related with good health in the succeeding year; (2) from 151-to-300 LCUs per year correlated with illness by 50 percent of clients in the succeeding year; and (3) more than 300 LCUs per year correlated with illness by 70 percent of the clients in the succeeding year.
The SRRS weighted life changes according to gravity. The death of a spouse was accorded greater weight than was retirement from a job, as an example. The weighting of life event changes was designed to demonstrate the magnitude of stress-outcomes which could be anticipated.
While the SRRS studies provided valuable insights into the relationship between stress and life events, other studies have demonstrated a stronger predictive relationship between life event changes and negative stress-outcomes. Higher mortality rates have been found among widows, widowers, and divorcees than
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