Site: https://gutsweb.org/
Updated 5/16/22
Country: United States
Study design: Observational cohort with repeated measurements over time
Participant age range: Children / adolescents at enrollment
Number of participants at baseline: 16,882 (later expanded with 10,923 additional participants)
Year of initial enrollment: 1996
Number of data collection waves: 18; data collection ongoing
Measures of well-being:
- Optimism
- Positive Affect
- Purpose / Meaning in Life / Ikigai
- Life Satisfaction
- Positive Parenting Practices
Quantity of well-being measures (e.g., number of constructs, number of times well-being was assessed): High
Quality of well-being measures (e.g., were measures reliable and valid in the study population): High
Measures of physical health:
- Self-rated / questionnaire-based health
- Self-report medical history or medication use
Access Information:
This dataset is available to all researchers.
Researchers are required to apply to access this data.
Fees are required to access this dataset.
Notable citation:
Chen Y, Kim E, Koh H, Frazier A & VanderWeele T. (2019). Sense of mission and subsequent health and well-being among young adults: an outcome-wide analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188(4), 664-673.