Current Issue Vol. The study explores the connection between tropes and the expression of strss. Data was collected via a questionaire at the peak of a stressful national crisis.
Tropes offer an ecologically valid perspective which enables the researcher to explore mental life.
Data analysis provided them with answers to their questions. Participants produced various tropes which could be further categorized as stressful, unstressful and irrelevant. In addition, tropes categorized as stressful, could be subcategorized into three levels of intensity, tentatively defined as strong, medium nad weak. Their qualitative analysis also showed that female verbal responses were more explicit, detailed and complex compared with male responses. Return to the Table of Contents . . .