Study title

Development forms and influence factors of development of mental achievements in childhood and adolescence (particularly at transfer from lower grade, junior high and high school). Topics: Cognitive capabilities: school achievements in individual subjects; teacher judgements about specific achievement particularities; test results on concentration ability, attentiveness, verbal agility; special abilities in technical, musical, linguistic, athletic and artistic area; support of particular capabilities; personal orientations: moral orientations; learning attitude; learning motivation; goals in life; actual school habits; self-concept; cognitive interests; social personal relations; occupation orientation; cultural interests and orientations; leisure behavior; leisure interests; use of new information technologies; use of mass-media; use of cultural offerings; preferred cultural activities; cultural-esthetic orientation; family development conditions: sociability; structure characteristics of family; child-raising situation; emotional parent-child relationship; social relations: collectivity; school habits; social effort; identification; friendships; psycho-nerval prerequisites: physical and psychological ability to hold up; neurotic conduct characteristics.