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Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey (TRAILS)
TRAILS (Tracking Adolescents’ Individual Lives Survey) is an ongoing, multidisciplinary research on the psychological, social and physical development of adolescents and young adults. More than 2500 young people participate, since their tenth or eleventh year. More over 15 years, these participants have been examined every 2 to 3 years, through questionnaires, interviews , tests and/or physical measurements. Not only these youths provide us with information, but also family members, teachers and partners. The recently launched TRAILS Next research focuses on the children of the participants.
Principal Investigator(s): Dr. A.J. Oldehinkel
General Information
Country of Data Collection: Netherlands
Years of Data Collection: 2000-2017
Study Status: Ongoing
Total Number of Assessments Completed: 6 for the community sample; 5 for the clinical subsample
Approx. Retention Rate:
Sample
Composition: Community Sample; Family Study (children, parents, siblings); Clinical subsample (N=543 started in 2004)
Sex
SES
Race/Ethnicity
Personality Data
Construct
Temperament
Personality
Self-Esteem
Internalizing
Externalizing
Scale
Early Adolescent Temperament Q.
Various NEO-Personality Inv Facets
Self-Perception Profile
Child/Adult Beh Checklists; Youth/Adult Self-Reports
Child/Adult Beh Checklists; Youth/Adult Self-Reports
Waves
T1-T5
T3, T5
T1, T4
T1-T6
T1-T6
Method
Self-, Parent-Report
Self-, Parent-Report
Self-Report
Self-, Parent-, Teacher-Report
Self-, Parent-, Teacher-Report
Academic/school
cognitive ability/iq
cognitive/behavioral tasks
culture
genes
Happiness, well-being, life satisfaction
job/work
life events
mental health
parenting
physical health
psychophysiology
relationships
Data Access
Project Website: https://www.trails.nl/en
Codebook Available Online: Yes, https://www.trails.nl/en/hoofdmenu/data/database
Data Available Online: No
Project Proposal Required to Use Data: Yes, see here for more information.