Reporting of Life Events Over Time: Methodological Issues in a Longitudinal Sample of Women

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 277-281

  Pachana, Nancy A ^a   Brilleman, Sam L ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fall off; Intracategory variability; Life events; Longitudinal data; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NONRESPONSE BIAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952611947     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021337     Document Type: Article

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