LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

VIHCS: Psychosocial wellbeing

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2006-2013	2006-2013	2007-2014	2015-2021
	Wave	Antenatal	Postnatal	Infancy	Childhood
	Age	28-41 weeks gestation	4-31 weeks	50-77 weeks	96-114 months
	N	806	877	975	878
Body image						S:KEDS ^I
Coping behaviour			P:GHQ ^F
Emotional adjustment						P:SATI ^I
Life events			P:LTE ^M
Prosocial behaviour					P:STST ^I	P:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I
Psychosocial functioning						P:SDQ ^I P:GHQ-12 ^P T:SDQ ^I
Quality of Life						S:PedsQL-GWB ^I P:PedsQL-GWB ^I
Self-esteem			P:GHQ ^F
Social values			P:DAS ^M			P:DAS ^P

Featured measurements

DAS: : Dyadic Adjustment Scale
GHQ: : General Health Questionnaire
GHQ-12: : General Health Questionnaire - 12 item version
KEDS: : Kids' Eating Disorders Survey
LTE: : List of Threatening Experiences
PedsQL-GWB: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – General Well-Being Scale
SATI: : School Aged Temperament Inventory
STST: : Short Temperament Scale for Toddlers
SDQ: : Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.