Causes of Stress: Kanner

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Method

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Repeated measures
Each PP completed the hassles rating scale and the life events rating scale

Assessed psychological symptoms on Hopkins Symptoms Checklist (HSCL) and Bradburn Morale Scale.

Question 1

Aim:

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To compare the hassles and life events as predictors of psychological symptoms of stress

Question 2

Sample

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100 PP’s from California who had previously completed a health survey in 1965
Mostly white Protestant

216 initially contacted, 109 agreed, 9 dropped out

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Procedure

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All tests sent out by post one month before study began.
PP’s completed hassles rating scale for 9 months.
After 10 months completed life events rating scale.
PP’s then completed HSCL and Bradburn Morale scale every month for a further 9 months.

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Results:

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Hassles consistent from month to month.
Life events for men correlated positively with hassles and negatively with uplifts.
For women, the more life events they reported the more hassles and uplifts they recorded.

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Conclusion:

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Hassles = more powerful predictor of psych symptoms than life events

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Evaluations:

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Repeated measures: practice/ boredom effects: eliminates individual differences
Holistic
Small sample: ethnocentric: ungeneralisable
Longitudinal: high reliability
Self report: social desirability?