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Child care quality and children's cognitive and socio-emotional development: an Australian longitudinal study

There is growing evidence that high-quality non-parental child care can contribute to children's learning, development and successful transition to s…

Risk factors for low receptive vocabulary abilities in the preschool and early school years in the longitudinal study of Australian children

Receptive vocabulary development is a component of the human language system that emerges in the first year of life and is characterised by onward ex…

Resilience amongst Australian Aboriginal youth: An ecological analysis of factors associated with psychosocial functioning

We investigate whether the profile of factors protecting psychosocial functioning of high risk exposed Australian Aboriginal youth are the same as th…

Higher maternal protectiveness is associated with higher odds of child overweight and obesity: A longitudinal Australian study

Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, this study aimed to examine the longitudinal relationships between maternal protective…

Late language emergence in 24-month-old twins: Heritable and increased risk for late language emergence in twins

This study investigated the etiology of late language emergence (LLE) in 24-month-old twins, considering possible twinning, zygosity, gender, and...

Does Gender Moderate the Association Between Children's Behaviour and Teacher-Child Relationship in the Early Years?

The purpose of this study was to examine whether teachers’ reports of relationship quality were associated with children's behaviour and gender.

Bias in student survey findings from active parental consent procedures

This study assessed the potential bias present in a sample of actively consented students, and in the estimates of associations between variables obt…

Transition to secondary school: Expectation versus experience

This study investigated what young people in primary school reported being worried about with their impending move to secondary school, and how their…

Gaps in Indigenous disadvantage not closing: A census cohort study of social determinants of health in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from 1981-2006

Australia, Canada, and New Zealand are all developed nations that are home to Indigenous populations which have historically faced poorer outcomes th…

Do emotional and behavioural difficulties in primary school predict adolescent victimisation trajectories?

The results of this study suggest whole-school bullying intervention programmes need to occur before students reach secondary school.