Stress - 3. Sources of Stress: 1. Daily Uplifts, Daily Hassles and Life Changing Events Flashcards

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Examples of life changing events that we are all likely to experience

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Death of a close relative
Moving out
Getting married

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What are life changes/life changing events?

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Life events positive/negative that require you to make psychological adjustment. They can bring about stress and illness

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Who developed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)?

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Holmes and Rahe

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What did Holmes and Rahe develop?

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Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)

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What did Holmes and Rahe’s SRRS include?

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43 life changes that varied in severity

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How was the severity of each life event measured in Holmes and Rahe’s SRRS?

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Each life event was measured in life changing units (LCUs)

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What does a high LCU indicate?

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High level of readjustment needed/event has high severity (E.g. death of a spouse)

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What can a high LCU predict according to Holmes and Rahe?

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A high LCU can predict illness

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What made Holmes and Rahe begin their investigation into life changing events and stress?

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They were both doctors in hospitals where they found that most heart disease patients had reported experiencing significant life events in the year leading up to hospitalisation

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What did Holmes and Rahe use to generate the list of 43 significant life events that had occurred in the year leading up to hospitalisation of their sample?

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They examined the records of 5000 patients

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How was the generation of the 43 significant life events not subjective?

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Holmes and Rahe used data from records, instead of asking the patients what events occurred

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What did Holmes and Rahe do once the 43 life events had been selected?

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They got 400 separate people to rate the psychological impact/level of psychological adjustment of the 43 events

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What life event was ranked the lowest on the SRRS?

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Minor violation of the law

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What life event was ranked the highest on the SRRS?

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Death of a spouse

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What can the LCU of each life event be used as?

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The LCU ranking of each life event can be used as a predictor for the change of a patient having an illness

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Example of how the LCU can be used to predict the chance of a patient having an illness?

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If a patient experiences the death of a spouse in the last year, a doctor will strongly predict that they will get heart disease

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Who conducted a follow up study for Holmes and Rahe’s SRRS?

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Rahe et al (1970)

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What did Rahe et al aim to identify in their follow up study for SRRS?

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Aimed to identify a correlation between the stresses of a major life event and illness

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Who did Rahe et al study over 6 months?

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Studied 2500 male US navy sailors

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During the 6 month period of Rahe et al’s study, what was counted?

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The number of life changing events

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Results of Rahe et al’s follow up study in SRRS?

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As LCUs increased, the frequency of illness increased

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Conclusion of Rahe et al’s follow

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