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measure Shortened Nonword Repetition Task (NWR-S)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 9-10 yearsThe Nonword Repetition Task assesses interactions between the auditory system, phonological representations, articulation, vocabulary, and literacy. During the task, children are asked to repeat nonwords of two, three, four or five syllables with differing phonotactic probabilities. The original NWR task consists of 40 nonwords, whereas the short version...Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure CITO score
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 13-14 yearsThe 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 June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Language
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 13-14 yearsLanguage items assess the child's language speaking, including whether the child speaks languages other than Dutch, what languages the child speaks to others (mother, father, brothers, sisters, grandparents, other adults and other children), and language difficulties with Dutch and other languages.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Demographics
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R Early pregnancy Mid pregnancy Late pregnancy 3 years 4 years 5-6 years 8 years 17-18 years Covid questionnairesThe demographics questionnaire assesses many kinds of demographic characteristics of the child and its parents and grandparents. It includes items about the parents' birthdate, age, country of origin, language spoken at home, religion, household composition and marital status/single parenthood, living situation, and highest education.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Five-Minute Speech Sample
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: Interview Available measurements: Generation R Late pregnancyThe Coding of Expressed Emotion from the Five Minute Speech Sample is a method to assess the emotional climate in families. The Five Minute Speech Sample is a task in which a family member speaks about a topic of their choice for five minutes while being recorded. The sample is then transcribed and coded for emotional expression using the EE coding...Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Macarthur Communicative Development Inventory (MCDI)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 1.5 yearsThe MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (N-CDI) are a pair of widely used parent-report instruments for assessing communicative skills in infants and toddlers. The CDIs are parent report instruments which capture important information about children's developing abilities in early language, including vocabulary comprehension, production,...Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Language Development Survey (LDS)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 2.5 yearsThe Language Development Survey (LDS) assesses receptive and expressive language development. It is a 310-word vocabulary checklist, e.g., ‘Apple’ and ‘Tortoise’, with words arranged within 14 semantic categories. Parents are asked to identify the words that the child uses spontaneously.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Speech and language development
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 17-18 yearsSpeech and language development assesses language and communication skills among 17 year old adolescents, completed by the main caregiver via 9 questions, including more detailed questions on language problems like stuttering.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Neuropsychological development (NEPSY-II-NL)
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Generation R 7 yearsThe NEPSY-II-NL is a Dutch adaptation of the NEPSY-II which assesses neuropsychological functioning. The test battery consists of 34 subtests that assess four domains: Attention and executive functions, Language, Memory and learning, Sensorimotoric integration, Social cognition, and Visuospatial processing.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Child Development Inventory (CDI) - Receptive and expressive language
Study: Generation R Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Generation R 1 year 1.5 yearsThe Child Development Inventory (CDI) was used to assess receptive and expressive language using age-appropriate items from the expressive language scale and the language comprehension scale. The scales ask caregivers to indicate on yes/no-items what sounds or words the child produces or understands.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated September 19, 2024 -
measure Verbal Fluency Test
Study: TRAILS Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Population cohort POP - T4The Verbal Fluency Test assesses how many words that belong to the same predetermined category participants can produce in a given time (usually 60 seconds). This category can be semantic, specified objects such as animals or fruits, or phonological, words beginning with a specified letter such as p.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Rey’s Verbal Learning Test
Study: TRAILS Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Population cohort POP - T4The Rey’s Auditory Verbal Learning Task (AVLT) measures short- and long-term verbal memory. In the task, a list of 15 unrelated, concrete nouns is presented via audio with a 1 second interval over five learning trials. After each presentation, participants have to name as many of the presented words as possible. Next, after a delay interval of 20-30...Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Family Interaction Task (FIT)
Study: RADAR Mode of collection: Observation Available measurements: Young Cohort RY - W1 RY - W2 RY - W3 RY - W4 RY - W5The Family Interaction Task aims to measure the way parents and their children interact, by observing them during a discussion of a predetermined set of subjects.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Family Interaction Task (FIT)
Study: L-CID Mode of collection: Observation Available measurements: Middle Childhood Cohort MCC - T5The Family Interaction Task (FIT) aims to measure the way parents and their children interact, by observing them during a discussion of a predetermined set of subjects.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Reading Ability Task
Study: L-CID Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Early Childhood Cohort ECC - T5
Middle Childhood Cohort MCC - T2The Reading Ability task (Drie Minuten Toets) is used to assess reading ability by letting children read as many separate words from a list as possible within three minutes.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure CITO score
Study: L-CID Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Middle Childhood Cohort MCC - T6The 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 June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Reading and Writing
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_7 YS_10 YS_12 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YE_ATTEF2 YE_COG18Reading and Writing assesses the child's reading and writing ability (compared to children of the same age) , reading habits (e.g. how many books are there at home, how many books does the child read, how often are the twins read by the parents, at what age was the child able to read), and reading and writing enjoyment (e.g., does the child enjoy reading,...Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Verbal Fluency Test
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YC_BS2 YE_COG18The Verbal Fluency Test assesses how many words that belong to the same predetermined category participants can produce in a given time (usually 60 seconds). This category can be semantic, specified objects such as animals or fruits, or phonological, words beginning with a specified letter such as p.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure Controlled Oral Word Association task (COWA)
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YC_BS1The Controlled Oral Word Association task (COWA) is a subtest of the Multilingual Aphasia Exam and measures verbal fluency. In the task, participants are given a specific semantic category (jobs or animals) or letter ("r" or "t") and are asked to generate as many words as possible in that specific category or starting with that specific letter. The number...Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024 -
measure One Minute Reading Task
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_7 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3One subtest of the ‘one minute reading test’ was administered as a measure of technical reading performance, or oral reading fluency. It measures the accuracy and speed of decoding. Children were instructed to read out loud as many words as possible in 1 minute without making errors from a card containing 120 unrelated words.Created June 5, 2024 • Updated June 20, 2024