Description: The National Survey of American Life Adolescent Supplement (NSAL-A), 2001-2004, was designed to estimate the lifetime-to-date and current prevalence, age-of-onset distributions, course, and comorbidity of DSM-IV disorders among African American and Caribbean adolescents in the United States; to identify risk and protective factors for the onset and persistence of these disorders; to describe patterns and correlates of service use for these disorders; and to lay the groundwork for subsequent follow-up studies that can be used to identify early expressions of adult mental disorders. In addition, the adolescent dataset contains detailed measures of health; social conditions; stressors; distress; racial identity; subjective, neighborhood conditions; activities and school; media; and social and psychological protective and risk factors. The NSAL adolescent dataset also includes variables for other non-core and experimental disorders. These include tobacco use/nicotine dependence, premenstrual syndrome, minor depression, recurrent brief depression, hypomania, and hypomania sub-threshold. Demographic variables include age, race and ethnicity, ancestry or national origins, height, weight, marital status, income, and education level. Interviews were conducted with 1170 African American and Caribbean Black adolescents 13-17 years of age.
Publisher: ICPSR
Timeframe: 2001 - 2004
Local Experts: Theda Rose

Subject of Study

Subject Domain

Population Age

Adolescent (13 years to 18 years)

Subject Gender

Female

Male

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Access Restrictions: Approval required

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Access Instructions: Data in this collection are available only to users at ICPSR member institutions. Public and restricted versions of the data are included in this collection. Due to the sensitive nature of the restricted data, users will need to complete a Restricted Data Use Agreement before they can obtain the restricted version. These forms can be accessed on the download page associated with this dataset.
Associated Publications: Rose, T., Finigan-Carr, N. & Joe, S. (2017). Organized Religious Involvement and Mental Health Among Caribbean Black Adolescents. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, volume 34, 147–157 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-016-0452-6

Other UMB-related articles that use the dataset NSAL-A
Data Type: Interview

Survey

Demographic

Psychosocial Variables
Study Type: Observational
Dataset Format(s): PDF
Data Collection Instruments: Sheehan Disability Scale
Dataset Size: 1170 interviews

UMB Data Catalog

National Survey of American Life - Adolescent Supplement (NSAL-A), 2001-2004