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1
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What are life events a key source of and what are they often known as?

A

Stress

Often known as life changes

2
Q

Life events require significant what?

A

Adjustment of lifestyle

3
Q

Give examples of some life events?

A

Divorce
Bereavement
Health issuers

4
Q

Life events require time and energy to deal with and often incur what?

A

A psychic cost

5
Q

Research suggests a close relationship between life events and what?

A

Stress related illness

6
Q

Holmes was interested in investigating the link between what?

A

Stress and illness

7
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Holmes - researched TB patients showing those who became ill has experienced what?

A

Increase in disturbing occurrences two years prior to admission

8
Q

Holmes research led Holmes and Rahe to develop the idea of what?

A

Life changes

9
Q

Holmes and Rahe - first using their experience as doctors they drew up a list of what?

A

Life events that could lead to physical illness

10
Q

Holmes and Rahe - asked 394 participants to do what?

A

Rate each life event in terms of how much readjustment it would require in a persons life

11
Q

Holmes and Rahe - what did they use as an arbitrary baseline?

A

Marriage at 50

12
Q

Holmes and Rahe - after analysing the data they developed which scale?

A

Social readjustment rating scale

13
Q

Holmes and Rahe - the SRRS consisted of how many items?

A

43

14
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Holmes and Rahe - each life event in the SRRS was assigned what value?

A

A life change unit

15
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Holmes and Rahe - what life change unit did death of a spouse receive?

A

100

16
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Holmes and Rahe - what life change unit did divorce receive?

A

73

17
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Holmes and Rahe - in the SRRS what life change unit did pregnancy receive?

A

40

18
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Holmes and Rahe - how was a value for stressful life events calculated for the participant?

A

Asking them to tick how many of the life events they experienced and adding the LCU scores

19
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Holmes and Rahe - the higher the LCU score of a participant the more likely the person was to suffer from what?

A

Stress and then illness

20
Q

Holmes and Rahe - a score of 150 increased chance of stress related illness by how much?

A

30%

21
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Holmes and Rahe - a score of 300 increased chance of stress related illness by how much?

A

50%

22
Q

Studies have used the SRRS to measure life events and what?

A

Relationship with stress and illness

23
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Rahe et al looked at the relationship between which two variables?

A

Stress and illness

24
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Rahe et al - used a version of the SRRS known as the SRE what is this?

A

Schedule of recent experiences

25
Q

Rahe et al - used the SRE to assess who?

A

2684 navy personnel

26
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Rahe et al - when were the participants required to complete the SRE?

A

Before leaving on a tour of duty

27
Q

Rahe et al - during the 6-8 months after they left what was kept?

A

A record of any illnesses experienced

28
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Rahe et al - data collected showed what type of correlation?

A

Significant positive correlation between stressful life events and illness

29
Q

Rahe et al - as the number of life events increased what was more likely?

A

That the individual would be ill

30
Q

As both positive and negative events are included in the SRRS it appears what is more important in creating stress?

A

Change rather than negativity

31
Q

What creates stress?

A

Overall amount of psychic energy required to deal with a life event creates stress

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