A practical guide for researchers and reviewers using the ABCD Study and other large longitudinal datasets

Continuity versus change in latent profiles of emotion regulation and working memory during adolescence

“…All models were estimated using maximum likelihood with robust standard errors ( Klein and Moosbrugger, 2000 ). Multilevel modeling was used to account for clustering effects of participants within families and scanner type ( Saragosa-Harris et al, 2022 ). Although scanner was originally proposed as a covariate, Mplus software is currently unable to include categorical covariates with more than 10 categories.…”

“…Although we initially proposed to account for potential effects of scanner type on imaging data by also including it as a covariate ( McCormick et al, 2021 ; McNeish and Kelley, 2019 ), this caused convergence issues (more information in Results section). As such, we included it as a clustering variable alongside family ID, which has also been used frequently within the ABCD sample ( Bernanke et al, 2022 ; Lees et al, 2020a , Lees et al, 2020b ; Pagliaccio et al, 2020 ; Saragosa-Harris et al, 2022 ).…”

A perspective on enhancing representative samples in developmental human neuroscience: Connecting science to society

“…One way to connect science to society, specifically youth, is via science communication and outreach activities (Vollbrecht et al, 2019;Lichtenberg et al, 2020; a. Science communication can positively aid in building trust within communities, which in turn can have positive effects on dismantling selection biases (Saragosa-Harris et al, 2022). Prior research has shown that building trust within communities encourages participation among marginalized groups (Jang and Vorderstrasse, 2019;Nooner et al, 2021).…”

“…Research projects should be more tailored to the needs, possibilities, and limitations of adolescents who participate in cohort studies (Jaddoe et al, 2006;Garavan et al, 2018;Hoffman et al, 2018;Nooner et al, 2021). We argue that having the right sampling and engagement strategies cannot be fulfilled without a sustainable researcher-community partnership, in which youth, youth workers, parents, teachers or communities are involved from the beginning of the research process (Weng et al, 2020;Saragosa-Harris et al, 2022). For instance, in the ABCD study, the researchers employed a probability sampling of schools as primary method for recruiting participants (Garavan et al, 2018).…”

Keeping up with the kids: The value of co-production in the study of irritability in youth depression and its underlying neural circuitry

“…Instead, a measure of irritability is derived from individual items in broad mental health measures (e.g., DAWBA, CBCL, KSADS). Thus, rather than a "panacea" to the many unknowns in developmental cognitive neuroscience, cohort studies may be better conceptualised as hypothesis generating tools that can inform directions for future studies (Saragosa-Harris et al, 2022). To develop a finer-grained characterisation of irritability, and the functional significance of altered neural circuitry, especially in how it relates to psychopathology, we need construct-specific and ecologically valid experimental designs.…”