The Solna study is a birth-to-maturity study of 212 children born in Stockholm in the mid 1950s. Only a handful of such life-course studies exist in the world. Psychologists, child psychiatrists, and pediatricians collaborated on this study. Their goal was to get a comprehensive picture of individual growth and development by charting the course of physical and psychological development and obtaining reasonably comprehensive life histories that would be useful in many areas of research. The information covers many issues from birth to midlife. The database is large. For example, measures of psychosocial functioning comprise nearly 27,000 variables per person.
Publications from the project since 1990:
Pakalniskiene, V., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2007). Early Temperamental Unmanageability, Harsh Parenting Profiles, and Adolescent Problem Behavior: A Mixture Modeling Approach. Under editorial review.
Overbeek, G, Stattin, H, Vermulst, A, Ha, T, & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2007). Parent-Child Relationships, Partner Relationships, and Emotional Adjustment: A Birth-to-Maturity Prospective Study. Developmental Psychology. 43, 429-437.
Overbeek, G., Vermulst, A., Stattin, H., Ha, T., & Engels, C. M. E. (2007). Ouder-kind realities en sociaal-emotionele problematiek in de volwasswenheid. Kind en Adolescent, 28, 4-19.
Wennberg, P., & Bohman, M. (2002). Childhood temperament and adult alcohol habits: A prospective longitudinal study from age 4 to age 36. Addictive Behaviors, 27, 63 - 74.
Wennberg, P., Andersson, T., & Bohman, M. (2002). Psychosocial characteristics at age 10 differentiating between adult alcohol use pathways: A prospective longitudinal study. Addictive Behaviors, 27, 115 - 130.
Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (2002). Adolescents' values matter. In J-E. Nurmi (Ed.), Navigating through adolescence: European perspectives. The Michigan State University Series On Families and Child Development. (pp. 21-58). New York: Routledge Farmer.
Möller, K., & Stattin, H. (2001). Are close relationships in adolescence linked with partner relationship in midlife? A longitudinal, prospective study. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 25, 69-77.
Wennberg, P. Andersson, T., & Bohman, M. (2000). Associations between different aspects of alcohol habits in adolescence, early adulthood, and early middle age: A prospective longitudinal study of a representative cohort of men and women. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 14, 303-307.
Kerr, M. (2000). Culture as a context for temperament: Suggestions from the life courses of shy Swedes and Americans. In T. Wachs and D. Kohnstamn (Eds.) Temperament in Context (pp. 139-152). Mahwah, NJ; Erlbaum.
Kerr, M. (2000). Childhood and adolescent shyness in long-term perspective: Does it matter? In R. Crozier (Ed.), Shyness: Development, consolidation, and change. Routledge Progress in Psychology Series (pp. 64-87). London, England UK: Routledge.
Humphreys, K., & Janson, H. (2000). Latent transition analysis with covariates, nonresponse and individual diagnostics: Modelling children's drawing development. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 35, 89-118.
Stattin, H., & Trost, K. (2000), When do pre-school conduct problems link to future social adjustment, and when do they not?, in Bergman, L. R., Magnusson, D., & Cairns, R. (eds.), Developmental science and the holistic approach, pp. 349-375. Lawrence Erlbaum: New Jersey.
Mahoney, J. L. & Stattin, H. (2000). Leisure time activities and adolescent anti-social behavior: The role of structure and social context. Journal of Adolescence, 23, 113-127.
Janson, H. (1999). Projective methods and longitudinal developmental research: Considerations of data's nature and reliability. Stockholm: Stockholm University, Department of Psychology. [Doctoral dissertation.]
Janson, H. (1999). Longitudinal patterns of tobacco smoking from childhood to middle age. Addictive Behavior, 24, 239-249.
Stattin, H., & Kerr, M. (1999). Future directions and challenges in the study of Morningness-Eveningness. Human Development, 42, 199-205.
Wennberg, P., & Bohman, M. (1998). The timeline follow back technique: Psychometric properties of a 28-day timeline for measuring alcohol consumption. German Journal of Psychiatry, 1, 62-68.
Magnusson, D., & Stattin, H. (1998). Person-context interaction theories. In W. Damon & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of child psychology. Volume 1: Theoretical models of human development (pp. 685-759). New York: Wiley.
Kerr, M., Lambert, W. W., & Bem, D. J. (1996). Life course sequelae of childhood shyness in Sweden: Comparison with the United States. Developmental Psychology, 32, 1100-1105.
Stattin, H., & Magnusson, D. (1996). Antisocial behavior - a holistic perspective. Development and Psychopathology, 8, 617-645.
Janson, H., & Dagberg, K. (1996). Factor structure and temporal stability of ratings on 24 personality variables based on the Rorschach in a longitudinal sample. Acta Psychiatrica Belgica, 96 (Suppl.), 15-45.
Stattin, H. & Magnusson, C. (1996). Leaving home at early age among females: Antecedents, adolescent adjustment and future life implications. In J. A. Graber & J. S. Dubas (Eds.), Leaving home: Understanding the transition to adulthood. New Directions for Child Development, 71, 53-69.
Stattin, H., Janson, H., Klackenberg-Larsson, I., & Magnusson, D. (1995). Corporal punishment in everyday life: An intergenerational perspective. In J. McCord (Ed.), Coercion and punishment in long-term perspectives. (pp. 325-347). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Janson, H., & Stattin, H. (1994). Recurring objects in Rorschach records over a period of about 30 years: How often do people report the same thing again?. Rorschachiana., Yearbook of the International Rorschach Society, Volume 19, pp. 156-170.
Kerr, M., Lambert, W. W., Stattin, H., & Klackenberg-Larsson, I. (1994). The stability of inhibition in a Swedish longitudinal sample. Child Development, 65, 138-146.
Stattin, H., & Klackenberg-Larsson, I. (1993). Early language and intelligence development and their relationship to future criminal behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 369-378.
Stattin, H., & Klackenberg, G. (1992). Discordant relations in intact families: Developmental tendencies over 18 years. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 54, 940-956.
Stattin, H., & Klackenberg, G. (1992). Family discord in adolescence in the light of family discord in childhood: The maternal perspective. In W. Meeus, M. de Goede, W. Kox, & K. Hurrelman (Eds.), Adolescence, careers, and cultures. Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 143-161.
Stattin, H., & Klackenberg-Larsson, I. (1991). The short- and the long-term implications for parent-child relations of parents' prenatal preferences for their child's gender. Developmental Psychology, 27, 141-147.
Stattin, H., & Klackenberg-Larsson, I. (1990). The relationship between maternal attributes in the early life of the child and the child's future criminal behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 2, 99-111.
MacEvoy, B., Lambert, W. W., Klackenberg-Larsson, I., Klackenberg, G., Karlberg, P., & Karlberg, J. (1990). Relations of adult Type A behaviors to early predictors, to stress hormones and to personality. In G. L. Van Heck, S. E. Hampson, J. Reykowski, & J. Zakrzewski (Eds.), Personality psychology in Europe (Vol. 3). (pp. 101-128). Lisse (the Netherlands): Swets & Zeitlinger.
