YS-AXIS 4 (433)    HELP FRAME (9.2)

Name Value
NAME YS-AXIS 4
HEADER SEVERITY OF PSYCHOSOCIAL STRESSORS SCALE: ADULTS
TEXT
CODE CATASTROPHIC  ACUTE EVENTS (EXAMPLES) ENDURING CIRCUMSTANCES (EXAMPLE)
                   school; child left      neighborhood
                   home                                           
          
 3  MODERATE       Marriage; marital       Marital discord;    
                   separation; loss of     serious financial    
                   job; retirement;        problems; trouble with
                   miscarriage             boss; being a single
                                           parent
                          
 4  SEVERE         Divorce; birth of       Unemployment; poverty
           
                   first child                                 
           
 5  EXTREME        Death of spouse;        Serious chronic illness
                   serious physical        in self or child;
                   illness diagnosed;      ongoing physical or sexual
                   victim of rape          abuse                     
       
 6  CATASTROPHIC   Death of child;         Captivity as hostage;
                   suicide of spouse;      concentration camp
                   devastating natural     experience
 1   NONE          No acute events that    No enduring circumstances
                   disaster                                              
         
 0  INADEQUATE INFORMATION or no change in condition
     
                   may be relevant to the  that may be relevant to the
                   disorder                disorder
            
 2   MILD          Broke up with boy       Family arguments; job
                   friend or girl friend;  dissatisfaction;
                   or graduated from       residence in high-crime
DATE ENTERED 1989-04-13 00:00:00
INVOKED BY ROUTINE
AUTHOR POSTMASTER