ARCHIVE OF LONGITUDINAL DATA ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH

THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN ARCHIVE OF THREE KINDS OF PRODUCTS: (1) LARGELY LONGITUDINAL BEHAVIORAL DATASETS CONTAINING DATA ON THE STATUS, CAUSES, AND CONSEQUENCES OF CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH; (2) ASSESSMENT TOOLS USED TO MEASURE AND EVALUATE MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH; AND (3) SPECIALIZED DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN CARRYING OUT SOPHISTICATED ANALYSES OF MENTAL HEALTH DATA. THE PROJECT WILL BE GUIDED BY A NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL. THE PROJECT SHOULD MEET ALL THE FOLLOWING GOALS: IT WILL ADVANCE INNOVATIONS DEVELOPED BY SOCIOMETRICS TO FACILITATE DATA SHORING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, EXTENDING THEM TO THE FIELD OF RESEARCH ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. IT WILL DEVELOP NEW ARCHIVING INNOVATIONS BY INCLUDING TWO NEW TYPES OF MACHINE-READABLE PRODUCTS IN THE ARCHIVE: MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS AND SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS PROGRAMS. IT WILL STIMULATE USE OF THE BEST SOCIAL RESEARCH DATASETS ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH, THUS AMORTIZING GENERALLY FORMIDABLE DATA COLLECTION COSTS OVER A GREATER NUMBER OF ANALYSES, FINDINGS, AND INSIGHTS. IT WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS EXPOSED TO THESE DATASETS IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EDUCATION TO CONSIDER A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL RESEARCH. IT WILL BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND DATA INTO THE HANDS OF RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS THAT COULD BENEFIT THE MOST. THE PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN ARCHIVE OF THREE KINDS OF PRODUCTS: (1) LARGELY LONGITUDINAL BEHAVIORAL DATASETS CONTAINING DATA ON THE STATUS, CAUSES, AND CONSEQUENCES OF CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH; (2) ASSESSMENT TOOLS USED TO MEASURE AND EVALUATE MENTAL HEALTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH; AND (3) SPECIALIZED DATA ANALYSIS PROGRAMS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY USEFUL IN CARRYING OUT SOPHISTICATED ANALYSES OF MENTAL HEALTH DATA. THE PROJECT WILL BE GUIDED BY A NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL. THE PROJECT SHOULD MEET ALL THE FOLLOWING GOALS: IT WILL ADVANCE INNOVATIONS DEVELOPED BY SOCIOMETRICS TO FACILITATE DATA SHORING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, EXTENDING THEM TO THE FIELD OF RESEARCH ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH. IT WILL DEVELOP NEW ARCHIVING INNOVATIONS BY INCLUDING TWO NEW TYPES OF MACHINE-READABLE PRODUCTS IN THE ARCHIVE: MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS AND SPECIALIZED ANALYSIS PROGRAMS. IT WILL STIMULATE USE OF THE BEST SOCIAL RESEARCH DATASETS ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH, THUS AMORTIZING GENERALLY FORMIDABLE DATA COLLECTION COSTS OVER A GREATER NUMBER OF ANALYSES, FINDINGS, AND INSIGHTS. IT WILL ENCOURAGE STUDENTS EXPOSED TO THESE DATASETS IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EDUCATION TO CONSIDER A CAREER IN MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL RESEARCH. IT WILL BRING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND DATA INTO THE HANDS OF RESEARCH DEPARTMENTS AND OTHERS THAT COULD BENEFIT THE MOST.