Childhood stress: Perceptions of children and professionals

Life events, self-concept, and adolescents' positive subjective well-being

“…Rowlinson and Felner thus suggested that "daily hassles and major life events represent conceptually distinct sources of life stress, each of which can make an independent contribution to the individual's overall level of functioning" (p. 441). Colton (1985) also found that major life events were rated as more stressful than hassles; however, interpersonal hassles explained more of the variance in stress ratings than did major life events. Thus, it seems likely that both major and minor life events should be considered in the study of adolescent positive subjective well-being as well.…”

Middle childhood, poverty, and adjustment: Does social support have an impact?

“…Children's Own Perceptions and Experiences of Stressors (COPES; Colton, 1985) is an assessment of children's perception of stress and daily hassles. COPES consists of 60 items that are possible stressors to the children.…”

Bullying and Student Distress: beneath the tip of the iceberg

“…Indeed, Colton (1985) has pointed out that adults may both underestimate and overestimate the impact of events on children. In the area of victim research, Morgan and Zedner (1990) have suggested that the concept of child victimisation is very much wider than the concept of child abuse and perhaps this should be read as a caution for how research on bullying should be interpreted.…”