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Although psychological approach in measuring stressors provides to some extent the mechanisms in which stress affects health or illness, a better measure would be a physical or biological measure. Psychological measures such as questionnaires are not very reliable as the individuals interviewed may not report the stressors due to a number of reasons, such as adaptability and self consciousness. (Amsterdam et al 2000). A physical stress measure on the other hand is more feasible as its focus …