PMID- 3427251
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19880304
LR  - 20191101
IS  - 0144-6657 (Print)
IS  - 0144-6657 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 4
DP  - 1987 Nov
TI  - Age differences in the rating of life-stress events: does contextual detail make 
      a difference?
PG  - 299-303
AB  - Twenty-four young (20 to 25 years) and 24 elderly (61 to 81 years) subjects rated 
      the short-term (ST) and long-term (LT) threat of 36 life-events drawn from a 
      community study of elderly people. Subjects were presented either with full 
      contextual detail about the respondent and the event or with an edited version in 
      which only a basic outline of the event was presented. Assignment of subjects to 
      conditions was random. Agreement of subjects within and between groups as to what 
      events were threatening was high and the untrained groups were also in close 
      agreement with the consensus ratings of a trained panel. There were no 
      significant main effects of age or contextual condition. It is concluded that the 
      concept of the 'threat' of an event is generalizable over samples. Analysis of a 
      significant age x context interaction showed that only young subjects rating LT 
      threat were affected by contextual condition. Events supplied with context were 
      rated by them as less threatening than those presented in outline. Some evidence 
      was found to support the view that there may be age differences in the perceived 
      impact of an event over time.
FAU - Davies, A D
AU  - Davies AD
AD  - Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK.
FAU - Saunders, C
AU  - Saunders C
FAU - Newton, T J
AU  - Newton TJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - England
TA  - Br J Clin Psychol
JT  - The British journal of clinical psychology
JID - 8105533
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Aging/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Interpersonal Relations
MH  - *Life Change Events
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychological Tests
MH  - *Social Environment
MH  - Social Support
EDAT- 1987/11/01 00:00
MHDA- 1987/11/01 00:01
CRDT- 1987/11/01 00:00
PHST- 1987/11/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1987/11/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1987/11/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1987.tb01363.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Clin Psychol. 1987 Nov;26(4):299-303. doi: 
      10.1111/j.2044-8260.1987.tb01363.x.