Jennifer McIntosh

Adolescent antecedents of maternal and paternal perinatal depression: a 36-year prospective cohort

Kimberly C Thomson, Helena Romaniuk, Christopher J Greenwood, Primrose Letcher, Elizabeth Spry, Jacqui A Macdonald, Helena M McAnally, George J Youssef, Jennifer McIntosh, Delyse Hutchinson, Robert J Hancox, George C Patton, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2021  |  PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Rates of common mental health problems (depression/anxiety) rise sharply in adolescence and peak in young adulthood, o..

Maternal bonding, negative affect, and infant social-emotional development: A prospective cohort study

Genevieve A Le Bas, George J Youssef, Jacqui A Macdonald, Richard Mattick, Samantha J Teague, Ingrid Honan, Jennifer E McIntosh, Sarah Khor, Larissa Rossen, Elizabeth J Elliott, Steve Allsop, Lucinda Burns, Craig A Olsson, Delyse M Hutchinson

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: Theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence suggest that maternal bonding and negative affect play a role in suppo..

Preconception and perinatal predictors of offspring attachment disorganization: Advancing the replicated evidence

Jennifer E McIntosh, Alexandra Schnabel, George J Youssef, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2021  |  DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

Attachment disorganization in early childhood is an influential yet modifiable risk factor for later mental health problems. Beyon..

A comparison of penalised regression methods for informing the selection of predictive markers

Christopher J Greenwood, George J Youssef, Primrose Letcher, Jacqui A Macdonald, Lauryn J Hagg, Ann Sanson, Jenn Mcintosh, Delyse M Hutchinson, John W Toumbourou, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: Penalised regression methods are a useful atheoretical approach for both developing predictive models and selecting ke..

Preconception depression and anxiety symptoms and maternal-infant bonding: a 20-year intergenerational cohort study

Craig A Olsson, Elizabeth A Spry, Yvette Alway, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, George Youssef, Christopher Greenwood, Primrose Letcher, Jacqui A Macdonald, Jennifer McIntosh, Delyse Hutchinson, George C Patton

Journal article  |  2020  |  ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH

Early maternal-infant bonding problems are often forerunners of later emotional and behavioural difficulties. Interventions typica..

From adolescence to parenthood: a multi-decade study of preconception mental health problems and postpartum parent-infant bonds

JA Macdonald, C Greenwood, P Letcher, EA Spry, HM McAnally, K Thomson, D Hutchinson, GJ Youssef, J McIntosh, RJ Hancox, GC Patton, CA Olsson

Journal article  |  2020  |  SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY

PURPOSE: To examine associations between anxiety and depressive symptoms across adolescence and young adulthood with subsequent ma..

Early childhood attachment stability and change: a meta-analysis

Jessica E Opie, Jennifer E McIntosh, Timothy B Esler, Robbie Duschinsky, Carol George, Allan Schore, Emily J Kothe, Evelyn S Tan, Christopher J Greenwood, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2020  |  ATTACHMENT & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Examining degrees of stability in attachment throughout early childhood is important for understanding developmental pathways and ..

Adolescent and young adult mental health problems and infant offspring behavior: Findings from a prospective intergenerational cohort study

Primrose Letcher, Christopher J Greenwood, Helena Romaniuk, Elizabeth Spry, Jacqui A Macdonald, Helena McAnally, Kimberly C Thomson, George Youssef, Delyse Hutchinson, Jennifer McIntosh, Ann Sanson, Joanne Ryan, Ben Edwards, Judith Sligo, Robert J Hancox, George C Patton, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: Parental depression and anxiety have been consistently linked to offspring behavior problems across childhood. However..

Training maternal and child health nurses in early relational trauma: An evaluation of the MERTIL workforce training

Elizabeth M Clancy, Jennifer McIntosh, Anna T Booth, Jade Sheen, Matthew Johnson, Tanudja Gibson, R Nicolas Bennett, Louise Newman

Journal article  |  2020  |  NURSE EDUCATION TODAY

BACKGROUND: Parents who experience relational trauma may inadvertently create contexts of care that undermine secure beginnings to..

Maternal mental health and infant emotional reactivity: a 20-year two-cohort study of preconception and perinatal exposures

Elizabeth Spry, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Denise Becker, Helena Romaniuk, John B Carlin, Emma Molyneaux, Louise M Howard, Joanne Ryan, Primrose Letcher, Jennifer McIntosh, Jacqui A Macdonald, Christopher J Greenwood, Kimberley C Thomson, Helena McAnally, Robert Hancox, Delyse M Hutchinson, George J Youssef, Craig A Olsson, George C Patton

Journal article  |  2020  |  PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE

BACKGROUND: Maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum predicts later emotional and behavioural problems in children. ..