24-JAN-2005
2002 Primary Caregiver Child File
Release 2
The PCG-Child File now includes generated variables for scales and indexes and coded variables for open-ended items in the PCG questionnaire. The scales that are now included on the file include:
POSBEH02: POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE 02
WARMTH02: PARENTAL WARMTH SCALE 02
BPI_T02: BPI FULL SCALE 02
BPI_N02: BPI INTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS 02
BPI_E02: BPI EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS 02
PARENT02: AGGRAVATION IN PARENTING SCALE 02
K6_02: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS SCALE 02
DISAGR02: PARENTAL DISAGREEMENT SCALE 02
PEARLN02: PEARLIN SELF-EFFICACY SCALE 02
SLFEST02: ROSENBERG SELF-ESTEEM SCALE 02
More information on scale construction and scale properties will be available in CDS-II User Guide, which will be posted in February 2005. Currently, the online codebooks and the table found on webpage: http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/CDS/questionnaires/cdsiimeas.pdf provide some information of the items used to construct the measure, general sense of construction method, and the original source of the measure.
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