Unit VI Es IOP

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

• Use the table on the next slide to record events you have experienced in the past 6 months and the past 12 months of your life.

• On a piece of scrap paper, make a 6-month column and a 12-month column. Using the table on the following slide, write the numerical value of any event that applies to you within those time periods.

• If an event happened to you 3 months ago, it should be recorded under both the 6-month and 12-month columns. If an event happened to you 8 months ago, it should only be recorded under the 12-month column only.

Stressful Experiences

• Once you have recorded your life events on scrap paper, you will use addition to generate your total for each column.

• Add the numbers in the 6-month column to get your 6-month total.

• Add the numbers in the 12-month column to get your 12-month total.

Scoring

• Notice that this inventory does not distinguish between positive or negative events; they are considered stress predisposing regardless of how you interpret the event.

• Total your • Events for 6 months that total more than 300 points indicate

high life stress. • Events for 12 months that total more than 500 points indicate

high life stress. • High life stress indicates an increased probability of

developing psychosomatic problems. • Additional research has shown negatively perceived events to

be more stress predisposing. • There is a gender difference, as females report more stressful

events than males.