Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES-R)
Below is a list of difficulties people sometimes have after stressful life events. Please read each item, and then indicate how much you were distressed or bothered by it during the past seven (7) days.
First, describe the stressful life event.
Please refer to this event when answering the questions below.
1. Any reminder brought back feelings about it.
2. I had trouble staying asleep.
3. Other things kept making me think about it.
4. I felt irritable and angry.
5. I avoided letting myself get upset when I thought about it or was reminded of it.
6. I thought about it when I didn't mean to.
7. I felt as if it hadn't happened or it wasn't real.
8. I stayed away from reminders of it.
9. Pictures of it popped into my mind.
10. I was jumpy and easily startled.
11. I tried not to think about it.
12. I was aware that I still had a lot of feelings about it, but I didn't deal with them.
13. My feelings about it were kind of numb.
14. I found myself acting or feeling like I was back at that time.
15. I had trouble falling asleep.
16. I had waves of strong feelings about it.
17. I tried to remove it from my memory.
18. I had trouble concentrating.
19. Reminders of it caused me to have physical reactions, such as sweating, trouble breathing, nausea, or a pounding heart.
20. I had dreams about it.
21. I felt watchful and on-guard.
22. I knew that I had feelings about it but I didn't let them show.
Please describe your experience and answer all 22 questions to calculate your score.