DOI: 10.3886/icpsr39053.v1
title: Oregon Youth Study Three Generational Study, Time 4, 2000-2018
title: Version 1

description: The original Oregon Youth Study (OYS) began in 1983. The goal was to examine the etiology of antisocial behaviors in boys, with a view to designing preventive interventions within the context of the family and the school. This longitudinal study has expanded over the past few decades into an intergenerational study, retaining the original young men and including their partners and children.
The Oregon Youth Study-Three Generational Study (OYS-3GS) was initiated in 1995 and involves the children born to men who were recruited in 1984-85 (OYS), along with their parents.
description: The purpose of this study is to examine the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior and related problem behaviors, particularly substance use, using a fully prospective design.
description: Men were asked regularly if they had fathered a child, and if so, the child and mother were invited by telephone to participate in the Three Generational Study when the child was aged 18 months to 2 years (Wave 1). Assessments involved two separate appointments at each wave (one for mother and child and one for father and child). Wave 5 evaluates their offspring aged 7.
description: This data contains information about the original OYS male respondents', their partners' and their offspring's social behavior, emotional and mental health, substance use, parenting styles, and criminal history. Demographic variables include race, gender and age.
description: The OYS-3GS included up to two children from each of the Generation 2 (G2) men's female partners who were mothers of his biological children. In this wave, offspring are 7 years of age.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Age Expectations Questionnaire Data
DS2: Discipline Questionnaire Data
DS3: Brief Symptom Inventory Data
DS4: Custody and Child Support Questionnaire Data
DS5: Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Data
DS6: Issues Checklist - Child Version Data
DS7: Late Childhood Temperament Questionnaire - Child Data
DS8: Cognitive Task Coder Ratings Data
DS9: Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale Data
DS10: Conflict Tactics Scale (Partner) Data
DS11: Child Relations with Parents Data
DS12: Sex Questionnaire Data
DS13: Dad Height and Weight Data
DS14: Demographics Questionnaire Data
DS15: Developmental History Data
DS16: Dad Interview Data
DS17: Experimenter's Discussion Task Impressions Data
DS18: Mom Response to Dad Interview Data
DS19: Dyadic Adjustment Scale Data
DS20: Elliott Behavior Questionnaire Data
DS21: Elliott Behavior Questionnaire (Short Version) Data
DS22: Friend's Behavior Data
DS23: Family Activities Checklist Data
DS24: Family Events Checklist Data
DS25: Problem Solving Coder Impressions Data
DS26: Play Task Impressions Data
DS27: Family Worries and Adjustment Data
DS28: Ideas About Teens and Adults Data
DS29: Parent Issues Checklist Data
DS30: Physical Measurements Data
DS31: Mother Interviewer Impressions Data
DS32: Mom Interview Data
DS33: Mom Height & Weight Data
DS34: Monitor and Parent-Child Relationship Data
DS35: Overt Covert Antisocial Questionnaire Data
DS36: Parent Child Behavior Checklist Data
DS37: Early Behavior Questionnaire - Parent Version 1 Data
DS38: Early Behavior Questionnaire - Parent Version 2 Data
DS39: Early Behavior Questionnaire - Parent Version 3 Data
DS40: Peers Questionnaire Data
DS41: Parent Interviewer Impressions Data
DS42: Parent Interview Data
DS43: Partner Interaction Questionnaire Data
DS44: Late Childhood Temperament Questionnaire - Parent Data
DS45: Problem Solving Task Discussion Rating Data
DS46: Child Testing Instructor Impressions Data
DS47: Peer Involvement/Social Skills Data
DS48: Interviewer's Impressions for Post-Video Task Free Play Data
DS49: Relationship Behaviors Questionnaire Data
DS50: Social Teaching Task Experimenter Impressions Data
DS51: School Records Data
DS52: Child Behavior Checklist - Teacher Report Form Data
DS53: Early Behavior Questionnaire (Teacher Version) Data
DS54: Peer Involvement/Social Skills - Teacher Data
description: OYS target males, their partners and their offspring aged 7 years. Smallest Geographic Unit: City
description: coded on-site observation; cognitive assessment test; face-to-face interview; on-site questionnaireFor more information on the Three Generational Study, please visit the Oregon Social Learning Center website.For additional information on the Oregon Youth Study, please visit the Oregon Social Learning Center website.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.Each wave was collected based on the age of child. The fifth wave (Time 4) was collected when the child was 7 years of age.Please refer to the User Guide for help understanding variable names.