Characteristics of Friends - Collateral Baseline

This measure appears in the following time-points: Collat_baseline.

Related Construct

Friendships

Description of Measure

This set of questions focus on the subject's four closest friends and includes background questions about their history of arrest and mental health hospitalization as well as the level of contact the subject has with these friends. In the collateral interview, items are parallel to those in the subject interview but are asked of the collateral reporter instead of the subject.

We compute the following summary variables:

The proportion of the 4 closest friends who have been arrested [c0pfrarr]

Count of the number of friends arrested [c0frarr]
Count of the number of friends for which we have a report of arrest. That is, a count of the number of friends where the subject gives either a yes, no or "don't know" response. This serves as the denominator for the arrest proportion score [c0arrden]

(a proportion is used instead of a count because not all subjects have 4 friends)
The proportion of the 4 closest friends who have been in jail [c0pfrjai]

Count of the number of friends jailed [c0frjail]
Count of the number of friends for which we have a report for being jailed. As above, this is a count of the number of friends where the subject gives either a yes, no or "don't know" response. This serves as the denominator for the jailed proportion score [c0jaiden]

The proportion of the 4 closest friends who have been in a mental hospital [c0pfrmho]

Count of the number of friends in a mental hospital [c0frmhos]
Count of the number of friends for which we have a report for being in a mental hospital. As above, this is a count of the number of friends where the subject gives either a yes, no or "don't know" response. This serves as the denominator for the mental hospital proportion score [c0mhoden]

The following individual items are also available:

Number of close friends the subject reports having [C0_Rel253c]
Age of each friend [C0_friends1_AgeFr], [C0_friends2_AgeFr], [C0_friends3_AgeFr], [C0_friends4_AgeFr]
Whether each friend has ever been arrested [C0_friends1_ArrFr], [C0_friends2_ArrFr], [C0_friends3_ArrFr], [C0_friends4_ArrFr]
Whether each friend has ever been jailed [C0_friends1_JaiFr], [C0_friends2_JaiFr], [C0_friends3_JaiFr], [C0_friends4_JaiFr]
Gender of each friend [C0_friends1_GenFr], [C0_friends2_GenFr], [C0_friends3_GenFr], [C0_friends4_GenFr]
Whether each friend has ever been in a mental hospital [C0_friends1_MHosFr], [C0_friends2_MHosFr], [C0_friends3_MHosFr], [C0_friends4_MHosFr]
Frequency of contact with each friend [C0_friends1_ContFr], [C0_friends2_ContFr], [C0_friends3_ContFr], [C0_friends4_ContFr]

References

Items are an adaptation of: Pierce, G.P. (1994) the quality of relationships inventory: Assessing the interpersonal context of social support. In B.R. Burleson, T.L Albrecht & I.G. Sarason (Eds.), Communication of social support: Message, interactions, relationship and community (pp 247-266). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
Pierce, G., Sarason, I.G., Sarason, B.R., Solky-Butzel, J.A., and Nagle, L.C. (1997). Assessing the quality of personal relationships. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 14, 339-356.