Ten Year Longitudinal Study of School Leavers, 1980-1989

This longitudinal survey followed three cohorts of school leavers over a ten-year period, looking at the transition from school to work. An initial sample from twelve metropolitan Adelaide public high schools was taken in 1980. The questionnaire used in schools (1980-1983) examined attributional style; perceived social supports and leisure activities. This questionnaire also contained separate sections on psychological measures. Rosenberg's (1965) Self-Esteem Scale; the Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale (1974) and Smith's (1973) short measure of achievement motivation were used. After 1984, when all respondents had left school, a number of different scales were incorporated. Respondents were asked to complete the General Health Questionnaire; The Hopelessness Scale of Beck, Weisman, Lester and Trexler (1984) was used; Srole's (1965) scale for measuring anomia (anomie); and the job satisfaction of employed respondents was measured. The 1988 version of the questionnaire also included some questions on general health, some on financial resources as well as some additional scales. Srole's Anomia Scale was used to detect general disaffection; a scale of life satisfaction was also used; and a modified version of the Multi-Dimensional Support Scale used by Neuling and Winefield (1988) measured the frequency and satisfaction with souces of support to the respondent. A shorter questionnaire was administered in the final year of the study (1989). It included the Depressive Affect Scale; the General Health Questionnaire and the final items from the Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction scales. Background variables included age, sex, highest level of education, occupation and ethnic origin.

本纵向调查（longitudinal survey）对三批毕业生开展了为期十年的跟踪研究，旨在探究其从学校到职场的过渡过程。1980年，研究从阿德莱德市的12所公立高中抽取了初始样本。1980-1983年在学校中使用的问卷考察了归因风格（attributional style）、感知社会支持（perceived social support）及休闲活动；问卷还包含心理测量相关的独立章节，采用了罗森伯格（1965）自尊量表（Self-Esteem Scale）、诺威基-斯特里克兰德内外控量表（Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Control Scale，1974）及史密斯（1973）成就动机简表（short measure of achievement motivation）。1984年后，所有受访者均已离校，研究纳入了多项不同的量表：受访者需完成一般健康问卷（General Health Questionnaire）；研究同时使用了贝克等人（Beck, Weisman, Lester & Trexler, 1984）的无望感量表（Hopelessness Scale）、斯罗尔（1965）的失范感（anomie）测量量表；此外，还对就业受访者的工作满意度（job satisfaction）进行了评估。1988版问卷还新增了关于一般健康状况、财务资源的问题及若干额外量表，其中包括用于检测普遍疏离感的斯罗尔失范感量表（Anomia Scale）、生活满意度量表（Life Satisfaction Scale），以及纽林与温菲尔德（1988）使用的多维支持量表（Multi-Dimensional Support Scale）修订版（用于测量受访者获得支持来源的频率及满意度）。研究最后一年（1989年）采用了更简短的问卷，包含抑郁情感量表（Depressive Affect Scale）、一般健康问卷以及工作满意度与生活满意度量表的最终项目。背景变量包括年龄、性别、最高教育水平、职业及种族起源。