Instructions: Please read each of the following statements and place a check in one of the two adjacent boxes next to each statement indicating your response of YES or NO. 

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Yes No

     1.  Loud noise can be stressful 

      2.  Seeing problems as worse than they are can cause stress.

      3.  Going through many significant life changes at the same time rarely increases people's chances of getting sick.

      4. A person who is experiencing stress is usually sensitive to other people's feelings.

      5. Stress can cause ulcers.

      6. Slow breathing is one of the physical responses to stressors.

      7. Stress may decrease the body's ability to defend itself against stress.

      8. Being bored is usually not stressful.

      9. A person with a Type A Personality typically tries to do one thing at a time.
                                                                                                                                                                        
    10. Stress is usually harmful if it lasts for a long time.

    11. A person who is experiencing extreme stress thinks more clearly than usual

    12. Drinking a lot of coffee makes some people anxious.

    13. Unpleasant thoughts by themselves are not enough to cause stress

    14. People may resume bad habits when they are experiencing stress.

    15. Almost everyone interprets demanding events in the same way.

    16. High blood pressure can damage the heart.

    17. A person's heredity may influence the type of stress-related illness that the person gets.

    18. Experiencing stress may make a person eat more than usual.

    19. people's attitude rarely influence their reactions to stressors.

    20. The more someone knows about a stressor, the more stress it will cause.

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Source: Program Evaluation Handbook: Stress Management. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Prepared by IOX Assessment Associates, California, 1988.)