The Wirral Child Health and Development Study

威勒尔儿童健康与发展研究

• 批准号: G0400577/1
• 负责人: Jonathan Hill
• 金额: $ 132.78万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2006 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=G0400577%2F1
• 关键词: Wirral; Child; Health; Development; Study

Behaviour problems in young children are common and account for half the referrals to community Child and Family Mental Health services in the UK. Most worryingly, there is clear evidence that without intervention behaviour problems evident in the preschool and primary school years are strongly predictive of serious antisocial behaviours, poor mental health and interpersonal problems in adulthood. Research on the possible causes of behaviour problems and their consequences has not focussed on the very earliest origins starting in the ante-natal period. The Wirral Child Health and Development study aims to improve on previous longitudinal research by trying to identify (i) antenatal and postnatal stressors that increase risk for the development of later child behaviour problems and (ii) processes in infants and their families that promote resilience in the face of stress. We will follow the progress of 1500 families expecting their first baby with brief measures until their baby reaches one year old. A sub-sample of about 300 mothers and babies will also be asked to complete detailed interview and mother-infant measures up to their first birthdays. We subsequently plan to follow them through childhood and into adult life. Starting in pregnancy, we aim to identify the most important early social, psychological and biological risk and protective factors so that we can inform and develop appropriate early therapeutic interventions/treatments to help families in future.

幼儿的行为问题很常见，占英国社区儿童和家庭心理健康服务机构转诊的一半。最令人担忧的是，有明确的证据表明，如果不进行干预，学龄前和小学阶段明显的行为问题强烈预示着成年后严重的反社会行为、精神健康状况不佳和人际关系问题。关于行为问题的可能原因及其后果的研究并没有集中于从产前开始的最早起源。维拉尔儿童健康与发展研究旨在改进以往的纵向研究，试图确定（一）产前和产后的压力，增加风险的发展，以后的儿童行为问题和（二）过程中，婴儿和他们的家庭，促进弹性面对压力。我们将通过简短的措施跟踪1500个期待第一个孩子的家庭的进展，直到他们的孩子一岁。此外，研究亦会抽取约300名母亲及婴儿作为次样本，要求他们完成详细的访问及母婴措施，直至他们的一岁生日为止。我们随后计划跟踪他们的童年和成年生活。从怀孕开始，我们的目标是确定最重要的早期社会，心理和生物风险和保护因素，以便我们可以告知和制定适当的早期治疗干预/治疗，以帮助未来的家庭。