Jake M Najman

..To examine the impact of the timing and duration of family experiences of poverty over the child/adolescent early life course on child aggressive/delinquent behavior and tobacco and alcohol consumption...

..These consequences appear not to extend to the other areas of sexual activity considered in this study...

..It is suggested that this might be attributed to a relative improvement in the affordability of alcohol over time...

..Some limited Australian and overseas data point to higher rates of drug death in the lowest socio-economic groups, but the paucity of available studies and their sometimes conflicting findings need to be addressed...

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..To describe the prevalence and forms of sexual dysfunction experienced by Australians, and compare these with people in the United States...

..Our findings challenge an existing movement encouraging the detection and treatment of those with symptoms of mental illness in early childhood...

..None of the possible confounding or moderating variables tested appeared to mitigate the impact of CSA on health outcomes. Those with the highest levels of mental and physical health appear to be unaffected by the experience of CSA...

..This paper examines changes over time in the association between SES and smoking status, physical activity and being overweight or obese in Australia...

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..Results show that exposure to maternal drinking in adolescence is a strong risk factor for the development of alcohol problems in early adulthood...

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..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...

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..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...

..This study aimed to examine the association between cannabis use before and during pregnancy and birth outcomes...

..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...

..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...

..Identification of factors associated with the initiation and continuation of cannabis use is important for any preventive work...

..To examine the association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the development of smoking behaviour patterns among young adult offspring...

..Although further studies are needed to confirm this association, there is a need for close monitoring of children presenting with behavioral problems...

..To examine the prospective association between symptoms commonly experienced during pregnancy and the mental and general health status of women 14 years post partum...

..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...

..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...

..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...

..To examine the socio-demographic characteristics of young adults' gambling and its association with mental health and substance use behaviour...

..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...

..We determined whether exposure to family poverty over a child's early life course predicts adolescent and young adult anxiety and depression...

..The objective was to identify the extent to which childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is associated with BMI and overweight status in young adulthood and to examine whether any associations differ by gender...

..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...

..This study aims to investigate the bidirectional association between symptoms of depression and quality of marital relationship in a population-based cohort of women...

..Further research is required to explore factors that explain the pathway linking CSA and use of cannabis in early adulthood...

..Further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms underlying the association...

..However, whether GWG is a strong predictor of body mass index (BMI) 2 decades after the index pregnancy is unknown...

..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...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and self-reported diabetes mellitus 21 years after delivery...

..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...

..The objective of this study is to examine whether adolescents' measured BMI and self- or mother's perception of weight status at age 14 are associated with depression at age 21...

..To determine whether maternal attitude towards the family regularly eating together and maternal report of how often the family eat together are associated with adolescent offspring overweight...

..Recent evidence has linked induced abortion with later adverse psychiatric outcomes in young women...

..It seems plausible that effective quit-smoking programs, particularly after menopause, may lead to better lung function and reduced morbidity and mortality in women...

..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...

..A typology of antisocial behaviour that captures childhood limited (CL), adolescent onset (AO) and life course persistent behaviour (LCP) through both developmental stages is utilized to examine young adult outcomes in both sexes...

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..To determine whether changes in family poverty between pregnancy, early childhood, and adolescence predict child cognitive development at 14 years of age...

..This study examines age-cohort differences in the prevalence of self-reported CSA experiences of men and women aged 18-59 years in a community-based sample from a comparable western nation...

..To determine if short stature at 14 or 21 years and patterns of 'catch-up' growth from 5 to 14 or 21 years are related to academic achievement in adolescents...

..The majority of children exposed to high levels of risk do not appear to become depressed; they appear to be resilient. The majority of children who experience multiple symptoms of depression appear to lack any known exposures to risk...

..Findings of this study suggest that childhood BMI may be central to the development and rising incidence of all diabetes...

..Exploration of the pathway linking school performance and alcohol problems in young people may help identify opportunities for preventive interventions...

..This study aimed to examine the prospective association between smoking and earlier age of menopause in a cohort of middle age Australian women after adjustment for a number of potential confounders...

..To determine if these adult outcomes are mediated by school performance at 14 years...

..There is shortage of evidence about the relationship between use of cannabis and obesity. Objectives: This study aimed to examine the association between cannabis use and overweight/obesity in young adults...

..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...

..The use of sibling pair analysis reduces the influence of unmeasured residual confounding...

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..Externalizing behavior in adolescence is a strong predictor of subsequent CUD. Smoking and drinking at 14 years partially mediated the link between externalizing behavior and CUD...

..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...

..Our findings suggest that programs that successfully result in children changing from overweight to normal-BMI status for their age may have important beneficial effects on subsequent blood pressure...

..This paper examines the degree to which symptoms of anxiety and depression at age 14 years are associated with early childhood experience of maternal anxiety and depression, poverty, and mother's marital relationship distress and break-up...

..If such trends continue, positive long-term outcomes for health and social wellbeing should result...

..To examine the association between psychiatric disorders, asthma, and lung function in young adults...

..This study explores associations between early weaning and alcohol use disorders in youth and mechanisms by which these associations may operate...

..This study aimed to investigate the correlates and predictors of young adults' amphetamine use and use disorders...

..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...

..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...

..The need for increased attention to sibling influences by researchers and prevention practitioners is discussed...

..CONCLUSION: Alcohol ingestion up to moderate levels in pregnancy was not associated with deficits in either weight or HC at birth or at 5 years...

..59, 95% confidence interval: 1.24, 2.04). The authors concluded that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with increased weight gain over 21 years...

..To determine the nature of the association between alcohol consumption and symptoms of anxiety and depression in women...

..To examine whether self-reporting a later stage of pubertal development in early adolescence predicts young adults' use of illicit drugs...

..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...

..To determine whether parental marital status and marital quality in adolescence are associated with cannabis use disorders in young adults...

..To study the prevalence of use of illicit drugs by women of reproductive age before and during pregnancy and the changes in rates of illicit drug use in pregnancy over recent years...

..Women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are known to be at increased risk of subsequent hypertension and cardiovascular disease...

..To describe different patterns of overweight status between ages 5 and 14 y and examine the role of modifiable family and early life characteristics in explaining different patterns of change between these two ages...

..Very little is known about the factors influencing parental misclassifications of a child's weight status. The aim of this study is to examine the predictors of maternal misclassifications of their adolescent offspring's weight status...

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..This study aims to examine the prospective association between change in body mass index (BMI) z-score between ages 5 and 14 years and asthma symptoms at 14 years...

..8 points for males when compared to those never breastfed. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest a significant benefit to child development is conferred by breastfeeding and is related independently to longer periods of breastfeeding...

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..We examine two potential sources of bias that may influence reports of a child's behaviour/mental health. The first is the mental or emotional impairment of the respondent; the second concerns gender-related expectations of children...

..However, the validity of this finding is in doubt because the majority of these studies have relied on maternal reports as indicators of children's behavior...

..To report the stability of parent-perceived child irregular eating from 6 months to 14 years of age and to investigate a predictive model inclusive of child and parent factors...

..To examine concurrent physical, educational, behavioural, social and family factors associated with cigarette smoking in adolescents at 14 years...

..However, this may not be the case when sample loss is high, when associations between attrition and outcome are strong, and when attrition-related behaviour differs across comparison groups...

..Gender differences are common and partners' needs may change over time. Early recognition of these differences may facilitate longer-term adjustment for both partners...

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..The relationship between maternal attitude to the infant at 6 months of age and behavioural outcomes at 5 years is explored, controlling for numerous demographic, child and psychosocial family factors...

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..The aim of the present study was to examine whether maternal attitudes to pregnancy and infant caregiving predict drinking initiation in adolescence...

..Results suggest that anxiety disorders may be more strongly related to early stress exposure, while depressive disorders may be related to more proximal stressors or to early stressors not assessed in the current study...

..To determine the influence of breastfeeding on overweight and obesity in early adolescence...

..A range of adverse birth outcomes is associated with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure...

..This study examined the prevalence, correlates and consequences of abnormal Pap smears in a population-based survey of sexuality and health in the Australian community...

..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...

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..Suggestions are made for developing patient education programs and further research using concepts drawn from broader social and behavioral models...

..The influence of mothers who smoke in pregnancy or continue to smoke at 14 years was also examined...