DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39048.v1
title: Oregon Youth Study Three Generational Study, Time 9, 2010-2022
title: Version 1

description: The Oregon Youth Study (OYS) tested a comprehensive model for couples from at-risk backgrounds on the basis of a dynamic developmental systems approach and stress and support processes to examine the risk and protective impacts of romantic relationships on health in adulthood. It was posited that both general and specific developmental and relationship risks have significant implications for health outcomes in mid-adulthood.
This Three Generational Study (3GS) is an intergenerational study linked to two prior studies and data sets, namely the Oregon Youth Study (OYS) which followed the fathers of the 3GS children from when they were in later childhood (aged 9-10 years) into adulthood, and the OYS-Couples study of the OYS men's relationships with women.
description: The purpose of this study was to examine the risk and protective impacts of romantic relationships on health in adulthood.
description: This data contains variables about respondents' mental health, their opinions on gender roles, their social skills, and their romantic relationships. Demographic variables include race, education, income, living situation, and occupation.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Activity Preferences Restricted Data
DS2: Antisocial Process Screening Device (Mom & Dad) Restricted Data
DS3: Antisocial Process Screening Device (Teacher) Restricted Data
DS4: Antisocial Process Screening Device (Target Youth) Restricted Data
DS5: Inventory of Parent & Peer Attachment Restricted Data
DS6: Adult Temperament Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS7: Discipline Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS8: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (Target Youth) Restricted Data
DS9: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (Mom & Dad) Restricted Data
DS10: Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (Teacher) Restricted Data
DS11: Brief Symptom Inventory (Target Youth) Restricted Data
DS12: Brief Symptom Inventory (Mom & Dad) Restricted Data
DS13: Parent's Report of Youth's Substance Use Restricted Data
DS14: Custody and Child Support Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS15: Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (Mom & Dad) Restricted Data
DS16: Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (Target Youth) Restricted Data
DS17: Parent Report on Child's Health History Restricted Data
DS18: Child Interviewer Impressions Restricted Data
DS19: The Internet and Your Life Restricted Data
DS20: Youth Interview Restricted Data
DS21: Child Issues Checklist Restricted Data
DS22: Conflict Tactics Scale (Partner) Restricted Data
DS23: Conflict Tactics Scale (Parent-Child) Restricted Data
DS24: Sex Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS25: Conflict Tactics Scale (Between Target Child and Romantic Partner) Restricted Data
DS26: Dad Height and Weight Restricted Data
DS27: Demographics Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS28: Dad Interview Restricted Data
DS29: Mom Response to Dad Interview Restricted Data
DS30: Dyadic Adjustment Scale Restricted Data
DS31: Elliott Behavior Questionnaire (Short Version) Restricted Data
DS32: Elliott Behavior Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS33: Family Activities Checklist Restricted Data
DS34: Family Events Checklist Restricted Data
DS35: Getting Along with Partner Restricted Data
DS36: Health Questionnaire-Child Restricted Data
DS37: Health Questionnaire-Parent Restricted Data
DS38: Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits-Parent 1 Restricted Data
DS39: Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits-Youth 2 Restricted Data
DS40: Ideas About Teens and Adults Restricted Data
DS41: Issues Checklist Restricted Data
DS42: Physical Measurements Restricted Data
DS43: Mother Interviewer Impressions Restricted Data
DS44: Mom Height & Weight Restricted Data
DS45: Monitor and Parent-Child Relationship Restricted Data
DS46: Parent Child Behavior Checklist Restricted Data
DS47: Peers Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS48: Physical Development Scale-Boys (Self-Report) Restricted Data
DS49: Physical Development Scale-Girls (Self-Report) Restricted Data
DS50: Parent Interviewer Impressions Restricted Data
DS51: Parent Interview Restricted Data
DS52: Child Testing Instructor Impressions Restricted Data
DS53: Relationship Behaviors Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS54: Social Information Processing (Social Stories) Restricted Data
DS55: Social Influence Restricted Data
DS56: School Records Restricted Data
DS57: Measurement of Adolescents Life Events Restricted Data
DS58: Sex Survey-General Restricted Data
DS59: Sex Survey-Intercourse Restricted Data
DS60: Sex Survey-Oral Sex Restricted Data
DS61: Sex Survey-Same Sex Oral Sex Restricted Data
DS62: Child Behavior Checklist-Teacher Report Form Restricted Data
DS63: Teen Social Questionnaire Restricted Data
DS64: Scale of Peer Relations and Social Skills Restricted Data
DS65: Scale of Social Competence and Social Adjustment Restricted Data
DS66: Youth Self Report Restricted Data
description: Offspring (G3) of Oregon Youth Study (OYS) target male (G2) aged approximately 17-18 years.
description: coded on-site observation; face-to-face interview; on-site questionnaireA key feature of the OYS-3GS study is that each wave continued over many years (e.g. children were born to the OYS men over a prolonged period and reached age 7 years in over a similarly prolonged period). Early waves had a somewhat tumultuous beginning, resulting in varied patterns of participation and instrument implementation. Some instruments were used initially and then eventually dropped, while other instruments were added after some families had already participated. The waves also had complex, multi-visit assessment schedules that some families had difficulty fulfilling. These complexities resulted in a wide range for the number of participants completing various instruments.
The OYS-3GS included up to two children from each of the G2 men's female partners who were mothers of his biological children. Originally, G3 stepchildren were included; however, recruitment of new stepchildren ended early on to reduce costs.
As the OYS Couples study was ongoing during early 3GS, there were potentially multiple occasions where an adult in the linked studies might be asked the same questions about their own behavior (e.g., their substance use). To reduce participant burden, where possible the data from mothers participating in Couples was matched into the 3GS dataset. Mothers not participating in Couples were assessed through 3GS. Additionally, within 3GS when a parent completed a self-report instrument at one visit and within six months came in for another visit with a sibling of the first child assessed, the parent data from the first assessment was matched with the sibling's data at the later occasion.
When the OYS and Couples studies were completed, additional instruments were added to 3GS assessments to gather data formerly collected via the other grants (substance use, living situations, etc.). These included the father's interview and mother's responses to the father's interview (DINT and DMINT), among others. This explains some of the low Ns. Over time some of the assessments were shortened for budgetary reasons by dropping tasks/instruments, which also explains some of the lower Ns.
In the very early days there was briefly a Wave 3 assessment, which was soon discontinued. To ease confusion in publications, a 'Time' designation for assessments was adopted. In Waves 1 and 2, Wave and Time are equal, but then they diverge, with Time 3 = Wave 4, Time 4 = Wave 5, etc. Therefore, Wave/Time is used in this document so it will conform with later waves when they are archived.