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StressScan

Here is a quick yet reliable way to identify the lifestyle, coping, and psychosocial factors that help individuals withstand the adverse effects of daily stress. StressScan is an adaptation of the Stress Profile published by Western Psychological Services and provides targeted information about specific lifestyle and health behaviors that might be contributing to stress-related illnesses for particular individuals.

StressScan has over fifteen years of published research showing significant associations with a wide range of health and organizational outcomes such as absenteeism, job satisfaction, physical illness, job burnout, depression, anxiety, and psychological distress in working adults. A large international normative data base is used to compare lifestyle practices, health habits and wellness practices in working adults.

This validated self-report stress inventory measures critical stress, lifestyle management and coping scales and generates a comprehensive feedback report summarizing results and providing information for optimizing wellness. StressScan is particularly useful in organizational settings-as part of executive/management coaching, stress management training, wellness/health promotion programs, employee assistance and research.

StressScan Scales:

  • Work/Life Stress
  • Lifestyle Habits
    • Physical Activity/Exercise
    • Eating/Nutrition
    • Rest/Sleep
    • Preventive Practices
    • Smoking
    • Substance Use
  • Social Support
  • Cognitive Hardiness
  • Type A Behavior
  • Coping Style
    • Positive Appraisal
    • Negative Appraisal
    • Threat Minimization
    • Problem-Focused Coping
  • Psychological Well-Being
  • Response Distortion
  • Health Risk Alerts
  • Health Protection Resources

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Talent Accelerator

Talent Accelerator acts as an integrated companion to StressScan. It is designed to turn the awareness your clients gain from their assessments into meaningful behavior change.

Talent Accelerator helps your clients understand their online self assessments and assists them in implementing a plan for their professional development.

Please click here for more information about Talent Accelerator or contact us for a free demonstration.


Research Articles:

Montero, M. (2008). STRESSE: O BOM, O MAU E O...PATRÃO. Gingko Magazine, The article "Stress...the Good, the Bad and the Boss: appeared in Ginko magazine in May 2008 based on an interview with Dr. Kenneth Nowack about his stress research and validation of the wellness and health assessment called StressScan (Portuguese).. File

Nowack, K. (2008). Coaching for Stress: StressScan. Editor: Jonathan Passmore, Psychometrics in Coaching, Association for Coaching, UK, pp. 254-274. Text

Giesser, B., Coleman, L., Fisher, S., Guttry, M., Herlihy, E., Nonoguch, S., Nowack, D., Roberts, C. & Nowack, K. (2007). Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis: Lessons Learned from a 12-Week Community Based Quality of Life Program. Paper presented at 17th Annual Art & Science of Health Promotion Conference, March, 2007, San Francisco, CA. File

Nowack, K. (2007). Combating Stress in the Workplace. PersonnelZone.com, January 2007. File

Nowack, K. (2007). It's Not How Smart You Are But How You Are Smart. Talent Management, 3 (10) p. 10. URL

Nowack, K. (2007). Lifestyle Coaching as a Strategic Talent Management Tool. Talent Management, 3 (7), 36-37. URL

Nowack, K. (2007). Using Wellness Coaching as a Talent Management Tool. Selection & Development Review, Volume 23, No. 5, pp. 8-11. Text

Nowack, K. (2007). Who is the Resilient Talent, and How Do You Develop It? . Talent Management, 3 (6) p. 12. URL

Nowack. K. (2007). Using Assessments in Talent Coaching. Talent Management, Volume 3, 12, p.16. URL

Nowack, K. (2006). La movilidad laboral, un rasgo de la sociedad actual. El Global, Los tiempos cambian y con ellos evoluciona la sociedad. Si hace años primaba la estabilidad en el puesto de trabajo, ahora la tendencia apunta a la sustitución de la estabilidad laboral por la seguridad en la contratación. Ésa es la idea principal en torno a la que ha girado la conferencia "Inteligencia emocional y estrés en la vida laboral y personal" impartida por el asesor de recursos humanos Kenneth Nowack. File

Nowack, K. (2006). Optimising Employee Resilience: Coaching to Help Individuals Modify Lifestyle. Stress News, International Journal of Stress Management, Volume 18, 9-12. File

Nowack, K. (2006). Resilience: How Hardy are you?. Personal Excellence, October 2006, p.8. File

Nowack, K. and Roberts, C. (2006). Chronic Illness and Spirituality: What Do You Believe?. American Group Psychotherapy Association National Conference, San Francisco, February 2006. File

Peck, D. (2006). Build A Business Brain: Fighting Fatigue. Executive Grapevine Magazine, http://www.executive-grapevine.co.uk. File

Nowack, K. (2005). Leadership, Emotional Intelligence and Employee Engagement: Creating a Psychologically Healthy Workplace. Unpublished manuscript. File

Nowack, K. and Wimer, S. (2004). Organizational Stress Management: Survival Strategies. Unpublished manuscript. File

B. S., Impara, J. C., & Spies, R. A. (Eds.). (2003). Stress Profile. The fifteenth mental measurements yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros, Institute of Mental Measurements. URL

Nowack, K. and Heller, B. (2001). Making Executive Coaching Work: The Importance of Emotional Intelligence. Training Magazine, trainingmag.com. File

Nowack, K. (2000). Occupational stress management: Effective or not?. In P. Schnall, K. Belkie, P. Landensbergis, & D. Baker (Eds.), Occupational Medicine: State of the Art Reviews, Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia, PA., Vol 15, No. 1, pp. 231-233 . Text

Greene, R. and Nowack, K. (1995). Stress, hardiness and absenteeism: Results of a 3-year longitudinal study. Work and Stress, 9, 448-462. Text

Nowack, K. (1994). Psychosocial Predictors of Health and Absenteeism: Results of Two Prospective Studies. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, September 1994, Los Angeles, CA. Text

Nowack, K. and Pentkowski, A. (1994). Lifestyle habits, substance use, and predictors of job burnout in professional working women. Work and Stress, 8, 19-35. Text

Schwartz, G.E., Schwartz, J.I., Nowack, K.M., & Eichling, P.S. (1993). The hardiness and the negative affectivity confound as a function of a defensive coping style. University of Arizona and Canyon Ranch. Unpublished manuscript. File

Schwartz, G.E., Schwartz, J.I., Nowack, K.M., & Eichling, P.S. (1992). Changes in perceived stress and social support over time are related to changes in immune function. University of Arizona and Canyon Ranch. Unpublished manuscript. Text

Nowack, K. M. (1991). Psychosocial predictors of physical health status. Work and Stress, 5, 117-131. Text

Nowack, K. M. (1990). Initial development of an inventory to assess stress and health risk. American Journal of Health Promotion, 4, 173-180. File

Nowack, K. M. (1989). Coping style, cognitive hardiness, & health status. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 12, 145-158. Text

Nowack, K. M. (1987). Health habits, Type A behavior, & job burnout. Work & Stress, 1, 135-142. Text

Nowack, K. (1986). Who Are the Hardy?. American Society of Training and Development, Volume 40, 116-118. File

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StressScan Brochure
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