Printable version of Index to Clinical Stress

Index of Clinical Stress (Abel, 1991)

Name: _________________________________ Date: ______________________

This questionnaire is designed to measure the way you feel about the amount of personal stress that you experience. It is not a test, so there are no right or wrong answers. Answer each item as carefully and as accurately as you can by placing a number beside each one as follows:
1=None of the time
2=Very little
3=A little of the time
4=Some of the time
5=A good part of the time
6=Most of the time
7=All of the time  

1.____ I feel extremely tense.
2.____ I feel very jittery. 
3.____ I feel like I want to scream. 
4.____ I feel overwhelmed.  
5.____ I feel very relaxed. 
6.____ I feel so anxious I want to cry.  
7.____ I feel so stressed that I would like to hit something. 
8.____ I feel very calm and peaceful.  
9.____ I feel like I am stretched to the breaking point.
10. ____ It is very hard for me to relax.
11. ____ It is very easy for me to fall asleep at night.
12. ____ I feel an enormous sense of pressure on me.
13. ____ I feel like my life is going very smoothly.
14. ____ I feel very panicked.
15. ____ I feel like I am on the verge of total collapse.
16. ____ I feel like I am losing control of my life.
17. ____ I feel that I am near the breaking point.
18. ____ I feel wound up like a coiled spring.
19. ____ I feel that I can’t keep up with the demands on me.
20. ____ I feel very much behind in my work.
21. ____ I feel tense and angry with those around me.
22. ____ I feel I must race from one task to the next.
23. ____ I feel that I just can’t keep up with everything.
24. ____ I feel as tight as a drum.
25. ____ I feel very much on edge.

Score: _____