Perceptions of Chances for Success - Collateral Baseline
This measure appears in the following time-points: Collat_baseline.
Related Construct
Description of Measure
The Perceptions of Chances for Success measure (also called perceptions of opportunity) was adapted from the work of Menard & Elliott (1996) to assess the adolescent's prediction of his/her future adult success. In this section, the collateral is asked 7 questions which tap expectations regarding the subject's future success: Expectations for Work, Family, & Law (e.g., "What do you think X's chances are to earn a good living?"). Collaterals respond on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from "Not at all important/Poor" to "Very important/Excellent".
One overall score is computed:
- Collateral perception of youth's opportunities [C0expect]; mean of 6 items. Data must be contained in five of the six items in order to receive a computed score.
The following individual items are also available:
- Subject's chances of having a good job or career [C0_Opp01b]
- Subject's chances of graduating from college [C0_Opp02b]
- Subject's chances of earning a good living [C0_Opp03b]
- Subject's chances of providing a good home for his/her family [C0_Opp04b]
- Subject's chances of having a good marriage [C0_Opp05b]
- Subject's chances of having a good relationship with his/her children [C0_Opp06b]
- Subject's chances of staying out of trouble with the law [C0_Opp07b]
Data Issues
The collateral version of this measure includes only a subset of the questions that are asked at the subject baseline and follow-ups. The subject measure includes two additional computed scores that cannot be computed here due to the differences in the questions asked ("Expectations for work, family and law" and "extent to which expectations fall short").
References
- These questions were revised from the set used in the National Youth Survey -- Prediction of Adult Success (Menard & Elliott, 1996).
- Delbert S. Elliot, David Huizinga, and Scott Menard (1989) Multiple Problem Youth: Delinquency, Substance Use, and Mental Health Problems (New York: Springer-Verlag).
- Menard, S. and Elliott, D. S. (1996). Prediction of adult success using stepwise logistic regression analysis. A report prepared for the MacArthur Foundation by the MacArthur Chicago-Denver Neighborhood Project.
- Elliott, D.S., (1990). National Youth Survey. Institute of Behavioral Science. University of Colorado.