CLOSER Discovery

Variable Description

Representation

Type

Code List

Selection Style

SelectOne

Codes

C_YPSDQA

• -9

  missing

• -8	inapplicable

• -2

  refusal

• -1	don't know

• 1

  not true

• 2	somewhat true

• 3	certainly true

Aggregation Method

Unspecified

Temporal

False

Geographic

False

Source Questions

27

• Wave 3 Youth Self-Completion Questionnaire - Great Britain

30 questions before...

26

How would you rate your relationship with your step-mother or father, or other person like this?

1

Very good

2

Good

3

Fair

4

Poor

5

Very poor

27

Now for some questions about how you see yourself as a person. For each item, please tick the box for Not True, Somewhat True or Certainly True. It would help us if you answered all items as best you can even if you aren't absolutely certain. Please give your answers on the basis of how things have been for you over the last six months.

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	1 - Not true 2 - Somewhat true 3 - Certainly true
I try to be nice to other people. I care about their feelings
I am restless, I cannot stay still for long
I get a lot of headaches, stomach-aches or sickness
I usually share with others (food, games, pens, etc.)
I get very angry and often lose my temper
I am usually on my own. I generally play alone or keep to myself
I usually do as I am told
I worry a lot
I am helpful if someone is hurt, upset or feeling ill
I am constantly fidgeting or squirming
I have one good friend or more
I fight a lot. I can make other people do what I want
I am often unhappy, down-hearted or tearful
Other people my age generally like me
I am easily distracted, I find it difficult to concentrate
I am nervous in new situations. I easily lose confidence
I am kind to young children
I am often accused of lying or cheating
Other children or young people pick on me or bully me
I often volunteer to help others (parents, teachers, children)
I think before I do things
I take things that are not mine from home, school or elsewhere
I get on better with adults than with people my own age
I have many fears, I am easily scared
I finish the work I'm doing

28 A-F

The next few questions are about how you feel about different aspects of your life. The faces express various types of feelings. Below each face is a number where '1' is completely happy and '7' is not at all happy. Please tick the box which comes closest to expressing how you feel about each of the following things...

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	1 - 1 2 - 2 3 - 3 4 - 4 5 - 5 6 - 6 7 - 7
Your school work?
Your appearance?
Your family?
Your friends?
The school you go to?
Which best describes how you feel about your life as a whole?

52 questions after...

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Wave 3 Youth Self-Completion Questionnaire - Great Britain

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• Wave 3 Youth self completion questionnaire data Dataset - us3_c_youth.c_ypsdqe

  i get very angry and often lose my temper
  • qg_27

    Now for some questions about how you see yourself as a person. For each item, please tick the box for Not True, Somewhat True or Certainly True. It would help us if you answered all items as best you can even if you aren't absolutely certain. Please give your answers on the basis of how things have been for you over the last six months.

Variable Groups