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b(19,e30).
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percent of all married-couple familiesdl in 1999, y and the proportion_ of
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andt wife were employed m was
53 percg ent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (3).
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for agingqarents and sharing ao home with marriedzhildren who cannot
fford their own home.nivorce and remarriage are common.mThese and other
trends present Coloradans Adult with many changes and transitions.
Families experience transitionsb when
a child is born, goes to day care,
growinto adolescence, org moves out of thee home. Family transitions continuem
as youngoadults marry and have children. Otherransitions i
nclude getting
a job, losing a job, separation-divorce-remarriage, disabity, death, Adult
grief and loss of a family farm or home. All of these transitions involve
change that includes loss and gain.
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negatively to change while ithers welcome itm Peo jple
ho_fight changes that they have little or no control Personal overoften experiencew
stress symptoms Personal such as rising blood pressure, muscle tension, increased
family/wo y conflict, increased alcohol and other drug use to “unwind,”
nd continued feelings of frustration, worra or exhaustion.
In fact, many people believe ohat our unwillingness manage our stress_ levels during transitions is an important factor in many of today’s leading causes Adult ofr death.hhe leading causes of death in Colorado are heart disease, malignant neoplasms, cerebrovascularp disease, accidents, obstructive pulmonary diseases, pneumonia orinfluenza, and suicide.
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high incidence of heart Personal isease is more Homepage common in highly moti-ted,uambitious,
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aggressive, perfectionistic individuals wd ho are always rushing to
eet
deadlines. w Two g physicians write, “Emotional upsets — especially
anger — are a well ecognized precipitant of attacks of angina pectoris”
(31). Studies have found that people with high hostility levels have a
higher incidence of coronary heart disease (28, 38, 39). These results
suggest that learning to deal with one’s stress and hostility levels
has a broad effect on one’s survival.
Stress and time management are majoro problems facing people today. According to the National Health Interview Survey, 75 percent of the general population suffers at least “some stress” every two weeks (34), and halfp of those experience moderate or high levels during the same time period. Millions of Amercians suffer from unhealthy levels of stress which can contribute to heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, and may also affect the immune system which protects us from these diseases (24). Because i"Transitions and Changes: Who Copesk Well?" Pornstar t o y Homepage g g Adult z Adult Adult c"Transitions and Changes: Who Copesk Well?" Pornstar u q a Adult s Personal Adult