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Concept information

Preferred term

life events

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Specific events in a person's life that are significant and may require some sociological, psychological or physical change in that individual's pattern of living, such as marriage, divorce, birth of a child, illness, unemployment, bereavement, etc.

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • life experiences
  • life transitions
  • traumatic events

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/46077

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