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Start Year
1938
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Investigators Contacts
  • MD. Robert J. Waldinger
    Harvard Medical School
  • Hannah M. Yee
    Massachusetts General Hospital

Design

Study design
Cohort
Follow Up
Questionnaire follow-up every 2 years; medical records obtained every 5 years, in-person interviews approx. every 10 years.
Supplementary Information
268 Harvard College sophomores and 456 Inner City Boston boys all recruited in the late 1930s and early 1940s

Recruitment

Recruitment Target
  • Individuals
  • Other : Spouses of original male participants

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
724
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
130
Supplementary Information
other than the 130 original male participants; 62 female spouses provided biological samples and some psychosocial data.

Access

Availability of data and biosamples

Possible Access to Data
Possible Access to Biosamples
Other
Videotaped marital interactions, functional and structural MRI data
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No
Not applicable
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Timeline

Populations

Selection Criteria
Sex
Men
Minimum age
17
Maximum age
21
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • United States of America
Territory
All over USA.
Ethnic Origin
  • Caucasian
Health Status
  • Good health

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • Specific population
Specific Population
  • Other specific population : Harvard College undergraduates
Participants from Existing Studies

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
268
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - baseline information Data was collected by in-person interviews with the boys and their families. It included information about social history, family members, college social relationships, academic records, ... 1938 1944
1 HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - General questionnaire college Data was collected every 2 years. It included information about sleep, tobacco, alcohol, medicine, social associations, and politics. 1947 2013
2 HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - Marital Protocol Both the particpants and their wives were interviewed in person and were given psychological testing. Cognitive status, Locke-Wallace Relationship Questionnaire, CES-D, close relationships, IWAF, ... 2003 2008
3 HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - Neuroscience protocol In-person interviews were conducted to assess;participants and their wives;cognitive and psychological status through various elderly specific;instruments. In addition, MRI and brain donations ... 2008 2013
Selection Criteria
Sex
Men
Minimum age
12
Maximum age
16
Newborns
Twins
Countries
  • United States of America
Territory
Boston
Ethnic Origin
  • Caucasian
Health Status
  • Good health

Recruitment

Sources of recruitment
  • Specific population
Specific Population
  • Other specific population : Boys from Boston's inner city.
Participants from Existing Studies

Number of Participants

Number of Participants
456
Number of Participants with Biological Samples
Data Collection Events
# Name Description Start End
0 HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - baseline information Data was collected by in-person interviews with the boys and their families. It included information about physcial health, school performance and history, IQ, social life, behavior, mental ... 1940 1950
1 HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - follow up In person interviews were carried on to collect information about unofficial misconduct/delinquency, military history, vital statistics of family, and health histroy of family. 1950 1965
2 HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - midlife follow up Information was collected about midlife and their children. 1966 1983
3 HSAD - The College cohort ("the Grant Study") - General questionnaire inner city Data was collected every 2 years. It included information about sleep, tobacco, alcohol, medicine, social associations, and politics. 2000 2013
4 HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - Marital Protocol Both the particpants and their wives were interviewed in person and were given psychological testing. Cognitive status, Locke-Wallace Relationship Questionnaire, CES-D, close relationships, IWAF, ... 2003 2008
5 HSAD - The Inner City cohort ("the Glueck Study") - Neuroscience protocol In-person interviews were conducted to assess participants and their wives cognitive and psychological status through various elderly specific instruments. In addition, MRI and brain donations ... 2008 2013

Classifications

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
Lifestyle and behaviours
Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
Diseases
Symptoms and signs
Medication and supplements
Non-pharmacological interventions
Health and community care services utilization
Death
Physical measures and assessments
Laboratory measures
Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
Preschool, school and work life
Social environment and relationships
Physical environment
Administrative information
Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments
Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Nutrition
Breastfeeding
Physical activity
Sleep
Sexual behaviours and orientation
Technological devices
Misbehaviour and criminality
Other and unspecified lifestyle information
Social network
Social participation
Social support
Parenting and familial environment
Other social environment characteristics

Socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Age/birthdate
Marital/partner status
Family and household structure
Education
Residence
Birthplace
Ethnicity, race and religion
Labour force and retirement
Income, possessions, and benefits
Other socio-demographic and economic characteristics

Lifestyle and behaviours

Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Physical activity
Personal hygiene
Sleep
Leisure activities
Misbehaviour and criminality
Other and unspecified lifestyle information

Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history

Pregnancy, delivery and birth

Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations

Perception of health
Quality of life
Life course development
Functional limitations
Other perception of health, quality of life and functional limitation-related information

Diseases

Neoplasms (C00-D48)
Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
Mental and behavioural disorders (F00-F99)
Diseases of the nervous system (G00-G99)
Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)
Diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99)
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
Diseases without precise specification or falling into multiple categories

Symptoms and signs

Symptoms and signs involving the circulatory and respiratory systems (R00-R09)
Symptoms and signs involving the digestive system and abdomen (R10-R19)
Symptoms and signs involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems (R25-R29)
Symptoms and signs involving the urinary system (R30-R39)
Symptoms and signs involving cognition, perception, emotional state and behaviour (R40-R46)
General symptoms and signs (R50-R69)

Medication and supplements

Medication and supplement intake

Non-pharmacological interventions

Cognitive, psychological and sensory interventions
Other and unspecified non-pharmacological interventions

Health and community care services utilization

Visits to health professionals
Hospitalizations
Community and social care
Other health and community care

Death

Vital status
Cause of death
Other end of life or death-related information

Physical measures and assessments

Physical characteristics
Anthropometry
Circulation and respiration
Muscles, skeleton and mobility

Laboratory measures

Biochemistry

Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments

Cognitive functioning
Personality
Psychological distress and emotions
Other psychological measures and assessments

Life events, life plans, beliefs and values

Life events
Beliefs and values

Preschool, school and work life

School life
Work life

Social environment and relationships

Social network
Social participation
Social support
Parenting and familial environment
Other social environment characteristics

Physical environment

Built environment/neighbourhood characteristics
Other physical environment characteristics

Administrative information

Identifiers
Questionnaire and interview-related information
Other administrative information

Cognitive functioning

Army Alpha
Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Coding)
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Object Assembly)
Wechsler-Bellevue Intelligence Scale

Personality

Boyhood Competence Scale
Defense Style Questionnaire
Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory
Explanatory Style
Lazare-Klerman-Armor Personality Inventory
Mini-Q-Sort Defense Style Questionnaire
NEO Personality Inventory
Rorschach Test
Sociopathy Scale
Washington University Sentence Completion Test

Psychological distress and emotions

General Health Questionnaire
Hartmann Schizophrenia Prediction Scale

Other psychological measures and assessments

Health-Sickness Rating Scale

Quality of life

Gallup's Quality of Community Life Survey
Short-Form 36 Health Survey

Life course development

Wender Utah Rating Scale

Functional limitations

Activities of Daily Living

Alcohol

Cahalan Scale of Socially Deviant Drinking
Problem Drinking Scale

Parenting and familial environment

Childhood Environmental Strengths Scale
Childhood Environmental Weaknesses Scale