A new measure of contemporary life stress: Development, validation, and reliability of the CRISYS

Health Services Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5 I, 1998, Pages 1381-1402

  Shalowitz, Madeleine U ^a   Berry, Carolyn A ^a   Rasinski, Kenneth A ^a   Dannhausen Brun, Christine A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Instrument development; Life events; Stress; Test validation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FITNESS; LIFE EVENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; STRESS;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POVERTY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032414418     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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