Life change events among adolescents. An empirical consideration of some methodological issues.

摘要: Recent critiques in the stress literature have identified several methodological shortcomings, including ignoring control over event occurrence, confounding of life and outcome measures, lack consistent reliable few cross-validational studies. Each these problems is addressed empirically by examining two independent samples adolescents. A 39-item measure, developed previously one sample 1018 adolescents, was administered to a second 376 teenagers. Second-order factors six scales were clustered into controllable uncontrollable events, both which related psychological distress. Poor health significantly an uncontaminated factor events. Means covariances seven compared between derivation age-matched subset cross-validation sample. Correlates with drug use personality revealed interpretable associations within quite similar those original Finally, sex differences evident, whereas scores on events increased age.