Kenner (1948) : Hassles and life events as a cause of stress

Question 1

What was the aim?

Answer 1

to compare the hassles and uplifts scale to the SRRS life events scale as predictors of psychological stress symptoms.

Question 2

What’s the method?

Answer 2

a repeated measures design- each pp filled in hassles and life events scale

pp’s then assessed on their psychological symptoms of stress using the Hopkins sypmtoms checklist and the Bradburn morale scale

Question 3

what is the sample used?

Answer 3

100 people - who had previously completed a health survey in 1985

216 initially contacted- 109 selected- 9 dropped out

all from california - mostly white protestant with adequate

Question 4

how were the tests sent out to pp’s?/

Answer 4

by post

Question 5

what was the procedure?

Answer 5

• tests sent out by post
• pps complete- hassles rating for 9 months
• life events rating after 10 months

Question 6

What were the results?

men and women

Answer 6

• hassles were consistent from month to month
• life events for mmen correlated positively with hassles and negatively for uplifts
• women= more life events they reported the more hassles and uplifts reported.
• hasslesfrequency correlated positively with physiological symptoms on HSCL
• Hass;es cprre;ated positively more with pysiological symptoms than life events did.

Question 7

What conclusions were drawn up?

Answer 7

Hassles are a more powerful prediction of psychological symptoms than life events

hassles contribute to psychologival symptoms whatever life events happened

Question 8

what scales measure stress?

&how frequent were the scales used

Answer 8

HSCL AND Bradburn morale scale- once a month

Question 9

what scales measure hassles?

&how frequent were the scales used

Answer 9

hassles and uplifts scale- once a month for 9 months

Question 10

what scales measure life events?

&how frequent were the scales used

Answer 10

life events scale- once after 10 months