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Sources of Stress: Life Changes

Life changes are a source of stress; they include major events (e.g. divorce or moving house) that require people to make large adjustments. Holmes and Rahe (1967) developed the social readjustment rating scale (SRRS) in order to measure the amount of life change a person has experienced in a given time period.