LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

CAP and NICAP: Neurocognitive development

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2011-2012	2013-2014	2014-2016	2014-2016	2016-2017	2016-2017	2018-2019	2018-2019
	Wave	1 (CAP)	2 (CAP)	3 (CAP)	3a (NICAP)	4 (CAP)	4a (NICAP)	5 (CAP)	5a (NICAP)
	Age	7 years	8.5 years	10 years	10 years	11.5 years	11.5 years	13 years	13 years
	N	Total: 497 Cases: 179 Controls: 212 High risk: 100	Total: 485 Cases: 206 Controls: 174 High risk: 83	Total: 481 Cases: 167 Controls: 192 High risk: 80	Total: 122 Cases: 59 Controls: 54 High risk: 6		Total: 122 Cases: 59 Controls: 54 High risk: 6		Total: 122 Cases: 59 Controls: 54 High risk: 6
Arithmetic reasoning			O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I	O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I		O:WRAT4 ^I
Attention			O:TEA-Ch ^I ¹	P:CAARS ^P	P:CAARS ^P O:SART ^I O:L-T ^I	P:CAARS ^P O:SART ^I O:SST ^I O:L-T ^I	P:CAARS ^P	P:CAARS ^P O:SART ^I O:SST ^I O:L-T ^I		O:SART ^I O:SST ^I O:L-T ^I
Communication skills			O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	P:SSIS ^I	O:SCQ ^I P:SSIS ^I
Executive cognitive functions			P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I O:TEA-Ch ^I ¹ O:WASI-II-MR ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I O:N-Back ^I O:STOP-IT ^I O:WASI-II-MR ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I O:SST ^I O:N-Back ^I O:STOP-IT ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I O:SST ^I O:N-Back ^I O:STOP-IT ^I O:WASI-II-MR ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I O:SST ^I O:N-Back ^I O:STOP-IT ^I O:WASI-II-MR ^I
Learning disability			P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I
Memory				P:CAARS ^P	P:CAARS ^P	P:CAARS ^P	P:CAARS ^P	P:CAARS ^P
Memory assessment			O:CELF-4 ^I O:WISC-IV-DS ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I	O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I
Motor function			O:Beery VMI-6 ^I		O:SART ^I O:GPT ^I	O:SART ^I O:GPT ^I		O:SART ^I O:GPT ^I		O:SART ^I O:GPT ^I
Persistence					P:SATI-TP ^I
Pervasive developmental disorder			P:CAP ^I P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I P:CAARS ^P O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I P:CAARS ^P O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I T:C3AI-T ^I P:CAARS ^P O:SCQ ^I T:SSIS ^I P:SSIS ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I P:CAARS ^P P:SSIS ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I P:CAARS ^P O:SCQ ^I P:SSIS ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I	P:C3AI-P ^I
Processing capacity			O:Beery VMI-6 ^I
Processing speed			O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I	O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I O:N-Back ^I
Tics			O:DISC-IV ^I		O:DISC-IV ^I	O:DISC-IV ^I				O:DISC-IV ^I
Visuospatial reasoning			O:Beery VMI-6 ^I		O:GPT ^I O:L-T ^I	O:GPT ^I O:L-T ^I		O:GPT ^I O:L-T ^I		O:GPT ^I O:L-T ^I

Featured measurements

Beery VMI-6: : Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth edition
CAP: : Children’s Attention Project-devised measure
CELF-4: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fourth Edition
C3AI-P: : Conners' 3rd edition ADHD Index: Parent
C3AI-T: : Conners' 3rd edition ADHD Index: Teacher
CAARS: : Conners' Adult ADHD Rating Scales
DISC-IV: : Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children: Version IV
GPT: : Grooved Pegboard Test
L-T: : Landmark Task
SATI-TP: : School Aged Temperament Inventory - Task Persistence subscale
SST: : Set Shifting Task
SCQ: : Social Communication Questionnaire
SSIS: : Social Skills Improvement System
N-Back: : Spatial N-Back test
SART: : Sustained Attention to Response Task
TEA-Ch: : Test of Everyday Attention for Children
STOP-IT: : The Stop Signal Paradigm
WASI-II-MR: : Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence: Second Edition - Matrix Reasoning
WISC-IV-DS: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fourth edition - Digit Span
WRAT4: : Wide Range Achievement Test 4

Notes

Two sub-tests were used: Score! and Walk, Don't Walk

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

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