LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

ELVS: Mental health and behaviour problems

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2003-2004	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	2011-2012	2013-2014	2015-2017	2020-2024	2020-2022	2021-2023	2023-2024
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	Age	8 months	12 months	24 months	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years	7 years	9 years	11 years	13 years	17 - 18 years	17 - 19 years	18 - 20 years	20-21 years
	N	1910	1759	1741	1647	1623	1002	1047	1189	1166	871	858	577	575	570	569
Anxiety				P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:SCAS ^I ¹ P:ELVS-AP ^I P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:SCAS ^I ¹ P:ELVS-AP ^I P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:ELVS-AP ^I P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:SCAS ^I ¹ P:Kessler-K6 ^M S:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹ P:Kessler-K6 ^M S:SCAS ^I ¹		P:Kessler-K6 ^M S:DASS21 ^I		S:DASS21 ^I
Attachment behaviour												S:IPPA ^I	S:IPPA ^I
Conduct disorder							P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I S:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I S:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I		P:SDQ ^I S:SDQ ^I
Depression				P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	P:Kessler-K6 ^M	S:SSM ^I	P:Kessler-K6 ^M S:DASS21 ^I		S:DASS21 ^I
Emotional adjustment												P:SATI ^I ¹	P:SATI ^I ¹
Emotional problems						P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I P:SDQ ^I P:EQ-5D-5L ^M S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I P:SDQ ^I P:EQ-5D-5L ^M S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I		P:SDQ ^I S:SDQ ^I		S:EQ-5D-5L ^I
Fear of injury									P:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹		P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹
Fussy infant				P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I
Hyperactive behaviour				P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I	P:STST ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:SATI ^I ¹ S:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:SATI ^I ¹ S:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I		P:SDQ ^I S:SDQ ^I
Mental illness									P:ELVS-MHD ^I P:ELVS-MHD ^M P:ELVS-MHD ^F P:ELVS-MHD ^Si	P:ELVS-MHD ^I	P:ELVS-MHD ^I	P:ELVS-MHD ^I	P:ELVS-MHD ^I		P:ELVS-MHD ^I
Obsessive compulsive behaviour									P:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹		P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹
Panic attack									P:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹		P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹
Pervasive developmental disorder									P:ELVS-DD ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I P:SCQ ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I	P:ELVS-DD ^I		P:ELVS-DD ^I		S:ELVS-DD ^I
Problem behaviour				P:ATP-IB ^I	P:ATP-IB ^I	P:ATP-IB ^I	P:ELVS-PB ^I		P:ELVS-PB ^I	P:ELVS-PB ^I P:CRQ-a ^I	P:ELVS-PB ^I	P:CRQ-a ^I
Psychosocial functioning						P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I T:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:SDQ ^I P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I P:SDQ ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:SDQ ^I S:CHU9D ^I T:SDQ ^I	P:PedsQL 4.0 ^I P:SDQ ^I S:PedsQL 4.0 ^I S:SDQ ^I S:CHU9D ^I T:SDQ ^I	S:SSM ^I	P:SDQ ^I S:SDQ ^I	S:DSN-a ^I
Separation anxiety									P:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹		P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹
Social behaviour								O:CELF-4 ^I		O:CELF-4 ^I		P:SATI ^I ¹ O:CELF-4 ^I	P:SATI ^I ¹				S:DFSA-A ^I
Social phobia									P:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹		P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹	P:SCAS ^I ¹ S:SCAS ^I ¹
Stress			P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M	P:ATP-S ^M		S:DASS21 ^I		S:DASS21 ^I

Featured measurements

ATP-IB: : ATP devised - Infant Behaviour measure
ATP-S: : ATP devised - Stress measure
CHU9D: : Child Health Utility 9D
CRQ-a: : Child Rearing Questionnare, adapted
CELF-4: : Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals: Fourth Edition
DSN-a: : Dependence on Social Networking, adapted
DASS21: : Depression Anxiety Stress Scale: Short Form
DFSA-A: : Digital Flourishing Scale for Adolescents: Adapted
ELVS-AP: : ELVS devised - Anxiety Problems measure
ELVS-DD: : ELVS devised - Developmental Diagnoses measure
ELVS-MHD: : ELVS devised - Mental Health Diagnoses measure
ELVS-PB: : ELVS devised - Problem Behaviour measure
EQ-5D-5L: : EuroQol 5 Dimensions
IPPA: : Inventory of Parent and Peer Attachment
PedsQL 4.0: : Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory – 4.0 Generic Core Scales
SATI: : School Aged Temperament Inventory
STST: : Short Temperament Scale for Toddlers
SCQ: : Social Communication Questionnaire
SSM: : Social Solidarity Measure
SCAS: : Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (Parent and child report)
SDQ: : Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Kessler-K6: : The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale - K6 version

Notes

Only administered to stuttering sub-cohort

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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