Life Events and Illness: A Three Year Prospective Study
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 131 (1) , 26-34
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.131.1.26
Abstract
Summary: In an investigation of the relation between life events (stressors) and illness, 87 medical students reported on a prospective basis their health and life events history over a three year period. There were a few positive findings, e.g. that subjects who reported more life events during the period also reported more illnesses during that period. Overall, however, the study showed a lack of statistically significant association between life events and illness.Keywords
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