Benefits in teaching the Alert Program® to students in a region with high reported rates of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and self-regulation impairment ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

Despite the existence of a national alcohol guideline for breastfeeding women, maternal health practitioners are not incorporating this advice ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• April 2019

Findings were mixed, with support both for negative and for positive associations of central nervous 5-HT function with aggression in children and adolescents ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• February 2019

The effects of maternal alcohol-use disorder are experienced by the majority of exposed children rather than a vulnerable subgroup of this population ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

Abdominal pain in children and adolescents associates with depression, anxiety, being bullied, unhappiness and reduced overall health-rating during adolescence ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• February 2020

This study demonstrates the importance of considering the effectiveness of secondary school bullying prevention interventions and real-world implementation support ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• January 2019

This study explores the differential impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep by children and their parents. We use nationally representative data with time use indicators objectively measured on multiple occasions for more than 1,100 child-parent pairs, coupled with daily meteorological data. ...

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• 2021
• July 2021

Children with asthma face serious mental health risk, but the pathways remain unclear. This study aimed to examine bullying victimisation and perpetration in children with asthma and a comparison sample without a chronic health condition, and the role of bullying in moderating psychosocial adjustment outcomes for those with asthma. A sample of children with and without asthma, and their parents, were recruited from hospital clinics. ...

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• 2021
• June 2021

The effectiveness of bullying prevention programs has led to expectations that these programs could have effects beyond their primary goals. By reducing the number of victims and perpetrators and the harm experienced by those affected, programs may have longer-term effects on individual school performance and prevent crime. In this paper, we use Norwegian register data to study the long-term impact of the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) on academic performance, high school dropout, and youth crime for the average student, which we call population-level effects. ...

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• 2021
• May 2021

The objectives of this study are to assess the association between childhood bullying and preference-based health-related quality of life in Australian school children and their parents and estimate quality-adjusted life years associated with bullying chronicity. Children aged 8-10 years completed the child health utilities, while parents completed the Australian quality of life. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• May 2021