Abstract

To determine some of the important strain-producing aspects of life events, 30 male and 40 female college undergraduates attending the student counseling center were compared with a matched control group of nonhelp-seeking students from the same campus on 9 descriptive rating scales associated with each of the 60 items on the Stressful Life Events Inventory. Analyses indicated that the clinic group reported a significantly larger number of stressful life events and significantly more strain produced by these events than did the control group. Neither sex nor the interaction of sex and group was significant.

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