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NAME: ________________________________
AGE: ________________
GENDER: _____________
SEMESTER: ______________
DEPARTMENT: __________________________
EDUCATION: ________________
EMAIL: ______________________________________________

Please read each statement and circle a number 0, 1, 2 or 3 which indicates how much the
statement applied to you over the past week. There are no right or wrong answers. Do not
spend too much time on any statement.
The rating scale is as follows:
0 Did not apply to me at all.
1 Applied to me to some degree, or some of the time.
2 Applied to me to a considerable degree or a good part of time.
3 Applied to me very much or most of the time.

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DEPRESSION:

Items Did not Partially Completely

Applied to Applied to me Applied to me Applied to
me at all to most me
extent
I couldn’t seem to experience any 0 1 2 3
positive feeling at all
I found it difficult to work up the 0 1 2 3
initiative to do things
I felt that I had nothing to look 0 1 2 3
forward to
I felt down-hearted and blue 0 1 2 3

I was unable to become 0 1 2 3

enthusiastic about anything
I felt I wasn’t worth much as a 0 1 2 3
person
I felt that life was meaningless 0 1 2 3

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ANXIETY:

Items Did not Applied Partially Applied to me Completely

to me at all Applied to me to most extent Applied to me

I was aware of dryness of 0 1 2 3

my mouth

I experienced breathing 0 1 2 3
difficulty (e.g. excessively
rapid breathing,
breathlessness in the
absence of physical
exertion)
I experienced trembling 0 1 2 3
(e.g. in the hands)
I was worried about 0 1 2 3
situations in which I might
panic and make a fool of
myself
I felt I was close to panic 0 1 2 3

I was aware of the action 0 1 2 3

of my heart in the
absence of physical
exertion (e.g. sense of
heart rate increase, heart
missing a beat)
I felt scared without any 0 1 2 3
good reason

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STRESS:
Items Did not Partially Completely
Applied to Applied to Applied to Applied to
me at all me me to most me
extent
I found it hard to 0 1 2 3
wind down
I tended to over- 0 1 2 3
react to situations
I felt that I was using 0 1 2 3
a lot of nervous
energy
I found myself 0 1 2 3
getting agitated
I found it difficult to 0 1 2 3
relax
I was intolerant of 0 1 2 3
anything that kept
me from getting on
with what I was
doing
I felt that I was 0 1 2 3
rather touchy

SCORING
Items total score to be multiplied by 2

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