Midlife Psychosocial Assets: Qualitatively Assessed from Open-Ended Responses in the Age 50 Assessment of the National Child Development Study, Coding Documentation, 2026
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: Psychosocial assets are psychological and social resources such as life purpose, optimism, and social connections that are associated with the promotion of health and well-being. This data collection includes background materials for qualitatively assessed psychosocial assets from midlife adults in the National Child Development Study (NCDS). The NCDS has repeatedly assessed cohort members from birth through older age on a variety of topics. The current research focused on 7,382 50-year-old cohort members who wrote an open-ended response about how they imagined their future lives. Two judges independently evaluated each response (1 = not at all; 7 = very) for the presence of eight psychosocial assets: optimism, purpose in life, social connections, life satisfaction, personal growth, agency, enjoyment, and overall positivity. Interrater agreement for each psychosocial asset was strong, and the psychosocial assets were moderately to strongly intercorrelated. Data on the qualitatively assessed psychosocial assets can be requested from the Center for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) Data Access Committee (DAC) and then linked with the well-characterized and comprehensive NCDS data via the UK Data Service. This collection provides the opportunity to foster meaningful mixed methods research.
Source: UK Data Archive
Author: Boehm, Julia K.
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204441065