Child and Parent Perceptions of the Upsettingness of Major Life Events
- 1 May 1991
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 32 (4) , 627-633
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb00339.x
Abstract
An adaptation of the Coddington Social Readjustment Rating Scale for use with first-grade children was administered to 164 first-graders and their parents. Parents indicated whether each event occurred and both parents and their children rated the upsettingness to the child. Parent ratings of stress are significantly higher than child ratings for specific events and a composite stress measure. Parent and child composite scores correlated 0.21 when the number of events was controlled. Implications for research on life events and childhood stress are discussed.Keywords
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