MUSP Publications

MUSP Publications 1983 to 2009

In press

Aird RL, Scott JG, McGrath J, Najman JM and Mamun AA. ‘Is the New Age phenomenon connected to delusion-like experiences? Analysis of survey data from Australia.’ Mental Health, Religion & Culture. In press.

Clavarino AM, Mamun AA, O'Callaghan M, Aird R, Bor W, O'Callaghan F, Williams GM, Marrington S, Najman JM and Alati R. 'Maternal Anxiety and Attention Problems in Children at 5 and 14 Years.'  Journal of Attention Disorders. In press.

Dingle K, Alati R, Williams GM, Najman JM, Bor W and Clavarino A. 'The ability of YSR DSM-oriented depression scales to predict DSM-IV depression in young adults: A longitudinal study.' Journal of Affective Disorders. In press.

Hammen C, Brennan PA, Keenan-Miller D, Hazel NA, Najman JM. 'Chronic and acute stress, gender, and serotonin transporter gene-environment interactions predicting depression symptoms in youth.' Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. In press.

McDermott BM, Mamun AA, Najman JM, Williams GM, O'Callaghan MJ and Bor W. 'Longitudinal correlates of the persistence of irregular eating from age 5 to 14 years.' Acta Paediatrica. In press.

Varghese D, Scott J, Welham J, Bor W, Najman J, O'Callaghan M, Williams G and McGrath J. 'Psychotic-like experiences in major depression and anxiety disorders: A population-based survey in young adults.' Schizophrenia Bulletin. In press.

Welham J, Scott J, Williams GM, Najman JM, Bor W, O'Callaghan M and McGrath J. 'The antecedents of non-affective psychosis in a birth-cohort, with a focus on measures related to cognitive ability, attentional dysfunction and speech problems.' Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. In press.

2009

Alati R, Clavarino A, Van Dooren K, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2009. 'Early weaning and alcohol disorders in offspring: biological effect, mediating factors or residual confounding?'  Addiction, 104(8), 1324-1332.  Abstract

Alati R, Gunnell DJ, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2009. 'Is IQ in childhood associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts? Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes.'  Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 39(3), 282-293.  Abstract

Alati R, Najman JM, O'Callaghan M, Bor W, Williams GM and Clavarino A. 2009. 'Fetal growth and behaviour problems in early adolescence: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy.' International Journal of Epidemiology, 38(5), 1390-1400.  Abstract

Hammen C, Kim EY, Eberhart NK, Brennan PA. 2009. 'Chronic and acute stress and the prediction of major depression in women.' Depression and Anxiety, 26(8):718-23.   Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Bor W, and Williams GM. 2009. 'Predictors of young adults’ amphetamine use and disorders: A prospective study.'  Drug and Alcohol Review, 28(3), 275-283.

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Jamrozik K, Mamun AA, O’Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 2009. 'Childhood sexual abuse and cannabis use in early adulthood: Findings from an Australian birth cohort study.' Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38(1), 135-142.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, McGee TR, Bor W and O'Callaghan MJ. 2009. 'Early pubertal maturation in the prediction of early adult substance use: a prospective study.' Addiction, 104(1), 59-66.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Sadasivam S, Mamun AA, Najman JM and O'Callaghan MJ. 2009. 'Maternal smoking during and after pregnancy and lung function in early adulthood: A prospective study'. Thorax, 64(9), 810-814.  Abstract

Khatun M, Clavarino AM, Callaway L, Alati R, Najman JM, Williams G and Mamun AA. 2009. 'Common symptoms during pregnancy to predict depression and health status 14 years post partum.' International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 104(3), 214-217.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Cramb SM, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2009. 'Childhood overweight status predicts diabetes at age 21 years: a follow-up study.' Obesity, 17(6), 1255-1261.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Hayatbakhsh MR, O'Callaghan M, Williams G and Najman J. 2009. 'Early overweight and pubertal maturation-pathways of association with young adults' overweight: a longitudinal study.' International Journal of Obesity, 33(1), 14-20.  Abstract

Mamun AA, O'Callaghan M, Callaway L, Williams G, Najman J and Lawlor D. 2009. 'Associations of gestational weight gain with offspring body mass index and blood pressure at 21 years of age: Evidence from a birth cohort study.' Circulation, 119(13), 1720-1727.  Abstract

Mamun AA, O'Callaghan MJ, Cramb SM, Najman JM, Williams GM and Bor W. 2009. 'Childhood behavioral problems predict young adults' BMI and obesity: evidence from a birth cohort study.'  Obesity, 17(4), 761-766.  Abstract

Najman JM, Hayatbakhsh MR, Heron MA, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM. 2009. 'The impact of episodic and chronic poverty on child cognitive development.' Journal of Pediatrics, 154(2), 284-289.  Abstract

O’Callaghan F, Mamun AA, O'Callaghan M, Alati R, Najman JM, Williams G and Bor W. 2009. 'Maternal smoking during pregnancy predicts nicotine disorder (dependence or withdrawal) in young adults.' Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 33(4), 371-377.  Abstract

Scott J, Martin G, Welham J, Bor W, Najman J, O'Callaghan M, Williams G, Aird R and McGrath J. 2009. 'Psychopathology during childhood and adolescence predicts delusional-like experiences in adults: A 21-year birth cohort study.'  American Journal of Psychiatry, 166(5), 567-574.  Abstract

Strathearn L, Mamun AA, Najman JM and O’Callaghan MJ. 2009. 'Does breastfeeding protect against substantiated child abuse and neglect?'  Pediatrics, 123(2), 483-493.  Abstract

Welham J, Scott J, Williams G, Najman J, Bor W, O'Callaghan M and McGrath J. 2009. 'Emotional and behavioural antecedents of young adults who screen positive for non-affective psychosis: a 21-year birth cohort study.'  Psychological Medicine, 39(4), 625-634.  Abstract

Welham J, Scott J, Williams G, Najman J, O’Callaghan M and McGrath J. 2009. 'Growth in young adults who screen positive for non-affective psychosis: birth cohort study.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(1), 61-67.  Abstract

2008

Alati R, Clavarino A, Najman JM, O’Callaghan M, Bor W, Mamun AA and Williams GM. 2008. 'The developmental origin of adolescent alcohol use: Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes' Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 98(1-2), 136-143.  Abstract

Alati R, Kinner SA, Hayatbakhsh MR, Mamun AA, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2008. 'Pathways to ecstasy use in young adults: Anxiety, depression or behavioural deviance?' Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 92(1-3), 108-115.  Abstract

Dingle K, Alati R, Clavarino A, Najman JM and Williams G. 2008. 'Pregnancy loss and psychiatric disorders in young women: an Australian birth cohort study.' British Journal of Psychiatry, 193(6), 455-60.  Abstract

Hammen C, Brennan PA, Keenan-Miller D. 2008. Patterns of adolescent depression to age 20: the role of maternal depression and youth interpersonal dysfunction. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36(8), 1189-98.  Abstract

Hammen C, Brennan PA, Keenan-Miller D and Herr NR. 2008. 'Early onset recurrent subtype of adolescent depression: clinical and psychosocial correlates.' Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49(4), 433-440.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Mamun AA, Najman JM, O'Callaghan, MJ, Bor W and Alati R. 2008. 'Early childhood predictors of early substance use and substance use disorders: prospective study.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(8), 720-731.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, McGee TR, Bor W, Najman JM, Jamrozik K and Mamun AA. 2008. 'Child and adolescent externalizing behavior and cannabis use disorders in early adulthood: An Australian prospective birth cohort study.'  Addictive Behaviors, 33(3), 422-438.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Jamrozik K, Mamun AA, Bor W and Alati R. 2008. 'Adolescent problem behaviours predicting DSM-IV diagnoses of multiple substance use disorder: Findings of a prospective birth cohort study.' Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 43(5), 356-363.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, O’Callaghan MJ, Jamrozik K, Najman JM, Mamun AA, Alati R and Bor, W.  2008. 'The association between school performance at 14 years and young adults’ use of cannabis: An Australian birth cohort study.' Journal of Drug Issues, 38(2), 401-418.

Hazel NA, Hammen C, Brennan PA and Najman JM. 2008. 'Early childhood adversity and adolescent depression: the mediating role of continued stress.' Psychological Medicine, 38(4), 581-589.  Abstract

Herr NR, Hammen C, Brennan PA. 2008. 'Maternal borderline personality disorder symptoms and adolescent psychosocial functioning.' Journal of Personality Disorders, 22(5), 451-465.  Abstract

Hutchinson DM, Alati R, Najman JM, Mattick R, Bor W, O’Callaghan M and Williams GM. 2008. 'Maternal attitudes in pregnancy predict drinking initiation in adolescence.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(4), 324-334.  Abstract

Mamun AA, McDermott BM, O'Callaghan MJ, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2008. 'Predictors of maternal misclassifications of their offspring's weight status: a longitudinal study'. International Journal Of Obesity, 32(1), 48-54.  Abstract

McDermott BM, Mamun AA, Najman JM, Williams GM, O'Callaghan MJ and Bor W. 2008.  'Preschool children perceived by mothers as irregular eaters: Physical and psychosocial predictors from a birth cohort study.'  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 29(3), 197-205.  Abstract

Najman JM, Heron MA, Hayatbakhsh MR, Dingle K, Jamrozik K, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 2008. 'Screening in early childhood for risk of later mental health problems: A longitudinal study.'  Journal of Psychiatric Research, 42(8), 694-700.  Abstract

Scott J, Welham J, Martin G, Bor W, Najman J, O'Callaghan M, Williams G, Aird R and McGrath J. 2008. 'Demographic correlates of psychotic-like experiences in young Australian adults.'  Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 118(3), 230-237.  Abstract

2007

Alati R, Lawlor DA, Mamun AA, Williams GM, Najman JM, O'Callaghan M and Bor W. 2007. 'Is there a fetal origin of depression? Evidence from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes.' American Journal of Epidemiology, 165(5), 575-582.  Abstract

Callaway LK, Lawlor DA, O’Callaghan M, Williams GM, Najman JM and McIntyre HD. 2007. 'Diabetes mellitus in the 21 years after a pregnancy that was complicated by hypertension: findings from a prospective cohort study.'  American Journal Of Obstetrics And Gynecology, 197(5), 492.e1-492.e7.  Abstract

Callaway LK, McIntyre HD, O'Callaghan M, Williams GM, Najman JM and Lawlor DA. 2007. 'The association of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy with weight gain over the subsequent 21 years: Findings from a prospective cohort study.' American Journal of Epidemiology, 166(4), 421-428.  Abstract

Espejo EP, Hammen CL, Connolly NP, Brennan PA, Najman JM and Bor W. 2007. 'Stress sensitization and adolescent depressive severity as a function of childhood adversity: A link to anxiety disorders.' Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35(2), 287-99.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Alati R, Hutchinson DM,  Jamrozik K, Najman JM, Mamun AA, O'Callaghan M and Bor W. 2007. 'Association of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption with young adults' cannabis use: A prospective study.' American Journal of Epidemiology, 166(5), 592-598.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Kinner SA, Jamrozik K, Najman JM and Mamun AA. 2007. 'Maternal partner criminality and cannabis use in young adulthood: prospective study.' Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41(6), 546-553.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Jamrozik K, Mamun AA, Alati R and Bor W. 2007. 'Cannabis and anxiety and depression in young adults: A large prospective study.' Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(3), 408-417.  Abstract

Herr NR, Hammen C and Brennan PA. 2007. 'Current and past depression as predictors of family functioning: A comparison of men and women in a community sample'. Journal of Family Psychology, 2007, 21(4), 694-702.  Abstract.

Keenan-Miller D, Hammen CL, Brennan PA. 2007. 'Adolescent psychosocial risk factors for severe intimate partner violence in young adulthood'. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(3), 456-463.  Abstract

Keenan-Miller D, Hammen CL, Brennan PA. 2007. 'Health outcomes related to early adolescent depression.' Journal of  Adolescent Health, 41(3), 256-262.  Abstract

Kinner SA, Alati R, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2007. 'Do paternal arrest and imprisonment lead to child behaviour problems and substance use? A longitudinal analysis.'  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(11), 1148-1156.  Abstract

Lawlor D, Davey Smith G, O'Callaghan M, Alati R, Mamun A, Williams G and Najman J. 2007. 'Epidemiological evidence for the fetal over nutrition hypothesis: Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes.' American Journal of Epidemiology, 165(4), 418-424.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Alati R, O’Callaghan M, Hayatbakhsh MR,  O’Callaghan FV, Najman JM, Williams GM and Bor W. 2007. 'Does childhood sexual abuse have an effect on young adults’ nicotine disorder (dependence or withdrawal)? Evidence from a birth cohort study'. Addiction, 102(4), 647-654.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Cramb S, McDermott BM, O'Callaghan M, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2007. 'Adolescents' perceived weight associated with depression in young adulthood: A longitudinal study'. Obesity, 2007, 15(12), 3097-105.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, Alati R, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2007. 'Increasing body mass index from age 5 to 14-years predicts asthma among adolescents: evidence from a birth cohort study'. International Journal of Obesity, 31(4), 578-583.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, Cramb S, O'Callaghan M, Williams G and Najman J. 2007. 'Do childhood sleeping problems predict obesity in young adulthood? Evidence from a prospective birth cohort study.'  American Journal of Epidemiology, 166(12), 1368-1373.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, O'Callaghan MJ, Bor W, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2007. 'Does childhood sexual abuse predict young adult's BMI? A birth cohort study'. Obesity, 15(8), 2103-2010.  Abstract

O'Callaghan FV, O'Callaghan M, Najman J, Williams GM and Bor W. 2007. 'Prenatal alcohol exposure and attention, learning and intellectual ability at 14 years: A prospective longitudinal study'.  Early Human Development, 83(2), 115-123.  Abstract

2006

Alati R, Mamun AA, O'Callaghan M, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2006. 'In utero and post-natal maternal smoking and asthma in adolescence'. Epidemiology, 17(2), 138-144.  Abstract

Alati R, Mamun AA, Williams GM, O'Callaghan M, Najman JM and Bor W. 2006. 'In utero alcohol exposure and prediction of alcohol disorders in early adulthood: a birth cohort study'. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63(9), 1009-1016.  Abstract

Eberhart NK, Shih JH, Hammen CL and Brennan PA. 2006. 'Understanding the sex difference in vulnerability to adolescent depression: An examination of child and parent characteristics '. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34(4), 493-506.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Jamrozik K, Mamun AA and Alati R. 2006. 'Do parents marital circumstances predict young adults DSM-IV cannabis use disorders? A prospective study.' Addiction, 101(12), 1778-1786.  Abstract

Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Jamrozik K, Mamun AA, Williams GM and Alati R. 2006. 'Changes in maternal marital status are associated with young adults cannabis use: evidence from a 21-year follow-up of a birth cohort'.  International Journal of Epidemiology, 35(3), 673-679.  Abstract 

Lawlor DA, Najman JM, Batty GD, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams G and Bor W. 2006. 'Early life predictors of childhood intelligence: findings from the Mater-University study of pregnancy and its outcomes'. Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, 20(2), 148-162.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, Alati R, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2006. 'Does maternal smoking during pregnancy have a direct effect on future offspring obesity? Evidence from a prospective birth cohort study'. American Journal of Epidemiology, 164(4), 317-325.  Abstract

Mamun AA, O'Callaghan FV, Alati R, O'Callaghan M, Williams GM, Najman JM and Bor W. 2006. 'Does maternal smoking during pregnancy predict smoking patterns of young adult offspring? A birth cohort study.' Tobacco Control, 15(6), 452-457.  Abstract

O'Callaghan FV, O'Callaghan M, Najman JM, Williams GM, Bor W and Alati R. 2006. 'Prediction of adolescent smoking from family and social risk factors at 5 years, and maternal smoking in pregnancy and at 5 and 14 years'. Addiction, 101(2), 282-290.  Abstract  |  Full text(eprintsUQ)

Shaw M, Lawlor DA and Najman JM. 2006. 'Teenage children of teenage mothers: psychological, behavioural and health outcomes from an Australian prospective longitudinal study'. Social Science & Medicine, 62(10), 2526-2539.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Shields L, O'Callaghan M, Williams GM, Najman JM and William Bor. 2006. 'Breastfeeding and obesity at 14 years: A cohort study'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 42(5), 289-296.  Abstract

Shih JH, Eberhart NK, Hammen CL and Brennan PA. 2006. 'Differential exposure and reactivity to interpersonal stress predict sex differences in adolescent depression'. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35(1), 103-115.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Ware RS, Williams GM and Aird RL. 2006. 'Participants who left a multiple-wave cohort study had similar baseline characteristics to participants who returned'. Annals of Epidemiology, 16(11), 820-823.  Abstract

2005

Alati R, Lawlor DA, Najman JM, Williams GM, Bor W and O'Callaghan M. 2005. 'Is there really a 'J-shaped' curve in the association between alcohol consumption and depression? Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes'. Addiction, 100(5), 643-651.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Alati R, Lawlor DA, Najman JM, Williams GM, Bor W and O'Callaghan M. 2005. 'J-shape or linear relationship between alcohol consumption and depression: it matters'. A response to Taylor and Rehm (2005). Addiction, 100(6), 872-873. Full text (eprintsUQ)

Alati R, Najman JM, Kinner SA, Mamun AA, Williams GM, O’Callaghan M and Bor W. 2005. 'Early predictors of adult drinking: a birth cohort study'. American Journal of Epidemiology, 162(11), 1098-1107.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Alati R, O'Callaghan M, Najman JM, Bor W, Williams GM and Lawlor DA. 2005. 'Asthma and internalising behaviour problems in adolescence: a longitudinal study'. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 462-470.  Abstract

Fagan AA and Najman JM. 2005. 'The relative contributions of parental and sibling substance use to adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use'. Journal of Drug Issues, 35(4), 869-883.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Grekin ER, Brennan PA and Hammen C. 2005. 'Parental alcohol use disorders and child delinquency: the mediating effects of executive functioning and chronic family stress'. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 66(1), 14-22.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Lawlor DA, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2005. 'Intrauterine growth and intelligence within sibling pairs: findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes'. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 59(4), 279-282.  Abstract |  Full text (eprintsUQ)

Lawlor DA, Mamun AA, O'Callaghan M, Bor W, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2005. 'Is being overweight associated with behavioural problems in childhood and adolescence?  Findings from the Mater University study of pregnancy and its outcomes'. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 90(7), 692-697.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Lawlor DA, O'Callaghan MJ, Mamun AA, Bor W, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2005. 'Early life predictors of adolescent smoking: findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes'. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 19(5), 377-387.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Lawlor DA, O'Callaghan MJ, Mamum AA, Williams GM, Bor W and Najman JM. 2005. 'Socio-economic position, cognitive function, and clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in adolescence: findings from the Mater-University study of pregnancy and its outcomes'. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67(6), 862-868.  Abstract

McGrath JJ, Keeping D, Saha S, Chant D, Lieberman D and O'Callaghan MJ. 2005. 'Seasonal fluctuations in birth weight and neonatal limb length; does prenatal vitamin D influence neonatal size and shape?' Early Human Development, 81(7), 609-618.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2005. 'Effect of Body Mass Index Changes Between Ages 5 and 14 on Blood Pressure at Age 14: findings From a Birth Cohort Study'. Hypertension, 45(6), 1083-1087.  Abstract

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2005. 'Family and early life factors associated with changes in overweight status between ages 5 and 14 years: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes'. International Journal of Obesity, 29(5), 475-482.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Mamun AA, Lawlor DA, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Najman JM. 2005. 'Positive maternal attitude to the family eating together decreases the risk of adolescent overweight'. Obesity Research, 13(8), 1422-1430.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Najman JM, Bor W, O’Callaghan M, Williams GM, Aird R and Shuttlewood G. 2005. 'Cohort profile: The Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy (MUSP)'. International Journal of Epidemiology, 34(5), 992-997. Full text (eprintsUQ)

Najman JM, Hallam D, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Shuttlewood GJ. 2005. 'Predictors of depression in very young children: a prospective study'. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 40(5), 367-374.   Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Phillips NK, Hammen CL, Brennan PA, Najman, JM and Bor W. 2005. 'Early adversity and the prospective prediction of depressive and anxiety disorders in adolescents'. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33(1), 13–24.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

2004

Alati R,  Najman J and Williams G. 2004. 'The mental health of Filipino-born women 5 and 14 years after they have given birth in Australia: A longitudinal study'. Health Sociology Review, 13(2), 145-156.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Bor W, McGee TR and Fagan AA. 2004. 'Early risk factors for adolescent antisocial behaviour: an Australian longitudinal study'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 38(5), 365-372.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsQUT)

Hammen, C. 2004. 'Depression in women: The family context and risk for recurrence'. The Economics of Neuroscience (TEN), 6(1), 41-46.  Full text (UQ eSpace)

Hammen C. Brennan PA and Shih J. 2004. 'Family discord and stress predictors of depression and other disorders in adolescent children of depressed and nondepressed women'. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 43(8), 994-1002.  Abstract

Hammen C, Shih JH and Brennan PA. 2004. 'Intergenerational transmission of depression: test of an interpersonal stress model in a community sample'. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 72(3), 511-522.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Lawlor DA, Najman JM, Sterne J, Williams GM, Ebrahim S and Davey Smith G. 2004. 'Associations of parental, birth, and early life characteristics with systolic blood pressure at 5 years of age. Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes'. Circulation, 110(16), 2417-2423.  Abstract

Najman JM, Aird RL, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Shuttlewood, GJ. 2004 'The generational transmission of socio-economic inequalities in child cognitive development and emotional health'. Social Science and Medicine, 58(6): 1147-1158.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Wilkins AJ, O'Callaghan MJ, Najman JM, Bor W, Williams GM and Shuttlewood G. 2004. 'Early childhood factors influencing health-related quality of life in adolescents at 13 years'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 40(3): 102-109.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

2003

Alati R, Najman JM, Shuttlewood GJ, Williams GM and Bor W 2003. 'Changes in mental health status amongst children of migrants to Australia: a longitudinal study'. Sociology of Health and Illness, 25(7): 866-888.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Bor W, Brennan PA, Williams GM, Najman JM and O'Callaghan MJ. 2003. 'A mother's attitude towards her infant and child behaviour five years later'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 37(6): 748-55.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Brennan PA, Hall J, Bor W, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2003. 'Integrating biological and social processes in relationship to early-onset persistent aggression in boys and girls'. Developmental Psychology, 39(2): 309-323.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Brennan PA, Le Brocque R and Hammen C. 2003. 'Maternal depression, parent-child relationships, and resilient outcomes in adolescence'. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(12): 1469-1477.  Abstract

Conwell L, O'Callaghan MJ, Andersen MJ, Najman JM, Bor W and Williams GM. 2003. 'Early adolescence smoking and a web of personal and social disadvantage'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 39(8): 580-585.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Fagan AA and Najman JM. 2003. 'Association between early childhood aggression and internalizing behavior for sibling pairs'. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(9): 1093-1100.  Abstract

Fagan AA and Najman JM. 2003. 'The Gendered and Long-term Relationship Between Family Practices and Children's Aggression and Delinquency'. Issue Paper (no 2). Queensland, Australia: Commission for Children and Young People. Download.

Fagan AA and Najman JM. 2003. 'Sibling influences on adolescent delinquent behavior: an Australian longitudinal study'. Journal of Adolescence, 26(5): 546-558.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Hammen C and Brennan PA. 2003 'Severity, chronicity, and timing of maternal depression and risk for adolescent offspring diagnoses in a community sample'. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60(3): 253-258.  Abstract

Hammen C, Shih J, Altman T and Brennan PA. 2003. 'Interpersonal impairment and the prediction of depressive symptoms in adolescent children of depressed and nondepressed mothers'. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42(5): 571-577.  Abstract

Nelson DR, Hammen C, Brennan PA and Ullman JB. 2003. 'The impact of maternal depression on adolescent adjustment: The role of expressed emotion'. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 71(5): 935-944.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

O'Callaghan FV, O'Callaghan MJ, Najman JM, Williams GM, and Bor W. 2003. 'Maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy and physical outcomes up to 5 years of age: A longitudinal study'. Early Human Development, 71(2): 137-148.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

O'Keeffe MJ, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM and Bor W. 2003. 'Learning, cognitive, and attentional problems in adolescents born small for gestational age'. Pediatrics, 112(2): 301-307.  Abstract | Full text

Wilkins-Shurmer A, O'Callaghan MJ, Najman J, Bor W, Williams G and Anderson M. 2003. 'Association of bullying with adolescent health-related quality of life'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 39(6): 436-41.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

2002

Brennan PA, Hammen C, Katz AR and Le Brocque RM. 2002 'Maternal depression, paternal psychopathology, and adolescent diagnostic outcomes'. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 70(5): 1075-1085.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Hammen C, and Brennan PA. 2002 'Interpersonal dysfunction in depressed women: Impairments independent of depressive symptoms'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 72(2): 145-156.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Spence SH, Najman JM, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 2002. 'Maternal anxiety and depression, poverty and marital relationship factors during early childhood as predictors of anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescence'. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 43(4): 457-469.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

2001

Bor W, Najman JM, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Anstey, KJ 2001. 'Aggression and the Development of Delinquent Behaviour in Children'. Australian Institute of Criminology: trends and issues in crime and criminal justice, 207: 1-5. Download

Hammen C and Brennan PA. 2001. 'Depressed adolescents of depressed and nondepressed mothers: Tests of an interpersonal impairment hypothesis'. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69(2): 284-294.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

McClure EB, Brennan PA, Hammen C and Le Brocque RM. 2001. 'Parental anxiety disorders, child anxiety disorders, and the perceived parent-child relationship in an Australian high-risk sample'. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29(1): 1-10.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Najman JM, Williams GM, Nikles J, Spence S, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Le Brocque R, Andersen MJ and Shuttlewood GJ. 2001. 'Bias influencing maternal reports of child behaviour and emotional state'. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 36(4): 186-194.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Quinn PJ, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM, Andersen MJ and Bor W. 2001. 'The effect of breastfeeding on child development at 5 years: A cohort study'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 37(5): 465-469.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

2000

Brennan PA, Hammen C, Andersen MJ, Bor W, Najman JM and Williams GM. 2000. 'Chronicity, severity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms: Relationships with child outcomes at age 5'. Developmental Psychology, 36(6): 759-766.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Najman JM, Aird R, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Shuttlewood GJ and Williams GM. 2000. 'A better start for life. Socioeconomic inequalities in foetal and child health: A platform for adult health inequalities?' Brisbane: Report prepared for Queensland Health.

Najman JM, Andersen MJ, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 2000. 'Postnatal depression-myth and reality: maternal depression before and after the birth of a child'. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 35(1): 19-27.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Najman JM, Bor W, Andersen MJ, O'Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 2000. 'Preschool children and behaviour problems: A prospective study'. Childhood, 7(4):  439-466.  Abstract | Full text (eprintsUQ)

Najman JM, Williams GM, Nikles J, Spence SH, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Le Brocque R and Andersen MJ. 2000. 'Mothers' mental illness and child behavior problems: Cause-effect association or observation bias?' Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(5): 592-602.  Abstract

1999

Najman JM, Andersen MJ, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 1999. 'Social constructions of stress and adversity: A longitudinal study of the association between poverty, live events, subjective stress and maternal lifestyle' in Moris, P., Raphael, B. and Bordujenko, A. (eds.) Stress and Challenge - Health and Disease. Proceedings of the RMA Consensus Conference February 9-11. Brisbane: Repatriation Medical Authority.

Stathis SL, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams, GM, Najman, JM, Andersen MJ and Bor W. 1999. 'Maternal cigarette smoking during pregnancy is an independent predictor for symptoms of middle ear disease at five years' postdelivery'. Pediatrics, 104(2): E16.  Abstract | Full text

Stathis SL, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Najman JM, Andersen MJ and Bor W. 1999. 'Behavioural and cognitive associations of short stature at 5 years'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 35(6): 562-567.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1998

Najman JM, Lanyon A, Andersen MJ, Williams GM, Bor W and O'Callaghan MJ. 1998. 'Socioeconomic status and maternal cigarette smoking before, during and after a pregnancy'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 22(1): 60-66.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Shaw M. 1998. 'Adolescent breakfast skipping: an Australian study'. Adolescence, 33(132): 851-861.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Williams GM, O'Callaghan MJ, Najman JM, Bor W, Andersen MJ and Richards D. 1998. 'Maternal cigarette smoking and child psychiatric morbidity: a longitudinal study'. Pediatrics, 102(1): E11.  Abstract | Full text

1997

Bor W, Najman JM, Andersen MJ, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Behrens BC. 1997. 'The relationship between low family income and psychological disturbance in young children: An Australian longitudinal study'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 31(5): 664-675.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Behrens BC, Andersen MJ, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ and Williams GM. 1997. 'Impact of family type and family quality on child behavior problems: A longitudinal study'. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 36(10): 1357-1365.  Abstract

O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Andersen MJ, Bor W and Najman JM. 1997. 'Prediction of obesity in children at 5 years: a cohort study'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 33(4): 311-316.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Andersen MJ, Bor W and Najman JM. 1997. 'Obstetric and perinatal factors as predictors of child behaviour at 5 years'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 33(6): 497-503.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1996

Najman JM, Andersen MJ, Williams GM, Bor W and O'Callaghan MJ. 1996. 'Child health development in an urban sample of Aboriginal, Islander and other children' in Robinson, G. (ed.) Aboriginal Health: Social and Cultural Transitions, Proceedings of a Conference at the Northern Territory University 29-31 September 1995. Darwin: NTU Press.

Shaw ME. 1996. 'Breakfast skipping: adolescent patterns' in Germov, J. and Williams, L. (eds.) The Sociology of Food and Nutrition: Australian Perspectives. Papers presented at the 1995 Sociology Conference. The University of Newcastle.

1995

O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM, Andersen MJ, Bor W and Najman JM. 1995. 'Social and biological risk factors for mild and borderline impairment of language comprehension in a cohort of five-year-old children'. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 37(12): 1051-1061. Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1994

Najman JM, Shaw ME, Bor W, O'Callaghan MJ, Williams GM and Andersen MJ. 1994. 'Working class authoritarianism and child socialization: An Australian study'. Australian Journal of Marriage and Family, 15(3): 137-146.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Williams GM, Bor W, Andersen MJ and Morrison J. 1994. 'Obstetrical outcomes of Aboriginal pregnancies at a major urban hospital'. Australian Journal of Public Health, 18(2): 185-189.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1993

Bor W, Najman JM, Andersen MJ, Morrison J. and Williams GM. 1993. 'Socioeconomic disadvantage and child morbidity: An Australian longitudinal study'. Social Science and Medicine, 36(8): 1053-1061.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Morrison J, Williams GM, Najman JM, Andersen MJ and Keeping JD. 1993. 'Birthweight below the tenth percentile: the relative and attributable risks of maternal tobacco consumption and other factors'. Environmental Health Perspectives, 101 (Supl 3): 275-277.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1992

Najman JM, Bor W, Morrison J, Andersen MJ and Williams GM. 1992. 'Child developmental delay and socio-economic disadvantage in Australia: A longitudinal study'. Social Science and Medicine, 34(8): 829-835.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1991

Morrison J, Williams GM, Najman JM and Andersen MJ. 1991. 'The influence of paternal height and weight on birth-weight'. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 31(2): 114-116.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Morrison J, Williams GM and Andersen MJ. 1991. 'Comparing alternative methodologies of social research: An overview' in Daly, J., McDonald, I. and Willis, E. (eds.) Researching Health Care. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.

Najman JM, Morrison J, Williams GM, Andersen MJ and Keeping JD. 1991. 'The mental health of women 6 months after they give birth to an unwanted baby: A longitudinal study'. Social Science and Medicine, 32(3): 241-247.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1990

King B, Najman JM and Morrison J. 1990. 'The prediction of depression in the postpartum period'. Australian Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 1(1): 21-42.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Morrison J, Keeping JD, Andersen MJ and Williams GM. 1990. 'Social factors associated with the decision to relinquish a baby for adoption'. Community Health Studies, 14(2): 180-189.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Morrison MJ, Williams GM and Andersen MJ. 1990. 'Marital status and pregnancy outcome: Biology, poverty or lifestyle' in Daly JE. (ed.) The Social Sciences and Health Research, The Report of a Workshop on the Contribution of the Social Sciences to Health Research. Canberra: Public Health Association of Australia.

1989

Keeping JD, Najman JM, Morrison J, Western JS, Andersen MJ and Williams GM. 1989. 'A prospective longitudinal study of social, psychological and obstetric factors in pregnancy: response rates and demographic characteristics of the 8556 respondents'. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 96(3): 289-97.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Morrison J, Najman JM, Williams GM, Keeping JD and Andersen MJ. 1989. 'Socio-economic status and pregnancy outcome. An Australian study'. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 96(3): 298-307.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Morrison J, Keeping JD, Andersen MJ and Williams GM. 1989. 'A comparison of the lifestyle and pregnancies of women members of minority Christian sects' Proceedings of the Behavioural Medicine Conference. Cumberland College of Health Sciences: Lidcombe.

Najman JM, Morrison J, Williams GM, Andersen MJ and Keeping JD. 1989. 'The employment of mothers and the outcomes of their pregnancies: an Australian study'. Public Health, 103(3): 189-98.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Najman JM, Morrison J, Williams GM, Keeping JD and Andersen MJ. 1989. 'Unemployment and reproductive outcome. An Australian study'. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 96(3): 308-13.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1988

Najman JM, Williams GM, Keeping JD, Morrison J and Andersen MJ. 1988. 'Religious values, practices and pregnancy outcomes: A comparison of the impact of sect and mainstream Christian affiliation'. Social Science and Medicine, 26(4): 401-407.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1987

Shapiro MC and Najman JM. 1987. 'Socio-economic status differences in patients' desire for and capacity to obtain information in the clinical encounter'. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 22(2): 465-471. Full text (UQ eSpace)

1984

Najman JM, Keeping JD, Morrison J, Western JS and Williams GM. 1984. 'Social class, religion and contraceptive failure in a sample of pregnant women in Brisbane'. Community Health Studies, 8(3): 323-31.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

1983

Najman JM, Keeping JD, Chang A, Morrison J and Western JS. 1983. 'Employment, unemployment and the health of pregnant women'. Social Alternatives, New Doctor and Impact, Sept-Oct: 9-12.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

Shapiro MC, Najman JM, Chang A, Keeping JD, Morrison J and Western JS. 1983. 'Information control and the exercise of power in the obstetrical encounter'. Social Science and Medicine, 17(3): 139-146.  Abstract | Full text (UQ eSpace)

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