Schoolchildren Interval Study Capabilities 1986-1995, 1st Wave 1986

Development forms and influence factors of development of mental achievements in childhood and adolescence (particularly at transfer from lower grade, junior high and high school). Topics: Cognitive capabilities: school achievements in individual subjects; teacher judgements about specific achievement particularities; cultural interests and orientations: leisure behavior; leisure interests; use of new information technologies; use of mass-media; use of cultural offerings; preferred cultural activities; cultural-esthetic orientation; family development conditions: sociability; structure characteristics of family; child-raising situation; emotional parent-child relationship; personality of parents; mental-cultural conditions of family; case history data; social relations: collectivity; school habits; social effort; identification; friendships; psycho-nerval prerequisites: physical and psychological ability to hold up; neurotic conduct characteristics.