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Global ratings of stress in the elderly
A D Davies1, S J Wilkinson, J J Downes
1Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool.
The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
The properties of four global ratings of life stress were investigated using data from 237 elderly subjects interviewed using the Brown & Harris life event and difficulties schedule. The global ratings had high one-year test-retest reliability and inter-rater reliability agreement. A summary measure of Adversity (based on contextual rating of all events and difficulties) may be reliably derived when a single index of life stress is desired. In the elderly sample Adversity was more closely related to chronic difficulties than to life-events.