Great Smoky Mountain Study (GSMS)
The GSMS is a longitudinal assessment of the development of psychiatric and substance abuse disorders and access to mental health care in a representative sample of 1,400 children and adolescents living in the southeastern United States. Participants were recruited from eleven contingent counties in the southern Appalachian mountain region of North Carolina. Three cohorts, aged 9, 11, and 13, with sample sizes of 508, 497, and 415, respectively, were recruited in 1993. Annual assessments were completed with the child and the primary caregiver until age 16 and then with the participant again at ages 19, 21, 24 to 26, and 30.
Study design
Cohort - accelerated
Number of participants at first data collection
1,070 (participants)
Age at first data collection
9 - 13 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1980 - 1984 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All children aged nine to thirteen in 11 North Carolina counties.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1993
Primary Institutions
Duke University
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Education
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Census data
- Education data
- Police & judicial system data
Engagement
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