Thank you for taking the time to fill out this short assessment on “How Well Do You Handle Stress In Your Life?”
Here is your score interpretations:
Total Score 113-150
This score indicates a high likelihood that you have significant anxiety and stress in your life and that your coping skills are less than optimal. You may know that you are “stressed,” in fact, you may often talk about it openly. The problem is not in the recognition of the stress, but in the ways in which you are coping with it. You may be not relying on or over-relying on your support systems such as friends and family. You may handle your stress by engaging in nonproductive or destructive activities such as overeating, drinking,or not sleeping or exercising. You are likely to have many problems associated with stress, including health or physical problems and relationship difficulties. It would be a very good idea to get assistance in building your stress management skills and not allowing stress to override your life.
Total Score 75-112
Your score indicates that you may feel pretty overwhelmed and stressed. It is likely that you have some productive and useful stress management coping skills, but also some less beneficial ways of handling the stress in your life. It is likely that you could be more organized, more relaxed, and lead a more balanced life if you knew more about how to do so. You are probably someone who worries a fair amount and feels out of control sometimes. You may procrastinate and let things pileup when you are under stress. The support people in your life are either not as supportive as you need, burned out, or not being used as they could be. You are someone who is likely to significantly benefit from coaching or other strategies to help you manage stress.
Total Score 38-74
This score indicates that you may be experiencing some stress. since some level of stress is normal and healthy in life, you might be as stressed as most people. The assessment results show that you probably have several good mechanisms in place to help you cope with your stress. You may have difficulty at times, and might like to improve your stress management and quality of life. Overall, however, you seem to be doing quite well with coping with daily life stressors. You probably have some good activities to help you reduce stress and friends or family to spend time with to help you relax.
Total Score 0-37
You are either someone who is not very stressed or someone who handles their stress extremely well. the assessment results indicates that you are likely to engage in healthy coping mechanisms to help you manage day to day stress or anxiety. You may have an easy-going personality or an attitude of acceptance regarding the things in life that you cannot control. You probably have some great stress management skills and activities, such as relaxation techniques, exercise, or enjoyable hobbies.
Disclaimer: This assessment is not intended to provide a psychological or psychiatric diagnosis and your completion of the test does not indicate a professional counseling or coaching relationship with the creators or administrators of the test.
