What type of study is the Dunedin Study?
longitudinal
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study (Dunedin Study) is an ongoing, longitudinal study of the health, development and well-being of a general sample of New Zealanders. They were studied at birth (1972-73), followed up and assessed at the age of three when the longitudinal study was established.
What did the Dunedin longitudinal study find?
And last year, the Dunedin team published a study that drew on decades of data to show that, contrary to conventional belief, the vast majority of people experience mental health problems over the course of their lifetime.
What were the results found from the Dunedin multidisciplinary study?
Results from this study showed that certain perinatal problems were associated with small but significant disadvantages in later language development and intelligence.
How many participants are in Dunedin Study?
1037 children
These 1037 children are the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study members. Perinatal, demographic and anthropometric information was collected at birth for the Study members.
What are the five personality types identified in the Dunedin Study?
Our previous article about “The Dunedin Longitudinal Study” focused on the five personality types identified by the study: “Well Adjusted”, “Confident”,”Reserved”, “Undercontrolled” and “Inhibited”. These are divided among the population as shown in the pie chart below (with some overlaps).
When did the Dunedin Study first identify these five personality types?
What is remarkable is that “The Dunedin Study” first identified these five personality types in pre-school children. These types appear to be set and have persisted in study participants, even becoming more pronounced, into adulthood.
What was the purpose of the Dunedin Study?
The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study was designed to investigate broader questions of child health and development, but was not originally conceived as a long-term study (nobody then involved would have guessed that the children would be followed into adulthood!).
Who funds the Dunedin Study?
Over the decades the Dunedin Study has received funding from many sources, including the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment in 2015. Major funders include the Health Research Council of New Zealand, US National Institutes of Health (various branches) and the UK Medical Research Council.
Who did the Dunedin Study?
student Phil Silva
History. The Dunedin Study was the idea of psychology student Phil Silva, who worked on a neonatology survey involving 250 children with learning and behavioural issues.
What are the five personality types identified in the Dunedin study?
What was the purpose of the Dunedin study?
Where can I find information about the Dunedin Study?
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Research Unit website. Here you will find information about the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Study (the Dunedin Study for short) which has now been ongoing for almost half a century.
What are the age groups studied in the longitudinal study?
They were studied at birth (1972-73), followed up and assessed at the age of three when the longitudinal study was established. Since then they have been assessed every two years until the age of 15, then at ages 18 (1990-91), 21 (1993-94), 26 (1998-99), 32 (2003-2005), and 38 (2010-2012).
How was the birth cohort selected for the study?
A one-year birth cohort was selected for the Study. Those born in the first three months of 1972 were used as a trial sample, with the birth cohort comprising all those born between 1 April 1972 and 31 March 1973. The one-year birth cohort was selected because it was expected to yield a sample of about 1000 children.
How has the Dunedin community contributed to the 1037 study?
The wider Dunedin community has been critical in helping build the Dunedin study. We thank all those who have contributed, in many different ways, over the past 45 years. Finally, we extend a special thanks to the 1037 Study members, their families and friends who have willingly given so much, for so long, in the hope of helping others.