Development and assessment of stressful life events subscales – A preliminary analysis

Buccheri, Teresa; Musaad, Salma; Bost, Kelly K.; Fiese, Barbara H.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2017.09.046

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“…Consequently, these results are not in line with the flexicurity model or the psychological literature indicating that employment and income security may reduce the severity of (the anticipated) job loss, thereby relieving the strain associated with job insecurity (Klandermans et al, 2010). Job insecurity is considered to be one of the strongest stressors (Buccheri et al, 2018;Scully et al, 2000); while employment security and income security might promote a sense of well-being (De Cuyper et al, 2008aTaylor et al, 2011), according to our results, they (separately or jointly) are not be able to compensate for the lack of job security. This is especially evident in the case of job satisfaction.…”

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The promise of flexicurity: Can employment and income security mitigate the negative effects of job insecurity?

Svetek

2020

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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Flexicurity is an integral part of the EU Employment Strategy. Flexicurity promises that it is possible to simultaneously provide organisations with greater flexibility and offer workers the necessary level of security. This is achieved by replacing job security, which stems from a permanent employment contract, with employment and income security. The aim of this article is to present an individual-level investigation of the relationships between various elements of flexicurity, examining how they affect psychological well-being and job satisfaction. A heterogeneous sample of 432 adults employed under various types of employment arrangements participated in the study. The results showed that the type of employment arrangement was the main predictor of perceived job insecurity. Moreover, perceived job insecurity mediated the relationship between employment arrangement and psychological outcomes. Finally, employment and income security failed to mitigate the negative effect of job insecurity. The promise of flexicurity is therefore called into question.

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confidence: 63%

The promise of flexicurity: Can employment and income security mitigate the negative effects of job insecurity?

Svetek

2020

Economic and Industrial Democracy

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“…Some of the references included in this table used terms such as "dimensions" to describe mutually exclusive categories (e.g., B. S. Dohrenwend & Dohrenwend, 1974;Fairbank & Hough, 1979;Finlay-Jones & Brown, 1981). These categories often referred to different life domains (e.g., Buccheri et al, 2018;Motrico et al, 2013;Redfield & Stone, 1979). We included these references in the table, but did not further consider them when developing the items for our dimensional taxonomy.…”

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“…S. Dohrenwend & Dohrenwend, 1974; Fairbank & Hough, 1979; Finlay-Jones & Brown, 1981). These categories often referred to different life domains (e.g., Buccheri, Musaad, Bost, Fiese, & the STRONG Kids Research Team 2018; Motrico et al, 2013; Redfield & Stone, 1979). We included these references in the table, but did not further consider them when developing the items for our dimensional taxonomy.…”

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A dimensional taxonomy of perceived characteristics of major life events.

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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Major life events (MLEs) are studied in many different areas in psychology such as personality development, clinical psychology, or posttraumatic growth. In all of these areas, a common finding is that MLEs differ in their effects on psychological outcomes. However, a framework that allows a systematic examination of these differences is still absent. This paper presents a systematic literature review and 4 empirical studies (Ns between 226 and 449, total N = 1,477) in which we developed and evaluated a dimensional taxonomy of nine perceived characteristics of MLEs: valence, impact, predictability, challenge, emotional significance, change in world views, social status changes, external control, and extraordinariness. These event characteristics can be measured reliably with the Event Characteristics Questionnaire (ECQ). Perceived event characteristics predicted individual differences in changes in subjective well-being in both retrospective and longitudinal data after MLEs over and above established predictors of subjective well-being such as personality and demographic characteristics. A comparison between the ECQ and established taxonomies of situation characteristics such as the DIAMONDS (Rauthmann et al., 2014) showed high conceptual and empirical convergence between some ECQ subscales (e.g., valence, challenge) with characteristics of situations, whereas other ECQ subscales (e.g., social status changes, external control) were conceptually and empirically distinct from situation characteristics. In sum, including measures of perceived event characteristics in studies on MLEs may enhance our understanding of why MLEs differ in the direction, strength, and duration of their effects on psychological outcomes.

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“…Moreover, univariate analysis found that the number of stressors was negatively related with family health. Previous authors have indicated that SLEs can induce conflict and stress in couple relationships, chronic stress at home, family dysfunction, changes in personal habits (e.g., sleep or rest), or work stress (Repetti et al, 2015), apart from affecting the health status of the family caregiver (e.g., presence of symptoms of stress or anxiety) (Buccheri et al, 2018). Demidenko et al (2018) emphasized that stressful situations affect the whole family’s life and worsen family health.…”

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Family and Social Variables Associated with Family Health

2021

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The current study examined the interrelationships among potentially relevant family and social factors associated with family health. A cross-sectional study was conducted by collecting demographic information from 432 families, including family typology, family life cycle (FLC), and social status as well as social support and stressful life events (SLEs), with self-perception of family health being measured as a dependent variable. Descriptive analysis of the sample and univariate and multivariate linear regression analyses were performed. Multivariate analyses showed that the FLC stage of families as launching centers, lower educational level of household heads, and impact of SLEs were negatively associated with family health, whereas adequate perceived social support and the number of close friends and relatives were positively associated with family health. Therefore, these factors must be considered by family nurses to promote family health and prevent family dysfunction.

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Development and assessment of stressful life events subscales – A preliminary analysis

Cited by 12 publications

References 51 publications

The promise of flexicurity: Can employment and income security mitigate the negative effects of job insecurity?

The promise of flexicurity: Can employment and income security mitigate the negative effects of job insecurity?

A dimensional taxonomy of perceived characteristics of major life events.

Family and Social Variables Associated with Family Health

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