Selected publications
2018
Journal Articles Refereed
- Intergenerational policy and workforce participation in Australia: using health as a metric. Health Promotion International. 33. 2018
- The long-term mental health risk associated with non-heterosexual orientation. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 27. 2018
- Using Longitudinal Survey Data to Estimate Mental Health Related Transitions to a Disability Pension: Analysis of an Australian Household Panel Study.. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 60. 2018
2017
Journal Articles Refereed
- A method of identifying health-based benchmarks for psychosocial risks at work: A tool for risk assessment. Safety Science. 93. 2017
- Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 14. 2017
- Does living in remote Australia lessen the impact of hardship on psychological distress?. Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences. 2017
- Is the prevalence of mental illness increasing in Australia? Evidence from national health surveys and administrative data, 2001-2014. Medical Journal of Australia. 206. 2017
- Online Recruitment: Feasibility, Cost, and Representativeness in a Study of Postpartum Women. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 19. 2017
- Psychological distress and ischaemic heart disease: cause or consequence? Evidence from a large prospective cohort study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 71. 2017
- RADAR study: protocol for an observational cohort study to identify early warning signals on the pathways to alcohol use disorder. BMJ Open. 7. 2017
- Socio-Economic Position and Suicidal Ideation in Men. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 14. 2017
- The association between Western and Prudent dietary patterns and fasting blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes and normal glucose metabolism in older Australian adults 2017
- The early onset of distress disorders and high school dropout: Prospective evidence from a national cohort of Australian adolescents. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2017
- Within-person analysis of welfare transitions in a longitudinal panel survey reveals change in mental health service use. Journal of Public Health. 39. 2017
- Workplace bullying and the association with suicidal ideation/thoughts and behaviour: a systematic review. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 74. 2017
2016
Journal Articles Refereed
- A Longitudinal Analysis of General Practitioner Service Use by Patients with Mild Cognitive Disorders in Australia. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders . 41. 2016
- An examination of the long-term impact of job strain on mental health and wellbeing over a 12-year period. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 51. 2016
- Consistency and Continuity in Material and Psychosocial Adversity Among Australian Families with Young Children. Social Indicators Research. 128. 2016
- Financial hardship, mastery and social support: Explaining poor mental health amongst the inadequately employed using data from the HILDA survey 2016
- Health or harm? A cohort study of the importance of job quality in extended workforce participation by older adults. BMC Public Health. 16. 2016
- Psychosocial job quality in a national sample of working Australians: A comparison of persons working with versus without disability 2016
- The impact of suicidality on health-related quality of life: A latent growth curve analysis of community-based data. Journal of Affective Disorders. 203. 2016
- The role of financial hardship, mastery and social support in the association between employment status and depression: results from an Australian longitudinal cohort study. BMJ Open. 6. 2016
- The role of social support in protecting mental health when employed and unemployed: A longitudinal fixed-effects analysis using 12 annual waves of the HILDA cohort. Social Science & Medicine. 153. 2016
- Why it's important for it to stop: Examining the mental health correlates of bullying and ill-treatment at work in a cohort study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 50. 2016
2015
Journal Articles Refereed
- Changing circumstances drive changing attendance: A longitudinal cohort study of time varying predictors of frequent attendance in primary health care. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 79. 2015
- Does disability status modify the association between psychosocial job quality and mental health? A longitudinal fixed-effects analysis. Social Science & Medicine. 144. 2015
- Does reverse causality explain the relationship between diet and depression?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 175. 2015
- Examination of the association between mental health, morbidity, and mortality in late life: findings from longitudinal community surveys. International Psychogeriatrics. 27. 2015
- How can data harmonisation benefit mental health research? An example of The Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 49. 2015
- How financial hardship is associated with the onset of mental health problems over time. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 50. 2015
- Longitudinal cohort study describing persistent frequent attenders in Australian primary healthcare. BMJ Open. 5. 2015
- Patterns of Welfare Attitudes in the Australian Population. PLoS One. 10. 2015
- Role of Physical Activity in the Relationship Between Mastery and Functional Health. The Gerontologist. 55. 2015
- Sickness Absence and Psychosocial Job Quality: An Analysis From a Longitudinal Survey of Working Australians, 2005-2012. American Journal of Epidemiology. 181. 2015
- The Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Diverse Geographical and Ethnocultural Regions: The COSMIC Collaboration. PLoS One. 10. 2015
- Validation of four measures of mental health against depression and generalized anxiety in a community based sample. Psychiatry Research. 225. 2015
- Western diet is associated with a smaller hippocampus: a longitudinal investigation. BMC Medicine. 13. 2015
2014
Journal Articles
- Cognitive Development Over 8 Years in Midlife and Its Association With Cardiovascular Risk Factors. Neuropsychology. 28. 2014
- Does methamphetamine use increase violent behaviour? Evidence from a prospective longitudinal study. Addiction. 109. 2014
- How has Welfare to Work reform affected the mental health of single parents in Australia?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 38. 2014
- Infertility problems and mental health symptoms in a community-based sample: Depressive symptoms among infertile men, but not women. International Journal of Men's Health. 13. 2014
- Mental health selection and income support dynamics: multiple spell discrete-time survival analyses of welfare receipt. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 68. 2014
- New Fatherhood and Psychological Distress: A Longitudinal Study of Australian Men. American Journal of Epidemiology. 180. 2014
- Psychological distress in rural Australia: regional variation and the role of family functioning and social support 2014
- The effect of health behavior change on self-rated health across the adult life course: A longitudinal cohort study. Preventive Medicine. 58. 2014
Journal Articles Refereed
- Dietary Patterns and Depressive Symptoms over Time: Examining the Relationships with Socioeconomic Position, Health Behaviours and Cardiovascular Risk. PLoS One. 9. 2014
- Factors associated with the timing and onset of cannabis use and cannabis use disorder: Results from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being. Drug and Alcohol Review. 33. 2014
- Temporal effects of separation on suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Social Science & Medicine. 111. 2014
- The Symbol Digit Modalities Test: Normative Data from a Large Nationally Representative Sample of Australians. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 29. 2014
2013
Journal Articles
- COSMIC (Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium): An international consortium to identify risk and protective factors and biomarkers of cognitive ageing and dementia in diverse ethnic and sociocultural groups. BMC Neurology. 13. 2013
- Common mental disorders, unemployment and psychosocial job quality: is a poor job better than no job at all?. Psychological Medicine. 43. 2013
- Considering relocation to a retirement village: Predictors from a community sample. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 32. 2013
- Developing Prospective Measures of Adversity Among Australian Families with Young Children. Social Indicators Research. 113. 2013
- Gender differences in the trajectories of late-life depressive symptomology and probable depression in the years prior to death. International Psychogeriatrics. 25. 2013
- Longitudinal Change in Spousal Similarities in Mental Health: Between-Couple and Within-Couple Perspectives. Psychology and Aging. 28. 2013
- METHAMPHETAMINE USE PRODUCES A DOSE-RESPONSE INCREASE IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR AMONG CHRONIC USERS OF THE DRUG. Drug and Alcohol Review. 32. 2013
- Social disadvantage and individual vulnerability: A longitudinal investigation of welfare receipt and mental health in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 47. 2013
- Stability and change in level of probable depression and depressive symptoms in a sample of middle and older-aged adults. International Psychogeriatrics. 25. 2013
- The contribution of financial hardship, socioeconomic position and physical health to mental health problems among welfare recipients. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 37. 2013
- What are older adults seeking? Factors encouraging or discouraging retirement village living. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 32. 2013
Journal Articles Refereed
- Mental health affects future employment as job loss affects mental health: findings from a longitudinal population study. BMC Psychiatry . 13. 2013
- Normative data and longitudinal invariance of the Life Engagement Test (LET) in a community sample of older adults. Quality of Life Research. 22. 2013
- Relationship quality and levels of depression and anxiety in a large population-based survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 48. 2013
- Socioeconomic differences in antidepressant use in the PATH through life study: Evidence of health inequalities, prescribing bias, or an effective social safety net?. Journal of Affective Disorders. 149. 2013
Conference Proceedings
- Dietary patterns and the risk for depression in Australian adults. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2013
2012
Journal Articles
- Age group differences and longitudinal changes in approach-avoidance sensitivity: Findings from an 8-year longitudinal study. Journal of Research in Personality . 46. 2012
- Deriving prevalence estimates of depressive symptoms throughout middle and old age in those living in the community. International Psychogeriatrics. 24. 2012
- Mental health in the suburbs: An investigation of differences in the prevalence of depression across Canberra suburbs using data from the PATH Through Life Study 2012
- Private health insurance, mental health and service use in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 46. 2012
- Psychosocial adversities at work are associated with poorer quality marriage-like relationships. Journal of Population Research. 29. 2012
- The association between financial hardship and amygdala and hippocampal volumes: results from the PATH through life project. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 7. 2012
- The effect of early onset common mental disorders on educational attainment in Australia. Psychiatry Research. 199. 2012
Journal Articles Refereed
- A Population-Based Study of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Associated Impairment in Middle-Aged Adults. PLoS One. 7. 2012
- Cohort Profile: The PATH through life project. International Journal of Epidemiology. 41. 2012
- Is poor mental health a risk factor for retirement? Findings from a longitudinal population survey. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47. 2012
- Personal factors influence use of cervical cancer screening services: epidemiological survey and linked administrative data address the limitations of previous research. BMC Health Services Research. 12. 2012
- Poor mental health influences risk and duration of unemployment: a prospective study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 47. 2012
- The role of hardship in the association between socio-economic position and depression. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 46. 2012
Conference Proceedings
2011
Journal Articles
- Examining the SF-36 in an older population: analysis of data and presentation of Australian adult reference scores from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project. Quality of Life Research. 20. 2011
- Examining welfare receipt and mental disorders after a decade of reform and prosperity: analysis of the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 45. 2011
- Indigenous Australians are under-represented in longitudinal ageing studies. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35. 2011
- Multiple imputation was an efficient method for harmonizing the Mini-Mental State Examination with missing item-level data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 64. 2011
- The changing profile of mental disorders among Disability Support Pension recipients. Medical Journal of Australia. 195. 2011
- The global financial crisis and psychological health in a sample of Australian older adults: A longitudinal study. Social Science & Medicine. 73. 2011
- The psychosocial quality of work determines whether employment has benefits for mental health: results from a longitudinal national household panel survey. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 68. 2011
Journal Articles Refereed
- Psychosocial job adversity and health in Australia: analysis of data from the HILDA Survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 35. 2011
Conference Proceedings
- ADAPTING TO LIFE IN A RETIREMENT VILLAGE: EXAMINING RESIDENT EXPERIENCES OVER THE FIRST 12 MONTHS. The Gerontologist. 2011
- RELOCATION TO A RETIREMENT VILLAGE: RESIDENTS' PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES. The Gerontologist. 2011
2010
Journal Articles
- Children's exposure to parental and familial adversities Findings from a population survey of Australians. Family Matters. 84. 2010
- Cohort profile: The Dynamic Analyses to Optimize Ageing (DYNOPTA) project. International Journal of Epidemiology. 39. 2010
- Factors that explain the poorer mental health of caregivers: Results from a community survey of older Australians. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 44. 2010
- Incidence of self-reported brain injury and the relationship with substance abuse: findings from a longitudinal community survey. BMC Public Health. 10. 2010
- Prevalence of self-management versus formal service use for common mental disorders in Australia: findings from the 2007 National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 44. 2010
- Supportive, Aversive, Ambivalent, and Indifferent Partner Evaluations in Midlife and Young-Old Adulthood. Journals of Gerontology. Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences. 65. 2010
- The limitations of employment as a tool for social inclusion. BMC Public Health. 10. 2010
Conference Proceedings
- CONSIDERING FUTURE RELOCATION TO A RETIREMENT VILLAGE: PREDICTORS FROM A COMMUNITY SAMPLE. The Gerontologist. 2010
- Health and labour force participation among older Australians: Investigating the role of cognitive and sensory functions in the DYNOPTA study. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2010
- SPOUSAL INTERRELATIONS IN TRAJECTORIES OF LIFE SATISFACTION: A COMPARISON OF YOUNGER RECENTLY MARRIED, OLDER RECENTLY MARRIED, AND OLDER LONG-TERM MARRIED COUPLES. The Gerontologist. 2010
2009
Journal Articles
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Life Events as Antecedents of Depressive Symptoms in Middle and Early-Old Age: Path Through Life Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 71. 2009
- Financial hardship, socio-economic position and depression: Results from the PATH Through Life Survey. Social Science & Medicine. 69. 2009
- Measuring gambling participation. Addiction. 104. 2009
Conference Proceedings
- Predictors of social engagement in older adulthood: Findings from DYNOPTA. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2009
- Relocation from community living to retirement village: Investigating the impact of a major life transition on wellbeing. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 2009
2008
Journal Articles
- Behavioral approach and behavioral inhibition as moderators of the association between negative life events and perceived control in midlife. Personality and Individual Differences. 44. 2008
- Mental health problems and marital disruption: is it the combination of husbands and wives' mental health problems that predicts later divorce?. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 43. 2008
Journal Articles Refereed
- Gender differences in depression and anxiety across the adult lifespan: the role of psychosocial mediators. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 43. 2008
2007
Journal Articles
- Erratum: Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: Associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities (Psychological Medicine (2004) vol. 34 (1495-1506)). Psychological Medicine. 37. 2007
- Mental health problems among single and partnered mothers - The role of financial hardship and social support. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 42. 2007
- Retirement and the sense of control in young-old adults: The mediating role of engagement in goal-directed activities 2007
- The role of perceived control in explaining depressive symptoms associated with driving cessation in a longitudinal study. The Gerontologist. 47. 2007
- The value of comparing health outcomes in cohort studies: An example of self-rated health in seven studies including 79 653 participants. Australasian Journal on Ageing. 26. 2007
Journal Articles Refereed
- APOE genotype and cognitive functioning in a large age-stratified population sample. Neuropsychology. 21. 2007
- Validity of the mental health component scale of the 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (MCS-12) as measure of common mental disorders in the general population. Psychiatry Research. 152. 2007
2006
Journal Articles
- Between- and within-individual effects of visual contrast sensitivity on perceptual matching, processing speed, and associative memory in older adults. Gerontology. 52. 2006
- Changes in psychological distress in Australia over an 8-year period: evidence for worsening in young men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 40. 2006
- Concordance in the mental health of spouses: analysis of a large national household panel survey. Psychological Medicine. 36. 2006
- Factors distinguishing suicide attempters from suicide ideators in a community sample: social issues and physical health problems. Psychological Medicine. 36. 2006
- Hopelessness, demoralization and suicidal behaviour: the backdrop to welfare reform in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 40. 2006
- Mental health and the timing of Men's retirement. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 41. 2006
- Mental health problems within couples and marital disruption.. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 18. 2006
- Retirement and mental health: Analysis of the Australian national survey of mental health and well-being. Social Science & Medicine. 62. 2006
Journal Articles Refereed
- Examining geographical and household variation in mental health in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 40. 2006
- Measuring physical and mental health using the SF-12: implications for community surveys of mental health. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 40. 2006
- The lesser evil: Bad jobs or unemployment? A survey of mid-aged Australians. Social Science & Medicine. 63. 2006
2004
Journal Articles
- Lone mothers' experience of physical and sexual violence: association with psychiatric disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry. 184. 2004
- The validity of the SF-36 in an Australian National Household Survey: demonstrating the applicability of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey to examination of health inequalities. BMC Public Health. 4. 2004
Journal Articles Refereed
- A community survey demonstrated cohort differences in the lifetime prevalence of self-reported head injury. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 57. 2004
- A population survey found an association between self-reports of traumatic brain injury and increased psychiatric symptoms. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 57. 2004
- An examination of seasonality experienced by Australians living in a continental temperate climate zone. Journal of Affective Disorders. 80. 2004
- Memory complaints in a community sample aged 60-64 years: Associations with cognitive functioning, psychiatric symptoms, medical conditions, APOE genotype, hippocampus and amygdala volumes, and white-matter hyperintensities. Psychological Medicine. 34. 2004
2003
Journal Articles
- The prevalence of mental disorders among income support recipients: An important issue for welfare reform. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 27. 2003
1996
1994
Journal Articles
- AUDITORY VERBAL-LEARNING TEST COMPONENTS AS MEASURES OF THE SEVERITY OF CLOSED-HEAD INJURY. Brain Injury. 8. 1994
- TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF A NEW FORM OF THE AUDITORY VERBAL-LEARNING TEST (AVLT). Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 9. 1994
- Test-retest reliability of a new form of the auditory verbal learning test (AVLT).. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 9. 1994
