The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 study: a population-based multigenerational prospective cohort study of socioemotional health and development

CA Olsson; P Letcher; CJ Greenwood; JE McIntosh; S Barker; CM Olsson; JA MacDonald; EA Spry; D Hutchinson; J Ryan; B Edwards; R McGee; GC Patton; AV Sanson

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The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 study: a population-based multigenerational prospective cohort study of socioemotional health and development

CA Olsson, P Letcher, CJ Greenwood, JE McIntosh, S Barker, CM Olsson, JA MacDonald, EA Spry, D Hutchinson, J Ryan, B Edwards, R McGee, GC Patton, AV Sanson

BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061854

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Abstract

Purpose The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study (ATPG3) was established to examine the extent to which offspring social and emotional development is shaped in the decades prior to conception, in parent and grandparent histories of psychosocial adjustment (eg, emotional regulation, relationship quality and prosociality) and maladjustment (eg, depressive symptoms, substance use and antisociality). Participants The Australian Temperament Project (ATP) commenced in 1983 as a population representative survey of the social and emotional health of 2443 young Australians (Generation 2: 4-8 months old) and their parents (Generation 1). Since then, families have been followed from infanc..

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Funding Acknowledgements

Funding for this work was supported by grants from the Australian Research Council [DP130101459; DP160103160; DP180102447], the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [APP1082406; APP1175086] and Financial Markets Foundation for Children. Data collection for the ATP study was supported primarily through Australian grants from the Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital Research Foundation, National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council and the Australian Institute of Family Studies.