Rosa Alati

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Affiliation: University of Queensland
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Early predictors of adult drinking: a birth cohort study
    Rosa Alati
    Longitudinal Study Unit, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Am J Epidemiol 162:1098-107. 2005
  2. ncbi Is there a fetal origin of depression? Evidence from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
    Am J Epidemiol 165:575-82. 2007
  3. ncbi The developmental origin of adolescent alcohol use: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 98:136-43. 2008
  4. ncbi Intrauterine exposure to alcohol and tobacco use and childhood IQ: findings from a parental-offspring comparison within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, 4006 Australia
    Pediatr Res 64:659-66. 2008
  5. ncbi Is IQ in childhood associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts? Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, Australia
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 39:282-93. 2009
  6. ncbi In utero and postnatal maternal smoking and asthma in adolescence
    Rosa Alati
    Schools of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Epidemiology 17:138-44. 2006
  7. ncbi Early weaning and alcohol disorders in offspring: biological effect, mediating factors or residual confounding?
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Addiction 104:1324-32. 2009
  8. ncbi Fetal growth and behaviour problems in early adolescence: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Epidemiol 38:1390-400. 2009
  9. ncbi Do maternal parenting practices predict problematic patterns of adolescent alcohol consumption?
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Addiction 105:872-80. 2010
  10. ncbi Is there really a 'J-shaped' curve in the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety? Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Public Health Building Medical School, Australia
    Addiction 100:643-51. 2005

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Publications45

  1. ncbi Early predictors of adult drinking: a birth cohort study
    Rosa Alati
    Longitudinal Study Unit, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Am J Epidemiol 162:1098-107. 2005
    ..Results show that exposure to maternal drinking in adolescence is a strong risk factor for the development of alcohol problems in early adulthood...
  2. ncbi Is there a fetal origin of depression? Evidence from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
    Am J Epidemiol 165:575-82. 2007
    ..Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying the association...
  3. ncbi The developmental origin of adolescent alcohol use: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 98:136-43. 2008
    ..It is unclear whether fetal alcohol exposure contributes to alcohol use in adolescence. In this study, we examine the association between maternal alcohol use in pregnancy and adolescents' drinking patterns at age 14...
  4. ncbi Intrauterine exposure to alcohol and tobacco use and childhood IQ: findings from a parental-offspring comparison within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, 4006 Australia
    Pediatr Res 64:659-66. 2008
    ..Our findings suggest that the relationship between maternal moderate alcohol and tobacco use in early pregnancy and childhood IQ may not be explained by intrauterine mechanisms...
  5. ncbi Is IQ in childhood associated with suicidal thoughts and attempts? Findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Herston, Australia
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 39:282-93. 2009
    ..Specific aspects of intelligence may be associated with suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts...
  6. ncbi In utero and postnatal maternal smoking and asthma in adolescence
    Rosa Alati
    Schools of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Epidemiology 17:138-44. 2006
    ..Asthma in early childhood has been associated with maternal smoking during pregnancy and parental smoking soon after birth. However, less is known about these exposures and the development of asthma symptoms in adolescence...
  7. ncbi Early weaning and alcohol disorders in offspring: biological effect, mediating factors or residual confounding?
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Addiction 104:1324-32. 2009
    ..This study explores associations between early weaning and alcohol use disorders in youth and mechanisms by which these associations may operate...
  8. ncbi Fetal growth and behaviour problems in early adolescence: findings from the Mater University Study of Pregnancy
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Epidemiol 38:1390-400. 2009
    ..Aim To examine the nature of the association between birth weight and a range of behavioural symptoms, including anxiety/depression and social problems, in adolescence...
  9. ncbi Do maternal parenting practices predict problematic patterns of adolescent alcohol consumption?
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
    Addiction 105:872-80. 2010
    ..This study examines whether a mother's style of parenting at child age 5 years predicts problematic patterns of drinking in adolescence, after controlling for relevant individual, maternal and social risk factors...
  10. ncbi Is there really a 'J-shaped' curve in the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of depression and anxiety? Findings from the Mater-University Study of Pregnancy and its outcomes
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Public Health Building Medical School, Australia
    Addiction 100:643-51. 2005
    ..To determine the nature of the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of anxiety and depression in women...
  11. ncbi Gender differences in the relationships between alcohol, tobacco and mental health in patients attending an emergency department
    Rosa Alati
    Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre QADREC, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston QLD 4006, Australia
    Alcohol Alcohol 39:463-9. 2004
    ..This paper examines the nature of the association between usual alcohol consumption, tobacco use and symptoms of anxiety and depression in Emergency Department patients in Queensland, Australia...
  12. ncbi Pathways to ecstasy use in young adults: anxiety, depression or behavioural deviance?
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Depend 92:108-15. 2008
    ..To investigate pathways to ecstasy use disorders from pre-birth to early adulthood with particular attention to the relationship between early depressive and anxiety symptoms and later ecstasy use disorders...
  13. ncbi In utero alcohol exposure and prediction of alcohol disorders in early adulthood: a birth cohort study
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Medical School, Public Health Building, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:1009-16. 2006
    ..Little is known about the contribution of fetal alcohol exposure to the development of alcohol disorders in early adulthood...
  14. ncbi Associations of maternal pre-pregnancy obesity and excess pregnancy weight gains with adverse pregnancy outcomes and length of hospital stay
    Abdullah A Mamun
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 11:62. 2011
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  15. ncbi Substance misuse, anxiety and depression and urgency of presentation to a public emergency department in Australia
    Stuart A Kinner
    Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
    Emerg Med Australas 17:363-70. 2005
    ..To establish the prevalence and comorbidity of substance-related problems and anxiety and depression, among ED presentations, and to compare the prevalence of these conditions among more and less urgent presentations...
  16. ncbi Does maternal smoking during pregnancy predict the smoking patterns of young adult offspring? A birth cohort study
    Abdullah Al Mamun
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
    Tob Control 15:452-7. 2006
    ..To examine the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the development of smoking behaviour patterns among young adult offspring...
  17. ncbi The ability of YSR DSM-oriented depression scales to predict DSM-IV depression in young adults: a longitudinal study
    Kaeleen Dingle
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    J Affect Disord 121:45-51. 2010
    ..This paper aims to evaluate the performance of the youth self report (YSR) empirical and DSM-oriented internalising scales in predicting later depressive disorders in young adults...
  18. ncbi Association of maternal smoking and alcohol consumption with young adults' cannabis use: a prospective study
    Mohammad Reza Hayatbakhsh
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Am J Epidemiol 166:592-8. 2007
    ..Prevention programs that address maternal and adolescent tobacco use and adolescent externalizing behavior should be considered as strategies to reduce cannabis use by young adults...
  19. ncbi Changes in mental health status amongst children of migrants to Australia: a longitudinal study
    Rosa Alati
    School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
    Sociol Health Illn 25:866-88. 2003
    ..Children of migrant parents have fewer symptoms of some behaviour problems in the years after their arrival in Australia, but these rates increase to the Australian level over time...
  20. ncbi Predicting depressive and anxiety disorders with the YASR internalising scales (empirical and DSM-oriented)
    Kaeleen Dingle
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Level 4, Public Health Building, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:1313-24. 2011
    ..To date no study has examined the concurrent utility of the young adult (YASR) internalising scales, either the empirical or newly developed DSM-oriented depressive or anxiety scales...
  21. ncbi Does childhood sexual abuse have an effect on young adults' nicotine disorder (dependence or withdrawal)? Evidence from a birth cohort study
    Abdullah Al Mamun
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia
    Addiction 102:647-54. 2007
    ..To examine whether there is evidence of an independent association between childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and nicotine disorder in youth and to explore the mechanisms underlying this association in a prospective cohort study...
  22. ncbi Early childhood predictors of early substance use and substance use disorders: prospective study
    Mohammad R Hayatbakhsh
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia m hay
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:720-31. 2008
    ..The purpose of the present study was to examine the longitudinal association between early childhood factors and early initiation of use of substances and substance use disorders in a large prospective study...
  23. ncbi Pregnancy loss and psychiatric disorders in young women: an Australian birth cohort study
    Kaeleen Dingle
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, QLD 4006, Australia
    Br J Psychiatry 193:455-60. 2008
    ..Recent evidence has linked induced abortion with later adverse psychiatric outcomes in young women...
  24. ncbi Adolescent problem behaviours predicting DSM-IV diagnoses of multiple substance use disorder. Findings of a prospective birth cohort study
    Mohammad Reza Hayatbakhsh
    QADREC, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston QLD 4006, Australia
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:356-63. 2008
    ..This study examined prospective associations of adolescent psychopathology and problem behaviours with SUD in early adulthood, and whether these associations are confounded by other factors...
  25. ncbi Asthma and internalizing behavior problems in adolescence: a longitudinal study
    Rosa Alati
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Queensland 4101, Australia
    Psychosom Med 67:462-70. 2005
    ..The causal direction of this association is, however, unclear. This article examines the nature of the relationship between behavior and asthma problems in childhood and adolescence...
  26. ncbi School performance and alcohol use problems in early adulthood: a longitudinal study
    Mohammad Reza Hayatbakhsh
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
    Alcohol 45:701-9. 2011
    ..Exploration of the pathway linking school performance and alcohol problems in young people may help identify opportunities for preventive interventions...
  27. ncbi Pre-trauma verbal ability at five years of age and the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder in adult males and females
    Kim Steven Betts
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    J Psychiatr Res 46:933-9. 2012
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  28. ncbi Association between cannabis use and psychosis-related outcomes using sibling pair analysis in a cohort of young adults
    John McGrath
    Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:440-7. 2010
    ..The use of sibling pair analysis reduces the influence of unmeasured residual confounding...
  29. ncbi Changes in maternal marital status are associated with young adults' cannabis use: evidence from a 21-year follow-up of a birth cohort
    Mohammad R Hayatbakhsh
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Epidemiol 35:673-9. 2006
    ..Because the upwards trend in use of cannabis has been coincident with an increase in marital breakdown, this study examines the relationship between marital status, marital changes, and the onset of cannabis use...
  30. ncbi Common symptoms during pregnancy to predict depression and health status 14 years post partum
    Mohsina Khatun
    Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
    Int J Gynaecol Obstet 104:214-7. 2009
    ..To examine the prospective association between symptoms commonly experienced during pregnancy and the mental and general health status of women 14 years post partum...
  31. ncbi Longitudinal analysis of maternal risk factors for childhood sexual abuse: early attitudes and behaviours, socioeconomic status, and mental health
    Andrew Martin
    School of Population Health and Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 45:629-37. 2011
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  32. ncbi Does maternal smoking during pregnancy have a direct effect on future offspring obesity? Evidence from a prospective birth cohort study
    Abdullah Al Mamun
    Longitudinal Studies Unit, School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Am J Epidemiol 164:317-25. 2006
    ..They provide yet another incentive for pregnant women to be persuaded not to smoke and for young women to be encouraged to never take up smoking...
  33. ncbi The association between birth weight and anxiety disorders in young adults
    Kim Steven Betts
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 25:1060-7. 2011
    ..The association remained when subsequent analysis restricted the sample to those exposed to trauma. This is the first study in which birth weight has been found to be associated with post-traumatic stress disorders in adults...
  34. ncbi Do paternal arrest and imprisonment lead to child behaviour problems and substance use? A longitudinal analysis
    Stuart A Kinner
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Australia
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:1148-56. 2007
    ..This study investigates the impact of paternal arrest and imprisonment on child behaviour and substance use, as a function of child gender, and in the context of known social and familial risk factors...
  35. ncbi Cannabis and anxiety and depression in young adults: a large prospective study
    Mohammad R Hayatbakhsh
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, QADREC, Public Health Building, Hernston Road, Hernston, QLD 4006, Brisbane, Australia
    J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 46:408-17. 2007
    ..To examine whether age of first use or frequency of use of cannabis is associated with anxiety and depression (AD) in young adults, independent of known potential confounders, including the use of other illicit drugs...
  36. ncbi The association between lower birth weight and comorbid generalised anxiety and major depressive disorder
    Kim Steven Betts
    Care of Rosa Alati, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, 4th Floor, Public Health Building, Herston Rd, Herston QLD 4006, Australia
    J Affect Disord 146:231-7. 2013
    ..We tested for an association between lower birth weight and major depression, generalised anxiety and comorbid generalised anxiety and major depression...
  37. ncbi Maternal anxiety and attention problems in children at 5 and 14 years
    Alexandra M Clavarino
    University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia 4072
    J Atten Disord 13:658-67. 2010
    ..This study examines the association between maternal anxiety from pregnancy to 5 years and child attention problems at 5 and 14 years...
  38. ncbi Do parents' marital circumstances predict young adults' DSM-IV cannabis use disorders? A prospective study
    Mohammad R Hayatbakhsh
    Addiction 101:1778-86. 2006
    ..To determine whether parental marital status and marital quality in adolescence are associated with cannabis use disorders in young adults...
  39. ncbi Attrition in a longitudinal study with hard-to-reach participants was reduced by ongoing contact
    Michael C David
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia Electronic address
    J Clin Epidemiol 66:575-81. 2013
    ..Identifying determinants of attrition is essential in determining attrition prevention strategies. The objective of this study was to investigate a number of these determinants, with an emphasis on contactability...
  40. ncbi Exploring the female specific risk to partial and full PTSD following physical assault
    Kim Steven Betts
    School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    J Trauma Stress 26:86-93. 2013
    ..9%), attributable risk analysis suggested that due to the strong risk of PTSD in females exposed to physical assault, physical assault is possibly a contributor to the overall female increased prevalence of PTSD...
  41. ncbi 'It was a nice day...a beautiful day': an analysis of relapse into substance misuse among Indigenous drinkers
    Rosa Alati
    School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Australia
    Drug Alcohol Rev 22:135-41. 2003
    ..Relapse prevention should be part of a range of public health strategies for tackling substance misuse problems with Indigenous drinkers, and should be included at the minimal intervention level...
  42. ncbi Monte Carlo simulation of the cost-effectiveness of sample size maintenance programs revealed the need to consider substitution sampling
    Michael C David
    School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland 4006, Australia
    J Clin Epidemiol 65:1200-11. 2012
    ..To assess the cost-effectiveness of sample size maintenance programs in a prospective cohort...
  43. ncbi Prediction of adolescent smoking from family and social risk factors at 5 years, and maternal smoking in pregnancy and at 5 and 14 years
    Frances V O'Callaghan
    School of Psychology, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane and The University of Queensland, Australia
    Addiction 101:282-90. 2006
    ..The influence of mothers who smoke in pregnancy or continue to smoke at 14 years was also examined...
  44. ncbi Maternal attitudes in pregnancy predict drinking initiation in adolescence
    Delyse M Hutchinson
    National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 42:324-34. 2008
    ..The aim of the present study was to examine whether maternal attitudes to pregnancy and infant caregiving predict drinking initiation in adolescence...
  45. ncbi Epidemiologic evidence for the fetal overnutrition hypothesis: findings from the mater-university study of pregnancy and its outcomes
    Debbie A Lawlor
    Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    Am J Epidemiol 165:418-24. 2007
    ..0001). In sensitivity analyses taking account of different plausible levels of nonpaternity (up to 15%), the greater maternal effect remained. These findings provide some support for the fetal overnutrition hypothesis...