Abstract
The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso) began in 2004 in response to the need for a better evidence base to support optimal child social development and prevent crime and violence. Since then, the study has tracked the development of a diverse sample of youths (N = 1,675 in the target sample; ~50% female) from age 7 (n = 1,360) to age 20 (n = 1,180), with primary data collection waves at ages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, and 20. The study uses a multi-method, multi-informant design that combines teacher, youth, and parent reports with observational and behavioural measures, biosampling, functional imaging, and ecological momentary assessment. Analyses of the data have contributed important evidence to a diversity of topics in child and adolescent development, illuminating the developmental roots of crime and aggression, the impacts of exposure to different forms and combinations of victimisation, and trajectories of mental health and neurodevelopmental symptoms.
Highlights
The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso) was launched in 2004 as a combined randomised field experiment and cohort study
Its primary aims are to contribute to evidence-based developmental violence prevention and to advance understanding of the life-course development of social skills and antisocial behaviour
The final report identified a lack of universal early prevention programmes for families and schools as a major gap in the portfolio of violence prevention in the City of Zurich (Eisner et al, 2003)
Summary
The Zurich Project on the Social Development from Childhood to Adulthood (z-proso) was launched in 2004 as a combined randomised field experiment and cohort study. The final report identified a lack of universal early prevention programmes for families and schools as a major gap in the portfolio of violence prevention in the City of Zurich (Eisner et al, 2003) It recommended a long-term cohort study to examine intervention outcomes and related dynamics in child and adolescent behaviour. The original purpose of z-proso was fourfold: (1) to describe the social development of children from childhood to adolescence in a diverse urban sample, with a particular focus on aggressive and non-aggressive conduct problems; (2) to contribute to knowledge on the developmental risk factors of aggressive and violent behaviour and the consequences of victimisation; (3) to identify and examine protective factors that could help to strengthen violence prevention policies in families, schools, and neighbourhoods; and (4) to evaluate the short- and long-term effectiveness of two evidence-based universal interventions, delivered through the school system by specialist implementation teams.
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