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Quality of Childcare Influences Children's Attentiveness and Emotional Regulation at School Entry

Among children using formal childcare, those who experienced higher-quality relationships were better able to regulate their attention and emotions as they...

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Childhood obesity: what we have learnt from our failure to engage mothers in our intervention

With more than one in four Australian children overweight or obese, and the significant risks this poses for health problems like asthma, depression,...

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Bullying Prevalence Across Contexts: A Meta-analysis Measuring Cyber and Traditional Bullying

Bullying involvement in any form can have lasting physical and emotional consequences for adolescents.

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Parents' nonstandard work schedules and child well-being: A critical review of the literature

This paper provides a comprehensive review of empirical evidence linking parental nonstandard work schedules to four main child developmental outcomes:...

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The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents. Report on the second Australian Child and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing

This report regards the health & wellbeing of Australian children & adolescents. Based on a survey conducted in the homes of over 6,300 families with...

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Predictors of distress and poorer quality of life in High Grade Glioma patients

To determine High Grade Glioma patients' levels of distress and quality of life during combined chemoradiotherapy, explore predictors of distress and quality...

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Risk factors in adolescents’ involvement in violent behaviours

The purpose of this paper is to examine risk factors associated with Western Australian secondary school students' involvement in violence-related behaviours.

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How body composition influences hearing status by mid-childhood and mid-life: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

Concurrent adiposity and decade-long BMI trajectories showed small, but clear, associations with poor hearing in mid-life women

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Educational inequality across three generations in Australia

Using a dataset of Australian children, we have the opportunity to not only investigate the transfer of educational resources across 3 generations in Australia.

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Caregiver-perceived racial discrimination is associated with diverse mental health outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 7-12 years

Exposure to racial discrimination in Aboriginal children increased the risk for a spectrum of interrelated factors linked to negative mental health