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Community Involvement - Collateral Follow-up

This measure appears in the following time-points: Collat12, Collat24, Collat36.

Related Construct

Description of Measure

The Community Involvement scale (Elliot, 1990) was modified for this study to assess the adolescent's involvement in structured community activities. In the collateral interview, items are parallel to those in the subject interview but are asked of the collateral reporter instead of the subject. Scores indicate the adolescent's involvement in three different community organizations (e.g., sports teams, scouts, and church related groups). If the youth was in detention at the time of the interview, this set of questions refers to the time in the community right before going in.

The following score is calculated:

This scale can range from 0 through 3, with higher scores on these scales indicating more community involvement.

Data Issues

The collateral baseline and follow-up scales are computed as a count of a maximum of three endorsed items, whereas the subject baseline and follow-up scales use four items. "Did you do volunteer work of any kind that you have not already mentioned" is asked at the subject interviews but is not available in the collateral interview.

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