PSS-10 — Perceived stress (10 items)
The PSS-10 is a short, 10-question questionnaire about how unpredictable, overloaded or hard to control life has felt over the past month. It measures how you experienced stress, not how many things you had to do.
It is not a diagnosis. Perceived stress says more about how much things weighed on you than about their sheer volume. The result gives us a starting point for working on what is making this period harder.
Cohen & Williamson, 1988 (PSS-10); Cohen, Kamarck & Mermelstein, 1983 (PSS-14)
PSS-10
A 10-item scale measuring perceived stress over the last month, assessing how unpredictable and uncontrollable recent life situations have felt.
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10 items, about 3 minutes
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In the last month, how often have you felt the following way?
How often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?
How often have you felt that you were unable to control the important things in your life?
How often have you felt nervous and stressed?
How often have you felt confident about your ability to handle your personal problems?
How often have you felt that things were going your way?
How often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?
How often have you been able to control irritations in your life?
How often have you felt that you were on top of things?
How often have you been angered because of things that happened that were outside of your control?
How often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that you could not overcome them?
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