Scaling of Life Events

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23354593
AutoresEugene S Paykel (autor correspondente)
Ano1971
Volume25
Fascículo4
Páginas340
Data de publicação1971-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchives of General Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-990X • E-ISSN: 1538-3636
EditoraAmerican Medical Association (AMA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1001/archpsyc.1971.01750160052010
PMID5116988
OpenAlexW2066779981
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas84
Referências citadas3

Varied subjects were asked to judge, on a 0 to 20 scale, the degree to which 61 life events were upsetting. Mean event scores covered almost the entire scale range and ranked in a meaningful way. At the top end of the scale were catastrophic and highly distressing events such as deaths of child or spouse. At the bottom of the scale were events which were either trivial, or important but desirable and not distressing. Consistency of the scaling indicated acceptable interrater reliability. Individual variability reflected in standard deviations was moderate. Agreement across groups was high, although there were small differences due to sociodemographic group, item order, and recent experience of the event. Consensus scaling of events may facilitate use of a quantified methodology in empirical studies of life stress.

Cartography · Consistency (knowledge bases) · Developmental psychology · Distressing · Event (particle physics) · Geography · Inter-rater reliability · Rating scale · Reliability (semiconductor) · Scale (ratio) · Scaling · Spouse · Statistics · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Mathematics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology