Assessment of subjective emotional valence and long-lasting impact of life events: development and psychometrics of the Stralsund Life Event List (SEL)

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of the SEL scores for 2265 analysed participants of SHIP-LEGEND

	Positive			Negative
	N	M	(SD)	N	M	(SD)
Basic number of Life Events	2265	14.75	(2.21)	2265	9.02	(3.88)
Proportion of Life Events rated as positive/negative^a	2265	0.83	(0.12)	2262	0.77	(0.19)
Total Number of Life Events	2265	13.73	(4.41)	2265	14.10	(8.31)
Emotional Valence (Time of the Interview)^b	2264	1.88	(0.32)	2260	3.65	(0.52)
Present Impact^c	2264	0.79	(0.16)	2260	0.30	(0.25)
Social Support (Undesired)^d	386	17.04%		139	6.14%
Desired^e	1873	2.11	(1.13)	2118	2.45	(1.02)

^aRating not available for all life event items, ^bRating: 1 (very positive) – 5 (very negative), ^cRating: 0 (no) vs. 1 (yes)
^dRating: 0 (no social support desired), ^eparticipants reporting undesired social support excluded; Rating: 1 (no social support) – 4 (much social support)

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