Back in the 1970s, two psychiatrists at the University of Washington Medical School, Drs. Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a scale that rates the stress caused by many changes in life – major and minor, pleasant and unpleasant. This is their scale, with minor changes in wording. The bigger the number the bigger the stress level:
100 – death of
a spouse.
73 – divorce.
65 – marital
separation.
63 – jail
term.
53 – personal
injury or sickness.
50 – marriage.
47 – fired
from job.
45 – reconcile
marriage.
45 –
retirement.
40 –
pregnancy.
39 – gain new
family member.
39 – change in
business.
37 – death of
a close friend.
36 - change of
job.
29 – grown
child leaves home.
29 – in-law
troubles.
28 – gaining
an outstanding achievement.
26 – wife
begins or stops work.
23 – trouble
with your boss.
20 – move to a
new home.
20 – change
schools.
19 – change
church or social activities.
15 – eating
habits change.
13 – vacation
or holiday.
12 –
Christmas.
11 – minor violations of the law.
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