A prospective study of life changes and subsequent health changes

Cline, David W.; Chosy, Julia

doi:10.1097/00006199-197301000-00029

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“…The PHQ contains 77 items on health problems such as headaches, toothaches, and broken bones. It was derived from the Health Checklist (Cline & Chosey, 1972) and the Health Assessment Interview (Marx, Garrity, & Bowers, 1975). The participants used a 3-point scale (0:did not experience this problem; 2:experienced this problem quite a bit) to indicate the frequency with which they experienced each physical symptom during the previous 6 months.…”

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The relationship between instrumental and expressive traits, health behaviors, and perceived physical health

Shifren

Bauserman

1996

Sex Roles

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Relations between instrumental and expressive traits, health behaviors, and self-reported physical health were examined among young adults. Individuals (169 men, 167 women) completed two measures of instrumental and expressive traits, the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ). Ethnic background of the sample included 72% European Americans, 13% Latin Americans, 6% Asian Americans, 5% African Americans, less than 1% Native American, and 4% did not specify a particular category. Expressive traits from the BSRI, and expressive and instrumental traits from the PAQ were associated with health behaviors, after controlling for neuroticism. Neuroticism explained 43% of the variance in perceived physical health. Separation of individuals into four groups on the basis of instrumental and expressive traits showed that androgynous individuals reported significantly better health practices than other individuals providing support for the androgyny model. Individual differences in lifestyle have become a concern of health practitioners because many health care problems once dealt with by physicians are decreasing, while self-management of health is increasing over time (e.g., Dill, Brown, Ciambrone, & Rakowski, 1995; Rankin, 1995). Re-1This study was conducted while the authors were at the University of Florida. The authors would like to thank reviewers for their helpful comments regarding this manuscript. The authors are grateful for the recommendations to change the statistical analyses to provide a stronger basis for the statements made in the discussion section of this paper. 2Correspondence should be sent to Kim Shifren, 300 North Ingalls, RM 900,

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The relationship between instrumental and expressive traits, health behaviors, and perceived physical health

Shifren

Bauserman

1996

Sex Roles

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“…Psychiatric, psychological and sociological journals are currently replete with studies using the SRRS/SRE method and the conditions studied range from myocardial infarction to severe depression. Although its success as measured by popularity may be impressive, criticism of the substance and methods of the SRRS/SRE has been plentiful (for example, Andrews & Tennant, 1978;Brown & Harris, 1978;Cline & Chosy, 1972;Dohrenwend & Dohrenwend, 1974;Wershow & Reinhart, 1974).…”

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Development of a methodology for assessing daily experiences

Stone¹,

Neale²

1980

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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Serious shortcomings in existing instruments for assessing life events coupled with the inadequacy of retrospective designs in evaluating hypotheses concerning the causal impact of experience led to the development of a new methodology for assessing daily occurrences. First, using diary recordings a sample supplied a pool of events. These events were then categorized, arranged in outline form and linked to a set of dimensions used to rate psychological reactions to the events which were experienced. This initial instrument was pilot-tested for two weeks with husbands (targets) reporting their own experiences and their wives completing the form as observers. The instrument allowed husbands to adequately record their daily experiences and several predictions (e.g., LIST 8 NAVY MISCELLANEOUS

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“…Other prospective studies among young people were based on relatively few serious illnesses. Nevertheless, Cline and Chosy found that Life Change Unit scores for an 18-month period preceding a part-time officers' training program were positively associated with health changes reported during the following year (34). In another study, students who sought medical care had significantly higher mean scores on a life change inventory than did those not seeking care (35).…”

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Life Events and Subsequent Illness1

Goldberg

Comstock

1976

American Journal of Epidemiology

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The objective was to examine for relationships between stress, as measured by life events, and hospitalization or death during the following 6 to 12 months, using a case-control design. As part of the Community Mental Epidemiology Program, life events data for the preceding year were gathered on a random sample of the population at two sites, and health data for the interval between interviews were collected at follow-up. A case is defined as anyone becoming ill and being hospitalized or dying during the interval between interviews. Each case was individually matched by several variables to a control who had neither been sick nor hospitalized. There were no significant demographic differences between cases and control in either site or between sites. When life events were examined by various scoring methods, there were no differences between cases and controls. This finding is important since most longitudinal studies that have shown a positive relationship between life events and subsequent illness have had methodologic limitations or have been based on healthy, young, male populations who generally did not become seriously ill during the study period. The results of this study plus the lack of generalizability of previous findings and their somewhat conflicting results raise serious questions about the etiologic relationship of life events to subsequent illness.

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A prospective study of life changes and subsequent health changes

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The relationship between instrumental and expressive traits, health behaviors, and perceived physical health

The relationship between instrumental and expressive traits, health behaviors, and perceived physical health

Development of a methodology for assessing daily experiences

Life Events and Subsequent Illness1

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