Parents And Children Coming Together (PACCT)
The PACCT study investigated the effects of Early Caregiving Adversities (ECAs) on psychosocial and neurobiological outcomes within a cohort of nearly 350 school-aged children with heterogeneous exposures to ECAs. The cohort included children aged 5 - 12 with a history of significant ECA exposure and a comparison group with no reported ECA exposure. Most participants resided in the New York metropolitan area of the United States of America. The children were followed up with neuroimaging, behavioural, and self/caregiver reports every 15 months for 2.5 years. The parents/guardians also completed a brief set of follow-up questionnaires via phone or online, seven months after each in-lab session.
Study design
Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
324 (participants)
Age at first data collection
5 - 12 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2017
Primary Institutions
Child Mind Institute
Columbia University
Links
web.archive.org/web/20241005111802/https://danlab.psychology.columbia.edu/research/studies
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Interview – face-to-face
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- None
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
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