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measure Yale-Vermont Adversity in Childhood Scale (Y-VACS)
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_REFThe Yale-Vermont Adversity in Childhood Scale (Y-VACS) assesses a range of intrafamilial (e.g., physical abuse, witnessing domestic violence) and extrafamilial (e.g., community violence, bullying, natural disasters) adversities, and generates scores that take into account severity and frequency of exposure. The Y-VACS generates a total adversity score,...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Glasses and Eye sight
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_5Glasses and Eye sight assesses the wearing of glasses, far- or near-sightedness, amblyopia (lazy eye), and squinting since birth.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Supplement use
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_1 YC_ACTION BB2 YC_ACTION - BB3 YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 1 YS_TRIP age 1-2Nutritional supplement use was assessed in mothers during pregnancy, and vitamin supplementation use was assessed for children, including formation regarding type, frequency, and duration of vitamin supplementation.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Vaccinations
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_7 YS_10 YC_ADHMRIVaccinations consists of questions about general vaccinations, such as vaccination against mumps, measles and rubella.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure NMR metabolomics
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Biological sample/measurement Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YE_COG18Untargeted proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) metabolomics platform.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Genotyping (array)
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Biological sample/measurement Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register 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_COG18Assessment of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as obtained through genotyping arrays.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 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 October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Shared environment
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_5 YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2 YC_DSC YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG12Shared environment contains questions about bedroom sharing of the twins/triplets, and about wearing the same clothing as the co-twin/triplet.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Tanner Scale
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YC_BS3 YE_ATTEF2 YE_COG12 YE_COG18The Tanner Scale describes, both pictorially and descriptively, the external changes that occur in the time period between the onset of puberty and the achievement of full maturity for both girls and boys. Characterizations of pubertal status are assessed by breast development in girls, genital development in boys and pubic hair growth in both. The Tanner...Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Skinfold thickness
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Biological sample/measurement Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YE_COG18Skinfold thickness is an assessment of body fat which can noninvasively and reliably be measured at various sites of the body using a skinfold caliper. Based on measurements at multiple sites of the body, the total body fat and contribution of fat to the body mass can be estimated.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Heart beat perception
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YE_ATTEF3In Heart beat perception, participants were asked to judge their own heart rate by introspective visceral awareness, i.e. without palpitating the arterial pulse signal at wrist or neck. They judged their mean heart rate per minute over three short periods (25, 35 and 45 seconds).Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Body Image
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2Body Image assesses how afraid respondents are to gain weight or to grow fat, and which role their appearance and weight plays in how they think about themselves. Items were derived from the Growing Up Today Study and the Virginia Twin Survey.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Headache and Migraine
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_DHBQP YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16 YS_DHBQ18 YC_BS2Headache and Migraine assesses the presence, frequency, intensity, symptomology, and duration of severe headache/migraine.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble (CRAFFT) Screening Test
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16The Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble (CRAFFT) Screening Test is a screening test for substance use that identifies substance use, substance-related riding/driving risk, and substance use disorder among youth ages 12-21.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Toilet Training
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_5Toilet training contains questions about toilet training and bedwetting of the child, such as "How often How often do the children pee/poop in their pants?" and "How old were the children when they were completely clean during the day/at night?"Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 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 October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Handedness questionnaire
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_5The Handedness questionnaire contains 7 items on hand preference during drinking, eating, drawing, etc.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS)
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: SelfAdministeredQuestionnaire Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YS_DHBQ14 YS_DHBQ16The Compulsive Internet Use Scale (CIUS) assesses the severity of Internet addiction and compulsive, pathological, or problematic online behaviors.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Learning difficulties
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 YC_BS1 YC_BS2 YE_ATTEF2 YC_ADHMRI YE_COG18 YS_TRIP age 4 YS_TRIP age 7 YS_TRIP age 10 YS_TRIP age 12Learning difficulties consists of questions about learning difficulties at or outside of school, including dyslexia and dyscalculia.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024 -
measure Revisie Amsterdamse Kinder Intelligentie Test (RAKIT)
Study: Netherlands Twin Register Mode of collection: MeasurementsAndTests Behavioral/cognitive task Available measurements: Young Netherlands Twin Register YE_ATTEF1 YE_COG10The Revisie Amsterdamse Kinder Intelligentie Test (RAKIT) assesses intelligence quotient (IQ) in children between 4 and 11 years old.Created October 17, 2024 • Updated October 20, 2024