Do You Have Some Stress-Prone Habits?
Rate yourself as to how you typically react in each of the situations listed below. There are no right or wrong answers.
4 = Always 3 = Frequently 2 = Sometimes 1 = Never
- Do you try to do as much as possible in the least amount of time?
- Do you become impatient with delays or interruptions?
- Do you always have to win at games to enjoy yourself?
- Do you find yourself speeding up the car to beat the red light?
- Are you unlikely to ask for or indicate you need help with a problem?
- Do you constantly seek the respect and admiration of others?
- Are you overly critical of the way others do their work?
- Do you have the habit of looking at your watch or clock often?
- Do you constantly strive to better your position and achievements?
- Do you spread yourself "too thin" in terms of your time?
- Do you have the habit of doing more than one thing at a time?
- Do you frequently get angry or irritable?
- Do you have little time for hobbies or time by yourself?
- Do you have a tendency to talk quickly or hasten conversations?
- Do you consider yourself hard-driving?
- Do your friends or relatives consider you hard-driving?
- Do you have a tendency to get involved in multiple projects?
- Do you have lots of deadlines in your work?
- Do you feel vaguely guilty if you relax and do nothing during leisure?
- Do you take on too many responsibilities?
- Answer Key
- If your score is between 20 and 30, chances are you are nonproductive or your life lacks stimulations.
- A score between 30 and 50 designates a good balance in your ability to handle and control stress.
- If you tallied up a score ranging between 51 and 60, your stress level is marginal and you are bordering on being excessively tense.
Scale by R. Forbes. Life Stress. Gardon City: Doubleday & Co.