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Does late childbearing increase the risk for behavioural problems in children? a longitudinal cohort studyThis study aimed to examine the relationship between advanced parental age and behavioural outcomes in offspring in a longitudinal cohort of children in WA.
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The Forms of Bullying Scale (FBS): Validity and Reliability Estimates for a Measure of Bullying Victimization and Perpetration in AdolescenceThe study of bullying behavior and its consequences for young people depends on valid and reliable measurement of bullying victimization and perpetration.
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Is the effect of compulsory community treatmentWe investigated whether a reduction of preventable deaths from physical disorders was mediated by better access to specialized medical procedures.
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Late language emergence in 24-month-old twins: Heritable and increased risk for late language emergence in twinsThis study investigated the etiology of late language emergence (LLE) in 24-month-old twins, considering possible twinning, zygosity, gender, and...
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Transition to secondary school: Expectation versus experienceThis study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their...
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Two methods for engaging with the community in setting priorities for child health research: Who engages?The Western Australian Telethon Kids Institute Participation Program employs a range of methods for fostering active involvement of community members in its...
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Online Moral Disengagement, Cyberbullying, and Cyber-Aggression. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social NetworkingThe study of moral disengagement has greatly informed research on aggression and bullying.
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Risk factors for low receptive vocabulary abilities in the preschool and early school years in the longitudinal study of Australian childrenReceptive vocabulary development is a component of the human language system that emerges in the first year of life and is characterised by onward expansion...
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“It helps and it doesn’t help”: maternal perspectives on how the use of smartphones and tablet computers influences parent-infant attachmentAs families increase their use of mobile touch screen devices (smartphones and tablet computers), there is potential for this use to influence parent-child interactions required to form a secure attachment during infancy, and thus future child developmental outcomes. Thirty families of infants (aged 9-15 months) were interviewed to explore how parents and infants use these devices, and how device use influenced parents' thoughts, feelings and behaviours towards their infant and other family interactions.
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Life in a time of COVID: retrospective examination of the association between physical activity and mental well-being in western Australians during and after lockdownThe aim of this study was to examine physical activity and sedentary behaviours during Western Australia's COVID-19 lockdown and their association with mental well-being.