Hawai’i Family Study of Cognition (HFSC)
The HFSC, initiated in 1972, took place at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in Honolulu, and included a cohort of over 6,500 individuals representing over 1,800 families of parents and their offspring. The HFSC cohort included the parent generation, aged between 35 and 55, and the child generation, aged between 14 and 23. Among the participants in the child generation, 49.5% were female. The original testing took place between 1972 and 1976. Some families then participated in a short-term repeat testing with supplemental measures in 1975 and 1976. Follow-ups were conducted in 1983, 1987-1988, 2010-2011, and 2011-2012.
Study design
Cohort - intergenerational
Number of participants at first data collection
3,636 (adult cohort)
2,950 (child cohort)
Age at first data collection
≥ 25 years (adult cohort)
10 - 34 years (child cohort)
Participant year of birth
Varied (child cohort)
Varied (adult cohort)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1972
Primary Institutions
University of Colorado (CU)
University of Hawaiʻi System
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Queen's Medical Centre (QMC)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
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