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Everyone has always been under the assumption that headaches are cause by stress. The American Academy of Neurology did a study on 5,159 participants between the ages of 21 to 71 to identify whether stress really does equal more headaches(AAN). They surveyed the number of headaches each person had each month and their stress levels for two years. The study showed that 31% were tension headaches, 14% were migraines, 11% were tension related and migraines and 11% were not classifiable(AAN). These result explained that as stress increases the number of headaches each month also increased. Sara H. Schramm, the head of this study, stated that those encountering stress issues should focus on management approaches that help the specific type of headaches a person is having. She also said that even the headache or migraine itself can induce higher levels of stress. Our environment surrounds us with stressors that increases stress levels. Simple stressors include having a family to take care of, a huge workload and even the people we surround ourselves with(Wood, 321). Barrett’s Law number seven is correlation is not causation but within this study it is found that stress is one of that factors that does induce headaches, meaning there is a relationship between the two variables.

References:

American Academy of Neurology (AAN). "Does more stress equal more headaches?." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 February 2014. .

 Wood, Samuel E., Ellen R. Green. Wood, and Denise Roberts. Boyd. // Mastering the World of Psychology //. Fourth ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2011. Print.

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