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:
- Involvement in community activities [C#ComYr]; count of endorsed activities, over the past year
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.
References
- The items about involvement in community organizations were adapted from those used in the National Youth Survey. See Involvement in Conventional Social Contexts in: Menard, S, and Elliott,D.S. (1996). Prediction of adult success using stepwise logistic regression analysis. A report of the MacArthur Chicago-Denver Neighborhood Project.
- Elliott, D.S. (1990). National Youth Survey. Institute of Behavioral Science. University of Colorado.
- Horney, J., Osgood, W., and Marshall, L. (1995). Criminal careers in the short-term: intra-individual variability in crime and its relation to local life circumstance. American Sociological Review, 60(5), 655-673.