Life History Stressors in Childhood Measure

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PsycTESTS Citation:
Hill, S. E., Rodeheffer, C. D., DelPriore, D. J., & Butterfield, M. E. (2013). Life History Stressors in Childhood
Measure [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. doi: 10.1037/t26931-000

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Test Format:
Ratings for the 5 items are made on 7-point scales (endpoints: 1 = "strongly disagree," 7 = "strongly agree").
Responses to the items are averaged to form a composite measure of life history stressors encountered in childhood.

Source: 
Hill, Sarah E., Rodeheffer, Christopher D., DelPriore, Danielle J., & Butterfield, Max E. (2013). Ecological
contingencies in women's calorie regulation psychology: A life history approach. Journal of Experimental Social
Psychology, Vol 49(5), 888-897. doi: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.03.016, © 2013 by Elsevier. Reproduced by Permission of
Elsevier.

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doi: 10.1037/t26931-000

Life History Stressors in Childhood Measure

Items

(a) My parents had significant financial struggles while I was growing up.

(b) There were times in childhood when I went to bed hungry.

(c) There were times in my childhood when I qualified for reduced cost or free lunch at school.

(d) There were times in my childhood when my family received financial assistance (e.g., welfare,
food stamps, etc.) to help make ends meet.

(e) My family had enough money for things growing up. (reverse scored)

Note . We measured life history stressors present in childhood by asking participants to indicate their
agreement with the following five items on 7-point scales (anchors: 1 = strongly disagree, 7=strongly agree).

PsycTESTS™ is a database of the American Psychological Association