The assessment and measurement of adult life stress: Basic premises, operational principles, and design requirements

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 727-745

  Harkness, Kate L ^a   Monroe, Scott M ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Daily hassles; Measurement; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

APPARENT LIFE THREATENING EVENT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84971435070     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: 19391846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/abn0000178     Document Type: Article

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