1. Daily Hassles

2. Daily Hassles
Definition: The stresses of
everyday life (e.g. Sitting in
Why do daily traffic, queuing) as oppose
hassles lead to to major life events (e.g.
stress? Marriage)
Amplification
Accumulation
already experiencing
chronic stress makes
minor hassles build people less able to
up and multiply deal with hassles
leading to a severe
stress reaction

3. Is there anything positive?
Yes!
Daily uplifts – minor positive experiences in
everyday life

4. Research into daily hassles
A – Delongis et al (1982) aimed to find
out whether daily hassles were more
strongly related to illness than major life
events
P – Delongis used Kanner’s hassle scale
-Method of assessing everyday sources of stress
- 117 items covering all areas of daily life

5. Research into daily hassles
F – Delongis found that the correlation between daily
hassles and illness was greater than the relationship
between life events and illness
C – Hassles are an additional factor to
major life events, affecting the health of the
individual – not just life events as once
thought.
In addition- daily uplifts do not help reduce
the development of health problems

6. Delongis A02
• Further research has provided evidence to support DeLongis (1982) findings
that daily hassles significantly increase the chances of developing both
P physical and mental illness.
• For example, Bouteyre et al (2007) investigated the relationship between
daily hassles and the mental health of students during the transition from
college to university. Results showed that 41% of the participants suffered
from depressive symptoms and there was a high positive correlation
E between scores on the hassles scales and the incidence of depressive
symptoms.
• This is a strength because Bouteyre et al’s research
supports the idea that there is a relationship between
E daily hassles and the development of health problems.

7. Delongis A02
• Delongis’ research uses correlational analysis
P
E
E
E

8. Delongis A02
• Delongis’ research uses retrospective data
P
• For example they asked participants to recall events
that had occurred in the past which are unreliable as
E memory is reconstructive
• This is a weakness because the research could have been
based on false information, reducing the internal validity of
E the research (it then didn’t measure what it intended to
measure)