The social readjustment rating scale: A cross-cultural study of new Zealanders and Americans

Social Readjustment Rating Questionnaire data from a selected sample of 67 New Zealanders associated with the academic, research and administrative departments of the University of Otago Faculty of Medicine at the Christchurch Hospital Clinical School, were compared with data from the original Holme...

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Published in:Journal of psychosomatic research 1976, Vol.20 (3), p.211-214
Main Authors: Isherwood, Janette, Adam, Kenneth S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude
Attitude to Death
Conflict (Psychology)
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Education
Family
Female
Humans
Income
Life Style
Male
Middle Aged
New Zealand
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Religion and Psychology
Social Adjustment
Stress, Psychological
United States
Work
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Summary:Social Readjustment Rating Questionnaire data from a selected sample of 67 New Zealanders associated with the academic, research and administrative departments of the University of Otago Faculty of Medicine at the Christchurch Hospital Clinical School, were compared with data from the original Holmes and Rahe sample of 394 middle and lower class Americans. Agreement between the New Zealand and American samples was highly significant at the 0·00001 level of confidence regarding the establishment of a relative order of magnitude to life event changes. Some interesting minor differences were observed. Americans rated higher the items relating to financial security, attitudes towards work-related matters, troubles with in-laws and religious activities. New Zealanders indicated much greater concern regarding adjustment to the death of a close friend and were slightly more concerned over matters relating to schooling.
ISSN:0022-3999
1879-1360
DOI:10.1016/0022-3999(76)90023-4