Discussion Post: Life Stress and Health
Go to the openstaxcollege org l SRRS website to complete the SRRS scale and determine the total number of LCUs you have experienced over the last year.
Once you have completed the stress test, you will receive a score and some suggestions that you can use to mediate your stress level. use your critical thinking skills to analyze the findings of your stress test. Discuss your impressions of the accuracy of the stress test, given your personal life situation. Now give several solutions from the rest of the chapter for mediating your stress levels.
"The Holmes and Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) uses the correlational research method to identify the connection between stress and health. That is, respondents' LCU scores are correlated with the number or frequency of self-reported symptoms indicating health problems. These correlations are typically positive-as LCU scores increase, the number of symptoms increase. Consider all the thousands of studies that have used this scale to correlate stress and illness symptoms.
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.