Authors

• Pulkkinen, Lea (University of Jyväskylä. Department of Psychology)

Keywords

adolescents, childhood, drug addiction, expectation, family life, housing, interpersonal relations, parent-child relationship, parents, partnerships (personal), personal identity, smoking, spouses

Abstract

The data are part of the Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS), in which the same individuals have been followed over 30 years. At this research stage, data were collected using self-rating questionnaires, a free time activity questionnaire, and an interview. This dataset contains the transcribed responses to the questions presented in the interview. The responses have been categorised by theme; some have been recorded as such whereas others have been condensed. The dataset FSD2125 Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS): Interviews of 20-Year-Olds 1980 includes the numerically classified responses. The interview topics corresponded to the themes in the interviews of 14-year-olds. Topics covered family, relationship with parents, upbringing received, becoming independent, relationship with peers and the opposite sex, use of alcohol and drugs, education, identity, and future expectations.