title: Child and parent perceptions of the upsettingness of major life events.
abstract: An adaptation of the Coddington Social Readjustment Rating Scale for use with first-grade children was administered to 164 first-graders and their parents. Parents indicated whether each event occurred and both parents and their children rated the upsettingness to the child. Parent ratings of stress are significantly higher than child ratings for specific events and a composite stress measure. Parent and child composite scores correlated 0.21 when the number of events was controlled. Implications for research on life events and childhood stress are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Center for Developmental and Health Genetics, College of Health and Human Development, Penn State University, University Park 16802.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Rende
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Plomin
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment