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Discuss the Relationship Between Stressors, Resources, and Psychological Distress

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Discuss the relationship between stressors, resources, and psychological distress. In doing so, please define and contrast the differential exposure and differential vulnerability models of the relationship between status characteristics and psychological well-being.


Definitions:

Role-Playing

Involves conforming to existing performance expectations.

Role-Making

Is the creative process by which individuals generate role expectations and performances.

Role Strain

The stress or tension experienced by an individual when facing difficulty in fulfilling multiple requirements of the same social role.

Role Performance

How individuals enact the roles they occupy in society, including the behaviors and actions associated with those roles.

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