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Research into the effects of stressful life events have been prominent in psychological literature for many years. Though there has been sufficient documentation of the fact that an individual’s state of well being is effected by the frequency of stressful life events that he or she had experienced, in most cases the magnitude of these relationships has not been overwhelming. Consequently, it is evident that there are some people who appear to be resilient in the face of stress and there are others who sees to readily succumb to the sane pressures.
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Lefcourt, H.M. (1985). Intimacy, Social Support, and Locus of Control as Moderators of Stress. In: Sarason, I.G., Sarason, B.R. (eds) Social Support: Theory, Research and Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5115-0_9
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