Life Events: Perceptions and Frequencies

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Abstract
Life changes may be associated with [human] illness onset. The Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) records numerical perceptions of the meaning of life events while the Schedule of Recent Experience (SRE) records the frequency of occurrence of life events. Data on these 2 instruments from 19 studies were surveyed and analyzed. They reveal significant variability among groups in their perceptions of life events as well as in their reports of the frequency of occurrence. Significant variables were age, marital status, sex, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, level of education, culture and experiencing of an event. These variables impose caution on investigations that relate life changes to illness.

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