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Stress (LDI)

The Long-term Difficulties Inventory (LDI) is a self-report questionnaire to measure long-term difficulties. It consists of 12 items referring to aspects of life, including housing, work, social relationships, free time, finances, health, school/study, and religion.

Background and Validation

Respondents have to indicate for each aspect how they experienced these aspects with respect to difficulty and stress in the last 12 months, on a three-point scale:

Answer Score
Not stressful 0
Slightly stressful 1
Very stressful 2

Item scores are summed to derive a total score1).

Construct validity of the LDI was indicated by the positive association between the LDI scored (12 months) and:

  • Psychological distress
  • Mental health problems
  • Neurotiscism

The validation and the reliability of the LDI was performed in a study by Rosmalen et al.2)

1)
Hendriks A.A.J., Ormel J., van de Willige G. Long-term difficulties measured by a self-report questionnaire and semi-structured interview: a comparison of methods [in Dutch]. Gedrag en Gezondheid 1990 18, 273-283
2)
Rosmalen J.G.M., Bos E.H., de Jonge P. Validation of the Long-term Difficulties Inventory (LDI) and the List of Threatening Experiences (LTE) as measures of stress in epidemiological population-based cohort studies. Psychological Medicine, Available on CJO 2012 doi: 10.1017/S0033291712000608
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