Table 3.
Exposure to stressful life events and to psychological distress evaluated by the faces scale in the study sample (N = 1484)
| Characteristics | N (%) |
| Any event* | 571 (38.5) |
| Any death** | 214 (14.4) |
| Major illness in the family | 149 (10.0) |
| Loss of job | 145 (9.8) |
| Death in the family | 143 (9.6) |
| Divorce | 90 (6.1) |
| Severe accident | 71 (4.8) |
| Close friend death | 68 (4.6) |
| Violence | 41 (2.8) |
| Migration | 34 (2.3) |
| Death of spouse | 14 (0.9) |
| Number of deaths | |
| No death | 1278 (85.6) |
| 1 death | 179 (12.0) |
| 2 death | 35 (2.3) |
| Number of events | |
| No events | 913 (61.5) |
| 1 event | 407 (27.4) |
| 2 events | 127 (8.6) |
| 3 or more events | 37 (2.5) |
| Faces | |
| Extremely content | 259 (17.5) |
| Very content | 458 (30.9) |
| Content | 377 (25.4) |
| Neutral | 159 (10.7) |
| Discontent | 114 (7.7) |
| Very discontent | 57 (3.8) |
| Extremely discontent | 60 (4) |
Values are mean ± SD or number (percentage).
* One or more events.
** One or more deaths