Assessment of major and daily stressful events during adolescence: The Adolescent Perceived Events Scale.

Abstract

Four studies were conducted to develop a measure of major and daily stressful events during adolescence, the Adolescent Perceived Events Scale (APES). Study I identified an item pool of events that were drawn from the open-ended reports of adolescents. In Study 2, multidimensional scaling analysis was used to identify the salient features of stressful events that were cognitively appraised by adolescents. Study 3 examined the test-retest reliability of the APES, and Study 4 examined the concurrent validity of the measure among older adolescents. Subsequent research is summarized that has shown the APES to be significantly related to behavior problems and psychological symptomatology in a wide age range of adolescents, and directions for future research are outlined.

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“…Para evaluar la presencia de acontecimientos vitales y estresantes y la forma en que estos son percibidos empleamos una versión adaptada a nuestra cultura del APES (Adolescent Perceived Events Scales, Escalas de Acontecimientos Percibidos para Adolescentes; Compas, Davis, Forsythe y Wagner, 1987). Mide una amplia gama de acontecimientos, incluyendo problemas académicos y familiares, así como dificultades en las relaciones amorosas y de amistad.…”

Perceptual style and behavioral pattern of individuals with functional gastrointestinal disorders.

“…These instructions, as used in the study of Compas, Davis, Forsythe, and Wagner (1987), defined stressful events in layperson terms. Participants were first instructed to report a controllable stressful event, defined as "a stressful event having an outcome amenable to change with one's effort."…”

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“…The APES has demonstrated adequate test-retest reliability over a two week period and high levels of inter-rater reliability (Compas et al, 1987).…”

“…The Adolescent Perceived Events Scale-Short Form (APES-SF; Compas, Davis, Forsythe, & Wagner, 1987) comprises a cumulative checklist of 90 items pertaining to normative and non-normative major (e.g., "arrest of a family member") and daily life events (e.g., "doing poorly on an exam/test") representative of adolescent experiences within academic, network, romantic, peer and family domains. Seven items were removed in order to minimise criterion contamination (e.g., "emotional worries").…”