Family stressors were assessed using the Daily Inventory of Stressful Events (DISE; Almeida et al., 2002) that includes a series of questions about whether respondents had experienced different stressful events, including arguments, instances of avoided arguments (i.e., arguments respondents let pass to avoid a disagreement), and events that occurred to a close friend or relative (i.e., network events). Network events refer to stressors that do not directly involve the respondent that still turn out to be stressful for the respondent, such as learning about a sister’s marital difficulties. Respondents indicated who else was involved in the event, where family stressors include arguments, avoided arguments, and network events that involve a child, parent, spouse/partner, grandchild, and other relatives (e.g., siblings).
