Measurement

The Six-State Consortium Project (Diffusion project) developed the Communities That Care (CTC) Youth Survey which is the primary foundation for the IYDS surveys. Citations for the CTC survey include: Arthur, M.W., J.D. Hawkins, J.A. Pollard, R.F. Catalano, and A.J. Baglioni. 2002. Measuring risk and protective factors for substance use, delinquency, and other adolescent problem behaviors: The Communities that Care Youth Survey. Evaluation Review 26 (2): 575-601. Glaser, R. R., Van Horn, M. L., Arthur, M. W., Hawkins, J. D., & Catalano, R. F. (2005). Measurement properties of the Communities That Care Youth Survey across demographic groups. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 21, 73-102. Pollard, J.A., Hawkins, JD, and Arthur, M.W. 1999. Risk and protection: are both necessary to understand diverse behavioral outcomes? Social Work Research 23: 145-158.