The daily inventory of stressful events: an interview-based approach for measuring daily stressors. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • This study introduces the Daily Inventory of Stressful Events (DISE), an interview-based approach to the measurement of multiple aspects of daily stressors through daily telephone interviews. Using a U.S. national sample of adults aged 25 to 74 (N = 1,031), the prevalence as well as the affective and physical correlates of daily stressors are examined. Respondents had at least one daily stressor on 40 percent of the study days and multiple stressors on 11 percent of the study days. The most common class of stressors was interpersonal tension followed by work-related stressors for men and network stressors (events that occur to close others) for women. Stressors that involved danger of loss were more prevalent than stressors in which loss actually occurred. Regression analyses showed that specific types of daily stressors such as interpersonal tensions and network stressors were unique predictors of both health symptoms and mood.

publication date

  • March 1, 2002

Research

keywords

  • Interview, Psychological
  • Stress, Psychological

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0036512641

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1177/1073191102091006

PubMed ID

  • 11911234

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 9

issue

  • 1