Life events and psychological well-being: A reexamination of theoretical and methodological issues

McLanahan, Sara; Sørensen, Aage B.

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“…found that the birth of a first child was rated by both mothers and fathers as the sixth most important stressor. Still others have identified the arrival of a firstborn child as a source of stress which may lead to psychological disorders (e.g., McLanahan & Sorensen, 1984).…”

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Mothers' Experience of Stress Following the Birth of a First Child: Identification of Stressors and Coping Resources¹

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The purpose of this study is to identify, through a retrospective methodology, stressor and coping resource variables which are involved in mothers' experience of stress one month after the birth of a first child. The variables were identified on the basis of previous work in this field, and were categorized as stressor or coping resource variables according to the writmgs of authors in the larger domain of stress and coping. The influence of interactive and additive combinations of stressors and coping resources, as described by Wheaton (1985), were also examined in a multiple regression model. A fivevariable model, accounting for 58.74% of the variance of a measure of the experience of stress, was obtained. Discussion focuses around the predictive possibilities of such a model, the impact of coping resources, and on the potential for utilizing this model for describing the process of adaptation following this event over time.

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“…Related to contamination is the notion that the event itself may be due to the developing disorder instead of vice versa (McLanahan & Sorensen, 1984). When events and illness occur close to one another in time, researchers are unable to determine which of the two precedes the other.…”

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“…Contamination occurs when symptoms of the illness are included in the life events measure (Dohrenwend & Dohrenwend, 1978;Lehman, 1978;Mechanic, 1975;McLanahan & Sorensen, 1984;Zimmerman, 8 1983). This limits the inferences that can be made from the results.…”

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“…Another variable that may influence (moderate) the relationship between life stress and illness is general perceptions of control (McLanahan & Sorensen, 1984). That is, do subjects who perceive many 37 of the events that occur to them as uncontrollable or who just tend to perceive hypothetical events as more uncontrollable tend to show stronger relationships between life stress and illness than other people?…”

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“…Monroe (1983) also showed evidence for the use of hassles for predicting psychological distress. McLanahan and Sorensen (1984) used a lagged model, longitudinal design study and found that many different types of life events were related to later negative changes in psychological well-being.…”

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Mothers' Experience of Stress Following the Birth of a First Child: Identification of Stressors and Coping Resources¹

A prospective and retrospective study of attributional style, perceptions of control, social support, and the life events-illness relationship

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Mothers' Experience of Stress Following the Birth of a First Child: Identification of Stressors and Coping Resources1

A prospective and retrospective study of attributional style, perceptions of control, social support, and the life events-illness relationship

The relation of economic factors to perceived stress in mobile families

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Mothers' Experience of Stress Following the Birth of a First Child: Identification of Stressors and Coping Resources¹

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