[Adaptation to life events: its measure and effect upon health. A review from 1975 to 1978 (author's transl)].
Results which appeared since 1975 concerning the measure of adaptation to life events and its possible relation with health status are analysed. A part of research is devoted to determining good measures of this adaptation. The research workers agree on the use of scales built from lists of varying events weighted according to the principles described in the article. With regard to the association of these events with health, this review confirms the positive results obtained in the case of some unique severe events, and the imprecise results in the case of events taken together and requiring a more complex adaptation. From the point of view of the epidemiologist, we make three inferences: retrospective studies should be avoided, distinction between mental health and physical health should be deemphasized, studies of adaptative life events should be pursued individually rather than as a whole.
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008603:Mental Health
L'adaptation aux événements de la vie courante: sa mesure et son impact sur la santé. Revue concernant la période 1975-1978.