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Mechanic D. Some problems in the measurement of stress and social readjustment. J Human Stress. 1975;1(3):43-8doi: 10.1080/0097840X.1975.9939546.
Mechanic, D. (1975). Some problems in the measurement of stress and social readjustment. Journal of human stress, 1(3), 43-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1975.9939546
Mechanic, D. "Some problems in the measurement of stress and social readjustment." Journal of human stress vol. 1,3 (1975): 43-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0097840X.1975.9939546
Mechanic D. Some problems in the measurement of stress and social readjustment. J Human Stress. 1975 Sep;1(3):43-8. doi: 10.1080/0097840X.1975.9939546. PMID: 1235117.
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J Human Stress. 1975 Sep;1(3):43-8. doi: 10.1080/0097840X.1975.9939546.

Some problems in the measurement of stress and social readjustment.

Journal of human stress

D Mechanic

PMID: 1235117 DOI: 10.1080/0097840X.1975.9939546

Abstract

Although the Social Readjustment Rating Scale has been a useful stimulant to the study of life change and illness, it has important limitations. The existing scale cannot be used to determine the role of varying types of life changes (e.g., favorable or adverse) in the occurrence of illness. Other problems discussed are ambiguity of items, the confounding of independent and dependent variables, and lack of item specification. Suggestions are made for improved measurement of life change and for more effective study of life change and illness.

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