Holmes and Rahe (1967) Measures - Self-report

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To create a method that establishes the extent to which life events are stressors

Question 2

Method

Answer 2

Questionnaire self report designed to ascertain how much each life event was felt to be a stressor

Question 3

participants

Answer 3

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Question 4

Procedure

Answer 4

Each participant was asked to rate a series of 43 life events. marriage was given an arbitrary rating of 50.

each event was to be judged as requiring more or less readjustment.

ratings could be based on own experiences or perceptions of other peoples experiences

Question 5

Results

Answer 5

The final SRRS was completed on the mean scores allocated by participants.

correlations were high in all groups but one.

there was less correlation between white and black people.

Question 6

Conclusions

Answer 6

The degree of similarity between different groups is impressive and shows agreement in general of what constitutes a life event and how much stress they cause.