Publications [#256090] of Linda K. George

Papers Published

1. Hughes, DC; George, LK; Blazer, DG (1988). Age differences in life event qualities: Multivariate controlled analyses. Journal of Community Psychology, 16(2), 161-174. [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/04/19)

   Abstract:
   Effects of age on the distribution of three life events qualities (expectation, valence, importance) for specific life events experienced during the past year by community‐based adults were examined, controlling for sex, race, education, marital status, and place of residence. The controlled analyses were done using multiple regression. Data were gathered via personal interviews from 3,798 respondents aged 18 + years who participated in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) community survey from North Carolina. Respondents were placed into one of four age groups. Only 3 of the 19 life events examined demonstrated a significant age/life event quality association in the controlled analyses. Age differences occurred between the 25–44 and the 65 + age groups in the expectation quality for family member ill and in the valence quality for illness requiring hospitalization and retirement. Age differences were not found for the importance quality. Copyright © 1988 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company