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Stressful Daily Events on Mood States

EFFECTS OF STRESSFUL DAILY EVENTS ON MOOD STATES-RELATIONSHIP TO GLOBAL PERCEIVED STRESS: AN ARTICLE REVIEW

The article "Effects of Stressful Daily Events on Mood States: Relationship to Global Perceived Stress" (van Eck, Nicolson, & Berkhof, 1998) is reviewed. The review is presented within the contexts of (1) theory, constructs, and hypothesis, (2) method, participants, variables, and procedures, (3) findings, (4) conclusions and implications, and (5) limitations.

Human reactions to psychosocial stressors have long been implicated with both positive and negative outcomes. On the negative side, stress theory has postulated that detrimental effects to health, both mental and physical, may be attributable to stress reaction. The major conceptual approach underlying research of the relationship between psychosocial stressors and health outcomes has emphasized individual reactions to major life events. The research, the results of which are reported in this article, however, approaches research into the relationship between psychosocial stressors and health outcomes from a different conceptual basis, in that individual reactions to "minor events or daily hassles" serve as the explanatory variable (van Eck, Nicolson, & Berkhof, 1998, p. 1572). The constructs associated with stress theory underlying the research were negative affect (NA), positive affect (PA), agitation (Ag), and perceived stress (PS).

The research reported in this article was applied research. Stress theory involving the reaction of individuals to psychosocial stressors was applied to a different class of psychosocial stressors than has been typical in most studies of stress reaction. Several hypotheses were tested in the research reported in this article. These hypotheses were as follows:

1. Individuals with high PS will experience more frequent stressful daily events than will individuals with low PS.

2. Individuals with high PS will appraise eve...

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