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The Daily Activities List (DAL), a self-report measure developed for a study of cancer patients, contains items denoting ordinary behavior of daily life such as work and recreation. Correlations were obtained for DAL activity level with indices of current emotional well-being and certain factors of developmental history. More active Ss (high scorers on DAL) tended to manifest less anxiety and other kinds of psychological distress and received more favorable ratings of early environment. Reliability data are presented and issues of validity and conceptual interpretation ate discussed.
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Stanfiel et al. (1971) studied this question.
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