There is a large volume of research on the persistence of advantage and disadvantage across generations. Intergenerational studies typically address family resources as independent factors, which ignores how risks cluster together and accumulate over time. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant literature provides limited causal insight into the amount of physical activity considered optimal for improving any given health or developmental outcome. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• June 2022

Australians who are Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) and receive income support span a wide spectrum of working ages. Australian research has concentrated on NEETs aged 15-29 years, in line with international standards. This paper investigates extending the NEET concept to include all working age persons 15-64 years and the value added to welfare policy through analysis of a new linked dataset. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• September 2021

Adolescents reporting any sychotic experiences in the past 12 months reported increased likelihood of non-accidental self-injury in the same time period ...

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

This study aimed to (1) examine the strength of the association between mental disorders/mental health problems, risk behaviours and tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents, (2) compare rates of tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents with major depressive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or conduct disorder in 2013/14 vs 1998, and (3) identify the extent to which an association between tobacco smoking and mental health problems among adolescents can be attributed to non-mental health risk factors. ...

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

School-based social risk processes in the lives of young people with chronic health conditions are likely to contribute to risk of psychological problems ...

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

Interparental conflict (IPC) has the potential to adversely affect children's social, emotional, and behavioural functioning. The overall objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between both the severity and chronicity of IPC across early and middle childhood and children's emotional-behavioural functioning at 10-11 years. Specifically, we aimed to: (1) identify distinct trajectories of IPC spanning 10-11 years since birth of the study child as reported by mothers, and (2) examine the emotional-behavioural functioning of children exposed to the identified IPC trajectories. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• January 2021

This paper presents the first causal estimates of the effect of weather on children's time allocation. It exploits exogenous variations in local weather observed during the random diary dates of two nationally representative cohorts of Australian children whose time-use diaries were surveyed biennially over 10 years. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• April 2021

This study assessed if the association between mental disorders and higher student absences varies across different profiles of risk factors, and estimated the proportion of student absences associated with mental disorders. Data included responses from a nationally representative Australian survey of child and adolescent mental health. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• May 2021

Investment in early childhood produces positive returns: for the child, the family and the community. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• August 2020