Aversiveness versus change in the assessment of life stress

Items on the Holmes' Schedule of Recent Experience were rated for their aversiveness; participants re-rated items after one to two weeks to provide test-retest reliability. Full scale and item reliabilities were generally high and significant. Overall, aversiveness ratings for items correlated...

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Published in:Journal of psychosomatic research 1980, Vol.24 (1), p.15-19
Main Author: Zeiss, Antonette M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Attitude
Female
Humans
Life Change Events
Male
Psychological Tests
Stress, Psychological - psychology
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Summary:Items on the Holmes' Schedule of Recent Experience were rated for their aversiveness; participants re-rated items after one to two weeks to provide test-retest reliability. Full scale and item reliabilities were generally high and significant. Overall, aversiveness ratings for items correlated 0.69 with the Life Change Unit scores determined previously by Holmes. These results suggest, contrary to Holmes's formulation, that the SRE measures the aversiveness of life events, rather than the amount of change they entail regardless of its direction.
ISSN:0022-3999
1879-1360
DOI:10.1016/0022-3999(80)90070-7