Stress in everyday life
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- Created on: 19-03-14 18:12
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- Stress in everyday life
- Life changes
- significant changes in a persons life which disrupt their normal routines
- Research investigating the relationship between life events and illness HOLMES AND RAHE (1967)
- examined hospital records of 5000 patients
- identified 43 life events
- presented list of events to 394 paricipants
- rated each event out of 100 in terms of intensity
- 'LIFE CHANGE UNITS' assigned marriage 50 LCU to compare with other events
- Once calculated, arranged in rank order to form the 'SOCIAL READJUSTMENT SCALE' (SRRS)
- More stressful than marriage= death of spouse, divorce, marital seperation
- Once calculated, arranged in rank order to form the 'SOCIAL READJUSTMENT SCALE' (SRRS)
- 'LIFE CHANGE UNITS' assigned marriage 50 LCU to compare with other events
- rated each event out of 100 in terms of intensity
- Positive correlation between LCU score and illness
- 300 LCU=80% chance of illness
- 150-299 LCU=50% chance of illness
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- Evaluation Holmes and Rahe
- Data from study was correlational
- avoids ethical issues
- Potential issue
- Recalling traumatic life events may be distressing
- AVOID; make participants aware of procedure and be allowed to withdraw
- Recalling traumatic life events may be distressing
- Potential issue
- avoids ethical issues
- Brown (1974)
- Ignores individual differences
- Data from study was correlational
- Life changes
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