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Luhmann, Maike ORCID: 0000-0001-6211-9304, Fassbender, Ina ORCID: 0000-0003-0423-6259, Alcock, Mark and Haehner, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-3896-6172 (2021). A Dimensional Taxonomy of Perceived Characteristics of Major Life Events. J. Pers. Soc. Psychol., 121 (3). S. 633 - 669. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1939-1315

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Abstract

Major life events (MLEs) are studied in many different areas in psychology such as personality development, clinical psychology, or posttraumatic growth. In all of these areas, a common finding is that MLEs differ in their effects on psychological outcomes. However, a framework that allows a systematic examination of these differences is still absent. This article presents a systematic literature review and 4 empirical studies (Ns between 226 and 449, total N = 1,477) in which we developed and evaluated a dimensional taxonomy of 9 perceived characteristics of MLEs: valence, impact, predictability, challenge, emotional significance, change in worldviews, social status changes, external control, and extraordinariness. These event characteristics can be measured reliably with the Event Characteristics Questionnaire (ECQ). Perceived event characteristics predicted individual differences in changes in subjective well-being in both retrospective and longitudinal data after MLEs over and above established predictors of subjective well-being such as personality and demographic characteristics. A comparison between the ECQ and established taxonomies of situation characteristics such as the DIAMONDS (Rauthmann et al., 2014) showed high conceptual and empirical convergence between some ECQ subscales (e.g., valence, challenge) with characteristics of situations, whereas other ECQ subscales (e.g., social status changes, external control) were conceptually and empirically distinct from situation characteristics. In sum, including measures of perceived event characteristics in studies on MLEs may enhance our understanding of why MLEs differ in the direction, strength, and duration of their effects on psychological outcomes.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Luhmann, Maike UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-9304 UNSPECIFIED Fassbender, Ina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-0423-6259 UNSPECIFIED Alcock, Mark UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Haehner, Peter UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3896-6172 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-574658
DOI:	10.1037/pspp0000291
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Pers. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	121
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 633 - 669
Date:	2021
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1939-1315
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COGNITIVE APPRAISAL; SAMPLE-SIZE; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; POSTTRAUMATIC GROWTH; ATTRIBUTION THEORY; SHORT FORMS; SET-POINT; PERSONALITY; STRESS; SCALE Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57465