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Disproportionality in special education: identifying children with emotional behavioural difficulties in Irish primary schools
Within categories of special educational needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties have received much attention in recent years, particularly in relation to their definition and identification by parents and teachers. This paper stems from previous research which highlights how children from dis…
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Emerging digital generations? Impacts of child digital use on mental and socioemotional well-being across two cohorts in Ireland, 2007-2018
Despite the growing body of literature on how digital technologies impact child well-being, previous research has provided little evidence on recent digital trends. This paper examines the patterns and effects of digital use on child socioemotional well-being across two cohorts of children grown up…
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Physical activity and emotional-behavioural difficulties in young people: a longitudinal population-based cohort study
Background There is growing concern around youth mental health. A population health approach to improve mental health must address, among other issues, economic insecurity, access to housing and education, harm reduction from substance use. As a universal public health intervention, increasing physi…
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Validity of the ages and stages questionnaire for detecting later below average cognitive function
The first 1000 days of life are a period of unique sensitivity and plasticity during which critical cognitive abilities are formed. Routine developmental screening tools aim to identify infants who would benefit from early intervention. While these tools have been validated for detecting children wi…
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Emotional behavioural development in children with below average cognitive function
Children with below average cognitive function represent a substantial yet under-researched population for whom academic and social demands, which increase in complexity year by year, pose significant challenge. Effects on emotional-behavioural development (EBD) are not well understood. The aim of t…
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Parental incarceration affects children’s emotional and behavioral outcomes: A longitudinal cohort study of children aged 9 to 13 years
Parental incarceration (PI) is negatively associated with emotional, educational, and psychological child outcomes. However, few studies explore potential mechanisms through which these outcomes are transmitted or the means by which prosocial outcomes might develop. This study used data from two wav…
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Longitudinal associations between parental incarceration and children’s emotional and behavioural development: Results from a population cohort study
Background Parental incarceration (PI) is associated with adverse developmental outcomes for children affected. However, research in this area often reports conflicting results with few studies following children across time in non-U.S. populations. Additionally, more research is called for using mu…
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Teenage parenthood and child externalising and internalising problems: evidence from the ‘Growing Up in Ireland’ study
Previous research has suggested that the children of teenage parents are at a high risk of developing both internalising and externalising behaviour disorders. The current study aimed to explore pathways through which children of teenage mothers show more externalising and internalising psychopathol…
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Prenatal tobacco exposure and psychiatric outcomes in adolescence: is the effect mediated through birth weight?
Objective This study aims to examine the associations between prenatal exposure to maternal smoking, birth weight and persistent offspring psychiatric symptoms. Additionally, we aim to examine whether the relationship between prenatal maternal smoking and persistent offspring psychiatric symptoms is…