B1-stress (daily hassles)

Question 1

What did he believe=
who is he=

Answer 1

daily hassles cause stress
kaner

Question 2

What did he do=

Answer 2

develop a scale to measure stress by asking people to rate how annoying or irritating these hassles were

Question 3

example of daily hassle=

Answer 3

family conflict/ traffic jam/ misplacing or loosing things

Question 4

What else did he believe=

Answer 4

“daily uplifts” can have a positive effect on stress.

These are small, pleasant events that enhance well-being and occur in everyday life,

Question 5

examples of daily uplift=

Answer 5

doing well in a test/being praised/spending time with loved ones/completing tasks

Question 6

how do daily hassles cause stress ?

Answer 6

Daily hassles accumulate over the course of the day and therefore provide a more significant source of stress than life changes. (accumulation effect)

Question 7

explain his scale =

Answer 7

created a hassles scale containing 117 items covering all aspects of life (family/work ext.)

The participant rates the severity of the hassles on a point scale

The uplift scale contains 135 items.(such as getting a good night sleep)

the individuals indicate how many times they have experienced these events over a particular period of time.

Question 8

aim of his research=

Answer 8

To investigate an association between daily hassles, uplifts and symptoms of stress

and compare the outcome with the use of the SRRS as a predictor of stress symptoms.

Question 9

procedure=

Answer 9

100 American white, men and women, aged 45-64 were studied.

They completed the “Hassles & Uplifts” questionnaire once a month, for 10 months.

They also completed a version of the SRRS one a month

The participants completed a further questionnaire measuring the psychological symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Question 10

findings=

Answer 10

Daily Hassles were positively correlated with psychological symptoms associated with stress such as anxiety and depression.

Daily Hassles was found to be a better predictor of stress symptoms than life events.

Question 11

weakness of research=

Answer 11

1.research is correlational so we cannot draw conclusions. It may be because of an event that a person reports depression rather than the hassles causing depression

2. what is considered a hassle or uplift is dependant on the individual and the circumstance

For example, some uplifts can become a hassle if we experience them too often
or
a friendly colleague can be seen as hassle distracting us from an urgent task.