Interval Study Capabilities: Older Cohort 1985-1995, 3rd Wave 1987

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 specialties and learning characteristics; test results on concentration ability, attentiveness, verbal agility; support of particular capabilities; coping with above-average requirements; personal orientations: moral orientations; learning attitude; learning motivation; goals in life; actual school habits; self-concept; action determined by oneself or third parties; cognitive interests; satisfaction with school requirements and coping with them; capabilities and skills; independence; ability to assert oneself; self-evaluation of personal strengths and weaknesses; social-personal relations; occupation orientation; 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; cultural possession; conducting sport; family development conditions; sociability; structure characteristics of family; child-raising situation and child-raising style of parents; understanding; social relations; collectivity; school habits; social effort; identification; friendships; sociogramm; psycho-nerval prerequisites; physical and psychological ability to hold up; neurotic conduct characteristics; self-confidence.