Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Self-Ratings of 50-Year-Olds 2009

The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 40 years. This research stage includes a Life Situation Questionnaire, interviews, personality tests, a life history calendar, a medical examination, laboratory tests and participant self-ratings. The lives of 50-year-olds were studied in terms of family, work, health, leisure and personality traits. This dataset contains the responses to self-rating questionnaires. The questionnaires were either original or modified versions of specific tests and measurements, translated into Finnish. The questionnaires filled in during the medical examination charted physical symptoms, self-control of emotions, interpersonal relations and traffic behaviour. The respondents were asked about physical symptoms experienced in the previous six months (e.g. headache, dizziness, low back pain). Control of emotions was charted with questions about experiencing, managing and showing them. A number of questions studied the respondent's relations to other people and social support available. Traffic behaviour was investigated by asking when the respondents had gotten their driver's license, how many road traffic accidents they had been involved in etc. The other questionnaires were filled in during the interview. Three questionnaires studied emotions in terms of accepting, recognising and controlling them. The first one investigated how the respondent was feeling at the moment of answering (e.g. disappointed, happy) and the second how the respondent felt in general (e.g. active, nervous). The next questionnaire covered aggression and the ways of controlling and showing it. The respondents' feelings of self-worth and self-appreciation were studied using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. Psychological well-being was examined with 18 statements focusing on autonomy, personal growth, relations with others, purpose in life and self-acceptance. Social well-being was studied with 15 statements. These included, for instance, the respondent's view on how kind people are, whether society has stopped developing and whether they felt that they belonged to a community. Sense of coherence was investigated by asking about, among other things, the desire to change things in life, anger over childhood experiences and satisfaction with the choices made in life. Alcohol use was investigated with questions about drinking habits, guilt caused by alcohol use, difficulty in stopping drinking etc. Depression was charted by asking whether there had been times when the respondents did not enjoy the things they used to, whether they had felt insignificant and dissatisfied, had trouble sleeping etc. The respondents were asked what leisure time activities (cultural, physical) and hobbies they engaged in. General satisfaction with life was evaluated with five statements (SWLS). Couple relationships were examined by asking about the consensus between R and the spouse (to what extent they agreed or disagreed on different issues) and R's satisfaction with the relationship. Perceptions on children and parenting were studied by asking the respondents to estimate how well statements relating to the upbringing of their children described them and how well certain statements (e.g. "Acts before she/he thinks") applied to their children. The respondents also estimated how much practical, immaterial and financial aid they gave to their own parents. Relation to and opinions on work were studied. Questionnaires charted what the respondents did after work, whether they thought about work in their spare time, negative and positive feelings relating to work etc. The final questionnaire examined their work-life balance. Background variable used: the respondent's gender

该数据集隶属于于约瓦斯库尔基纵向人格与社会发展研究（JYLS），该研究对同一受试者在过去40年中进行了追踪。此研究阶段包括生活状况问卷、访谈、人格测试、生活史日历、医学检查、实验室检测以及受试者自我评价。本研究针对50岁人群在家庭、工作、健康、休闲和人格特质等方面的生活进行了深入研究。本数据集包含了自我评价问卷的回应。问卷包括原始版本或特定测试与测量的修改版，已翻译成芬兰语。医学检查期间填写的问卷记录了生理症状、情绪自我控制、人际关系和交通行为。受试者被询问过去六个月内经历的生理症状（例如头痛、头晕、腰痛）。情绪控制通过询问体验、管理和表达情绪的方式来进行记录。一系列问题研究了受试者与其他人的关系以及可用的社会支持。交通行为通过询问受试者何时获得驾驶执照、他们参与过的交通事故数量等问题进行研究。其他问卷在访谈期间填写。三份问卷从接受、识别和控制情绪的角度研究了情绪。第一份问卷调查了受试者在回答问题时的即时感受（例如失望、快乐），第二份问卷调查了受试者的一般感受（例如活跃、紧张）。下一份问卷涵盖了攻击性和控制及表达攻击性的方式。使用罗森伯格自尊量表研究了受试者的自我价值感和自我欣赏感。心理健康通过18个陈述来考察，这些陈述聚焦于自主性、个人成长、与他人关系、生活目的和自我接纳。社会健康通过15个陈述来研究，包括受试者对人们是否善良的看法、社会是否已停止发展以及他们是否感觉自己属于某个社区等问题。通过询问诸如改变生活的愿望、对童年经历的愤怒以及对生活中所做选择的满意程度等问题来研究连贯感。通过关于饮酒习惯、酒精使用的罪恶感以及停止饮酒的困难程度等问题来研究酒精使用。通过询问受试者是否有过不再享受他们曾经享受的事情、是否感到无足轻重和不满、是否难以入睡等问题来记录抑郁症。受试者被询问他们的休闲时间活动（文化、体育）和爱好。使用五个陈述（SWLS）来评估对生活的总体满意度。通过询问R与配偶之间的共识（在多大程度上他们就不同问题达成或未达成一致）以及R对关系的满意度来考察伴侣关系。通过询问受试者如何评估与他们的孩子相关的抚养陈述的描述准确性以及某些陈述（例如“行动之前先思考”）对其孩子的适用性来研究对儿童和育儿的态度。受试者还估计了他们给予自己父母多少实际、非物质和财务支持。通过调查受试者与工作以及他们对工作的看法来研究工作关系。问卷记录了受试者下班后做什么、他们是否在空闲时间思考工作、与工作相关的正面和负面感受等。最后一份问卷考察了他们的工作与生活平衡。使用的背景变量：受试者的性别。