PHDCN Youth Self Report: Adolescent Behavior in Chicago
by Felton J. Earls / Harvard University
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Description
Over 6,000 children, adolescents, and young adults were followed in a longitudinal study examining how neighborhoods, families, and schools influence development. The Wave 3 Youth Self Report survey specifically measures internalizing and externalizing behaviors, including six sub-scales like anxiety, depression, and aggression. This data provides a standardized assessment of emotional and behavioral problems for adolescents aged 11 to 18.
Use Cases
Analyzing links between neighborhood context and adolescent mental health based on longitudinal cohort data.
Modeling risk factors for internalizing behaviors like anxiety and depression using standardized survey scores.
Studying trajectories of externalizing behaviors such as aggression and delinquency across developmental stages.
Comparing behavioral outcomes across different age cohorts (6, 9, and 12) within the same longitudinal study.
Strengths
Large-scale longitudinal design with over 6,000 participants tracked over time.
Uses a standardized psychological instrument (Youth Self Report) derived from the widely-used Child Behavior Checklist.
Assesses specific, well-defined behavioral constructs including six sub-scale symptoms.
Limitations
Key metadata such as column names, row count, and specific file formats are unknown from the provided sources.
The Wave 3 survey contains a reduced set of items compared to the Wave 1 version, limiting direct comparability.
The last update date and precise data collection time range for Wave 3 are not specified.
Provenance
Source
Harvard University, authored by Felton J. Earls as part of the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN).
Collection Method
Self-administered survey (Youth Self Report) administered to subjects in Cohorts 6, 9, and 12 of the PHDCN Longitudinal Cohort Study.
Time Range
2000-2002 (Wave 3); the broader longitudinal study likely spans earlier years.
Geography
Chicago neighborhoods, Illinois, USA.
Dataset is listed as Open Access (green license). It is closely related to the Wave 1 dataset (ICPSR 13607, 1994-1997) but contains a reduced item set.