3.3.4 Daily Hassles Evaluation (Str) Flashcards
(Support) research has demonstrated a strong relationship between what?
Hassles and negative health effects
(Support) Bouteyre studied how many French students as they did what?
233
As they moved from school to university
(Support) Bouteyre found how many of the sample of the students suffered depressive symptoms?
41%
(Support) Boutleyre a significant risk factor for depressive symptoms was what?
Daily hassles the students experienced
(Support) there is evidence of what type of response to daily hassles?
Biological
(Support) Sher found daily hassles correlated with increase in levels of what?
Cortisol in healthy individuals
(Support) Sher - daily hassles contributed to development of what?
Depression in vulnerable individuals
(Support) it may be the biological response which links daily hassles to what?
Illness and negative effects
(Age differences) some research looks at changes in daily hassles across what?
Persons lifespan
(Age differences) aldwin et al looked at data from how many participants in what type of study?
1389 male participants aged 48 - 101
Longitudinal study
(Age differences) Aldwin - between the ages of 48 & 70 participants experienced what?
Fewer hassles
They were more settled and used to dealing with situations
(Age differences) Aldwin - as participants aged they showed what?
Increase in number of hassles
Decrease in number of uplifts
(Age differences) Aldwin - as participants aged hassles they experienced seemed to have what?
Greater impact
(Age differences) Aldwins research suggests what happens to people’s ability to deal with stress as they age?
It improves
(Age differences) Aldwins research suggests as new issues emerge in old age what can happen?
They can be harder to deal with
(Age differences) harder to deal with hassles and fewer uplifts may lead to what?
Stress
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) what may scales measure rather than daily hassles?
Psychiatric problems
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) Dohrenwend questioned the use of the hassles scale to predict what?
Health
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) Dohrenwend asked 371 clinical psychologists to asses what?
Instruments such as the HSUP scale
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) Dohrenwend - the clinical psychologists found overlap between what?
Items on the scale and symptoms in psychological disorders
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) e.g. Lack of sleep is considered a hassle but insomnia is a symptom of what?
Depression
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) a person may score high on the hassle scale due to what?
Then having symptoms of psychological disorders
(Psychiatric problems not hassles) therefore it is not a surprise that a correlation is found between what?
Hassles and psychological problems
(Self report issues) using questionnaires to assess hassles overtime raises issues of what?
Social desirability bias
(Self report issues) hassles are viewed as what?
Negative
(Self report issues) as hassles are negative people may be reluctant to do what?
Admit to experiencing themes
(Self report issues) which hassles in particular might be people be reluctant to admitting?
Those relating to social relationships such as arguing with family
(Self report issues) the issue of social desirability is confounded by what?
Issue of response options
(Self report issues) the HSUP doesn’t allow people to select anything below what?
Somewhat severe for each event
(Self report issues) people are not able to indicate they experienced a hassle but were not what?
Affected by it
(Self report issues) there are differences in individuals what? Which the scale doesn’t account for
Perceptions and responses to hassles
