Daily hassles and uplifts

Question 1

Who devised the daily hassles and uplifts scale

Answer 1

Lazarus and Delongis updated

Question 2

What does he suggest about daily hassles

Answer 2

They are minor but frequent aggrivatons of every day life which combine to cause stess, could have u more suspectible to life changes

Question 3

A01 of the scale- daily hassles and uplifts

Answer 3

Measures 135 iteams in a 3 point scale of daily hassles that have occured to ypu in the past month from not severe to extremely severs, tick off and add up scores

Question 4

What is a primary apprisal

Answer 4

Acknowledging stressor and work out subjectively how it has threatened our physiological health

Question 5

What is a secondary apprisal

Answer 5

Acknowleges how well equiped we are to deal with stressor- subjectively

Question 6

What is supporting research

Answer 6

Kanner et al tested 100 pp aged 45-65 years completed scale for 9 months, life event scale at start and end of test and also hopkins symptoms checklist- anxiety/ depression

Question 7

What did Kanner find

Answer 7

Signitifcant positive correlation with daily hassles and physiological symptoms

Question 8

A03

Answer 8

Supporting research
Retrospective scale
Correlation not causation
And Helms contrictory

Question 9

What did heather helms say? A03

Answer 9

Men and women go through different stressors such as women more domestic as they have different roles in society. can not use the same scale. Domestic work causes stress if sole bearer.