Longitudinal Attention and Temperament study (LAnTs)
LAnTs examined core components of attention across the first two years of life, as well as temperament, parental psychosocial functioning, and biological markers of emotion regulation and anxiety risk. A demographically diverse sample of over 350 child-caregiver dyads was recruited from areas surrounding three sites in the United States of America: State College, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Newark, New Jersey. From 2016, infants and their caregivers were enrolled when the infants were 4 months of age, with additional participants recruited at 8 and 12 months of age. Infants and their caregivers were assessed at 4, 8, 12, 18, and 24 months of age.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
357 (child-caregiver dyads)
Age at first data collection
4 - 12 months (children)
Varied (caregivers)
Participant year of birth
Varied (children)
Varied (caregivers)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2016
Primary Institutions
Pennsylvania State University (PSU)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Audio or visual recordings (e.g. of child behaviour, facial expressions)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
Engagement
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