The ROOTS Study
The ROOTS Study was established to investigate how genetic, physiological, psychological, and social variables occurring at different stages of child development contribute to the overall risk of psychopathology during adolescence. Participants were recruited from 18 secondary schools across Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, at age 14. This resulted in a baseline cohort of more than 1,200 adolescents from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds. Data collection began in April 2005, with reassessment after 18 months, 36 months, and 11 years.
Study design
Cohort - birth, Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
1,238 (participants)
Age at first data collection
14 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1991 - 1992 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2005
Primary Institutions
University of Cambridge (Academic, United Kingdom)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research & Care (CLAHRC) (Research council, United Kingdom)
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) (Government, United Kingdom)
Wellcome Trust (Third Sector, United Kingdom)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-completed questionnaire – unspecified
- Wearable devices
- None
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Education data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
