Table 3 Exposure to stressful life events and to psychological distress evaluated by the faces scale in the study sample (N = 1484)
Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Any event* | 571 (38.5) |
Any death** | 214 (14.4) |
Major illness in the family | 149 (10.0) |
Loss of job | 145 (9.8) |
Death in the family | 143 (9.6) |
Divorce | 90 (6.1) |
Severe accident | 71 (4.8) |
Close friend death | 68 (4.6) |
Violence | 41 (2.8) |
Migration | 34 (2.3) |
Death of spouse | 14 (0.9) |
Number of deaths | |
No death | 1278 (85.6) |
1 death | 179 (12.0) |
2 death | 35 (2.3) |
Number of events | |
No events | 913 (61.5) |
1 event | 407 (27.4) |
2 events | 127 (8.6) |
3 or more events | 37 (2.5) |
Faces | |
Extremely content | 259 (17.5) |
Very content | 458 (30.9) |
Content | 377 (25.4) |
Neutral | 159 (10.7) |
Discontent | 114 (7.7) |
Very discontent | 57 (3.8) |
Extremely discontent | 60 (4) |