The Changing Times Model of Stress Risk

As mentioned in the Introduction, different people find quite different situations to be stressful. Circumstances which one person experiences as stimulating or positively challenging will cause acute distress in another person.

At Changing Times we use a simple, but incredibly powerful, model of personality to explain those differences and provide a unique analysis of the factors which are likely to lead to stress in each individual.

For this purpose we employ the PMI (Preferred Modes Indicator) range of psychometric tests which were designed specifically to provide an easily understood, jargon-free explanation of personality types. The PMI-Personal test used on this web site produces an individual PMI profile for each respondent and it is this profile that provides the key to the likely stress factors that will affect that individual.

The PMI profile measures the relative strengths of each individual's need to:

From that profile we can assess the probable responses of the person to different types of pressures. For example, a person with a relatively high score on "Be Careful" is likely to find that situations which have a high level of risk are stressful while a person with a preference towards "Be Strong" may be stressed by circumstances that threaten their position of authority.

When you take the PMI test it is important to note that there are no "good" or "bad" profiles. It is simply that we are all different in personality terms and, as a result, have different reactions to situations which might cause stress. As well as identifying potential stress factors, our PMI profile also identifies our strengths and positive qualities.

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