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Measuring Life Stress and Assessing Its Impact on Mental Health

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Stress and Mental Health

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Men and women throughout the ages have often felt overwhelmed by life’s demands. They have long ruminated about the implications these adversities have for their physical health and mental well-being (Rosen, 1959). Interestingly, the words of people expressing such concerns across the different ages portray similar themes of “stress, distress, and dis-ease” (Rees, 1976; see also Hinkle, 1977; Lazarus & Folkman, 1984; Monroe & Johnson, 1992). Overall, it seems clear that people are prone to perceive their worlds as filled with almost constant, if not excessive, demands, and that they frequently employ such perceptions to explain a great variety of psychological and physical phenomena.

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Monroe, S.M., Mcquaid, J.R. (1994). Measuring Life Stress and Assessing Its Impact on Mental Health. In: Avison, W.R., Gotlib, I.H. (eds) Stress and Mental Health. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1106-3_3

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