Cohort study
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Sexual orientation and mental health in a US cohort of children: a longitudinal mediation study
Paper from the JCPP – ‘We examined longitudinal associations between sexual orientation and mental health over 2 years in a US cohort of children (aged 9–10 at baseline) and two explanatory factors (increased social problems such as getting teased and decreased perceived school safety)’. Brian A. Feinstein (pic) et al.
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Early childhood general anesthesia and risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Paper from the JCPP – ‘This population-based cohort study aimed to investigate the potential relationship between general anesthesia (GA) exposure and ADHD risk using propensity score matching (PSM) in a large sample size’. Mingyang Sun et al.
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Three year outcomes in infants with a family history of autism and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Most research on early outcomes in infants with a family history (FH) of autism has focussed on categorically defined autism, although some have language and developmental delays. Less is known about outcomes in infants with a FH of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)’. Tony Charman (pic) et al.
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Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population-based Australian cohort
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we report new prevalence and temporal stability data for child attachment and parental caregiving behaviour, from infancy (1 year) to preschool (4 years)’. Jennifer E. McIntosh et al.
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More frequent naps are associated with lower cognitive development in a cohort of 8–38-month-old children, during the Covid-19 pandemic
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Here we investigate sleep patterns in association with two measures of cognitive ability, vocabulary size, measured with the Oxford-Communicative Development Inventory and cognitive executive functions (EF), measured with the Early EF Questionnaire, in a cohort of 8–38-month-olds’. Teodora Gliga (pic) et al.
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Impulsivity as key bridge symptoms in cross-sectional and longitudinal networks of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), and ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)
Paper from the JCPP – ‘The current study conducted a novel longitudinal network analysis of ADHD and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms between childhood and adolescence, with the important applied prediction of social skills in adolescence’. Pevitr S. Bansal (pic) et al.
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DNA methylation at birth and lateral ventricular volume in childhood: a neuroimaging epigenetics study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘In this study, we conducted the first epigenome-wide association study of neonatal DNAm in cord blood with LVV in childhood (measured using T1-weighted brain scans at 10 years), based on data from a large population-based birth cohort, the Generation R Study (N = 840)’. Mannan Luo et al.
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The role of sleep in prospective associations between parent reported youth screen media activity and behavioral health
Paper from the CAMH journal – ‘We examined whether sleep mediated the association between screen media activity and youth behavioral health among a community sample’. Darlynn M. Rojo-Wissar (pic) et al.
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Exploring the differentiation of behavioural and emotional problems across childhood: A prospective longitudinal cohort study
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘Here, we seek to validate differentiation as an independent predictor of later mental health conditions, and to explore its aetiology’. Adrian Dahl Askelund et al.
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Co-development of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic trait trajectories from childhood to early adulthood
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, defined as traits or disorders, commonly co-occur. Developmental trajectories of ADHD and autistic traits both show heterogeneity in onset and course, but little is known about how symptom trajectories co-develop into adulthood.’ Amy Shakeshaft (pic) et al.
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