Alexis is feeling the stress of a major life event-her daughter's wedding. her already high blood pressure is soaring, causing her to worry. the contemporary life-events approach would consider her health issues to be:

Answer: a mediating factor

Contemporary life - events approach emphasizes how a life event influences the individual's development. The latter depends not only on the life event, but also on meditating factors, the individual's adaptation to the life event, the life-stage), the life-stage context, and the socio-historical context.

Alexis health issue is considered a mediating factor.