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International project: Attitudes toward suicide
Goal of the survey is to determine position about suicide and suicide attempts in Slovene society and at the same time identify its causes. Research is dealing with attitudes about suicidal acts on the level of individual, "the closest person" and people in general. Authors of source survey: Rene F.W. Diekstra and Ad Kerkhof, Department Of Clinical and Health Psychology,...
Symptoms of Depression among over 75-year-old Seniors Living in Helsinki Alppiharju District 1992
This Finnish survey studied senior citizens of over 75 in the Alppiharju district in Helsinki in terms of their physical and mental health, living arrangements, social interaction and support received. The respondents' mental processes were first investigated by asking questions about the interview date, their age, the president at the time etc. Subjective satisfaction with...
Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Self-Ratings of 50-Year-Olds 2009
The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 40 years. This research stage includes a Life Situation Questionnaire, interviews, personality tests, a life history calendar, a medical examination, laboratory tests and participant self-ratings. The lives of 50-year-olds...
Community-based Mental Health Rehabilitation of Young Adults 2010-2012: Staff Meetings
The data consist of transcripts of 27 staff team meetings in units providing rehabilitaion services to young people suffering from serious mental disorders in Finland. Team meetings were unofficial discussions where staff members discussed individual clients, their well-being and progress during the rehabilitation programme, and how to best help them. In the transcriptions,...
New Students in Universities 2011: First Impressions
The study charted the experiences and impressions of new students who started their studies in universities in Finland in the autumn of 2011. The respondents were asked whether they had moved to another town because of studies and what moving had felt like, how they had been received in their place of study, what they thought about tutoring (provided by other students to...
Health and Lifestyle Survey of University Students 1993-1998
This follow-up study charted the health, health-related behaviour and social relationships of Turku University students. The target group consisted of students who first began their studies in the academic year 1993-1994. Data collection was carried out in their first, third and fifth study year, and the same questionnaires were used for each round (survey questionnaire and...
Living with Depression 2002
An online survey on depression, conducted by a Finnish newspaper. The data consist of responses to some open-ended questions in the questionnaire. Questions covered other people's reactions to the respondents' depression, and the impact of depression on children, work and life in general. Worst moments of depression were also described. The dataset is only available in Finnish.
University Student Health Survey 2000
The health survey of university students charted the respondents' health, and factors influencing their health. Questions covered general state of health, possible illnesses and injuries, and use of medication. Mental health was investigated with the help of GHQ12 (General Health Questionnaire) and a screen test created by psychologist Salli Saari. The screen test focused on...
Turku Polytechnic Student Health Survey 2000
The health survey of polytechnic students charted the respondents' health, and factors influencing their health. Questions covered general state of health, possible illnesses and injuries, and use of medication. Mental health was investigated with the help of GHQ12 (General Health Questionnaire) and a screen test created by psychologist Salli Saari. The screen test focused...
University Student Health Survey 2012
The national survey focused on the health and health-related behaviour of university and university of applied science (polytechnic) students in Finland. Questions covered physical, mental, dental and sexual health, health-related behaviour, cultural and social meanings of physical activities, social interaction, learning disabilities, study environment, bullying, stalking...
Saxonian longitudinal study - wave 31, 2019
The Saxonian longitudinal study is a social science longitudinal study. It was begun in 1987 and examines the change in political attitudes of young adults in the new federal states of the former East Germany. Since the 16th wave (2002), the topic of unemployment and health has been intensively studied. Another new focus is on questions of partnership and personality. The...
Hälsosam 1997-2001, A targeted health examination for women employees in childcare, Huddinge Municipality
The Hälsosam project is an unpublished targeted survey of health and work environmental factors in a group of female professionals in the Municipality of Huddinge (1997-2001).
The Occupational health physician in the municipality who considered female employees in the childcare services vulnerable in terms of health initiated the study. The municipal Work Environment...
Origin of Variances in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin) Wave 1
The OCTO-Twin Study aims to investigate the etiology of individual differences among twin-pairs age 80 and older, on a range of domains including health and functional capacity, cognitive functioning, psychological well-being, personality and personal control. In the study, twin pairs were withdrawn from the Swedish Twin Registry. At the first wave, the twins had to be born...
Origin of Variances in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin) Wave 3
The OCTO-Twin Study aims to investigate the etiology of individual differences among twin-pairs age 80 and older, on a range of domains including health and functional capacity, cognitive functioning, psychological well-being, personality and personal control. In the study, twin pairs were withdrawn from the Swedish Twin Registry. At the first wave, the twins had to be born...
Origin of Variances in the Oldest-Old: Octogenarian Twins (OCTO-Twin) Wave 4
The OCTO-Twin Study aims to investigate the etiology of individual differences among twin-pairs age 80 and older, on a range of domains including health and functional capacity, cognitive functioning, psychological well-being, personality and personal control. In the study, twin pairs were withdrawn from the Swedish Twin Registry. At the first wave, the twins had to be born...
The Pep-study 2021
The Pep-study is a nation wide survey with the purpose of investigating children and young adults health in regard to food and physical activity. The Pep-study was conducted for the first time in 2018 where 29 000 children and young adults between the ages 4-17 were invited to participate in the study. The study is financially supported by Generation Pep and...
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K)
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be found under the...
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Nordanstig (SNAC-N)
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study has been conducted. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be...
The Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Blekinge (SNAC-B)
The national study SNAC - The Swedish National Study on Aging and Care, includes four participating areas: SNAC-Blekinge, SNAC Kungsholmen, SNAC Nordanstig and SNAC Skåne (GÅS). In all four areas, a research centre conducts a population study and a health care system study. (Metadata related to the main study SNAC and the other participating areas can be found under the...
How Are You, Slovakia?, May 2020
The survey covers the third month after the first diagnosed case of COVID-19 in Slovakia on March 6 2020. It was fielded in a period of gradual lifting of quarantine measures. The survey monitors fears of the disease, agreement and compliance with the introduced quarantine measures, changes of behavior at times of the epidemic and the approval of government strategies, state...
GPD-enquete 1991 : De staat van het land
GPD newspaper survey, the state of the nation. Who takes care of r.'s children / educational level of people r. meets every day / job security, preferred number of working hours / if r. unemployed: looking for a job, required salary, nr. of working hours, reason not looking for a job / social contacts in neighbourhood, support from relatives, friends, neighbours /...
Gezondheid van mensen in de derde levensfase 1986 : Een onderzoek naar lichamelijke en psychische aspecten
Epidemiological investigation into the health of people between 65 and 75 years in the Dutch municipality of Eindhoven in support of the municipal policy towards the elderly. The questionnaire was made up of a combination of existing measuring instruments: BIOPRO (Diekstra/Hosman-1983)/ Loneliness scale (De Jong-Gierveld/Kamphuis-1983)/ Muenchener Alcohol Test...
Nationaal Scholierenonderzoek 1992 - NSO'92
Survey among pupils of secondary schools with a great number of detailed questions about their living conditions, opinions and attitudes. Living conditions at school and at home / income / money spending / saving money / borrowing money / possessions / time spending / education / work / political preference and religious conviction / welfare / public opinion Background...
The Social and Individual Outcomes of Community-Based Sociotherapy: 2023
This dataverse includes all data collected in the context of the study ‘The Social and Individual Outcomes of Community-Based Sociotherapy’ (January - November 2023). The aim of the study was to understand the social and individual outcomes, and the pathways between these outcomes, of Community-Based Sociotherapy (CBS) in Nakivale settlement, Uganda. CBS is a group-based...
Bridging Cultures-Comparison between refugees from war and non-war countries v2
Since 2015 an increasing number of refugee children arrived in Germany. The federal government aims to facilitate these children’s access to German culture and language as early as possible. So-called Bridging Projects have been established to facilitate refugee children’s transition to public daycare centers. In this part of our study we focused on teacher reports (CTRF...
Bridging Cultures
Since 2015 an increasing number of refugee children arrived in Germany. The federal government aims to facilitate these children’s access to German culture and language as early as possible. So-called Bridging Projects have been established to facilitate refugee children’s transition to public daycare centers. The goal of this study is to evaluate the integration of these...
Dataset belonging to Emerging adults’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study on the importance of social support
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate emerging adults’ mental health before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether social support from mothers, fathers, and best friends moderated the change in mental health. Participants were 98 emerging adults (46% men) who were assessed prior to COVID-19 (Mage = 20.60 years) and during the first lockdown (Mage =...
Nationaal Scholierenonderzoek 1994 - NSO'94
Survey among pupils of secondary schools with a great number of detailed questions about their living conditions, opinions and attitudes. Living conditions at school and at home / income / money spending / dealing with money / time spending / education / independence / political preference / religious conviction / health / well-being / type of school / schoolyear / age at...
University Student Health Survey 2004
The health survey of university students charted the respondents' health and factors influencing their health. Main topics covered the respondents' general state of health, health behaviour, studying, relationships, working and living, use of health services, and sexual health. Questions covered general state of health, possible illnesses and injuries, use of medication,...
Quality of Life of the Mentally Disabled 1991: Severely Disabled
The project on the quality of life of the mentally disabled was set in motion by the research unit of the Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in 1989. The data were collected with the help of video observation and questionnaires aimed at their support persons, because interviews were not possible to conduct. The quality of life of the severely...