ELSPAC psychological examinations at age 15
Institute for Research on Children, Youth and Family - psychological research department of the Faculty of Social Studies at Masaryk University in Brno – Czech Republic
http://fss.muni.cz/ivdmr
Methods - adolescent: Semi-structured interview with the adolescent - 7 areas: 1. the adolescent’s family (spending time together, communication, the course of a usual working/weekend day, the parts the fathers, mothers and children play in the functioning of the whole household), 2. friendship and romantic relationship (the amount and quality of peer social relationships, shared activities; dating, romantic experinces, concepts of romance, likes and dislikes about girlfriend or boyfriend), 3. interests and hobbies (the structure and organization of spare time, active engagement in interest activities), 4. religiosity and justice (whether the adolescent is religious and how the religion is practiced within the family; basic question is concerned how fifteen years old imagine justice, Complement questions are if children think (belief) that the World is a just place an why they think so.), 5. using of internet, 6. music preferences, 7. professional orientation.
Adolescent – pen-and-paper administered methods: •
Parenting styles questionnaire – sheet A This Czech method follows dimensional model of parenting styles first proposed by K. Lewin and extended by R. & A. M. Tausch. Factors of emotional involvement and parental control are assessed on four scales. Combining them, inconsistencies in parents’ approach are easily discovered. Source: Čáp, J., Boschek, P. (1994). Dotazník pro zjišťování způsobu výchovy v rodině. Psychodiagnostika, s.r.o.
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Peer attachment style questionnaire – sheet B Scales: trust, alienation, dependency. Source: Širůček, Širůčková, manual in preparation.
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CPIC - The Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale - sheets C, D Source: Grych, Seid, Fincham (1992). Assessing Marital Conflict from the Child's Perspective: The Children's Perception of Interparental Conflict Scale. Child Development, 63, 558-572.
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Depressivity – sheet C Adapted MFQ and Computer Depression Task (Bristol – ELSPAC). Source: M. Sund et al. (2001) Depressive symptoms among young Norwegian adolescents as measured by The Mood and Feelings
Questionnaire (MFQ) European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 10:222–229. •
Belief in a Just World – sheet D Three combined scales General Belief in a Just World Scale, General Belief in an Unjust World Scale, Personal Belief in a Just World Scale. Source: Dalbert, C. (1999). The world is more just for me than generally: About the Personal belief in a Just World Scale’s validity. Social Justice Research, 12, 79-98.
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IPPA – Inventory of parent and peer attachment – sheet E We used only parental scale. Source: Armsden, Greenberg (1987). The inventory of parent and peer attachment: Individual differences and their relationship to psychological well-being in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 16, 427 – 454.
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5F personality– sheets F, G NEO-FFI, Costa, McCrae, Czech standardized version by Hřebíčková, Urbánek Source: Hřebíčková, M., Urbánek, T. (2001) NEO pětifaktorový osobnostní inventář. Praha Testcentrum.
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Clarity of Self - sheet G Adapted Czech version. Source: Campbell, J. et al. (1996). Self-Concept Clarity: Measurement, Personality Correlates, and
Cultural Boundaries. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70, I, 141-156. •
“Cake of Fear” – sheet X Cake of Fear is a technique in which a child freely expresses fears that he/she experiences as significant. The child is given a clean sheet of paper size A4 ad an instruction to draw a circle representing all his/her fears. Next, the child is told to divide his/her “cake of fear” in smaller sections – individual fears – each piece’s size being proportionate to the size of the fear it represents. After the examiner gives the child these instructions the child works on his/her own. This increases the child’s feelings of privacy so that he/she can include even very negative phenomena in his/her drawing and, hopefully, also increases the validity of the technique. Source: Šimčáková, M. (1999): Strach u detí (Prieskum o strachu detí v staršom školskom veku). Referát na konferenci „Vliv sociálního klimatu na osobnost dítěte“. Bratislava.
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The Playful Creativity Test (THT) Method based on Guilfords theory of divergent thinking. It consists of four parts; each contains three geometrical elements as stimuli and the child’s task is to create as many drawings form these elements as possible. These drawings are then analysed for the four dimensions of creative
thinking - fluency, flexibility, originality and elaboration. Source: Wittner, P.(1970): Problémy psychodiagnostiky tvořivosti.(Diplomová práce), Universita J. Ev. Purkyně, Brno. Adolescent – computer-administered methods: •
Body satisfaction Modified version of The Body Satisfaction Questionnaire (Folk et. al., 1993) Source: Valášková, M., Ježek, S. (2002). Prožívání tělesných změn v adolescenci a jejich vliv na sebehodnocení adolescentů. In: Smékal, V., Macek, P. Utváření a vývoj osobnosti. Psychologické, sociální a pedagogické aspekty. Barrister & Principal, Brno.
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Inventory of risk behavior Inventory by Širůček, Širůčková based of Jessor’s Problem Behavior Theory.
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Dating Questionnaire A shortened version of The Dating Questionnaire. Source: Connolly, J. et al. (2004). Mixed-Gender Groups, Dating and Romantic Relationships in Early Adolescence. Journal of research on adolescence, 14 (2), 185 – 207.)
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Internet An internet use and computer game playing behavior questionnaire by Šmahel.
Observational schedule Adolescent – take-home: •
Coping style inventory - sheets H, I Method by Kohoutek, T. - inspired by work of Seiffke-Krenke. Source: http://www.psych.unimainz.de/abteil/epp/portrait/seiffge.htm
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Vocational preference inventory – sheet J Based on Holland’s theory. Published by Testcentrum, Praha, 2003. Source: Jörin, S., Stoll, F., Bergmann, Ch., Eder, F. (2003). Dotazník volby povolání a plánování profesní kariéry. Praha, Testcentrum. Czech version Hoskovcová, S.
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Narrative about Myself – sheet K
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Possible Selves Questionnaire - sheets L, M Sources: Cross, S., Markus, H. (1991): Possible selves across the life span. Human Development 34, 230-255. Knox, M., Funk, J., Elliot, R., Bush, E. G. (1998): Adolescents’ possible selves and their relationships to global self-esteem. Sex Roles 39, 61-80.
Methods – parents: •
Marital satisfaction – sheets R, S Modified version of the ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale. Source: Fowers, B. J., Olson, D. H. (1993). ENRICH Marital Satisfaction Scale: A Brief Research and Clinical Tool. Journal of Family Psychology. 7(2):176-185.
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Parenting styles questionnaire – sheet T Version for parents. Source: Čáp, J., Boschek, P. (1994). Dotazník pro zjišťování způsobu výchovy v rodině. Psychodiagnostika, s.r.o.
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CCEI – sheet S The Crown-Crisp Experiential Index is a scale designed to measure neurotic symptomology – selected items. Source: Crown, S., Crisp, A.H. (1979). Manual of the Crown-Crisp Experiential Index. London: Hodder and Stoughton.
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Inventory of risk behavior monitoring by parents – sheet U Inventory by Širůček, Širůčková based of Jessor’s Problem Behavior Theory.
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Family information questionnaire Current family structure and life events.
