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Child and Parent Perceptions of the Upsettingness of Major Life Events
Author(s) -
Rende Richard D.,
Plomin Robert
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1991.tb00339.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , rating scale , stress (linguistics) , perception , adaptation (eye) , clinical psychology , linguistics , philosophy , neuroscience
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.