Do Family Environments Influence Children's Brain Development During the Transition to Adolescence?

Investigating Associations Between Maternal Behavior and the Development of Functional Connectivity During the Transition From Late Childhood to Early Adolescence

E Pozzi, D Rakesh, Z Gracia-Tabuenca, KO Bray, S Richmond, ML Seal, O Schwartz, N Vijayakumar, MBH Yap, S Whittle

2024-04-01

Background: Parenting behavior is thought to affect child brain development, with implications for mental health. However, longitu..

Empathy and resting-state functional connectivity in children

KO Bray, E Pozzi, N Vijayakumar, S Richmond, M Seal, C Pantelis, V Anderson, S Whittle

2022-12-01

Empathy, which is important for social functioning and mental health, is recognized to have both cognitive and affective component..

Harsh and Inconsistent Parental Discipline Is Associated With Altered Cortical Development in Children

S Whittle, E Pozzi, D Rakesh, JM Kim, MBH Yap, OS Schwartz, G Youssef, NB Allen, N Vijayakumar

2022-10-01

Background: A growing body of evidence suggests that parenting behaviors may affect child mental health via altering brain develop..

Individual differences in brain structure and self-reported empathy in children

KO Bray, E Pozzi, N Vijayakumar, S Richmond, C Deane, C Pantelis, V Anderson, S Whittle

2022-10-01

Empathy refers to the understanding and sharing of others’ emotions and comprises cognitive and affective components. Empathy is i..

Maternal warmth is associated with network segregation across late childhood: A longitudinal neuroimaging study

S Richmond, R Beare, KA Johnson, K Bray, E Pozzi, NB Allen, ML Seal, S Whittle

2022-09-13

The negative impact of adverse experiences in childhood on neurodevelopment is well documented. Less attention however has been gi..

Associations between cognitive and affective empathy and internalizing symptoms in late childhood

KO Bray, V Anderson, C Pantelis, E Pozzi, OS Schwartz, N Vijayakumar, S Richmond, C Deane, NB Allen, S Whittle

2021-07-01

Background: Empathy is a multidimensional construct, which includes cognitive and affective components. Studies in adults have dem..

Towards understanding neurocognitive mechanisms of parenting: Maternal behaviors and structural brain network organization in late childhood

S Richmond, R Beare, KA Johnson, NB Allen, ML Seal, S Whittle

2021-04-15

A substantial body of knowledge suggests that exposure to adverse family environments – including violence and neglect – influence..

Maternal parenting behavior and functional connectivity development in children: A longitudinal fMRI study

E Pozzi, N Vijayakumar, ML Byrne, KO Bray, M Seal, S Richmond, A Zalesky, SL Whittle

2021-04-01

Parenting behavior is associated with internalizing symptoms in children, and cross-sectional research suggests that this associat..

Adrenarcheal hormone-related development of white matter during late childhood

MEA Barendse, JG Simmons, RE Smith, ML Seal, S Whittle

2020-12-01

The aim of the current study was to longitudinally examine how adrenarcheal hormones influence the development of white matter str..

Associations between early life stress and anterior pituitary gland volume development during late childhood

P Farrow, JG Simmons, E Pozzi, C Díaz-Arteche, S Richmond, K Bray, O Schwartz, S Whittle

2020-12-01

Early Life Stress (ELS) is thought to influence Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal-Axis (HPAA) functioning, contributing to an increas..

Exploratory Factor Analysis of Observational Parent–Child Interaction Data

S Richmond, O Schwartz, KA Johnson, ML Seal, K Bray, C Deane, LB Sheeber, NB Allen, S Whittle

2020-12-01

The majority of studies using observational coding systems for family interaction data derive scales describing family members’ be..

Parenting Behaviour and Brain Functional Connectivity in Children

Elena Pozzi, Nandita Vijayajkumar, Julian G Simmons, Sarah L Whittle

2020-05-01

The Influence of Maternal Parenting Style on the Neural Correlates of Emotion Processing in Children

E Pozzi, JG Simmons, CA Bousman, N Vijayakumar, KO Bray, O Dandash, S Richmond, O Schwartz, M Seal, L Sheeber, MBH Yap, NB Allen, SL Whittle

2020-02-01

Objective: The importance of parenting in influencing mental health outcomes, particularly depression, during childhood and adoles..

Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms Are Associated With Different Trajectories of Cortical Development During Late Childhood

S Whittle, N Vijayakumar, JG Simmons, NB Allen

2020-01-01

Objective: Investigation of neurobiological differences between internalizing and externalizing symptoms in children is needed to ..

Pubertal hormones predict sex-specific trajectories of pituitary gland volume during the transition from childhood to adolescence

S Whittle, M Barendse, E Pozzi, N Vijayakumar, JG Simmons

2020-01-01

Pituitary gland volume (PGV) increases during childhood and adolescence in a sex-specific manner, and previous research suggests t..

Structural covariance networks in children and their associations with maternal behaviors

S Richmond, R Beare, KA Johnson, NB Allen, ML Seal, S Whittle

2019-11-15

There is a substantial body of research documenting the influence of early adverse experience on brain development. In contrast, r..

Measurement of cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and testosterone in the hair of children: Preliminary results and promising indications

JD Smith, KA Johnson, S Whittle, NB Allen, JG Simmons

2019-09-01

Hormone analysis is a valuable tool for understanding how physiology and behavior interact. Cortisol in hair has recently been exa..

Interaction between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis genetic variation and maternal behavior in the prediction of amygdala connectivity in children

E Pozzi, CA Bousman, JG Simmons, N Vijayakumar, O Schwartz, M Seal, MBH Yap, NB Allen, SL Whittle

2019-08-15

High levels of negative, and low levels of positive parenting behaviors can increase the risk of internalizing symptoms in childre..

Parenting × Brain Development interactions as predictors of adolescent depressive symptoms and well-being: Differential susceptibility or diathesis-stress?

C Deane, N Vijayakumar, NB Allen, O Schwartz, JG Simmons, CA Bousman, C Pantelis, S Whittle

2019-01-01

It is unclear how individual differences in parenting and brain development interact to influence adolescent mental health outcome..

Study protocol: Families and childhood transitions study (FACTS) - a longitudinal investigation of the role of the family environment in brain development and risk for mental health disorders in community based children

JG Simmons, OS Schwartz, K Bray, C Deane, E Pozzi, S Richmond, J Smith, N Vijayakumar, ML Byrne, ML Seal, MBH Yap, NB Allen, SL Whittle

2017-06-30

Background: Extant research has demonstrated that parenting behaviour can be a significant contributor to the development of brain..