- AutorIn
- Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
- Cecilia Ahmoi Essau
- Heidemarie Hecht
- Wolfgang Teder
- Hildegard Pfister
- Titel
- Reliability of life event assessments
- Untertitel
- test-retest reliability and fall-off effects of the Munich interview for the assessment of life events and conditions
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-103810
- Quellenangabe
- Journal of Affective Disorders, Bd. 16 (1989), Nr. 1, S. 77-91, ISSN: 0165-0327
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1989
- Abstract (EN)
- This paper presents the findings of two independent studies which examined the test-retest reliability and the fall-off effects of the Munich Life Event List (MEL). The MEL is a three-step interview procedure for assessing life incidents which focusses on recognition processes rather than free recall. In a reliability study, test–retest coefficients of the MEL, based on a sample of 42 subjects, were quite stable over a 6-week interval. Stability for severe incidents appeared to be higher than for the less severe ones. In the fall-off study, a total rate of 30% fall-off was noted for all incidents reported retrospectively over an 8-year period. A more detailed analysis revealed average monthly fall-off effects of 0.36%. The size of fall-off effects was higher for non-severe and positive incidents than for severe incidents. This was particularly evident for the symptomatic groups. Non-symptomatic males reported a higheroverall number of life incidents than females. This was partly due to more frequent reporting of severe incidents. The findings of the fall-off study do not support the common belief that the reliability oflife incident report is much worse when the assessment period is extended over a period of several years as compared to the traditional 6-month period.
- Andere Ausgabe
- DOI: 10.1016/0165-0327(89)90059-1
- Link zur publizierten Version des Artikels, der in der Zeitschrift Journal of Affective Disorders des Elsevier-Verlags erschienen ist.
Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0165-0327(89)90059-1 - Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Münchner Ereignisliste, Lebensereignisse, Recall, Rückgangs-Effekt
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Munich Life Event List, Life events, Recall, Fall-off effects
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 150
- Klassifikation (RVK)
- CQ 5500
- Publizierende Institution
- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden
- Förder- / Projektangaben
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-103810
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 29.01.2013
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Englisch
- Lizenz / Rechtehinweis