Resilience, Ethnicity, and AdolesCent Mental Health (REACH)
REACH is an accelerated cohort study investigating the development and course of mental health problems in young people from diverse social and ethnic backgrounds in London, England. Between 2016 and 2017, the study recruited three cohorts from 12 schools in Croydon, Lambeth and Southwark. Cohort 1 (C1) participants were in Year 7 and aged 11-12 years at baseline. Cohort 2 (C2) participants were in Year 8 and aged 12-13 years at baseline. Cohort 3 (C3) participants were in year 9 and aged 13-14 years at baseline. Data has been collected on participants 6 times so far, in 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, with a seventh data collection scheduled for 2024 - 2025. Over 4,300 participants from the three cohorts have completed the baseline data collection. A sub-sample of around 180 from each cohort (a total of around 540) was also recruited to complete more detailed interviews and assessments and provide biological samples at sweeps one and two.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,593 (Cohort 1 participants)
1,421 (Cohort 2 participants)
1,339 (Cohort 3 participants)
Age at first data collection
11 - 12 years (Cohort 1 participants)
12 - 13 years (Cohort 2 participants)
13 - 14 years (Cohort 3 participants)
Participant year of birth
2004 - 2005 (Cohort 1 participants)
2003 - 2004 (Cohort 2 participants)
2002 - 2003 (Cohort 3 participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
King's College London (KCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
European Research Council (ERC)
United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – online
- Creative, arts-based and visual methods
- None
- Education data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
