Talk:Holmes and Rahe stress scale

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Still working on this... hope to organize the scale itself better when I have more time. --Kirstenweasley, July 12, 2006

Looks like it was lifted straight from another web site, except for the first paragraph, which included this meaningless phrase, "... and it is very likely that some participants view life events as positive or negative, depending on the person". --JanesDaddy 08:28, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Move
This page should really be moved to Holmes and Rahe stress scale, no caps and no 'the'. Any objections? WLU 14:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Non-adults & change of residence?
Just wondering why 'change of residence' doesn't appear on the non-adult chart.--Tyranny Sue (talk) 01:09, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Death of a child?
I recall learning that the death of a child equals the death of a spouse but I can't find a source yet. Regardless, death of a child is not listed. Anyone know the answer?--192.77.126.50 (talk) 22:34, 26 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I also found it odd that was missing. The death of a child would surely be 100.  No doubt about it.  63.92.248.121 (talk) 02:11, 8 October 2016 (UTC) Darwin

I agree that the death of a child of a child should be 100+. Throughout my 70 years, I've been through many of the experiences listed. The death of my 50 year old child is so bad it's off the scale.

As a person who has suffered the death of a spouse and the death of two of my children, the death of my children is as painful, if not more painful, than the death of my spouse. I'm rather surprised death of a child is not on the list of life stressors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.82.220.112 (talk) 13:20, 8 April 2024 (UTC)

Death of a child, correlation
I have some information on the scale at my office; I'll check re "Death of a child." The correlation of 0.118 doesn't look right. It's not high enough to be significant. Any correlation of 0.3 or below could be a chance relationship. R. Morgan, Ph.D. (Rsmtime@yahoo.com) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.27.96.54 (talk) 01:30, 29 August 2010 (UTC)

They forgot Job stress ....
like starting a new job, a change in Career, and unemployment. 69.235.214.188 (talk) 05:29, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

Not good.
Thats really all there is to it, but this page is not good. The information presented is unclear, as are its effects. It in no way explains why positive effects can lead to stressful illness. For that matter, it doesnt explain what the meaning of a "life change unit" is and why its bad. It certainly implies that its bad.

Though I don't like to go down this path, I don't see any reason (considering the complaints even before my own) that this article should exist. It is, as of right now, completely and utterly pointless and worthless. It should probably be deleted. 74.132.249.206 (talk) 17:01, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

Contradiction to Zimbardo
Thee table is also printed in Zimbardo, psycholgy. There death of a close friend is at second position with 73 scores. Is there something wrong either in this table or in Zimbardo?--92.193.100.134 (talk) 09:47, 31 October 2013 (UTC)