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Did You Know?
PSS-10 is the #1 most popular stress assessment tool worldwide—validated in 25+ languages
Why This Assessment Matters
The PSS-10 measures perceived stress—how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overwhelming your life feels. Unlike symptom checklists, it captures your subjective experience of stress over the past month. Developed by Cohen at CMU, it's the gold standard for stress research.
✨ Key Benefits
- Two-factor insight — Measures both "Perceived Helplessness" and "Self-Efficacy"
- Predictive power — Correlates with immune function, cortisol levels, hypertension, and chronic disease risk
- Validated for doctors & nurses — Proven in family medicine, nursing, and medical students
- Free to use — Available from Cohen's lab at CMU for research and clinical use
- Global benchmarks — Compare your stress to healthcare workers worldwide
🔥 Nurses in primary care show significantly higher stress than hospital nurses. Chinese healthcare workers with high PSS-10 scores show mediated increases in anxiety and depression. Stress silently undermines your health—measure it before it measures you.
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Perceived Stress Scale-10
Please answer all questions below.
1. In the last month, how often have you been upset because of something that happened unexpectedly?
2. In the last month, how often have you felt unable to control important things in your life?
3. In the last month, how often have you felt nervous and stressed?
4. In the last month, how often have you felt confident about handling personal problems? (reverse)
5. In the last month, how often have you felt that things were going your way? (reverse)
6. In the last month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things you had to do?
7. In the last month, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life? (reverse)
8. In the last month, how often have you felt that you were on top of things? (reverse)
9. In the last month, how often have you been angered because of things outside your control?
10. In the last month, how often have you felt difficulties piling up so high you could not overcome them?
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