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LIFE CHANGE [2 records]

Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
CONT

Recent research on the relationship between psychosocial stressors as typified by the Life Change approach has been limited by adherence to a linear model which attempts to relate life crises to illness. The design of this study takes cognizance of a comprehensive model of illness ...

Key term(s)
  • Life Change study
  • Life Change

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
OBS

Cette échelle [Social Readjustment Rating Scale] se présente sous la forme d'un questionnaire de quarante-trois items, chacun étant un événement survenu dans la vie d'un individu; chaque événement est mesuré à l'aide d'«unités de changements» (Life Change Units, ou LCU), suivant la gravité de leur impact.

OBS

L'événement le plus grave de tous, la mort d'un conjoint, a une valeur de 100 LCU; le moins grave [...] a une valeur de 11. Dans l'intervalle s'échelonnent [...] le reste des quarante-trois changements de vie.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
CONT

... all major life changes -whether positive or negative- produce stress ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
CONT

Les petites contrariétés, quand elles s'accumulent, peuvent-elles produire plus de stress que les grands chocs ou les grands changements de la vie?

Spanish

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