Chapter 10
I. Source of Stress
A. Holmes and Rahe’s Social
Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS)
1. SRSS correlated with health
2. SRSS does not take into account
coping
B. Daily Hassles and Uplifts
1. Lazarus believes daily hassles are
more stressful than main life events
2. Kanner developed the Hassles scale
3. Uplifts
C. Making Choices
1. Approach-approach conflict
2. Avoidance-avoidance conflict
3. Approach-avoidance conflict
D. Unpredictability and lack of control
1. Sense of control over our lives
2. Less subject to stress when we have
the power to do something about it
