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− | In psychological research '''life events'''are a class of life stress that are thought to lead to physical or psychological difficulties. they include both 'negative' events {such as losses of various kinds, of partners, jobs etc} and also 'positive' events, {such as getting married, children leaving home etc}. |
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− | Various [[life event inventories]] have been constructed to return indices of life event stress, for research purposes. These include: |
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− | *[[Social Readjustment Rating Scale]] |
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− | Other researchers, notably [[George Brown]] developed semi-structured interview techniques to assess life event stress levels. |
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− | ==See also== |
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− | * [[Stress management]] |
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− | * [[Stress reactions]] |
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− | ==References and Bibliography== |
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− | ==Key Texts – Books== |
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− | *Dohrenwend, B.S. and Dohrenwend, B.P. (eds) (1974) Stressful Life Events: Their Nature and Effects, New York: John Wiley. |
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− | ==Additional material – Books== |
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− | ==Key Texts – Papers== |
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− | *Holmes, T.H. and Rahe, R.H, (1967) The Social Readjustment Rating Scale, [[Journal of Psychosomatic Research]] 11: 213-18. |
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− | ==Additional material - Papers== |
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