• measure Blood pressure

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YC_BS3 YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF3 YE_COG18
     
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    Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as the heart pumps blood around the body. Systolic pressure is the pressure when the heart contracts and pushes blood out and diastolic pressure is the pressure when the heart relaxes and fills with blood. In adults, the systolic pressure normally ranges between 80 and 120 and the...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale for Children (ITIS)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YE_ATTEF3
     
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    The Implicit Theories of Intelligence Scale for Children (ITIS) measures growth mindset and the extent to which a child believes that her or his intelligence can be improved.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Subjective exercise ability

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS follow-up
     
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    Subjective exercise ability was assessed in an online survey. Participants were asked to rate how good they were at sports and how they compared themselves to their peers on sport ability, stamina, and muscle strenght.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Family Environment Scale (FES) - Conflict

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2
     
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    The Family Environment Scale (FES) -Conflict Subscale evaluates the degree in which family members express anger and interactions that stimulate anger.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Anthropometry

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YS_2 YS_3 YS_5 YS_7 YS_10 YS_12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF2 YE_ATTEF3 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1 YS_TRIP age 2 YS_TRIP age 1-2 YS_TRIP age 3 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 5 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    Anthropometric measurements include height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and body circumferences.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Flexibility

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Biological sample/measurement
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YE_FITNSS
     
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    Physical flexibility was measured using a standard sit-and-reach box (Baseline Sit-and-reach Trunk Flexibility Box, Fabrication Enterprises Inc., USA).
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Side jobs and household chores

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2 YC_DSC YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG12 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    Side jobs and household chores contains questions about side jobs (parttime work), volunteer work, household chores, and other main daytime activities.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure School results and performance

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_TRF5 YS_7 YS_TRF7 YS_10 YS_TRF10 YS_12 YS_TRF12 YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_DSC YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG12 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    School results and performance assesses the child's behavior and results at primary and secondary school. Questions include reports of the child's performance in subjects at primary (gymnastics, reading, arithmetic, language, geography) and secondary school (mathematics, languages such as English, French and German, geography, history, natural sciences);...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Birth

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YC_DSC YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1 YS_TRIP age 1-2
     
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    Birth assesses information on pregnancy duration, placenta and chorionicity, mode of delivery, complications around the delivery, and incubator time.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure CITO score

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_12 YS_TRF12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YE_ATTEF2 YS_CITO YS_DT YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    The CITO-test is a standardized test for educational achievement that is administered in the final grade (when children are 11 or 12 years old) of elementary school. The CITO-test consists of multiple choice items in 4 different educational skills, namely Arithmetic, Language, Study Skills, and Science and Social Studies. All scores on the scales are...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Demographics

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YS_2 YS_3 YS_5 YS_TRF5 YS_7 YS_TRF7 YS_10 YS_TRF10 YS_12 YS_TRF12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_ACTION BB1_1 YC_ACTION BB1_2 YC_ACTION BB2 YC_ACTION - BB3 YS_REF YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF1 YE_ATTEF2 YE_ATTEF3 YC_ADHMRI YS_DT YE_COG12 YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1 YS_TRIP age 1-2 YS_TRIP age 3 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 5 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    Demographic information includes age and year of birth, biological sex and gender, country and place of birth, current zipcode, nationality, religion, educational attainment, spoken laguages, and information on multiple births.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Family Composition

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YS_2 YS_5 YS_7 YS_10 YS_12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2 YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1 YS_TRIP age 2 YS_TRIP age 1-2
     
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    Family composition was assessed, including multiples in the (extended) family, twins in the extended family, number of siblings and number of children.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure School Situation

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_5 YS_TRF5 YS_7 YS_TRF7 YS_10 YS_TRF10 YS_12 YS_TRF12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YS_DT YE_COG12 YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 3 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 5 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    School situations contains questions about children's schoolgoing situation, including the type of school the children attend, whether twins attend the same or different school or class, whether the child has ever skipped or repeated grades, and truancy.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Language and stuttering

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_2 YS_5 YS_7 YS_10 YS_12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2
     
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    Language development and stuttering contains questions about the child's speech development and the parent's and child's stuttering. Questions include, for example, "Have you ever stuttered?", "Did the stuttering bother you?", "Has your child ever stuttered?", "Does the child slowly repeat a sound from a sentence?", and "Does the child prolong a sound...
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure NEO Five-Factor Inventory - Revised (NEO-FFI-R)

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_DHBQ16
     
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    The NEO Personality Inventory (NEO) is a personality inventory that assesess different dimensions of personality. Most versions focus on the Big Five personality traits Neuroticism, Emotional Stability, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Different versions are available that differ in number of items and sub scales.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Binge Eating

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2
     
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    Binge eating assesses binge eating behaviors. Items were derived from the Growing Up Today Study and the Virginia Twin Survey.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Leisure Activities

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_3 YS_7 YS_10 YS_12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_DSC YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG12 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    Leisure Activities consists of questions about activities performed in leisure time, hobbies and time spend thereon.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Stressful life events during pregnancy

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YS_TRIP age 1-2
     
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    Stressful life events or stressful periods during pregnancy were reported by participants.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Pubertal Development

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_ACTION BB1_1 YC_ACTION BB1_2 YC_ACTION BB2 YC_ACTION - BB3 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3 YC_DSC YE_FITNSS YC_ADHMRI YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1-2
     
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    Pubertal Development was assessed through questions about breast growth, menstruation, shaving, deepening of the voice, and growth spurts.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024

  • measure Work demographics

    Study:Netherlands Twin Register
    Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire
    Available measurements:
    Young Netherlands Twin Register  YS_1 YS_3 YS_TRF5 YS_7 YS_TRF7 YS_10 YS_TRF10 YS_12 YS_TRF12 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2 YE_FITNSS YE_ATTEF2 YS_DT YE_COG12 YS_TRIP age 1-2 YS_TRIP age 3 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 5 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12
     
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    Work demographics consists of questions about working, hours of working, maternity/paternity leave, and type of profession.
    Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024
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