Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries
- R. Gilbert, C. Widom, K. Browne, D. Fergusson, E. Webb, S. Janson
- PsychologyThe Lancet
- 8 December 2008
Developmental trajectories of childhood disruptive behaviors and adolescent delinquency: a six-site, cross-national study.
- Lisa Broidy, D. Nagin, F. Vitaro
- PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology
- 1 March 2003
The results indicate that among boys there is continuity in problem behavior from childhood to adolescence and that such continuity is especially acute when early problem behavior takes the form of physical aggression.
Exposure to childhood sexual and physical abuse and adjustment in early adulthood.
- D. Fergusson, J. Boden, L. Horwood
- Psychology, MedicineInternational Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect
- 1 June 2008
Risk factors and life processes associated with the onset of suicidal behaviour during adolescence and early adulthood
- D. Fergusson, L. Woodward, L. Horwood
- Psychology, MedicinePsychological Medicine
- 1 January 2000
Findings support a life course model of the aetiology of suicidal behaviour in which risk of developing suicidal behaviour depends on accumulative exposure to a series of social, family, personality and mental health factors.
Does father absence place daughters at special risk for early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy?
- B. Ellis, J. Bates, L. Woodward
- PsychologyChild Development
- 1 May 2003
There was stronger and more consistent evidence of effects of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy than on other behavioral or mental health problems or academic achievement.
Is sexual orientation related to mental health problems and suicidality in young people?
- D. Fergusson, L. Horwood, A. Beautrais
- Psychology, MedicineArchives of General Psychiatry
- 1 October 1999
Findings support recent evidence suggesting that gay, lesbian, and bisexual young people are at increased risk of mental health problems, with these associations being particularly evident for measures of suicidal behavior and multiple disorder.
Show me the child at seven: the consequences of conduct problems in childhood for psychosocial functioning in adulthood.
- D. Fergusson, L. Horwood, E. M. Ridder
- PsychologyJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and…
- 1 August 2005
BACKGROUND
This paper seeks to extend research into the adult sequelae of childhood conduct problems by investigating the associations between conduct problems in middle childhood and psychosocial…
Childhood sexual abuse and psychiatric disorder in young adulthood: II. Psychiatric outcomes of childhood sexual abuse.
- D. Fergusson, L. Horwood, M. Lynskey
- Psychology, MedicineJournal of the American Academy of Child and…
- 1 October 1996
CSA, and particularly severe CSA, was associated with increased risk of psychiatric disorder in young adults even when due allowance was made for prospectively measured confounding factors.
Sex differences in developmental reading disability: new findings from 4 epidemiological studies.
- M. Rutter, A. Caspi, Julia M. Carroll
- PsychologyJAMA
- 28 April 2004
Reading disabilities are clearly more frequent in boys than in girls, and 4 independent epidemiological studies about the nature, extent, and significance of sex differences in reading disability show this.
Mental health, educational, and social role outcomes of adolescents with depression.
- D. Fergusson, L. Woodward
- Psychology, MedicineArchives of General Psychiatry
- 1 March 2002
There was a direct linkage in which early depression was associated with increased risk of later major depression and anxiety disorders and linkages between early depression and other outcomes appeared to reflect the effects of confounding factors.
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