Abstract
Assessed the relationship between the occurrence of stressful life events and maladjustment in children and determined the extent to which such relationships were moderated by support-network size. A sample of 503 fourth, to sixth-grade urban and suburban schoolchildren self-reported stressful life events experienced during their lifetimes. Children who had experienced many stressful events were judged to be less well adjusted than those who had not—both on teacher- and child-rated measures of adjustment. Support related only to children's self-rated adjustment. The relationship between number of stressful events and adjustment was moderated by the presence of a more extensive support network.
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