Is stress a cause of concern in diverticulitis?

In diverticulosis, small pouches develop and bulge out through weak spots in the walls of the colon. If the diverticula become inflamed or infected, the condition is called diverticulitis. Stress does not directly cause diverticulitis, but there is a relationship between stress and diverticulosis. Stress in people with irritable bowel syndrome may cause more pouches to develop and the more pouches could mean a higher risk that one of them experience diverticulitis.