Parenting Research Centre - raising children well

Published Reports and Research

As part of our mission to  advance scientific knowledge of parenting, our researchers and staff are committed to publishing papers in peer reviewed journals to share our findings.

2011

• Bayer, J. K., Ukoumunne, O. C., Lucas, N., Wake, M., Scalzo, K., & Nicholson, J. M. (2011). Risk factors for childhood mental health symptoms: National longitudinal study of Australian Children. Pediatrics. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0491. (IF = 4.7)
• Bennetts, S., Thackeray, E., Wade, C., Mitchell, S., Brown, M., Clayton, O., & Hindmarsh, G. (2011). The Healthy Start strategy: The role of technology in building capacity in practitioners to work with parents with learning difficulties. Developing Practice. 29, 45-57.
• Brennan, L., & Matthews, J. (2011). Empowering parents to tackle children’s obesity. InPsych, (33) 16-17.
• Cooklin, A. R., Canterford, L., Strazdins, L., & Nicholson, J. M. (2011). Employment conditions and maternal postpartum mental health: Results from the LSAC. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 14 (3), 217-25.
• Cooklin, A., Giallo, R., & Rose, N. (in press). Parental fatigue and parenting practices during early childhood: An Australian community survey. Child Health, Care and Development.
• Cooklin, A. R., Rowe, H. J., & Fisher, J. R. W. (in press). Public health implications of paid parental leave: evidence from a prospective cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health.
• Feeney, R., Desha, L.N., Ziviani, J. M. & Nicholson, J. M. (2011). Health-related quality-of-life of children with speech and language difficulties: A review of the literature. International Journal of Speech Language Pathology, DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2011.604791
• Giallo, R., Gavidia-Payne, S., Minett, B., & Kapoor, A. (in press). Sibling voices: The mental health of siblings of children with a disability. Clinical Psychologist.
• Giallo, R., Rose, N., & Vittorino, R. (2011). Fatigue, wellbeing, and parenting in mothers of infants and  toddlers with sleep problems. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 29, 236-49, DOI:10.1080/02646838.2011.593030
• Giallo, R., Wade, C., Cooklin, A., & Rose, N. (2011). Assessment of fatigue and depression in mothers of young children: Support for two separate constructs. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 29, 69-80.
• Giallo, R., & Wood, C., Jellet, R., & Porter, R. (2011). Fatigue, wellbeing and parenting in parents of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism: International Journal of Research and Practice. DOI: 10.1177/1362361311416830
• Hancock, K. J., Lawrence, D., Mitrou, F., Zarb, D., Berthelsen, D., Nicholson, J. M. & Zubrick, S. R (in press). The association between playgroup participation, learning competency and social-emotional wellbeing for children aged 4-5 years in Australia. Australian Journal of Early Childhood.
• Kilpatrick, N. L., Neumann, A., Lucas, N., Chapman, J. & Nicholson, J. M. (in press). Oral health inequalities in a national sample of Australian children aged 2-3 and 6-7 years. Australian Dental Journal.
• Lucas, N., Maguire, B., & Nicholson, J. M. (2011). Parenting practices and behaviours. LSAC Annual Statistical Report 2010. Australian Institute of Family Studies, Melbourne.
• Slattery, M. E., Bruce, V., Halford, W. K., & Nicholson, J. M. (in press). Predicting married and cohabiting couples’ futures from their descriptions of stepfamily life. Journal of Family Psychology.
• Wade, C., Giallo, R., Lucas, N., Canterford, L., & Nicholson, J. (2011). Modelling the relationship between family context, parenting and child outcomes. 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology. Ottawa, Canada.
• Walker, S., Nicholson, J. M., Carrington, S., Dunbar, S., Hand, K., Whiteford, C., Meldrum, K. & Berthelsen, D. (in press). The transition to school of children with developmental disabilities: Views of parents and teachers. Australian Journal of Early Childhood.
• Williams, K. E., Berthelsen, D., Nicholson, J. M., Walker, S., & Abad, V. (in press). The effectiveness of a short-term group music therapy intervention for parents who have a child with a disability. Journal of Music Therapy.
• Williams, K. E., Nicholson, J. M., Abad, V., Docherty, L. & Berthelsen, D. (2011). Evaluating parent-child group music therapy programmes: Challenges & successes. In J. Edwards (Ed). Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding (pp. 72-91). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

2010

• Baulch, J., Chester, A., & Brennan, L. (2010). Adolescent and parent content preferences and predictors of intention to use an online healthy weight website for adolescents. Electronic Journal of Applied Psychology, 6(1), 18-26.
• Burke, K., Brennan, L., & Roney, S. (2010). A randomised controlled trial of the efficacy of the ABCD Parenting Young Adolescents Program: Rationale and methodology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 4(22), 1-14.
• Giallo, R., Treyvaud, K., Matthews, J., & Keinhuis, M. (2010). Making the transition to primary school: an evaluation of a transition program for parents. Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 10, 1-17.
• Hayes, L., Giallo, R., & Richardson, K. (2010). Closing the research-service gap: Demonstrating effectiveness in a mental health service early intervention program for Childhood Disruptive Behavior. Australasian Psychiatry, 18, 560-66.
• Keinhuis, M., Rogers, S., Matthews, J., Giallo, R., & Treyvaud, K. (2010). A proposed model for the impact of parental fatigue on parenting adaptability and child development. Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology, 28, 392-402, DOI: 10.1080/02646830903487383
• Mitchell, S. A., Miles, C. L., Brennan, L., & Matthews, J. (2010). Reliability of the school food checklist for in-school audits and photograph analysis of children’s packed lunches. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 23, 48-53.
• Treyvaud, K., Rogers, S., Matthews, J., & Allen, B. (2010). Maternal factors and experiences associated with observed parenting behaviour in mothers attending a residential parenting program. Infant Mental Health Journal, 31(1), 58-70.

2009

• Baxter, J., Cooklin, A. R., & Smith, J. (2009). Which mothers wean their babies prematurely from full breastfeeding? An Australian cohort study. Acta Paediatrica, 98, 1274-77.
• Brennan, L., Walkley, J., Lukeis, S., Risteska, A., Archer, L., Digre, E., Fraser, S., & Greenway, K. (2009). A cognitive behavioural intervention for overweight and obese adolescents illustrated by four case studies. Behaviour Change, 26(3), 190-213.
• Cameron, C., Hudson, A. & Matthews, J. (2009). State-wide dissemination of the Signposts for Building Better Behaviour program in Victoria, Australia: Model and process. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 6, 99, (abstract).
• Cook, F., Ciorciari, J., Varker, T., & Devilly, G. J. (2009). Changes in long term neural connectivity following psychological trauma. Clinical Neurophysiology, 120, 309-14.
• Hudson, A., Reece, J., Cameron, C., & Matthews, J. (2009). Effects of child characteristics on the outcomes of a parent support program. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 34, 123-32.
• Matthews, J., & Cameron, C. (2009). Supporting parents to develop positive behaviours and manage difficult behaviours in young children. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 6, 132, (abstract)
• Matthews, J., Hudson, Cameron, C. & Gavidia-Payne, S. (2009). Development of the Signposts for Building Better Behaviour program. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 6, 132, (abstract).
• McConnell, D., Dalziel, A., Llewellyn, G., Laidlaw, K., & Hindmarsh, G. (2009). Strengthening the social relationships of mothers with learning difficulties. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 37(1), 66-75.
• Mitchell, S., Brennan, L., Hayes, L., & Miles, C. (2009). Maternal psychosocial predictors of controlling child-feeding styles and practices. Appetite, 53, 384-89.
• Mitchell, S., Miles, C., Brennan, L., & Matthews, J. (2009). Reliability of the School Food Checklist for in-school audits and photo analysis of children’s school lunches. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 23, 48-53.
• Polimeni, M. (2009). Step by step baby care DVD: Development of a best practice tool for teaching early parenting skills. Developing Practice, 23, 74-83.
• Treyvaud, K., Rogers, S., Matthews, J., & Allen, B. (2009). Outcomes following an early parenting centre residential parenting program. Journal of Family Nursing, 15(4), 486-501.
• Tsiros, M. D., Olds, T., Buckley, J. D., Grimshaw, P., Brennan, L., Walkley, J., Hills, A. P., Howe, P. R. C., & Coates, A. M. (2009). Health-related quality of life in obese children and adolescents. International Journal of Obesity, 33, 387-400.

2008

• Clayton, O., Chester, A., Mildon, R., Matthews, J. (2008). Practitioners who work with parents with intellectual disability: Stress, coping and training needs. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability, 21, 367-76.
• Giallo, R., & Gavidia-Payne, S. (2008). Evaluation of a family-based intervention for siblings of children with a disability or chronic illness. Australian E-journal for the Advancement of Mental Health, 7, www.auseinet.com/journal/vol7iss2/giallo.pdf
• Giallo, R, Kienhuis, M., Treyvaud, K., & Matthews, J. (2008). A psychometric evaluation of the Parent Self-efficacy in Managing the Transition to School Scale, Australian Journal of Educational &  Developmental Psychology, 8, 36- 48.
• Giallo, R., Treyvaud, K., Kienhuis, M., & Matthews, J. (2008). AusParenting in Schools: A parenting and family information support strategy for schools. Developing Practice: The Youth and Family Work Journal, 21.
• Mildon, R., Wade, C., & Matthews, J. (2008). Considering the contextual fit of an intervention for families headed by parents with an intellectual disability: An exploratory study. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability, 21, 377-87.
• Hudson, A., Cameron, C., & Matthews, J. (2008). The wide-scale implementation of a support program for parents of children with an intellectual disability and difficult behaviour. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 33(2), 117-26.
• Wade, C., Llewellyn, G., & Matthews, J. (2008). Review of parent training interventions for parents with intellectual disability. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disability, 21, 351-66.