daily hassles (causes of stress)

Question 1

daily hassles

Answer 1

• every day irritations and frustrations can get on top of us and cause us to feel stressed

Question 2

primary appraisal

Answer 2

• we think about how threatening the hassle is to our psychological health

Question 3

secondary appraisal

Answer 3

• we think about how well-equipped we are to cope
• performed if we conclude that the primary appraisal is a threat

Question 4

daily hassles and illness

Answer 4

• daily hassles threaten our health because we experience a lot of the and their effects add up

Question 5

strength (eval)

Answer 5

• the role of daily hassles is supported by many studies
• overwhelming evidence that daily hassles play a more significant role in illness than life events

Question 6

weakness (eval)

Answer 6

• ignores other causes of stress
• e.g: how workplace stress looks at environmental and organisational factors

Question 7

tanner et al (key study)

Answer 7

• investigated whether daily hassles or life events were a better predictor of psychological ill health
• concluded that daily hassles are a more reliable predictor of psychological symptoms of illness than life events

Question 8

strength (key study)

Answer 8

• the use of the Hassles scale
• self report method: encourage openness and honesty

Question 9

weakness (key study)

Answer 9

• the Hassles scale may have suffered from response bias
• this means the Hassles scale may not be a valid measure of stress of daily hassles