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Life Change Events MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Life Change Events
Tree Number(s)
F01.829.458.410
Unique ID
D008016
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008016
Annotation
human only: do not confuse with life cycles & life stages of animals & lower organisms; FAMILY LIFE CYCLES see FAMILY is also available for "transitional stages through which the family evolves...e.g., marriage, childbearing & death"
Scope Note
Those occurrences, including social, psychological, and environmental, which require an adjustment or effect a change in an individual's pattern of living.
Entry Term(s)
Life Course
Life Crises
Life Crisis
Life Experiences
Previous Indexing
Life Style (1972-1976)
Stress, Psychological (1969-1976)
Public MeSH Note
77
History Note
77
Date Established
1977/01/01
Date of Entry
1976/04/16
Revision Date
2023/08/30

Allowable Qualifiers
Life Change Events Preferred
Life Experiences Broader
Life Course Related
Life Crisis Narrower
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