Dataset for "Alcohol-related quality of life in young people: development and initial validation of a new targeted outcome measure"

This cross-sectional quantitative data was collected for the fourth study of the PhD project titled ‘Alcohol-Related Quality of Life in Young People: Development and Initial Validation of a New Targeted Outcome Measure’. Data was collected on single occasions using a combination of paper booklets and Qualtrics online surveys. The sample was recruited predominantly from Northern Ireland however participants from the Republic of Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom also participated. Data was collected between January and August 2022 from eligible community and service-using young people (n = 309, aged between 15-17 years) either on site in colleges, schools, young adult centres, youth clubs, and support services, or remotely via online invitation links. The data was collected to examine the psychometric properties of a pilot version of a new outcome measure being developed throughout the PhD project (reported in Thesis Chapter Six; Study Four, Part One) and also to investigate the associations between a series of demographic, social, psychological, and alcohol-related predictor variables and quality of life, and alcohol-related outcome variables (reported in Thesis Chapter Seven, Study Four, Part Two). The data contains the young people’s responses to: demographic questions, the 55-item pilot version of the Adolescent Quality of Life Scale (AdQoLS); the Pediatric Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (PQ-LES-Q); the Young People’s Alcohol Questionnaire (YPAQ); the Three-Item Loneliness Scale; the Generalised Anxiety Disorder two-item (GAD-2); the Patient Health Questionnaire two-item (PHQ-2); and the Covid-19 Impact on Quality of Life (COV19-QoL).

Survey responses from participants (n=309) with codebook (sheet 2).

Dataset embargoed until 31 July 2026.