By Dr Kristin R Laurens

Journal articles

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

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

Green MJ; Piotrowska PJ; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Laurens KR; Butler M; Katz I; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2023, 'Profiles of Resilience from Early to Middle Childhood among Children Known to Child Protection Services', Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52, pp. 533 - 545, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1969652

O’Hare K; Watkeys O; Dean K; Tzoumakis S; Whitten T; Harris F; Laurens KR; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2023, 'Self-harm and suicidal ideation among young people is more often recorded by child protection than health services in an Australian population cohort', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00048674231179652

O’Hare K; Hussain A; Laurens KR; Hindmarsh G; Carr VJ; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Green MJ; O'Hare K, 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, 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; O'Hare K, 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, 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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, pp. 101670, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101670

Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Dean K; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2020, 'Population profiles of child-reported psychotic-like experiences and their differential association with other psychopathologies', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 59, pp. 22 - 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12230

Laurens KR; Islam F; Kariuki M; Harris F; Chilvers M; Butler M; Schofield J; Essery C; Brinkman SA; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2020, 'Reading and numeracy attainment of children reported to child protection services: A population record linkage study controlling for other adversities', Child Abuse and Neglect, 101, pp. 104326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104326

Hobbs MJ; Laurens KR, 2020, 'Psychometric Comparability of Self-Report by Children Aged 9–10 versus 11 Years on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ)', Child Indicators Research, 13, pp. 301 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12187-019-09633-7

Dickson H; Roberts RE; To M; Wild K; Loh M; Laurens KR, 2020, 'Adolescent trajectories of fine motor and coordination skills and risk for schizophrenia', Schizophrenia Research, 215, pp. 263 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.10.018

Oexle N; Ribeiro W; Fisher HL; Gronholm PC; Laurens KR; Pan P; Owens S; Romeo R; Rüsch N; Evans-Lacko S, 2020, 'Childhood bullying victimization, self-labelling, and help-seeking for mental health problems', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 55, pp. 81 - 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-019-01743-5

Neil AL; Islam F; Kariuki M; Laurens KR; Katz I; Harris F; Carr VJ; Green MJ, 2020, 'Costs for physical and mental health hospitalizations in the first 13 years of life among children engaged with Child Protection Services', Child Abuse and Neglect, 99, pp. 104280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104280

Bore M; Laurens KR; Hobbs MJ; Green MJ; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2020, 'Item response theory analysis of the big five questionnaire for children– short form (BFC-SF): A self-report measure of personality in children aged 11–12 years', Journal of Personality Disorders, 34, pp. 40 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/pedi_2018_32_380

Green MJ; Hindmarsh G; Kariuki M; Laurens KR; Neil AL; Katz I; Chilvers M; Harris F; Carr VJ, 2020, 'Mental disorders in children known to child protection services during early childhood', Medical Journal of Australia, 212, pp. 22 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50392

Dickson H; Hedges EP; Ma SY; Cullen AE; MacCabe JH; Kempton MJ; Downs J; Laurens KR, 2020, 'Academic achievement and schizophrenia: a systematic meta-analysis.', Psychol Med, 50, pp. 1949 - 1965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720002354

, 2020, 'Correction: Parental offending and children’s emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 74, pp. 488 - 488, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212392corr1

Laurens KR; Green MJ; Dean K; Tzoumakis S; Harris F; Islam F; Kariuki M; Essery CM; Schofield JM; Carr VJ, 2019, 'Chronic physical health conditions, mental health, and sources of support in a longitudinal Australian child population cohort', Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44, pp. 1083 - 1096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsz048

Whitten T; Green MJ; Laurens KR; Tzoumakis S; Harrs F; Carr V; Dean K; Harris F, 2019, 'Parental offending and children's emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 73, pp. 832 - 838, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2019-212392

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