Australian Temperament Project: Generation 3 Cohort Study (ATPG3)
ATPG3 began in 2012 and follows the social and emotional development of third generation offspring born to parents participating in the original ATP cohort, which commenced in 1983 with a sample of over 2,000 children (Generation 2) and their parents (Generation 1) from Victoria, Australia. The ATPG3 cohort (Generation 3) includes 1,167 offspring who were born to 703 Generation 2 parents between 2012 and 2018, when the parents were aged between 29 and 35 years old. The Generation 3 children and their parents have been followed-up during pregnancy, when the baby was born, and then at 8 weeks, 1, 4, and 9 years of age, with plans for continued follow-ups.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort - intergenerational
Number of participants at first data collection
1,167 (children / Generation 3)
703 (parents / Generation 2)
Age at first data collection
Birth (children / Generation 3)
29 - 35 years (parents / Generation 2)
Participant year of birth
1982 - 1983 (parents / Generation 2)
2012 - 2018 (children / Generation 3)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2012 (ATPG3)
1983 (ATP)
Primary Institutions
Deakin University
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI)
University of Melbourne
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Deakin University
Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
The Ian Potter Foundation
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Ethnography or participant observation
- Cranial ultrasound
- Education data
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
