Hassles & Life Events As A Cause Of Stress - Kanner

Question 0

What design was used by Kanner et al?

Answer 0

Repeated measures

Question 1

What was the aim of Kanner et al’s study?

Answer 1

To compare the Hassels and Uplifts Scale and the Berkman Life Events Scale as predictors of psychological symptoms of stress

Question 2

Who were the participants in Kanner et al’s study?

Answer 2

100 people, mostly white, protestant with adequate or above income and at least 9th grade education who had previously completed a health survey in 1965

Question 3

What was the procedure of the Kanner study?

Answer 3

Tests sent by post a month before study began. P’s asked to complete; Hassles rating, HSCL and Bradburn Morale scale for 9 months, life events after 10

Question 4

Were hassles consistent each month?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

How did life events for men correlate with hassles and uplifts?

Answer 5

Positively for hassles and negatively for uplifts

Question 6

For women, what did life events positively correlate with?

Answer 6

Hassles and Uplifts

Question 7

What did Hassle frequency positively correlate with?

Answer 7

Psychological symptoms on HSCL

Question 8

What did Kanner conclude about Hassles?

Answer 8

That they were more powerful predictors of psychological symptoms than life events and that regardless of what life events had happened, they contributed to psychological symptoms