Interval Study: Development Factors and Development Forms of Young People in the GDR (1968-1980) IS I - 1969 (2nd Wave)

Typical forms and courses of development of personality and social conduct of young people depending on social factors and conditions. Topics: Frequency of reading regional and national newspapers and preferred topics; frequency of watching or listening to special broadcasts on radio and television of the GDR (scale); frequency of listening to or watching broadcasts of West German radio or television; desired occupation; school achievements corresponding to desired occupation; motives for choice of occupation; presence of a friend and a circle of friends; age and sex of friends; frequency of meeting with friends; sense of well-being in one's circle of friends; comparison of circle of friends and Pioneer group; effect of friends on school achievements; presence of a best friend or a girl friend; sense of well-being in the class; accepting tasks of the group council; assessment of life in the Pioneer group; occupation with Thaelmann's life and significance for one's own life; assessment of the collective character of the class; readiness to become a member of the FDJ; physical complaints (headaches, nausea, sleeplessness); conviction that socialism will be successful world-wide; following political events; readiness to join a political party; pride to be a citizen of the socialist state; solidarity with the GDR; interests: geography, literature, economy, physics, psychology, film, politics, military, technology, fashion, history, morals, music, biology, sport, chemistry, dance, travel; occupation of father and social origins; occupation of mother and social origins; occupation of parent or guardian; having repeated a year of school.