SOC363H1 Chapter : The stress process revisited By Pearlin.doc notes.doc
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Conditions that regulate stress are highly complex and variable. The expansion of knowledge has not occurred because sociologists are of one mind about stress and its. The stress process is a label that represents an attempt to give some conceptual organization to the diverse lines of research that were and still are underway. The stress process conceptual model is not a set of rules that can rigidly be followed but instead it should be regarded as a general orienting framework that can guide the thinking of researchers about potentially stressful circumstances. Key assumptions of the stress process: 1) diverse factors that contribute to stress are interrelated social stauses, exposure to stress, resources to deal with and the way stress is manifested. Social and economic statuses are strongly related to the stress process. Linkage between status and health and well being. Systems of inequality are thought to be major causes of inequalities in disease.
