Measuring: Self- Report - Holmes & Rahe

Question 1

What is the Social Readjustment Rating Scale

Answer 1

A list of life events that can occur in a persons life. The scale assigns a value to the level of stress that event reflects.

To get the value involved clinical self-report trials from people

Question 2

Aim of Holmes and Rahe

Answer 2

Create a method that estimates the extent to which life events are stressors

Question 3

Method of Holmes and Rahe

Answer 3

questionnaire self report designed to find out how much a life event is felt to be a stressor

Question 4

Participants of Holmes and Rahe

Answer 4

344

• 129 men
• 215 women

Question 5

Procedure of Holmes and Rahe

Answer 5

• Asked to rate 43 life events.
• Marriage given an arbitrary rating of 50
• Each event was to be judged as more or less readjustment

Ratings could be own experiences of perceptions
Amount of readjustment and time taken was considered

Question 6

Results of Holmes and Rahe

Answer 6

• Correlation was high in all groups except for black and white people

Question 7

Conclusions of Holmes and Rahe

Answer 7

Degree of similarity between groups shows agreement in general of what constitutes a life event and how much they cause stress