title: Development and validation of the stressful life event questionnaire.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluates the development of the stressful life event (SLE) questionnaire and tests the validity and reliability of it.
  
  
  METHODS
  In total, 3,951 adults aged over 18 years completed the SLE questionnaire. The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) was used to further validate the SLE questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eleven domains, including home life, financial problems, social relation, personal conflict, job conflict, educational concerns, job security, loss and separation, sexual life, daily life, and health concerns were obtained by factor analysis. Correlation coefficient was moderately significant among domains of the SLE questionnaire and moderately between the SLE questionnaire and GHQ-12 score, as well. The results of the discriminate validity analysis were promising. In addition, standardized Cronbach'-α was 92%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The resultant SLE questionnaire is, therefore, suggested to be potential for the stress measurement in both community and primary care setting.
authors.affiliation: Mental Health Department, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center (WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Cardiovascular Diseases Control), Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. roohafza@crc.mui.ac.ir
authors.forename: Hamidreza
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roohafza
authors.forename: Mohammadarash
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramezani
authors.forename: Masoumeh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shahnam
authors.forename: Behzad
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zolfagari
authors.forename: Nizal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarafzadegan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000523:psychology