Simmons Longitudinal Study: Adaptation and Development Across the Lifespan [New England, United States], Grade 12 Data, Wave 5, 1990

The Simmons Longitudinal Study (SLS) is a community-based study that has prospectively traced the life course of a single-aged cohort from childhood (age 5) to adulthood (age 26). Data were collected from multiple informants at seven major time points: age 5 (1977), age 6 (1978), age 9 (1980-1981), age 15 (1987), age 18 (1990), age 21 (1993-1994), and age 26 (1998). Since its inception in 1977, the SLS has utilized a multidisciplinary, multimethod approach, with the dual goals of: (1) tracing the development and course of academic difficulties, behavior problems, and psychopathology; and (2) identifying factors that promote health functioning from early childhood (age 5) to adulthood (age 26). The SLS has consistently emphasized the identification of modifiable social and environmental risk and protective factors that can be targeted directly in prevention and intervention programs. To date, SLS has published 50 journal articles and 9 book chapters. The original study group was comprised of every child who entered kindergarten in the fall of 1977 in one public school district in a northeastern town in the United States. For this wave of the study, Wave 5, researchers revisited with study participants in 1990 when they were 18 years old and most were seniors in high school thinking about future plans for work and education. The interviews gathered information on future goals, behavioral and emotional adjustment, current social and interpersonal functioning, and mental health problems such as depression, and substance abuse and dependence.

西蒙斯纵向研究（Simmons Longitudinal Study, SLS）是一项基于社区的前瞻性追踪研究，针对同一同龄队列，从童年时期（5岁）至成年时期（26岁）全程追踪其生命历程。该研究在7个关键时间点通过多信息提供者采集数据，分别为1977年（5岁）、1978年（6岁）、1980-1981年（9岁）、1987年（15岁）、1990年（18岁）、1993-1994年（21岁）以及1998年（26岁）。自1977年启动以来，SLS始终采用多学科、多方法研究范式，其双重研究目标为：一是追踪学业困难、行为问题及精神病理现象的发展与病程；二是识别可促进从童年早期（5岁）至成年期（26岁）健康功能发挥的影响因素。SLS一贯强调识别可干预的社会与环境风险及保护因素，此类因素可直接应用于预防与干预项目中。截至目前，SLS已发表50篇期刊论文及9部图书章节。该研究的原始队列源自美国东北部某城镇的公立学区，纳入了1977年秋季进入该学区幼儿园的所有儿童。本研究的第五波随访（Wave 5）于1990年开展，彼时研究对象均为18岁，多数为高中高年级学生，正在规划未来的学业与职业发展方向。本次访谈采集了研究对象的未来目标、行为与情绪适应状况、当前社会与人际功能，以及抑郁、物质滥用与依赖等精神健康问题相关信息。