behaviours. According to the life change view, a divorce adds to a person’s potential for health
problems in the following year. At the same time, the person will obviously also experience
emotional turmoil during the actual divorce process. is turmoil is a form of life trauma and
will clearly cause stress, much of which may spill over into the workplace.
Major life traumas that may cause stress include marital problems, family di culties, and
health problems initially unrelated to stress. For example, a person learns that she has devel-
oped arthritis and this will limit her favourite activity, swimming. H
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