Abstract

REYES, Ana Marina  and  ACUNA, Laura. Children and their parents reports of stressful life events and illness. Interam. j. psychol. [online]. 2008, vol.42, n.2, pp. 272-286. ISSN 0034-9690.

The purpose of the study was to determine whether stressful events reported on the Social Readjustment Scale (SRRS) predicted reports of different symptoms on the Scale of Physical and Psychological Symptoms (SPPS). A second purpose was to determine whether parents and their children agree in their reports. Mexican children (N=287) from elementary schools and some of their parents (N = 156) answered the questionnaires. Results showed that scores on the SRRS correlated with scores on the SPPS and that there was a low degree of agreement between the reports of parents and children. The degree of consistency on stressful events and symptoms reported by the children’s and their parents varied with the children’s gender, school grade and type of school.

Keywords : Stressful life events; Physical and psychological health; Agreement between two informants; Parents; Elementary school children.

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