Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP)
SCAMP follows a cohort of teenagers from London and their long-term use of mobile phones and wireless technology. SCAMP recruited Year 7 students aged 11 to 12 years old from 39 eligible schools within the Greater London area, selected from the Department for Education’s register of educational establishments (EduBase) and the January 2012 school census. Participants have been followed up four times: wave 1 (2014 - 2016), wave 2 (2016 - 2018), wave 3 (2020), wave 4 (2020 - 2021) and wave 5 (2022 - 2023). For wave 5, SCAMP recruited 80 new students to participate in a research challenge and contribute to the wave 5 data collection phase.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
6,905 (participants)
Age at first data collection
11 - 12 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
2002 - 2005 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The Greater London school population
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2014
Primary Institutions
Imperial College London (Imperial, ICL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Passive electronic data collection (e.g. screen time, scroll speed)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – online
- Wearable devices
- Self-completed questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- Interviews or focus groups
- None
- Education data
- Healthcare data
- Social media & technology use data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
