title: Effect of age on congruence between adults' and youths' ratings of life event stressors.
abstract: Life event stressors were rated by 60 sixth grade students from their personal points-of-view and by two adult samples (ns = 11 and 17) on the basis of how they believed a typical 12- to 14-yr.-old today would rate events. Ratings of adults and sixth grade youth indicated strong congruence and were significantly different from the rating relationship previously reported between adults and ninth grade students. Adults' familiarity with youth strengthened but did not significantly improve congruence of ratings.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Spiess
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests