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Ethnicity and life event cognitive appraisals and experiences
Author(s) -
Pine Charles J.,
Padilla Amado M.,
Maldonado Margarita
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198507)41:4<460::aid-jclp2270410403>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , cognition , rating scale , incidence (geometry) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , anthropology , optics
This study compared the cognitive appraisals and incident ratings of urban American Indians ( N = 50), Anglo‐Americans (N = 50), and Hispanics ( N = 47) on a revised version of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS). Results indicated no overall significant differences among the three ethnic groups. However, on comparison of individual life events items, the groups differed significantly on the cognitive appraisal of 8 items and on the incidence of 10 items. Of these items, only 2 overlapped between cognitive appraisals and actual incidence. Results are discussed in terms of potential use of the revised SRRS with these ethnic groups in future research on the relationship between life events and physical and psychological disorders.