Fiona Mensah

Examining longitudinal associations between self-reported depression, anxiety and stress symptoms and hair cortisol among mothers of young children

Hannah Bryson, Melissa Middleton, Hamidul Huque, Fiona Mensah, Sharon Goldfeld, Anna MH Price

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

Background: Maternal mental health is critically important given its impacts on both women's and children's outcomes. Hair cortiso..

Trajectories of Emotional and Conduct Problems and Their Association With Early High School Achievement and Engagement for Adolescents With ADHD

Nardia Zendarski, Fiona Mensah, Harriet Hiscock, Emma Sciberras

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS

Objective: This study aimed to (a) identify longitudinal trajectories of emotional and conduct problems from middle childhood to e..

Intimate Partner Violence, Maternal Depression, and Pathways to Children's Language Ability at 10 Years

Laura J Conway, Fallon Cook, Petrea Cahir, Fiona Mensah, Sheena Reilly, Stephanie Brown, Deirdre Gartland, Rebecca Giallo

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF FAMILY PSYCHOLOGY

Intimate partner violence (IPV) between parents is associated with poorer child language development. This study aimed to examine ..

Protocol for the Adaptation of a Direct Observational Measure of Parent-Child Interaction for Use With 7-8-Year-Old Children

Shannon K Bennetts, Jasmine Love, Elizabeth M Westrupp, Naomi J Hackworth, Fiona K Mensah, Jan M Nicholson, Penny Levickis

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Objective: Parenting sensitivity and mutual parent-child attunement are key features of environments that support children's learn..

Children's language abilities at age 10 and exposure to intimate partner violence in early childhood: Results of an Australian prospective pregnancy cohort study

Laura J Conway, Fallon Cook, Petrea Cahir, Stephanie Brown, Sheena Reilly, Deirdre Gartland, Fiona Mensah, Rebecca Giallo

Journal article  |  2021  |  CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT

BACKGROUND: Approximately one in four children in Australia have mothers who experience intimate partner violence (IPV). These chi..

The Effectiveness of Working Memory Training for Children With Low Working Memory

Megan Spencer-Smith, Jon Quach, Fiona Mensah, Gehan Roberts, Susan Gathercole, Melissa Wake, Peter J Anderson

Journal article  |  2020  |  PEDIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: Subgroups of children may benefit more from working memory training than others. In this study, we aimed to examine wh..

Tablet-based adaptation and administration of the Castles and Coltheart Reading Test 2 for a large longitudinal study

Clair Bennett, Meabh Cullinane, Shannon K Bennetts, Jasmine Love, Naomi J Hackworth, Fiona K Mensah, Sheena Reilly, Jan M Nicholson, Elizabeth M Westrupp

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Tablet-adapted measures provide an efficient, accurate method of data collection for large-scale studies. The Castles and Colthear..

Community Perspectives of Complex Trauma Assessment for Aboriginal Parents: 'Its Important, butHowThese Discussions Are Held Is Critical'

Catherine Chamberlain, Graham Gee, Deirdre Gartland, Fiona K Mensah, Sarah Mares, Yvonne Clark, Naomi Ralph, Caroline Atkinson, Tanja Hirvonen, Helen McLachlan, Tahnia Edwards, Helen Herrman, Stephanie J Brown, Jan M Nicholson

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Background and Purpose: Becoming a parent can be an exciting and also challenging transition, particularly for parents who have ex..

Measuring educational attainment in longitudinal research: challenges and recommendations

J Love, SK Bennetts, D Berthelsen, NJ Hackworth, EM Westrupp, FK Mensah, JM Nicholson

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Demographic data, such as highest level of education attained, are often assumed to be relatively free from measurement error. As ..

Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 Years

Kate Lycett, Markus Juonala, Costan G Magnussen, David Norrish, Fiona K Mensah, Richard Liu, Susan A Clifford, John B Carlin, Tim Olds, Richard Saffery, Jessica A Kerr, Sarath Ranganathan, Louise A Baur, Matthew A Sabin, Michael Cheung, Terence Dwyer, Mengjiao Liu, David Burgner, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2020  |  PEDIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: To examine how overweight and obesity at specific ages and overall BMI growth patterns throughout childhood predict ca..