UNIT 1 - LIFE EVENTS AND THE EFFECTS

Question 1

what are examples of life events?

Answer 1

• moving house
• marriage/divorce
• death
• retirement
• employment

Question 2

what are the types of life events?

Answer 2

-predictable or unpredictable life events.

Question 3

life events are also known as…

Answer 3

transitions

Question 4

what are the different types of transitions?

Answer 4

• physical - change of environment e.g. work place, home, school
• emotional - personal experiences e.g marriage/divorce
• intellectual - e.g. job, college, uni
• physiological - e.g. puberty, injury, health conditions

Question 5

what are predictable life events?

Answer 5

predicable life events are what are most likely to happen to people cam can be prepared for.

Question 6

what are the effects of predictable life events?

Answer 6

• positive - can build self esteem, develop confidence, security.
• negative - changes can still cause anxiety may affect health and well being

Question 7

what are unpredictable life events?

Answer 7

unpredictable life events are that which are not expected and cannot be prepared for
-may happen to many people but not everyone

Question 8

how can life events impact on health?

Answer 8

• mental health problems
• anxiety
• stress/sleeping difficulties
• high blood pressure

Question 9

what is the Holmes-Rahe social adjustment rating scale?

Answer 9

They believed that there was a correlation between physiological illness and stressful events.

Question 10

Explain the study of Holmes-Rahe adjustment rating scale

Answer 10

• Holmes and Rahe listed 43 life events that people may experience
• Applied a score (unit) to each life event which depended on the level of stress it was likely to cause
• patients were asked to indicate the life events that they had experienced
• patients added up the scores from their life events.

Question 11

What are the results of the Holmes-Rahe study?

Answer 11

-found that there was a correlation between the number of units (level and number of stressful events the individual experienced) and their illness.

Question 12

what can predictable and unpredictable life events cause?

Answer 12

• stress at any life stage

- extreme stress from unpredictable life events can cause serious mental and physical problems

Question 13

list some examples of the life events and their units that Holmes and Rahe used

Answer 13

• death of partner = 100 units
• marriage = 50 units
• retirement = 45 units
• change of school = 20 units