Primrose Letcher

The lived experience of stress for parents in the context of COVID-19-related disruption

Felicity L Painter, Anna T Booth, Primrose Letcher, Craig A Olsson, Jennifer E McIntosh

Journal article  |  2023  |  FAMILY RELATIONS

Objective: This mixed methods study sought to explore the lived experience of stress for parents of young dependent children durin..

Parental personality and early life ecology: a prospective cohort study from preconception to postpartum.

Elizabeth A Spry, Craig A Olsson, Stephanie R Aarsman, Hanafi Mohamad Husin, Jacqui A Macdonald, S Ghazaleh Dashti, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Primrose Letcher, Ebony J Biden, Kimberly C Thomson, Helena McAnally, Christopher J Greenwood, Melissa Middleton, Delyse M Hutchinson, John B Carlin, George C Patton

Journal article  |  2023  |  Sci Rep

Personality reliably predicts life outcomes ranging from social and material resources to mental health and interpersonal capaciti..

Eating and Body Image Disturbances in Adolescence and Substance Use Throughout Young Adulthood: Findings from the Australian Temperament Project

J Linardon, CJ Greenwood, JA Macdonald, EA Spry, EH Wertheim, D Le Grange, P Letcher, CA Olsson

Journal article  |  2023  |  International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

We investigated whether eating and body image disturbances in mid-adolescence were associated with substance use in young adulthoo..

Parenting Orientations in Young Adulthood: Predicting Timing of Parenthood and Quality of Postpartum Caregiving

Jacqui AA Macdonald, Sam Collins, Christopher JJ Greenwood, George JJ Youssef, Kimberly CC Thomson, Primrose Letcher, Elizabeth AA Spry, Craig AA Olsson

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Most but not all adults become parents, yet it remains unclear which characteristics indicate an orientation toward parenting. The..

Factor structure of the Mini-Maternal Behavior Q-Sort and associations with infant attachment: Informing precision in research and intervention

Anna T Booth, Christopher J Greenwood, George J Youssef, Jennifer E McIntosh, Thy Nguyen, Primrose Letcher, Ben Edwards, Delyse M Hutchinson, Ann Sanson, Craig A Olsson, Jacqui A Macdonald

Journal article  |  2022  |  INFANCY

We examined the factor structure of parental sensitivity to infants as assessed by the Mini-Maternal Behavior Q-Sort (Mini-MBQS), ..

A study protocol for community implementation of a new mental health monitoring system spanning early childhood to young adulthood

Joyce Cleary, Catherine Nolan, Martin Guhn, Kimberly C Thomson, Sophie Barker, Camille Deane, Christopher J Greenwood, Julia Tulloh Harper, Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Primrose Letcher, Jacqui A Macdonald, Delyse Hutchinson, Elizabeth A Spry, Meredith O'Connor, Vaughan Carr, Melissa Green, Tom Peachey, John W Toumbourou, Jane Hosking, Jerri Nelson, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES

Findings from longitudinal research, globally, repeatedly emphasise the importance of a taking an early life course approach to me..

The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 study: a population-based multigenerational prospective cohort study of socioemotional health and development

Craig A Olsson, Primrose Letcher, Christopher J Greenwood, Jennifer E McIntosh, Sophie Barker, Catherine M Olsson, Jacqui A Macdonald, Elizabeth A Spry, Delyse Hutchinson, Joanne Ryan, Benjamin Edwards, Rob McGee, George C Patton, Ann Sanson

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMJ OPEN

PURPOSE: The Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study (ATPG3) was established to examine the extent to which offspring so..

The Legacy of Mental Distress Following Physical Illness in Childhood: Findings From the Australian Temperament Project

Catherine M Olsson, Primrose Letcher, Christopher J Greenwood, Katie Moore, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY

OBJECTIVE: Childhood physical illnesses have been associated with heightened risk for mental health problems in adolescence and yo..

Parental history of positive development and child behavior in next generation offspring: A two-cohort prospective intergenerational study

Primrose Letcher, Christopher J Greenwood, Helena McAnally, Jay Belsky, Jacqui A Macdonald, Elizabeth A Spry, Kimberly C Thomson, Meredith O'Connor, Judith Sligo, George Youssef, Jennifer E McIntosh, Ella Iosua, Delyse Hutchinson, Joyce Cleary, Ann Sanson, George C Patton, Robert J Hancox, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2022  |  CHILD DEVELOPMENT

This study examined whether positive development (PD) in adolescence and young adulthood predicts offspring behavior in two Austra..

Inequalities in the distribution of COVID-19-related financial difficulties for Australian families with young children

Meredith O'Connor, Christopher J Greenwood, Primrose Letcher, Rebecca Giallo, Naomi Priest, Sharon Goldfeld, Steven Hope, Ben Edwards, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2022  |  CHILD CARE HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT

BACKGROUND: We examine (1) the frequency of financial difficulties in Australian families with young children (0-8 years) in the e..