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Teacher–Child Relationship, Parenting, and Growth in Likelihood and Severity of Physical Aggression in the Early School Years

This study investigated the likelihood of children showing problems with parent-rated physical aggression, and on the severity of problems, for 374 children.

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Is the effect of compulsory community treatment

We investigated whether a reduction of preventable deaths from physical disorders was mediated by better access to specialized medical procedures.

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Using Systems Theory to Understand and Respond to Family Influences on Children's Bullying Behavior

This article addresses Systems Theory as it applies to school-age children's bullying behavior.

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Evidence for the use of an algorithm in resolving inconsistent and missing Indigenous status in administrative data collections

We found that algorithms reduced the amount of missing data and improved within‑individual consistency.

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Do emotional and behavioural difficulties in primary school predict adolescent victimisation trajectories?

The results of this study suggest whole-school bullying intervention programmes need to occur before students reach secondary school.

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Does late childbearing increase the risk for behavioural problems in children? a longitudinal cohort study

This study aimed to examine the relationship between advanced parental age and behavioural outcomes in offspring in a longitudinal cohort of children in WA.

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The Forms of Bullying Scale (FBS): Validity and Reliability Estimates for a Measure of Bullying Victimization and Perpetration in Adolescence

The study of bullying behavior and its consequences for young people depends on valid and reliable measurement of bullying victimization and perpetration.

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A three generation study of the mental health relationships between grandparents, parents and children

It is well known that children of parents with mental illness are at greater risk of mental illness themselves.

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Low vitamin D levels are associated with symptoms of depression in young adult males

Results from studies examining associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations and depressive symptoms are equivocal.

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The Differential Influence of Contextual Risks on Psychosocial Functioning and Participation of Australian Aboriginal Youth

Methodological issues and implications for interventions to support young Aboriginal people's adaptation are discussed.