Peggy Blake and Her Colleagues Constructed a Scale of "Life-Change

question 9

Multiple Choice

Peggy Blake and her colleagues constructed a scale of "life-change units" to measure the impact of life changes among college students. Surveys with students revealed that:

• A)they considered unwanted pregnancy to be less stressful than major financial problems.
• B)they considered academic failures to be more stressful than the beginning of college.
• C)100 percent of them considered graduating from college a stress-free event.
• D)some of them considered academic success to be stressful.

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