Life Stress Events Ratings in the General Population of Sabzevar

Introduction& Stress is a negative excitement that is in accordance with biochemical، psychological، and behaviorl changes. The main events of living as the stressor factors have significant effects on the body and psyche of a person. So، this study aims to assess the intensity of stressor events in Sabzevar residents in order to take effective steps in reduction and prevention of the related stressors. In thprent descriptive – analytical study which was conducted on 1581 city –dwellers with the age range of 18 to 65 years of age in 2007 which were randomly selected through stratified sampling. Relevant data were collected through a questionnaire، a scale and a meter، and were analyzed in SPSS using descriptive and analytical statistics. The total study population consisted of 829 women (%52. 4)، and 741 men (%46. 9). From the stressor events point of view the results showed that the most prevalent stressors were relatively the rising of life expenses، inadequate earnings، the responsibility of house chores (173 people)، the death of a family member caused by a fatal disease (170 people)، debt، bankruptcy and finally temporary unemployment. On the basis of the study findings، stressor events in the field of economic problems were considerable and the necessity of employment and educating the methods of stressors management can be an important step toward the reduction and prevention of the problems.