Table 1.
Timing of Items in the Stressful Life Events Index
| Item | Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Wave 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Childhood physical abuse (before 18) | ✓ | |||
| 2. Childhood sexual abuse (before 18) | ✓ | |||
| 3. Expelled from school (Waves 1 and 2: current school year; Wave 3: ever) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 4. Lived in foster home (ever) | ✓ | |||
| 5. Kicked out of home (ever) | ✓ | |||
| 6. Homeless (ever) | ✓ | |||
| 7. Friend committed suicide (past 12 months) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 8. Relative committed suicide (past 12 months) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 9. Witnessed violence (past 12 months) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 10. Threatened by knife or gun (past 12 months) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 11. Shot or stabbed (past 12 months) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 12. Death of a parent (ever) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| 13. Criminal conviction (ever) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 14. Served time in jail or detention (ever) | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 15. Parent incarcerated (ever) | ✓ | |||
| 16. Physical intimate partner violence (ever)a | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| 17. Sexual intimate partner violence (ever)a | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| 18. Physical forced sex (ever) | ✓ | |||
| 19. Non-physical forced sex (ever) | ✓ |
a
At Wave 3, physical and sexual intimate-partner violence questions were only administered to individuals who reported an intimate relationship.