A 14-item perceived stress self-rating scale for the past month, with positive coping items reverse-scored and anonymous score statistics.
The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) was developed by Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein in 1983. It focuses on how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded life has felt during the past month.
This online PSS-14 version is for self-awareness and stress management planning. The result page shows total score, stress risk range, dimension profile, anonymous score distribution, and career fit suggestions for the current stress range.
PSS-14 combines negative stress items with reverse-scored positive coping items
Feeling upset, nervous, overloaded, or unable to ๆงๅถ important things.
Confidence, ๆงๅถ, and ability to manage irritations are reverse-scored so higher final scores still mean more stress.
You will answer 14 questions, one per page, using a 0-4 frequency scale. Positive items 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 13 are reverse-scored before summing. Total score ranges from 0 to 56: below 25 suggests no health-risk stress signal, 25 is a borderline watch point, and 26 or higher suggests health-risk stress.
Primary source: Cohen, Kamarck, and Mermelstein (1983), A Global Measure of Perceived Stress. Scoring source: CMU Stress, Immunity, and Disease Lab PSS scoring page. User-provided references: Shenzhen City College student affairs page and OBHRM PSS reference page.
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