Life Events Scale for Teens

The Life Events Scale is a series of major life events adapted from Dodge, Pettit, & Bates (1994). Parents are read a series of 19 major life events (such as a move, birth of a child, divorce, death of a close family member, etc.) and are asked if that event has occured in the last year, indicating either yes or no.

• Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (1994). Socialization mediators of the relation between socioeconomic status and child conduct problems. Child Development, 65, 649-665.