By Dr Kristin R Laurens

Book Chapters

Tzoumakis S; Green M; Laurens K; Dean K; Carr V, 2018, 'Intergenerational transmission of antisocial behaviour in childhood: Findings from the NSW Child Development Study', in Eichelsheim VI; van de Weijer SGA (ed.), Intergenerational continuity of criminal and antisocial behaviour, edn. Routledge Studies in Criminal Behaviour, Routledge, https://www.routledge.com/Intergenerational-Continuity-of-Criminal-and-Antisocial-Behaviour-An-International/Eichelsheim-van-de-Weijer/p/book/9781138103375

Laurens K; Hodgins S; Taylor EA; Murray RM, 2011, 'Is earlier intervention for schizophrenia possible? Identifying antecedents of schizophrenia in children aged 9-12 years', in David AS; Kapur S; McGuffin P (ed.), Schizophrenia: The Final Frontier - A Festschrift for Robin M. Murray, Psychology Press Ltd, Taylor & Francis Press, pp. 19 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203808771

Journal articles

O'Hare K; Tzoumakis S; Watkeys O; Katz I; Laurens KR; Butler M; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Out-of-home care characteristics associated with childhood educational underachievement, mental disorder, and police contacts in an Australian population sample', Child Abuse and Neglect, 139, pp. 106120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106120

Mehta D; Kelly AB; Laurens KR; Haslam D; Williams KE; Walsh K; Baker PRA; Carter HE; Khawaja NG; Zelenko O; Mathews B, 2023, 'Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention', Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 54, pp. 421 - 435, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01258-8

Graham LJ; Killingly C; Laurens KR; Sweller N, 2023, 'Overrepresentation of Indigenous students in school suspension, exclusion, and enrolment cancellation in Queensland: is there a case for systemic inclusive school reform?', Australian Educational Researcher, 50, pp. 167 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00504-1

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Cumulative Environmental Risk in Early Life: Associations With Schizotypy in Childhood', Schizophrenia bulletin, 49, pp. 244 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbac160

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Badcock JC; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Pathways from developmental vulnerabilities in early childhood to schizotypy in middle childhood', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, pp. 228 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12405

Gutteridge TP; Kelly AB; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Increased likelihood of distressing and functionally impairing psychotic-like experiences among children with co-occurring internalising and externalising problems', Schizophrenia Research, 252, pp. 225 - 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2023.01.017

Athanassiou U; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2023, 'Relationships between parental mental illness and/or offending and offspring contact with the police in childhood: Findings from a longitudinal record-linkage study', Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 33, pp. 72 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbm.2274

Matheson SL; Laurie M; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Substance use and psychotic-like experiences in young people: A systematic review and meta-analysis', Psychological Medicine, 53, pp. 305 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291722003440

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Item Response Theory Analysis of Self-Reported Social–Emotional Learning Competencies in an Australian Population Cohort Aged 11 Years', School Psychology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000533

Piltz LM; Carpendale EJ; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Measurement invariance across age, gender, ethnicity, and psychopathology of the Psychotic-Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children in a community sample', International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, pp. e1962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1962

Carpendale EJ; Green MJ; Williams KE; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Laurens KR, 2023, 'Measurement Invariance Across Sex and Language Background of a Self-Report Social-Emotional Learning Questionnaire for Middle Childhood', Child Indicators Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-023-10015-3

O’Hare K; Laurens KR; Watkeys O; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Linscott RJ; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Parental mental disorders and offspring schizotypy in middle childhood: an intergenerational record linkage study', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-023-02455-7

Kelly AB; Munnings A; Zhao X; Rowland B; Laurens KR; Campbell M; Williams J; Bailey JA; Killingly C; Abimanyi-Ochom J; Kremer P; Toumbourou JW, 2023, 'Polydrug use in Australian 12-14 year olds from 2006 to 2017: an examination of drug use profiles, emotional control problems, and family relationship characteristics', Australian Journal of Psychology, 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2023.2174705

O’Hare K; Hussain A; Laurens KR; Hindmarsh G; Carr VJ; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Green MJ, 2023, 'Self-reported mental health of children known to child protection services: an Australian population-based record linkage study', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 32, pp. 101 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-021-01841-3

Harris F; Dean K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Regional mapping of early childhood risk for mental disorders in an Australian population sample', Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 16, pp. 1269 - 1277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.13281

Williams KE; Berthelsen D; Laurens KR, 2022, 'Academic resilience from school entry to third grade: Child, parenting, and school factors associated with closing competency gaps', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0277551, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277551

Green MJ; O’Hare K; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Badcock JC; Harris F; Linscott RJ; Carr VJ, 2022, 'Developmental profiles of schizotypy in the general population: A record linkage study of Australian children aged 11–12 years', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61, pp. 836 - 858, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12363

Whitten T; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2022, 'Early developmental vulnerabilities following exposure to domestic violence and abuse: Findings from an Australian population cohort record linkage study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 153, pp. 223 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.012

Laurens KR; Graham LJ; Dix KL; Harris F; Tzoumakis S; Williams KE; Schofield JM; Prendergast T; Waddy N; Taiwo M; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'School-Based Mental Health Promotion and Early Intervention Programs in New South Wales, Australia: Mapping Practice to Policy and Evidence', School Mental Health, 14, pp. 582 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12310-021-09482-2

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Parental and community risk factors for childhood self-harm thoughts and behaviours', Journal of Affective Disorders, 310, pp. 279 - 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.050

O'Hare K; Watkeys O; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Cumulative environmental risk in early life is associated with mental disorders in childhood.', Psychological Medicine, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291722001702

Carpendale EJ; Cullen AE; Dickson H; Laurens KR, 2022, 'Dissociable impairments of verbal learning differentiate childhood risk profiles for schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 28, pp. 100239 - 100239, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2022.100239

Watkeys OJ; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Familial clustering of birth risk for adverse childhood outcomes', Journal of Perinatology, 42, pp. 603 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41372-021-01264-7

Barnes GL; Stewart C; Browning S; Bracegirdle K; Laurens KR; Gin K; Hirsch C; Abbott C; Onwumere J; Banerjea P; Kuipers E; Jolley S, 2022, 'Distressing psychotic-like experiences, cognitive functioning and early developmental markers in clinically referred young people aged 8–18 years', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 57, pp. 461 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02168-9

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Kariuki M; Hindmarsh G; Whitten T; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2022, 'Forecasting childhood adversities from conditions of birth', Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 36, pp. 230 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12828

Graham LJ; Killingly C; Laurens KR; Sweller N, 2022, 'Correction to: Overrepresentation of Indigenous students in school suspension, exclusion, and enrolment cancellation in Queensland: is there a case for systemic inclusive school reform? (The Australian Educational Researcher, (2022), 10.1007/s13384-021-00504-1)', Australian Educational Researcher, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-022-00506-7

Watkeys OJ; O’Hare K; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2022, 'Early childhood developmental vulnerability associated with parental mental disorder comorbidity', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674221116806

Ribeiro WS; Romeo R; King D; Owens S; Gronholm PC; Fisher HL; Laurens KR; Evans-Lacko S, 2022, 'Influence of stigma, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on mental health-related service use and associated costs among young people in the United Kingdom', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01947-2

Athanassiou U; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Hindmarsh G; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ; Dean K, 2021, 'Examining the overlap of young people’s early contact with the police as a person of interest and victim or witness', Journal of Criminology, 54, pp. 501 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/26338076211014594

Laurens KR; Dean K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Waddy N; Prendergast T; Taiwo M; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Early childhood predictors of elementary school suspension: An Australian record linkage study', Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 77, pp. 101343 - 101343, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101343

Green MJ; Watkeys OJ; Whitten T; Thomas C; Kariuki M; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2021, 'Increased incidence of childhood mental disorders following exposure to early life infection', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 97, pp. 376 - 382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.08.009

Cullen AE; Fisher HL; Gullet N; Fraser ER; Roberts RE; Zahid U; To M; Yap N; Zunszain PA; Pariante CM; Wood SJ; McGuire P; Murray RM; Mondelli V; Laurens KR, 2021, 'Cortisol Levels in Childhood Associated with Emergence of Attenuated Psychotic Symptoms in Early Adulthood', PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 131, pp. S30 - S30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105553

Gin K; Stewart C; Abbott C; Banerjea P; Bracegirdle K; Browning S; Byrne M; Emsley R; Ginestet C; Hirsch C; Kuipers E; Laurens KR; Onwumere J; Plant D; Valmaggia L; Jolley S, 2021, 'Psychosocial predictors of distressing unusual experiences in adolescence: Testing the fit of an adult cognitive model of psychosis.', Schizophr Res, 237, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2021.08.018

Rodriguez V; Alameda L; Trotta G; Spinazzola E; Marino P; Matheson SL; Laurens KR; Murray RM; Vassos E, 2021, 'Environmental Risk Factors in Bipolar Disorder and Psychotic Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies', Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47, pp. 959 - 974, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbaa197

Hindmarsh G; Laurens KR; Katz I; Butler M; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Child protection services for children with special healthcare needs: A population record linkage study', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 56, pp. 223 - 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.145

Whitten T; Dean K; Li R; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Earlier Contact with Child Protection Services Among Children of Parents With Criminal Convictions and Mental Disorders', Child Maltreatment, 26, pp. 63 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559520935204

Ahmedt-Aristizabal D; Fernando T; Denman S; Robinson JE; Sridharan S; Johnston PJ; Laurens KR; Fookes C, 2021, 'Identification of Children at Risk of Schizophrenia via Deep Learning and EEG Responses', IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, 25, pp. 69 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JBHI.2020.2984238

Dean K; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2021, 'Incidence of Early Police Contact among Children with Emerging Mental Health Problems in Australia', JAMA Network Open, 4, pp. e2112057, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12057

Green MJ; Piotroswka PJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Butler M; Katz I; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2021, 'Profiles of Resilience from Early to Middle Childhood among Children Known to Child Protection Services', Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1969652

Cullen AE; Fisher HL; Gullet N; Fraser ER; Roberts RE; Zahid U; To M; Yap N; Zunszain PA; Pariante CM; Wood SJ; McGuire P; Murray RM; Mondelli V; Laurens KR, 2021, 'Cortisol Levels in Childhood Associated with Emergence of Attenuated Psychotic Symptoms in Early Adulthood', Biological Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.08.009

Laurens K, 2020, 'Early Life Predictors of Suspensions from Primary School: Cross-Agency Indicators of Risk for School Exclusion in An NSW Population Cohort', International Journal of Population Data Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1597

Laurens KR; Murphy J; Dickson H; Roberts RE; Gutteridge TP, 2020, 'Trajectories of Mismatch Negativity and P3a Amplitude Development From Ages 9 to 16 Years in Children With Risk Factors for Schizophrenia', Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 5, pp. 1085 - 1094, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2020.07.012

Piotrowska PJ; Whitten T; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Katz I; Carr VJ; Harris F; Green MJ, 2020, 'Transitions between socio-emotional and cognitive vulnerability profiles from early to middle childhood: a population study using multi-agency administrative records', European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 29, pp. 1659 - 1670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00787-020-01475-x

Whitten T; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Dean K, 2020, 'Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53, pp. 387 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865819890894

Fernando T; Denman S; Ahmedt-Aristizabal D; Sridharan S; Laurens KR; Johnston P; Fookes C, 2020, 'Neural memory plasticity for medical anomaly detection', Neural Networks, 127, pp. 67 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2020.04.011

Gutteridge TP; Lang CP; Turner AM; Jacobs BW; Laurens KR, 2020, 'Criterion validity of the Psychotic-Like Experiences Questionnaire for Children (PLEQ-C)', Schizophrenia Research, 220, pp. 78 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2020.03.067

Whitten T; Green MJ; Laurens KR, 2020, 'Parental offending and children's emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia (vol 73, pg 832, 2019)', JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH, 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212392corr1

Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Piotrowska P; Dean K; Laurens KR; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2020, 'Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior', Journal of Criminal Justice, 67, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101670

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