PSYC 3690 Chapter Notes -National Longitudinal Study Of Adolescent To Adult Health

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3690
• Professor: Benjamin Gottlieb

Document Summary

Findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent health. To identify individual, family and community-level risk and protective factors for violence penetration in a national sample of adolescents. Primary - all of the students received the initial survey and the samples after that was random. Risk = history of violence involvement and violent victimization, weapon carrying, school problems, substances use, health problems and friend suicide. Protective = parental expectations, connectedness with parents and other adults and school, higher grade point average and religiosity. Measures of data collection (what is measured, # of times, and how) Two-waves of data form the national longitudinal study of adolescent health. 90,118 respondents completed an in-school survey between september 1994 and. From this a random sample was selected for in=home interview. The rst wave (time 1) of the in-home interview was conducted. The 90-minute computer assisted interview was completed by 20,745 students. 14,738 completed the second wave of interview (time 2)