Question

Differentiate between life events and hassles.

Answer 1

Sr. No.	Aspect	Life events	Hassles
1.	Meaning	Major changes in life (big or small, sudden or gradual) that significantly affect our life course.	Day-to-day irritating demands and pressures we face in routine life.
2.	Nature of stressor	Life events are relatively infrequent but more intense and long-lasting.	Hassles are frequent, repetitive, and individually minor but can accumulate to cause stress.
3.	Examples:	Moving into a new house, parents’ divorce, loss of a job, break-up of a long-term relationship.	Noisy surroundings, daily commuting problems, quarrelsome neighbours, electricity or water cuts, traffic jams.