Harvard Study of Adult Development
Longitudinal study of two groups of men over the adult lifespan, tracking major domains of mental and physical health, social functioning, and work life.
Overview
- Acronym
- HSAD
- Website
- HSAD
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 1938 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Questionnaire follow-up every 2 years; medical records obtained every 5 years, in-person interviews approx. every 10 years.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Other : Spouses of original male participants
- Number of Participants
- 724
- Number of Participants with Biological Samples
- 130
- Supplementary information about number of participants
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other than the 130 original male participants; 62 female spouses provided biological samples and some psychosocial data.
- Supplementary Information
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268 Harvard College sophomores and 456 Inner City Boston boys all recruited in the late 1930s and early 1940s
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Videotaped marital interactions, functional and structural MRI data
Timeline
Populations
HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study")
The College cohort (“Grant Study”) consists of 268 Caucasian men from the Harvard College classes of 1942-1944 selected because they were in the top half of their class academically and without known physical or mental difficulties. Half were on scholarship and half had to work during college to finance their education.
Selection Criteria
- Gender
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Men only
- Minimum age
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17
- Maximum age
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21
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Territory
- All over USA.
- Ethnic Origin
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- Caucasian
- Health Status
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- Good health
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Other specific population : Harvard College undergraduates
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 268
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - baseline information |
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1938 | 1944 | |
| 1 | HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - General questionnaire college |
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1947 | 2013 | |
| 2 | HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - Marital Protocol |
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2003 | 2008 | |
| 3 | HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - Neuroscience protocol |
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2008 | 2013 |
HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study")
Inner City cohort (“Glueck Study”) consists of 456 Caucasian men selected in 1938-40 as matched controls for a study of juvenile delinquency when they were age 11-16 by reviewing the enrollments of neighborhood schools. They were chosen because they did not manifest serious delinquency; and they were individually matched with a delinquent group for ethnicity (predominantly Irish- and Italian-American), for limited intelligence (mean IQ = 94), and for living in a high-crime neighborhood.
Selection Criteria
- Gender
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Men only
- Minimum age
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12
- Maximum age
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16
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Territory
- Boston
- Ethnic Origin
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- Caucasian
- Health Status
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- Good health
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Other specific population : Boys from Boston's inner city.
Sample Size
- Number of Participants
- 456
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - baseline information |
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1940 | 1950 | |
| 1 | HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - follow up |
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1950 | 1965 | |
| 2 | HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - midlife follow up |
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1966 | 1983 | |
| 3 | HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - General questionnaire inner city |
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2000 | 2013 | |
| 4 | HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - Marital Protocol |
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2003 | 2008 | |
| 5 | HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - Neuroscience protocol |
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2008 | 2013 |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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