Publications

Researchers using the Generation Scotland data and sample resources have reported their research discoveries in more than 40 different journals. Find them here.

Generation Scotland has enabled research on a variety of health conditions, including chronic pain, mental health, cancer, methylation and Covid-19.  Research findings have been published in a number of journals including Nature, Nature Genetics and Wellcome Open Research. 

Our core Generation Scotland publications can be found in the links below.

Cohort Profile: Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS). The study, its participants and their potential for genetic research on health and illness

Cohort Profile: Stratifying Resilience and Depression Longitudinally (STRADL): a questionnaire follow-up of Generation Scotland: Scottish Family Health Study (GS:SFHS)

Our CovidLife survey publications can be found in the links below.

CovidLife: a resource to understand mental health, well-being and behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

TeenCovidLife: a resource to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in Scotland

RuralCovidLife: Study protocol and description of the data

If you would like to search through all Generation Scotland publications, take a look at them in the table below.

Generation Scotland Publication Table 2023 (63.3 KB Excel)