Family 1988 - Apprentices

Family influences on personality development of young people.
Topics:
Type of vocational school attended;
main place of residence during childhood;
stand on scientific research of family life and interhuman relations;
assessment of the relationship with father and mother;
composition of family of origin;
length of living together with step-parents;
marital status of parents;
family climate (scale);
contact with problems in personal and social life (scale);
agreement of attitudes with those of father or mother
regarding partner relations, responsibility, education, achievement readiness,
effort for socialism, scientific-technical progress;
understanding of father and mother for conduct
in questions of vocational training, love and
partner relations, leisure time, fashion, music;
agreement with moral orientations of father and mother
regarding equal rights, religion, policies of the GDR and the Soviet Union,
occupational goals, social functions, environmental protection;
frequency of arguments with parents and topics of arguments (scale);
advice by father or mother in general with love and partner relations,
GDR policies, organization of leisure time, achievement improvement,
participation in FDJ;
participation of parents in personal cares;
assessment of the home regarding security, love, support;
frequency of talks with parents about grades, teachers,
work demands and conditions, parental occupation problems, current politics,
participation in FDJ, love and sexuality, science and technology,
art and culture;
desire for frequent organization of leisure time with parents (scale);
child-raising style of parents;
influence of family members on decisions in various family matters;
personal influence on family decisions;
frequency of acceptance of domestic tasks and duties;
interest of parents in achievements, training, apprentice collective,
political position, participation in FDJ, organization of leisure time;
frequency of common activities with parents in childhood (scale);
possession of books - number and type;
membership in leisure groups and parental consent;
character of leisure group;
moral orientations of father or mother (scale);
occupational qualification of parents;
age of parents;
membership of parents in party;
shift work of parents;
type of training occupation learned;
steady partnership;
world view;
Supplemental form A:
membership and participation in FDJ, MMM and innovator movement;
solidarity with FDJ, city of birth and home town, Soviet Union, SED, GDR;
recommendations for creative activities from various groups of persons;
presence of a PC in parental home and occupation with computer technology;
moral orientations (scale);
attitude to use of alcohol;
frequency and amount of alcohol used;
interest in nature, politics, art, culture, literature, technology, science,
history, sport;
preferred child-raising in comparison to personal upbringing (scale);
Supplemental form B:
attitude to high achievements and achievement readiness;
achievement status compared with classmates;
average grades;
striving for the teaching profession;
use of nicotine and
number of cigarettes smoked daily by father, mother, siblings;
attitude of parents to smoking;
concept of future partner relations;
reasons for long-term relationship;
desire for children;
personal abortions;
attitude to fidelity and sexual intercourse with unloved partner;
age at first sexual intercourse and use of contraceptives;
openly dealing with the topic of sexuality in parental home;
problems with sexuality, love, marriage and family (scale);
supplemental form parents:
assessment of relationship with child;
accomplishment of educational goals (scale);
information about education questions in media;
frequency of conflicts with child regarding achievement, politics, clothing,
smoking, alcohol, love (scale);
exchange about problems with the child;
assessment of family climate;
significance of participation in FDJ, MMM and innovator movement
for young people;
compatibility of occupational and family duties for mother or father;
general contentment with life;
time expended by mother or or father for housework;
time expended by mother or father for social work;
interest of family in environmental protection, art, culture, sport,
politics, history, technology, science, economics;
Supplemental form father:
age and occupational qualification;
full-time or part-time employment;
work satisfaction;
shift work and attitude to shift work;
computer technology at work;
change of work responsibilities through introduction of computer technology
(scale);
assessment of work demands;
moral orientations (scale);
Supplemental form mother:
type of motherhood;
occupational qualification;
full-time or part-time employment;
work satisfaction;
shift work and attitude to shift work;
computer technology at work;
change of work responsibilities through introduction of computer technology
(scale);
assessment of work demands;
moral orientations (scale);
supplemental form instructors:
assessment of the achievements and capabilities of the apprentice (scale);
assessment of his over-all personality;
belonging to the group.