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Cohort Profile: The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso).

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Murray, Aja 
Shanahan, Lilly 
Shanahan, Michael J 

Abstract

The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso) began in 2004 in response to the need for a better evidence base to support optimal child social development and prevent crime and violence. Since then, the study has tracked the development of a diverse sample of youths (N = 1,675 in the target sample; ~50% female) from age 7 (n = 1,360) to age 20 (n = 1,180), with primary data collection waves at ages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, and 20. The study uses a multi-method, multi-informant design that combines teacher, youth, and parent reports with observational and behavioural measures, biosampling, functional imaging, and ecological momentary assessment. Analyses of the data have contributed important evidence to a diversity of topics in child and adolescent development, illuminating the developmental roots of crime and aggression, the impacts of exposure to different forms and combinations of victimisation, and trajectories of mental health and neurodevelopmental symptoms.

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Funder: University of Zurich

Keywords

Aggressive behaviour, ADHD, Psychopathology, Violence, Juvenile Delinquency, Parenting, Developmental Psychology, Moral Development, Rct, Substance Use, Victimisation, Risk And Protective Factors, Socio-emotional Skills, Developmental Criminology, Legal Socialization, Field Experiment

Journal Title

J Dev Life Course Criminol

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Journal ISSN

2199-4641
2199-465X

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Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Sponsorship
Jacobs Foundation (2010-888-1)
Jacobs Foundation (unknown)
Swiss National Science Foundation (116829)