Table 2.

Negative Life Events: Prevalence, Parent/Child Agreement, and Mean Rating of Stressfulness

	Lifetime			Past Year
Item	Child	Parent	κ	Child	Parent	κ	Stressfulness
	Prevalence	Prevalence		Prevalence	Prevalence		(1 to 9)
Birth of a sibling	39.1%	50.0%	.75	4.1%	6.6%	.60	3.43
Parents separate	34.2%	29.3%	.80	6.6%	6.6%	.60	7.00
Parents divorce	25.4%	21.5%	.90	2.5%	2.5%	.66	7.71
Parent remarried	19.1%	19.8%	.74	2.1%	5.0%	.43	6.41
Serious illness of parent	22.6%	22.4%	.47	9.1%	10.7%	.63	7.71
Serious illness of sibling	16.5%	12.9%	.52	7.4%	5.8%	.60	6.43
Parent died	4.3%	5.2%	.91	0	.8%		9.00
Grandparent died	53.9%	47.4%	.69	17.4%	15.7%	.82	6.43
Relative or close friend  died	50.4%	50.0%	.53	24.8%	24.8%	.65	5.86
Learn of being adopted	4.3%	1.7%	.27	.8%	.8%	-.01	7.00
Parent lost job and out of  work for awhile	22.8%	25.9%	.64	14.9%	16.5%	.56	5.57
Parent started a new job	19.5%	18.3%	.77	10.7%	9.9%	.69	3.43
Parent spent less time at  home with the child	25.4%	27.6%	.52	15.7%	17.4%	.52	4.86
Family member moved  in to the home	9.6%	10.5%	.47	1.7%	5.0%	.23	3.71
Sibling left home	28.1%	18.1%	.68	11.6%	9.9%	.66	3.43
Child was abused	2.6%	1.7%	-.02	.8%	.8%	-.01	8.86
Parents fought more	20.0%	17.2%	.59	11.6%	10.7%	.63	5.57
Parent went to jail	6.1%	2.6%	.42	3.3%	1.7%	.66	7.71
Family moved school  districts in same city	14.8%	12.9%	.66	7.4%	7.4%	.64	3.43
Family moved to new city	21.7%	18.1%	.64	7.4%	4.1%	.40	5.00
Parents began to worry  about money	43.5%	50.0%	.56	31.4%	34.5%	.51	4.00
Drug or alcohol problems  with a family member	11.3%	8.6%	.40	5.8%	4.1%	.48	6.71

Note.κ = measure of inter-rater agreement for which values from .49 to .74 are typically considered acceptable and values of .75 or greater are viewed as excellent agreement (Fleiss, 1981)