Frequency, quality, and impact of life events in self-rated depressed, behavioral-problem, and normal children.

Assessed 60 self-rated depressed, behavioral-problem, and normal 3rd–6th grade children closely matched for sex, age, and socioeconomic status (SES) for the number, quality, and impact of stressful life events in the past year. Results indicate that dysphoria-reporting Ss experienced more life events and a higher qualitative index of stress than the other 2 groups. The impact of each event, however, was not greater for the depressed Ss than for the other 2 groups. The self-rated depressed Ss appeared to experience more major family disruptions than the other 2 groups of Ss. (6 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)