pos_event: Calculate the Positive Life Event Scale

In jonathanbart/baxtr: A Package for the Social Scientist

Description

This function renames columns; converts all columns to numerics (only works on columns where inputs are character strings) and calculates a Positive Life Event score.

Usage

pos_event(start_col, end_col, data)

Arguments

start_col	The column number where the scale begins, reference by number only.
end_col	The column number where the scale end, reference by number only.
data	The reference dataframe.

Note

This function is designed to work with the validated question order as printed in the reference article. This function will give inaccurate results if question order is different from the published validated scale.

References

Disabato, D. J., Kashdan, T. B., Short, J. L., & Jarden, A. (2017). What predicts positive life events that influence the course of depression? A longitudinal examination of gratitude and meaning in life. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41(3), 444-458.

Examples

df <- data.frame("var1" = c("None", "Did not happen", "Some"),
"var2" = c("Did not happen", "A little","Some"),
"var3" = c("A lot", "Did not happen", "Some"),
"var4" = c("A lot", "A little", "Some"),
"var5" = c("A lot", "Did not happen", "A little"),
"var6" = c("good_event_1", "good_event_2", "good_event_3"),
"var7" = c("None", "A lot", "A little"),
"var8" = c("good_event_4", "good_event_5", "good_event_6"),
"var9" = c("A lot", "A little", "None"))
pos_event(1, 9, df)

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