Table 3.
Test-retest reliability of severe life events and long-term problems’ attributes.
| Attributes | Intraclass correlation coefficient | P value | |
| Severe life event attribute | |||
| Category | .91 | .001 | |
| Focus (1-4)a | .64 | .01 | |
| Short-term threat (1-5) | .42 | .09 | |
| Long-term threat (1-5) | .63 | .01 | |
| Long-term problem attribute | |||
| Category | .97 | .001 | |
| Who involved | .65 | .002 | |
| Severity now (1-4) | .70 | .001 | |
| Severity worst (1-4) | .62 | .01 | |
aFocus describes who or what the event is focused on and is categorized as 1: “Self”, 2: “Joint”, 3: “Other,” or 4: “Possession.”