Daily Life Experience and Somatic Symptoms: A Preliminary Report.

Abstract

This report presents a description and preliminary analyses of a prospective investigation of daily life experiences, mood and somatic symptomatology. Using a questionnaire (The Assessment of Daily Experience) and joint husband-wife recording methodology, fifty couples each completed approximately 85 days of forms. Husbands were the targets of the investigation and wives served as observers of their spouses. A total of about 24,000 experiences were recorded. An analysis of events' appraisals on four psychological dimensions is presented. Schemes for condensing symptomatology and event information were developed, and the event scheme was shown to adequately predict concurrent mood. Preliminary analyses consisting of relative risk and parametric tests of event classifications predicting later (within five days) symptoms was performed. Although not entirely clear, tentatively it appears that desirable and stabilizing experiences protect individuals from subsequent symptoms. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA096859

Entities

People

  • Arthur A. Stone
  • John M. Neale

Organizations

  • State University of New York

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • California
  • Computational Science
  • Data Science
  • Families (Human)
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Human Resources
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Pain
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Surveys
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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