scholarly journals Online implementation of an event history calendar with formr: A tutorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 176-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa L. Wieczorek ◽  
Cyril S. Tata ◽  
Lars Penke ◽  
Tanja M. Gerlach
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larissa Lucia Wieczorek ◽  
Cyril Tata ◽  
Lars Penke ◽  
Tanja M. Gerlach

Event history calendars (EHCs) are popular tools for retrospective data collection. Originally conceptualized as face-to-face interviews, EHCs contain various questions about the respondents’ autobiography in order to use their experiences as cues to facilitate remembering. For relationship researchers, EHCs are particularly valuable when trying to reconstruct the relational past of individuals. However, while many studies are conducted online nowadays, no freely available online adaptation of the EHC is available yet. In this tutorial, we provide detailed instructions on how to implement an online EHC for the reconstruction of romantic relationship histories within the open source framework formr. We showcase on ways to customize the online EHC and provide a template for researchers to adapt the tool for their own purposes.


Curationis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gloria Thupayagale-Tshweneagae

Mental health is an essential component of adolescent health and wellbeing. Mental health practitioners assess adolescents’ mental health status to identify possible issues that may lead to mental health problems. However, very few of the tools used to assess the mental health status of adolescents include assessment for grieving and coping patterns. The current tools used for assessing an individual’s mental health are lengthy and not comprehensive. The purpose of this study was to assess grieving patterns of adolescents orphaned by AIDS and to appraise the sefulness of an event history calendar as an assessment tool for identifying grieving experiences, in order to guide and support these adolescents through the grieving process. One hundred and two adolescents aged 14–18 years, who had been orphaned by AIDS, completed an event history calendar, reviewed it with the researcher and reported their perceptions of it. Thematic analysis of the event history calendar content revealed that it is an effective, time-efficient, adolescent-friendly tool that facilitated identification and discussion of the orphaned adolescents’ grieving patterns. Crying, isolation, silence and violent outbursts were the main grieving patterns reported by adolescents orphaned by AIDS. The researcher recommends use of the event history calendar for identification of orphaned adolescents’ grieving experiences. Early identification would enable mental health practitioners to support them in order to prevent the occurrence of mental illness due to maladaptive grieving.


2009 ◽  
Vol 92 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 137-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Eisner ◽  
Joseph Murray ◽  
Denis Ribeaud ◽  
Tuba Topcuoglu ◽  
Lila Kazemian ◽  
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2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (5) ◽  
pp. 415-429
Author(s):  
Anne C. Black ◽  
Thomas J. McMahon ◽  
Mary-Lynn Brecht ◽  
Marc I. Rosen

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