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        Maternal prenatal stress exposure and sex-specific risk of severe infection in offspring

        Maternal stressful life events during pregnancy have been associated with immune dysregulation and increased risk for asthma and atopy in offspring. Few studies have investigated whether prenatal stress is associated with increased overall or specific infectious diseases in childhood, nor explored sex differences. We sought to examine the relationship between the nature and timing of maternal stress in pregnancy and hospitalisation with infection in offspring. ...

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        Adolescent education outcomes and maltreatment: The role of pre-existing adversity, level of child protection involvement, and school attendance

        Maltreated children are at high risk for low educational achievement, however few studies have accounted for confounding risk factors that commonly co-occur (including child, family and neighbourhood risk factors) and results have been mixed, particularly for adolescents. ...

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        School-based bullying intervention programs in Australia and New Zealand

        Kevin Natasha Helen Runions Pearce Monks KC NP H BSc (Hons) BEd MA PhD PhD (Public Health), PostGrad Dip (Health Promotion), BApp Sc MPH BA(Psych) PhD Honorary Research Associate Honorary Research Associate Senior Project Officer 08 6319 1470 ...

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        Positive veteran teachers: Who are they, and where are they to be found?

        This article reports on a study in Australia which sought to utilise the characteristics to identify positive veteran teachers within a larger cohort ...

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        Functional connectivity of the vigilant-attention network in children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

        ADHD patients showed substantially diminished intrinsic coupling for 7 connections and increased coupling for 4 connections ...

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        Subjective memory complaints predict baseline but not future cognitive function over three years: Results from the Western Australia Memory Study

        Subjective memory complaints individuals present distinctive features of memory complaints as compared to non-memory complainers ...

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        Explaining the evolution of ethnicity differentials in academic achievements: The role of time investments

        This paper is the first to explore whether differences in time use by children of Asian-born parents may help to explain the observed differentials in school achievements ...

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        Macroeconomic Fluctuations in Home Countries and Immigrants’ Well-Being: New Evidence from Down Under

        Our findings suggest that immigrants in Australia have emotional or altruistic connections to their home countries ...

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        Psychological flexibility is associated with less diabetes distress and lower glycated haemoglobin in adults with type 1 diabetes

        Diabetes distress, self-efficacy and health literacy are associated with diabetes self-management and health outcomes. Measures of coping styles and their impact on diabetes self-management and diabetes-related distress may add value in identifying those at risk of poorer health outcomes. Current evidence of associations between psychological flexibility/inflexibility and diabetes related health outcomes is limited. ...

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        Bowel patterns, gastrointestinal symptoms, and emotional well-being in adolescents: A cohort study

        In adolescents, bowel patterns and gastrointestinal symptoms are diverse and show sex differences ...

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        The effectiveness of community friendship groups on participant social and mental health: a meta-analysis

        Social disconnectedness and isolation are risk factors for poor mental health. Community-based friendship group interventions have been designed to increase an individual's social capital and consequently their mental wellbeing. Structured and unstructured friendship groups reflect two distinct approaches to friendship group interventions. ...

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        Investigating the long-term impact of a childhood sun-exposure intervention, with a focus on eye health: protocol for the Kidskin-Young Adult Myopia Study

        A follow-up of Kidskin Study participants provides an opportunity to investigate the associations between a childhood sun-exposure intervention and potentially related conditions in adulthood ...

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