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Methodological aspects of life events research
Abstract
This paper reviews the methodology of studies of recent life events and illness, as relevant to psychosomatic studies. Three critical issues are discussed: the method of data collection; elimination of events which are consequences of illness; quantification of stress. It is concluded that the most important aspect is collection of data by careful interview technique covering defined events and time periods. Self-report event questionnaires, although heuristically valuable in the past, must now be regarded as inadequate. Exclusion of events which may be consequences of illness is also important in psychosomatic studies. Different methods of quantification produce refinements but are less crucial and alternative approaches may give similar results.
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“Nearly all such studies have relied on a questionnaire or interview-based retrospective assessments of SLEs completed by respondents with the interview-based measures likely producing more valid results (Brown, Sklair, Harris, & Birley, 1973; Dohrenwend, Link, Kern, Shrout, & Markowitz, 1987; Dohrenwend, Raphael, Schwartz, & Skodol, 1993; Dohrenwend, Dohrenwend, Dodson, & Shrout, 1984; Paykel, 198”
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“Nearly all such studies have relied on a questionnaire or interview-based retrospective assessments of SLEs completed by respondents with the interview-based measures likely producing more valid results (Brown, Sklair, Harris, & Birley, 1973; Dohrenwend, Link, Kern, Shrout, & Markowitz, 1987; Dohrenwend, Raphael, Schwartz, & Skodol, 1993; Dohrenwend, Dohrenwend, Dodson, & Shrout, 1984; Paykel, 198”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Paykel, E. S.
- Affiliations
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Paykel, E.S.
- Venue
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1983-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 341-352
- ISSN
- 0022-3999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1993353042
- Cited by
- 412
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 9 · 2012: 13
- FWCI
- 12.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Psychosomatic Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- life events, recent life events, illness, psychosomatic medicine, stress measurement, interview techniques, self-report questionnaire, event selection, data collection methods
- MeSH terms
- Data Collection, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Life Change Events, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Research Design, Time Factors
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