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- Title
Social Interest, Stress, and the Prediction of Health Status.
- Authors
Zarski, John J.; Bubenzer, Donald L.; West, John D.
- Abstract
The stress and illness paradigm is expanded by empirically testing social interest as a personality variable influencing somatic health. Also, stress is examined using an instrument that measures daily hassles, and the usefulness of this measure is compared to the life experiences methodology. The findings related to these variables are not consistent with previous research. Implications for counselors interested in stress management interventions and health counseling are addressed. <BR> Although the general purpose of this study was to expand the stress and illness paradigm by empirically testing social interest as a personality variable influencing somatic health, the study also had two secondary objectives. The first objective was to examine stress by measuring day-to-day hassles and frustrations (Kanner et al., 1981). The second objective was to compare the usefulness of the hassles measure to the previously documented life experiences methodology (Sarason et al., 1978). Previous research (DeLongis, Coyne, Dakof, Folkman, & Lazarus, 1982) indicated that hassles and negative life experiences/.
- Subjects
STRESS management; HEALTH &; psychology; HASSLES &; Uplifts Scales; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress testing; PERSONALITY; METHODOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Counseling & Development, 1986, Vol 64, Issue 6, p386
- ISSN
0748-9633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/j.1556-6676.1986.tb01143.x