What scale was established investigate the link between life changes and stress related illness?
The Social Readjustment Rating Scale- 43 life events including divorce, pregnancy and jail sentence
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Evaluate the SRRS
good: Rahe et al gave to 2700 navy and found link with illness during 7 months of duty. bad: individual differences, no seperation of + and -, correlation data, daily hassles more significant
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Explain a study into daily hassels
Delongis et al- 100 participants given hassels and uplifts scale, SRRS and health questionaire. found that daily hassles linked to illness but life events not
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Evaluate a study on daily hassles
delongis et al- individual differences to reacting to stressors, correlation data, takes time for stress to cause illness- diary method can be used to tackle this
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What are 2 ideas for why daily hassles have more of an effect than life changes?
1-accumulation affect: accumulatiom of minor hassles on daily basis causes frustraion and can lead to serious stress reactions life anxiety and depression 2- amplification affect: life changes mean more vulnerable to daily hassles affecting you
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Evaluate the SRRS
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good: Rahe et al gave to 2700 navy and found link with illness during 7 months of duty. bad: individual differences, no seperation of + and -, correlation data, daily hassles more significant
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Explain a study into daily hassels
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What are 2 ideas for why daily hassles have more of an effect than life changes?
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