Perceptions of Chances for Success - Collateral Follow-up
This measure appears in the following time-points: Collat12, Collat24, Collat36.
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 future success of the subject's closest friends: Expectations for Work, Family, & Law (e.g., "What do you think the chances are for X's closest friends 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 the opportunities of the youth's closest friends [C#expect]; mean of 6 items. Data is required in five of the six items in order to receive a computed mean.
The following individual items are also available:
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of having a good job or career [C#Opp01b]
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of graduating from college [C#Opp02b]
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of earning a good living [C#Opp03b]
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of providing a good home for his/her family [C#Opp04b]
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of having a good marriage [C#Opp05b]
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of having a good relationship with his/her children [C#Opp06b]
- The chances of the subject's closest friends of staying out of trouble with the law [C#Opp07b]
Data Issues
- The follow-up collateral version of this measure assesses the future success of the subject's closest friends. This differs from the collateral baseline and subject baseline and follow-ups, which assess the subject's expectations of success.
- 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.