I’d like you think in general about all the time you spend on caring for other people, not including children. I am going to show you a card which has on it a set of statements which might describe how you feel about all these activities. I would like you to tell me whether each statement is true for you…

1 makes me feel isolated
7 leaves me plenty of time
for myself
2 is full of stress
8 is too frantic and hurried
3 is interesting and challenging
9 lets me feel important and worth while
4 can be quite lonely 10 allows me to set my own pace of life
5 leaves me mentally tired out at the end of the day
11 causes me a lot of worry
6 lets me make full use of my abilities
12 is too routine

For all data items:
very frequently
quite frequently
only occasionally
never