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Smoking and e-cigarette use in young adults with disabilities
Background Tobacco use is closely linked to social and health inequalities, including economic vulnerability, morbidity, and premature death. Young adults with disabilities experience significant social and material hardships, which may be exacerbated by tobacco use. Limited research exists on smoking and e-cigarette use in this population. This study examines the prevalence of disability among young…
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Longitudinal co-occurrence of adolescent mental health difficulties and democratic citizenship in early adulthood
Little is known about the link between childhood and adolescent mental health (MH) difficulties and political outcomes in adulthood. This represents an important knowledge gap in understanding early individual-level factors for future political outcomes. Using the Growing up in Ireland cohort, which follows 8568 children from 9 to 20 years, we examine how different MH difficulties,…
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Sexual initiation and sexual health behaviours among young adults in Ireland
The experience of sexual intercourse for the first time is a significant life event, and influenced by a range of individual, cultural and societal factors. Age of first sexual initiation is a major area of policy and research focus, as the circumstances of first sex (e.g. whether contraception was used, whether it was perceived to…
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Lives of Irish Adolescents Who Were Born With a Cleft (LIA-Cleft)
Objective The objective was to describe the lives of adolescents, who were born with cleft lip and palate (CL/P), in comparison to the general population as recorded in Growing up in Ireland (GUI), the national longitudinal study of children and youth. Design This was a cross-sectional study. Setting: The study was performed in a cleft center…
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Resilience or social reproduction? ‘Prosocial’ children and gendered interdependencies between paid and unpaid labour after the Great Recession
BACKGROUND Early studies show that children might be ‘resilient’ when families navigate economic crises and related job loss. What resilience means is unclear, though, and why and from whom resilience is required has seldom been examined. OBJECTIVE I theorise children’s prosociality – helping, supporting and comforting others – as a form of transformative resilience. From…
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The relationship between below average cognitive ability at age 5 years and the child’s experience of school at age 9
Background At age 5, while only embarking on their educational journey, substantial differences in children’s cognitive ability will already exist. The aim of this study was to examine the causal association between below average cognitive ability at age 5 years and child-reported experience of school and self-concept, and teacher-reported class engagement and emotional-behavioural function at…
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Joint developmental trajectories of internalising and externalising behaviours from childhood to adolescence and their links to socio-economic profiles – findings from the ‘growing up in Ireland’ cohort
Introduction Compared to their more affluent peers, children of low socioeconomic position (SEP) are more likely to experience poor mental health. Correctly identifying factors that influence internalising and externalising symptoms is imperative for early, targeted intervention. Distinguishing between symptoms that are transient and chronic, and singular or co-morbid is important. We investigated how internalising and…
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Adverse Childhood Experiences and Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Children in a 9-Year Study: A Prospective Cohort Study with Structural Equation Modeling
Background Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) is associated with a 30 to 50% increased risk of obesity in adolescence. The role of ACEs as a determinant of weight loss among overweight and obese children remains unclear. Methods Among 8568 nine-year-old children randomly sampled in 2007/2008 for the Growing up in Ireland cohort, 2210 were…
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Including non-resident fathers in cohort research: a scoping study
New research, published by the ESRI and produced in partnership with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality (DCDE), uses Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) data to look at the profile of fathers not living full-time with their children (termed non-resident fathers in the report). The GUI study has included both resident and non-resident fathers…