The Manchester Language Study: Sixteen-year-old data for children with developmental language disorders who had attended language units in England 2003-2008

The project aimed to follow up participants of the Manchester Language Study (MLS) when they were in their final year of secondary education (Year 11) and compare their outcomes with age-matched peers who did not have a history of developmental language disorders (DLD). Participants with DLD were on average 16 years of age and had originally been recruited as part of the MLS when they were 7 years of age (Year 2) and were attending language units in England. The project aims included: a) determining the psycholinguistic, socio-cognitive and literacy profiles of participants in adolescence, b) investigating social-behavioural-emotional wellbeing including strengths and difficulties of participants in adolescence, c) examining changes from childhood to adolescence and d) investigating the transition to adult life. The Manchester Language Study (MLS) began in 1995 and spans approximately 20 years from childhood to early adulthood. This collection includes data related to the MLS cohort which was gathered during their final year of secondary education. The data for the MLS cohort at the time of recruitment (7 years of age) is published and available in ReShare (publication reference 853746, link provided under Related resources). The data for the MLS cohort in their final year of primary education is also published and available in ReShare (publication reference 853965, link provided under Related resources). The data for the MLS cohort in early adulthood is also published and available in ReShare (publication reference 852066, link provided under Related resources).本项目旨在对曼彻斯特语言研究（Manchester Language Study, MLS）的参与者在其中等教育最后一年（即英国学制的11年级）时开展追踪随访，并将其结局与无发育性语言障碍（developmental language disorders, DLD）病史的年龄匹配对照人群进行对比。患有发育性语言障碍的参与者平均年龄为16岁，最初于7岁时（即英国学制的小学2年级）作为曼彻斯特语言研究的招募对象入组，当时他们就读于英格兰的语言辅导单元。 本项目的研究目标包括：a）明确青春期参与者的心理语言学、社会认知及读写能力特征概况；b）调查其社会-行为-情感福祉状况，涵盖优势与困境；c）检视从童年期到青春期的发展变化；d）探究向成年生活的过渡进程。 曼彻斯特语言研究始于1995年，研究周期横跨约20年，覆盖从童年至成年早期的完整阶段。本数据集包含该研究队列在中等教育最后一年采集的相关数据。 该队列在招募入组时（7岁）的数据已发表并可在ReShare获取（文献编号：853746，相关资源中提供链接）；其小学教育最后一年的队列数据同样已发表并可在ReShare获取（文献编号：853965，相关资源中提供链接）；成年早期的队列数据亦已发表并可在ReShare获取（文献编号：852066，相关资源中提供链接）。