Question 1
4 daily hassles:
1) Living together with 5 other people (parents and siblings) in a 3 bed room flat which is inconvenient especially when preparing for work/school in the morning.
2) Being patient and tolerable with her impatient boss who dish out tasks to be completed in a hurry
3) Bearing the body odour of her colleague who is right next to her cubicle which leaves her with a headache at the end of the day, every day.
4) Struggling to catch a taxi daily every morning to get to work on time and after work where the waiting time for a cab is long.
2 major life events:
1) Graduating from University
2) Starting on her first job with a local bank as a trainee bank officer
Question 2
Problem-focused coping involves analyzing the …show more content…
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between locus of control and stress. There were 200 participants for this study and a stress questionnaire was administered to them to be completed. The results were interpreted based on stress levels. Ratings of stress levels at 4 or less is categorised ad high internal locus of control, 5 to 9 as low internal locus of control,10 to 14 as moderate external/internal locus of control, 15 to19 as high external locus of control and 20 to 23 as low external locus of control. Results from male respondents showed that those who rated low and high level of external locus of control showed high levels of stress. Also, respondents who rated at high internal locus of control showed low and moderate stress levels. Likewise for female respondents, those who rated high external locus of control showed high levels of stress and low internal and external lead to stressful feelings. The overall results of this study proved that locus of control act as a referee in relation to stress among the students. Also a high locus of control is related to a low degree of stress. There were no respondents with high internal locus of control who showed high levels of stress (Khan, Nadeem, Saleem, & Aslam, 2010, p.
4 daily hassles:
1) Living together with 5 other people (parents and siblings) in a 3 bed room flat which is inconvenient especially when preparing for work/school in the morning.
2) Being patient and tolerable with her impatient boss who dish out tasks to be completed in a hurry
3) Bearing the body odour of her colleague who is right next to her cubicle which leaves her with a headache at the end of the day, every day.
4) Struggling to catch a taxi daily every morning to get to work on time and after work where the waiting time for a cab is long.
2 major life events:
1) Graduating from University
2) Starting on her first job with a local bank as a trainee bank officer
Question 2
Problem-focused coping involves analyzing the …show more content…
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between locus of control and stress. There were 200 participants for this study and a stress questionnaire was administered to them to be completed. The results were interpreted based on stress levels. Ratings of stress levels at 4 or less is categorised ad high internal locus of control, 5 to 9 as low internal locus of control,10 to 14 as moderate external/internal locus of control, 15 to19 as high external locus of control and 20 to 23 as low external locus of control. Results from male respondents showed that those who rated low and high level of external locus of control showed high levels of stress. Also, respondents who rated at high internal locus of control showed low and moderate stress levels. Likewise for female respondents, those who rated high external locus of control showed high levels of stress and low internal and external lead to stressful feelings. The overall results of this study proved that locus of control act as a referee in relation to stress among the students. Also a high locus of control is related to a low degree of stress. There were no respondents with high internal locus of control who showed high levels of stress (Khan, Nadeem, Saleem, & Aslam, 2010, p.