LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

CATS: Psychosocial wellbeing

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
	Age	8-9 years	9-10 years	10-11 years	11-12 years	12-13 years	13-14 years	14-15 years	15-16 years	16-17 years	17-18 years	18-19 years	19-20 years
	N	Total: 1194 Substudy: 128	1158	1119	1068	Total: 996 Substudy: 110	1001	900	856	848	833	832	879
Body image			S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I	S:KEDS ^I			S:FRS ^I
Emotional wellbeing														S:SWEMWBS ^I
Job satisfaction														S:SNAQ ^I S:UWES-3 ^I
Level of optimism												S:PVSWF ^I
Life events											S:CASPE-A ^I P:CASPE-A ^I P:CRISIS-LC ^I P:CRISIS-LC ^P S:CRISIS-LC ^I			S:CASPE ^I
Loneliness														S:TILS ^I
Prosocial behaviour			P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I
Psychological resilience											P:CRISIS-LC ^I P:CRISIS-LC ^P S:CRISIS-LC ^I			S:CD-RISC-2 ^I
Psychosocial functioning			P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I						S:CASPE ^I
Quality of Life			S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I	S:PedsQL-GWB ^I
Self efficacy														S:SPFQ ^I
Social skills						S:SCQ ^I	S:SCQ ^I	S:SCQ ^I	S:SCQ ^I		S:LSAY ^I ¹ S:LSAY ^I
Victim of racial discrimination											S:LSAC ^I			S:LSAC ^I
Work-life balance											P:ATP ^P			S:UWES-3 ^I

Featured measurements

ATP: : Australian Temperament Project-devised measure
CD-RISC-2: : Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (2-item)
CRISIS-LC: : CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey - Life Changes
CASPE: : COVID-19 Adolescent Symptom and Psychological Experience Questionnaire
CASPE-A: : COVID-19 Adolescent Symptom and Psychological Experience Questionnaire: Module A - Experience Related to COVID-19
FRS: : Figure Rating Scale
KEDS: : Kids' Eating Disorders Survey
LSAC: : Longitudinal Study of Australian Children-devised measure
LSAY: : Longitudinal Survey of Australian Youth-devised measure
PedsQL-GWB: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – General Well-Being Scale
PVSWF: : Positive View of Self, World and Future
SNAQ: : Short Negative Acts Questionnaire
SWEMWBS: : Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale
SCQ: : Social Communication Questionnaire
SDQ: : Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
SPFQ: : Student Perceived Fit Questionnaire
TILS: : Three Item Loneliness Scale
UWES-3: : Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (3-item)

Notes

Soft Skills items used

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.