Pmbs Scale
Pmbs Scale
Pmbs Scale
Late-Onset Stress
MaSymptomatology
ladaptive Beliefs
Scale (PMBS
(LOSS) Scale )
Version date:
Version 30 May 2023
date: 2007
Reference: King,
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Participant ID#____________________________
PMBS
Instructions: Below is a list of beliefs people sometimes have in response to stressful life
experiences. Please read each statement carefully, and then circle one of the numbers to the
right to indicate how much you believe the statement to be true.
Not Completely
True True
SCORING
Item numbers 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 15 are reverse-coded
Items: 1, 4, 5, 8, 12 = Threat of Harm Subscale
Items: 3, 7, 9, 10, 15 = Self-Worth and Judgment Subscale
Items: 2, 6, 11, 13, 14 = Reliability and Trustworthiness of Others Subscale