Early Steps Multisite Study (Age 2), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eugene, Oregon, and Charlottesville, Virginia, 2002-2014

The Early Steps Multisite (ESM) Study is a randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of the early childhood version of the Family Check-Up intervention. This data includes home-based assessments carried out at age 2 involving 731 families from three distinct communities in the United States: Pittsburgh, PA (urban), Eugene, OR (suburban), and in and outside Charlottesville, VA (rural). Assessments include questionnaires and interviews with primary caregivers (i.e., typically mothers) and alternative caregivers (fathers, grandparents, and other child caregivers) about child behavior, sociodemographic and family risk, parent well-being and support, coupled with observations of developmentally-tailored parent-child interaction tasks (e.g., teaching, clean-up, and meal preparation tasks at ages 2-5, discussion tasks at ages 7.5 and 9.5). Teacher reports on multiple domains of child behavior were obtained beginning at age 7.5 through age 10.5, and youth reports on their own adjustment beginning at child age 8.5. Direct testing of children's academic achievement was administered at child ages 5, 7.5, and 8.5 using scales from the Woodcock-Johnson.

早期多中心研究（Early Steps Multisite, ESM）是一项随机对照试验，旨在检验家庭核查（Family Check-Up）幼儿版干预方案的有效性。本数据集包含美国三个不同社区的731个家庭在儿童2岁龄时接受的家庭实地评估数据，这三个社区分别为宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡（城市社区）、俄勒冈州尤金（郊区社区），以及弗吉尼亚州夏洛茨维尔市及周边区域（乡村社区）。评估内容涵盖针对主要照料者（通常为母亲）与替代照料者（父亲、祖父母及其他儿童照料者）的问卷与访谈，涉及儿童行为、社会人口学特征与家庭风险、父母福祉与支持状况；同时包含适配儿童发展阶段的亲子互动任务观察记录，例如2-5岁时的教学、整理与备餐任务，7.5岁与9.5岁时的讨论任务。研究还收集了儿童7.5岁至10.5岁期间教师对其多领域行为表现的评估报告，以及儿童自8.5岁起的自我适应状况自评数据。此外，研究团队在儿童5岁、7.5岁及8.5岁时，采用伍德科克-约翰逊（Woodcock-Johnson）量表对儿童的学业成就开展了直接测评。