–10 scale.

Answer 1

By adding the mean stress scores of all life events in the last year.

Explanation:

The scale lists 51 life changes; each has a mean stress score, and the total stress score is the sum of the scores of all events experienced in the past year.