According to the Social Readjustment Rating Scale, which of the following events would have the highest score?

A) divorce
B) Christmas
C) beginning school
D) marriage

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

A scale that measures the amount of stress individuals experience as a result of major life changes and helps predict their impact on health.

Divorce

signifies the formal termination of a marriage by legal means, dissolving the marital bond between two individuals.

Marriage

A legally and socially sanctioned union between individuals that establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between them and their in-laws.