Question

Emily just lost her husband and two daughters in a tragic automobile accident. Because they had no life insurance, Emily began experiencing major financial problems and eventually lost her house. Consequently, she and her son had to move to a small apartment. Just as she thought her life was beginning to feel somewhat stable, the company she worked for announced that they were filing for bankruptcy and all of the employees would lose their jobs within the next month. The period of time from the car accident to the loss of her job was about seven months. Based on research regarding the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), Emily is at risk to _____.

Answer 1

Major health issues within the two years.

Explanation:

SRRS scale was developed by Holmes and Rahe in 1967. This scale is being used to find out the stressful life event in a person's life. In this rating scale, there are 43 items and all items are related to the stressful event that a person faces in their life. The rating scale is scored by adding all the items that have been experienced in all 12 months. When a person gets a score of less than 150 then a person has only a 30% chances of suffering from stressful life events. 150 to 299 scoring indicates that a person suffers 50%. Above 299 the person will be in severe condition.