Baby Affect and Behavior study (BABY)
The BABY study examines emotion dysregulation across two generations by enrolling pregnant women and following them and their children for 18 months. Pregnant women were approached by research assistants for recruitment during prenatal care appointments at obstetrics and gynecology clinics affiliated with the University of Utah, United States of America. Data collection occurs at four time points: during the third trimester of pregnancy (T1), at birth (T2), when the infant is 7 months old (T3), and 18 months old (T4). Recruitment began in January 2016.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
162 (pregnant women)
Age at first data collection
18 - 40 years (pregnant women)
Birth (babies)
Participant year of birth
Varied (pregnant women)
~2016 (babies)
Participant sex
Female
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
University of Utah
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
University of Utah
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Ethnography or participant observation
- None
- None
Engagement
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