Stress

• Poverty -> Poverty is stressful; non-adherence in lower socioeconomic groups.
• Chaotic lifestyles -> stressful, disorganised people forget or have no time to adhere.
• Anxiety -> narrows attention.
• Stress -> disrupts memory.
• Evaluation of stress as non-adherence (positive) -> support for effectiveness.
• Evaluation of stress as non-adherence (negatives) -> short vs long term, short-term affects short term adherence.