Primrose Letcher

Childhood disadvantage and adolescent socioemotional wellbeing as predictors of future parenting behaviour.

HM McAnally, E Iosua, JL Sligo, J Belsky, E Spry, P Letcher, JA Macdonald, KC Thomson, CA Olsson, S Williams, R McGee, AE Bolton, RJ Hancox

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Adolescence

INTRODUCTION: In extending work on early life antecedents of parenting, we investigate associations between childhood family histo..

Exploring a causal model in observational cohort data: The role of parents and peers in shaping substance use trajectories

CJ Greenwood, GJ Youssef, P Letcher, EA Spry, KC Thomson, LJ Hagg, DM Hutchinson, JA Macdonald, J McIntosh, A Sanson, JW Toumbourou, CA Olsson

Journal article  |  2021  |  Addictive Behaviors

AIMS: To explore the process of applying counterfactual thinking in examining causal determinants of substance use trajectories in..

Maternal and paternal depression and anxiety and offspring infant negative affectivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Elizabeth A Spry, Stephanie R Aarsman, George J Youssef, George C Patton, Jacqui A Macdonald, Ann Sanson, Kimberley Thomson, Delyse M Hutchinson, Primrose Letcher, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Developmental Review

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 Women's 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..

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..

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  |  2020  |  Psychological Medicine

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

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. ..

The Australian and New Zealand Intergenerational Cohort Consortium: a study protocol for investigating mental health and well-being across generations

Craig A Olsson, Elizabeth Spry, Primrose Letcher, Helena M McAnally, Kim Thomson, Jacqui Macdonald, Chris Greenwood, George Youssef, Helena Romaniuk, Ella E Iosua, Jude Sligo, Delyse Hutchinson, Jenn McIntosh, Meredith O'Connor, Rob McGee, Ann Sanson, Robert J Hancox, George C Patton

Journal article  |  2020  |  Longitudinal and Life Course Studies