According to Holmes and Rahe, arrange stressful life events in sequence from highest to lowest in terms of their severity:
(A) Unexpected accident or trauma
(B) Break-up with friend
(C) Illness of family member
(D) Death of a close family member
(E) Change in eating habits
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (A), (C), (B), (E)
In the measure of stressful life events each event is assigned a mean stress score according to its severity; the higher the score, the more stressful the event. The five events of the question have these scores:
(D) Death of a close family member — 66, the highest
(A) Unexpected accident or trauma — 53
(C) Illness of family member — 52
(B) Break-up with friend — 47
(E) Change in eating habits — 27, the lowest
Note: The question says ‘according to Holmes and Rahe’. In NCERT (2025-26), Holmes and Rahe developed a life event measure of stress, and on its basis Singh, Kaur and Kaur developed the Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale for the Indian population; the mean stress scores 66, 53, 52, 47 and 27 are the book’s sample items of this Indian measure. The order of the events does not change.
NCERT: Psychology — Chapter 3: Meeting Life Challenges, Box 3.1 (2025-26)
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