Sources of stress: Life changes Flashcards
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What are life changes?
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These are events that necessitate a major transition in some aspects of our life and can be positive or negative.
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What do life changes require?
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Changes require psychic energy to be expended - such as it is stressful.
3
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What did Holmes and Rahe suggest?
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Suggested that the psychic energy needed in life changes affects health.
4
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What did Holmes and Rahe need to do before conducting research on the effect of life changes on health?
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They recognised they needed a standard measurement tool so they developed the social readjustment scale (SSRS).
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