Life Stress
Dimension 348 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Life Stress measures the presence and salience of stressful life circumstances, interpersonal strains, and adverse events in an expression. It encompasses everyday social and financial pressures as well as serious threatening, disruptive, or harmful experiences.
Minimal Life Stress
Expressions activating this band contain little clear evidence of stressful circumstances and may be vague, incidental, or only weakly connected to strain or adversity.
Moderate Life Stress
Expressions activating this band describe recognizable stressors in social, family, financial, or health-related life, including relationship dissatisfaction, debt, frightening events, or concern about possible harm.
High Life Stress
Expressions activating this band center on salient adverse conditions or events such as serious accidents, legal problems, harmful social influences, difficult work relations, or burdensome environmental conditions.