Definition: Those occurrences, including social, psychological, and environmental, which require an adjustment or effect a change in an individual's pattern of living.
human only: do not confuse with life cycles & life stages of animals & lower organisms; FAMILY LIFE CYCLES see FAMILY is also available for "transitional stages through which the family evolves...e.g., marriage, childbearing & death"
Other names Stressful Events; Life Experiences; Stressful Event; Life Experience; Life Change Event; Experiences, Life; Experience, Life; Events, Stressful; Events, Life Change; Event, Stressful; Event, Life Change; Event History Analyses; Analyses, Event History; Event History Analysis; Analysis, Event History
