In 1967 Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe created the Social Readjustment Rating Scale to study …show more content…
Correlations determined between overall stress and the 5 factors associated with stress determined the strongest relationship with family issues, r(40) = .77, p < .01, and the weakest relationship with academic concerns, r(40) = .31, p < .05. Cronbach’s alpha determined the internal reliability for all 5 coping behaviors items to be .58. Further results reported a stronger internal reliability of .69 if item regarding academic concerns was excluded from the …show more content…
Overall, our results show consistent findings with previous research in regards our first tested hypothesis, (1) females perceiving higher levels of overall stress than males (Brougham & Zail, et.al. 2009). Further review of the current study presented the researchers with several limitations for clear and precise data to report on leading our analyses to not be statistically significant when our second hypothesis, (2) females being more likely to engage in problem-focused coping strategies in response to