Parenting & Family
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Medically assisted reproduction and mental health in adolescence: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘The number and proportion of children conceived through medically assisted reproduction (MAR) is steadily increasing yet the evidence on their mental health in adolescence is inconclusive’. Maria Palma et al.
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Changes in UK Parental Mental Health Symptoms Over the COVID-19 Pandemic
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Simona Skripkauskaite discusses her JCPP Advances paper ‘Changes in UK parental mental health symptoms over 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic’.
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Infant and preschool attachment, continuity and relationship to caregiving sensitivity: findings from a new population-based Australian cohort
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘Here, we report new prevalence and temporal stability data for child attachment and parental caregiving behaviour, from infancy (1 year) to preschool (4 years)’. Jennifer E. McIntosh et al.
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Don’t blame the children: Supporting families with young children
Most research on the relationships between children and their parents focuses on the effects parents and their parenting have on children and their behaviour. However, researchers are more and more recognising and studying the impact that children’s behaviour can have on the wellbeing of their parents, in turn further affecting children’s development. AnaCristina Bedoya (pic), Jill Portnoy Donaghy and Dr. Keri Wong.
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Paternal Perinatal Stress and its Impact on Infants and Children
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Fiona Challacombe discusses her JCPP paper ‘Paternal perinatal stress is associated with children’s emotional problems at 2 years’. Fiona is the first author of the paper.
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Effectiveness of nurse-home visiting in improving child and maternal outcomes prenatally to age two years: a randomised controlled trial (British Columbia Healthy Connections Project)
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘We investigated the effectiveness of Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a prenatal-to-age-two-years home-visiting programme, in British Columbia (BC), Canada.’ Nicole L. A. Catherine (pic) et al.
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JCPP Advances: Volume 3, Issue 02, June 2023
JCPP Advances June 2023 Issue is now available to read.
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Following the children of depressed parents from childhood to adult life: A focus on mood and anxiety disorders
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘While it is known that depression in a parent increases risk for offspring depression and anxiety, there are relatively few prospective longitudinal studies following the offspring of depressed parents across the transition from adolescence into adulthood – a key period of risk.’ Victoria Powell (pic) et al.
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Mothers’ symptoms of anxiety and depression and the development of child temperament: A genetically informative, longitudinal investigation
Open Access paper from JCPP Advances – ‘We explored longitudinal associations between mothers’ emotional symptoms and child temperament traits and adjusted for genetic effects shared across generations’. Y. I. Ahmadzadeh (pic) et al.
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Negative parenting, epigenetic age, and psychological problems: prospective associations from adolescence to young adulthood
Open Access paper from the JCPP – ‘This pre-registered longitudinal study examined the long-term effects of negative parenting and psychological problems throughout adolescence (ages 13–17 years) on Epigenetic Age acceleration (EA) in late adolescence (age 17 years) and EA changes from late adolescence to young adulthood (age 25 years).’ Stefanos Mastrotheodoros et al.
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