The most significant stressors, either good or bad, are major changes in the pattern of a person's life. much research has been done to assess the impact of such life changes. Different researchers have developed scales for measuring the stress that a person goes through. The 1970s by Dr. Thomas H. Holmes and Dr. Richard H rahe.
Holmes and rahe first mad a check list oe 43 typical life events. They then asked hundreds of people from all age groups and all walks of life to rate these events. The ratings was arbitrarily placed at 50 to give the people in the study a point or reference. The people were amount of adaptation they felt each event demanded.
in their responses, the people agreed that the event with the highest stress was the death of a spouse. it got rating of 100 life change units (LCUs). being fired rated 47, and changing schools rated 20. notice that both positve events and negative events are listed. the death of a grandmother can be a serious life change. so can the birth of a new baby brother or sister.
holmes and rahe then took their scale to thousands of united states navy officers and man serving aboard ships.
Holmes and rahe first mad a check list oe 43 typical life events. They then asked hundreds of people from all age groups and all walks of life to rate these events. The ratings was arbitrarily placed at 50 to give the people in the study a point or reference. The people were amount of adaptation they felt each event demanded.
in their responses, the people agreed that the event with the highest stress was the death of a spouse. it got rating of 100 life change units (LCUs). being fired rated 47, and changing schools rated 20. notice that both positve events and negative events are listed. the death of a grandmother can be a serious life change. so can the birth of a new baby brother or sister.
holmes and rahe then took their scale to thousands of united states navy officers and man serving aboard ships.
