Stress and life events- Rahe et al (1970)
questionnaire called the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) for identifying major stressful life events e.g. getting married, divorced, death in the family
43 stressful life events was awarded a Life Change
Daily hassles and uplifts- Kanner et al (1981)
Hassles Scale which consists of 117 items, including concerns about losing things, traffic jams, arguments
the hassles scale tended to be a more accurate predictor of stress related problems, such as anxiety
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