The YOUth study: Rationale, design, and study procedures

N.C. Onland-Moret, J.E. Buizer-Voskamp, M.E.W.A. Albers, R.M. Brouwer, E.E.L. Buimer, R.S. Hessels, R. de Heus, J. Huijding, C.M.M. Junge, R.C.W. Mandl, P. Pas, M. Vink, J.J.M. van der Wal, H.E. Hulshoff Pol, C. Kemner

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Abstract

© 2020 The AuthorsBehavioral development in children shows large inter-individual variation, and is driven by the interplay between biological, psychological, and environmental processes. However, there is still little insight into how these processes interact. The YOUth cohort specifically focuses on two core characteristics of behavioral development: social competence and self-regulation. Social competence refers to the ability to engage in meaningful interactions with others, whereas self-regulation is the ability to control one's emotions, behavior, and impulses, to balance between reactivity and control of the reaction, and to adjust to the prevailing environment. YOUth is an accelerated population-based longitudinal cohort study with repeated measurements, centering on two groups: YOUth Baby & Child and YOUth Child & Adolescent. YOUth Baby & Child aims to include 3,000 pregnant women, their partners and children, wheras YOUth Child & Adolescent aims to include 2,000 children aged between 8 and 10 years old and their parents. All participants will be followed for at least 6 years, and potentially longer. In this paper we describe in detail the design of this study, the population included, the determinants, intermediate neurocognitive measures and outcomes included in the study. Furthermore, we describe in detail the procedures of inclusion, informed consent, and study participation.
Original languageEnglish
Article number100868
JournalDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Volume46
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The YOUth cohort is part of the Consortium on Individual Development (CID), which is funded through the Gravitation program of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO grant number 024.001.003). ( https://www.uu.nl/en/research/dynamics-of-youth/youth ). YOUth is part of the Consortium on Individual Development (CID), which is granted in research funding by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science as part of the Gravitation Program. With the Gravitation Program, the Dutch Government aims to encourage research by consortia of top researchers in the Netherlands. CID aims to understand and predict how the interplay of child characteristics and environmental factors results in individual differences in the development of social competence and self-regulation of the child. The YOUth cohort is set up as part of the first work package of this consortium, to help answer this question. Generation R is also part of CID, which, as mentioned above, facilitates collaboration greatly. The YOUth cohort is part of the Consortium on Individual Development (CID), which is funded through the Gravitation program of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO grant number 024.001.003 ). ( https://www.uu.nl/en/research/dynamics-of-youth/youth ).

FundersFunder number
Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science
Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek024.001.003

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