Assessing Life Events and Physical Health: Critique of the Holmes and Rahe Scale.

Baird, Pryor

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ERIC Number: EJ297690

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Publication Date: 1983

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Assessing Life Events and Physical Health: Critique of the Holmes and Rahe Scale.

Baird, Pryor

Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, v20 n3-4 p38-40 1983

Critiques the Holmes and Rahe Schedule of Recent Events, which assesses the importance of life events in both psychological and physical health. Examines the scale's theoretical and technical weaknesses and suggests alterations to enhance the assessment of life events. (JAC)

Descriptors: Measurement Techniques, Physical Health, Stress Variables

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Language: English

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