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Stress- essay 2 2a) Identify and explain three sources of stress. Sources of stress: 1) Life changes: Events such as divorce or bereavement that necessitate a significant adjustment in various aspects of a person's life. As such, they can be seen as significant sources of stress. In 1967, Holmes and Rahe came up with the idea of a 'social readjustment rating scale' (or SRRS for short). This was an attempt to quantify life change - any change in your life that might cause stress. Scores are calculated for a person's experiences over the past year. Studies using the scale have found that high life change scores (300+) are related to relatively high frequency of illness, accidents and athletic injuries. 2) Workplace stressors: Some aspects of our working environment such as work overload or impending deadlines that we experience as stressful, and which causes a stress reaction in our body. 3) Personality and stress: In the 1970s,...

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