Assessing Your Stress Self-care

Here is a tool to help you assess how well you are managing the risk of being overwhelmed by stress.   Please complete it now, at the beginning of your visit to this website by clicking on the response button below.

(Disclaimer: Please note that this assessment is not a clinical diagnostic instrument and is provided for educational purposes.  It merely examines some of the more effective physical, psychological and spiritual methods of staying balanced and preventing burnout.  If you have any concerns about your state of emotional health, you should consult a doctor.)

Refer to your saved copy of the assessment and count your total score and compare it with the following interpretation guidelines.

Interpretation Guidelines

 0-39:             A score in this range suggests that your self-care skills and lifestyle balance strategies may be poor, and that you could probably benefit from developing a plan to change your lifestyle and improve your self-care.

40-84:           A score in this range suggests that your self-care skills and lifestyle balance strategies may be average, and that you could possibly benefit from developing a plan to improve your self-care, especially if you have more than average stress.

85-119:          A score in this range suggests that you may have good self-care skills and lifestyle balance strategies in place, but could benefit from preparing for times of high stress by adding some additional practices.

120-140:         A score in this range suggests that you may have good self-care skills and lifestyle balance strategies in place for building resilience.

 

Reflection

What have you learned about yourself while completing this questionnaire?

What changes in your life will you now introduce?

Here is another opportunity to share what you are discovering.  All such responses are voluntary and anonymous. Having to express yourself in this response helps your reflection and the information will go towards improving the website.

Questions to answer:

What is your score?

What is the most important change in your life will you now introduce?

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Endnote

This questionnaire is based on a tool developed by the Headington Institute which is a free on-line training centre that was established in order to provide support for humanitarian relief and emergency response personnel worldwide. Check them out at http://www.headington-institute.org/.

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