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1
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What are daily hassles?

A

Minor everyday irritation which can trigger our stress response

2
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What might daily hassles include?

A
Losing keys
Oversleeping
Sleeping badly
Stuck in traffic
Forgetting things
Social hassles e.g. Issues at work
3
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Why might daily hassles be a more significant source of stress than life events?

A

They occur everyday where like events like divorce or death are rare

4
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What are the 5 most common daily hassles?

A
Weight concerns 
Health of family
Increasing prices of common goods
Home maintenance
Too much to do
5
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What percent of people selected weight concerns as a hassle?

A

52.4%

6
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What percent of people selected health of a family member as a hassle?

A

48.1%

7
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What percent of people selected rising price of accommodation as a hassle?

A

43.7%

8
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What percent of people selected home maintenance as a hassle?

A

42.8%

9
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What percent of people selected too much to do as a hassle?

A

38.6%

10
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(Uplifts) What are uplifts?

A

Positive experiences we may have

11
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(Uplifts) give examples of some uplifts:

A

Getting a good sleep

Good grade on a test

12
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(Uplifts) what do uplifts neutralise?

A

The harmful effects of hassles

13
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(Uplifts) uplifts give us a break giving us energy to do what’s

A

Sustain any coping strategy and remain positive

14
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(Accumulation effect) what is the accumulation effect?

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Build up of hassles or stressors overtime leads to the negative effects of stress

15
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(Accumulation effect) if lots of hassles are experienced close together what can it lead to?

A

Ongoing feeling of stress and negative feelings associated with it

16
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(Accumulation effect) why are hassles difficult to avoid?

A

They are experienced everyday exaggerating any problems

17
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(Amplification) What is amplification?

A

Chronic stress due to life events e.g. Moving house making people more vulnerable to effects of daily hassles

18
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(Amplification) e.g. Stress of a big move makes minor irritations what?

A

Difficult to cope with

19
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(Social support) daily hassles may cause issues if we don’t do what?

A

Seek out or receive adequate social support to deal with them

20
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(Social support) e.g. If someone moves far away for their husbands new job what don’t they have?

A

Social support of friends and family

Support of husband working long hours in their new job

21
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(Social support) (flett et al) 320 students were asked to read a story describing what?

A

An individual who experienced a life event or daily hassle

22
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(Social support) (flett et al) students then had to rate what?

A

The amount of support the person in the story would receive

23
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(Social support) (flett et al) the individuals who had experienced the events were rated as being what?

A

More in need of and seeking out more social support from others

24
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As we experience daily hassles on a frequent basis what is it reasonable to predict?

A

Correlation between hassles and illness will be stronger than life events and illness

25
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(Hassles, stress and health) Kanner et al used a longitudinal study to compare impact of what?

A

Life events and daily hassles as a source of stress

26
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(Hassles, stress and health) who were Kanners participants?

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100 45-64 year olds

27
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(Hassles, stress and health) Kanners participants completed what scale and when?

A

Hassles and uplifts scale for events over the previous month once a month for nine months

28
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(Hassles, stress and health) Kanner also used questionnaires to measure participants what?

A

Mental health and emotional responses

29
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(Hassles, stress and health) Kanner found what type of relationship between frequency of hassles and wellbeing?

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Significant negative correlation

30
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(Hassles, stress and health) Kanner - hassles were a better predictor of well being than what?

A

Life events and uplifts

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