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Overview

Adrian B. Kelly is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including Psychology, Social Sciences, and Medicine, with the greatest focus on Psychology, totaling 18 publications across these fields.

Their work covers several subfields such as Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Education, Epidemiology, and Sociology and Political Science. This diverse expertise supports research themes that explore various aspects of mental health, education, and community well-being.

Key topics addressed by Adrian B. Kelly include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Community Health and Development

Their publication record features papers in a range of peer-reviewed journals, including frequent contributions to Prevention Science and the Journal of Religion and Health. Other significant publication venues include Child Psychiatry & Human Development, Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, and Addictive Behaviors.

Some recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Kelly are:

  • "Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention" (2021), published in Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • "Evidence for and against banning mobile phones in schools: A scoping review" (2024), published in Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools
  • "Intention to drink and alcohol use before 18 years among Australian adolescents: An extended Theory of Planned Behavior" (2020), published in Addictive Behaviors
  • "Are there gender-based variations in the presentation of Autism amongst female and male children?" (2022), published in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • "Evaluation of Communities That Care-Effects on Municipal Youth Crime Rates in Victoria, Australia: 2010-2019" (2021), published in Prevention Science

Kelly collaborates regularly with several researchers, including John W. Toumbourou, Bosco Rowland, Jennifer A. Bailey, Marilyn Campbell, and Joanne Williams, indicating productive research partnerships across related fields.

Best Publications

  • Polysubstance use: diagnostic challenges, patterns of use and health

    Jason P. Connor;Matthew J. Gullo;Angela White;Adrian B. Kelly

  • Autism Spectrum Symptomatology in Children: The Impact of Family and Peer Relationships

    Adrian B. Kelly;Michelle S. Garnett;Tony Attwood;Candida Peterson

  • A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ADOLESCENT POLYDRUG USE, ALCOHOL USE, AND HIGH SCHOOL NON-COMPLETION

    Adrian B. Kelly;Tracy J. Evans-Whipp;Rachel Smith;Gary C. K. Chan

  • Everyday social and conversation applications of theory-of-mind understanding by children with autism-spectrum disorders or typical development

    Candida C. Peterson;Michelle Garnett;Adrian B. Kelly;Tony Attwood

  • A prospective study of alcohol expectancies and self-efficacy as predictors of young adolescent alcohol misuse

    J.P. Connor;S.M. George;M.J. Gullo;A.B. Kelly

  • Reaching adolescents who drink harmfully: Fitting intervention to developmental reality

    Paul William Masterman;Adrian Bruce Kelly

  • Association of different forms of bullying victimisation with adolescents’ psychological distress and reduced emotional wellbeing

    Hannah J. Thomas;Gary C. K. Chan;James G. Scott;Jason P. Connor

  • Concurrent and simultaneous polydrug use: latent class analysis of an Australian nationally representative sample of young adults

    Lake-Hui Quek;Gary C. K. Chan;Angela White;Jason Paul Connor

  • Very young adolescents and alcohol: Evidence of a unique susceptibility to peer alcohol use

    Adrian B. Kelly;Gary C. K. Chan;John W. Toumbourou;John W. Toumbourou;Martin O'Flaherty

  • Gender differences in the impact of families on alcohol use: a lagged longitudinal study of early adolescents

    Adrian B. Kelly;Martin O'Flaherty;John W. Toumbourou;Jason P. Connor

  • Individual psychopathology and marital distress. Analyzing the association and implications for therapy.

    W. Kim Halford;Ruth Bouma;Adrian B. Kelly;Ross McD. Young

  • The influence of parents, siblings and peers on pre- and early-teen smoking: A multilevel model

    Adrian B. Kelly;Martin O'Flaherty;Jason P. Connor;Ross Homel

  • Family relationship quality and early alcohol use: Evidence for gender-specific risk processes

    Adrian B. Kelly;John W. Toumbourou;Martin O'Flaherty;George C. Patton

  • Child Maltreatment and Long-Term Physical and Mental Health Outcomes: An Exploration of Biopsychosocial Determinants and Implications for Prevention.

    Divya Mehta;Adrian B. Kelly;Kristin R. Laurens;Divna Haslam;Divna Haslam

  • Personal and family distress in homeless adolescents.

    Mark R. Dadds;David Braddock;Simone Cuers;Amanda Elliott

  • The relationship between psychological distress and adolescent polydrug use.

    Adrian B. Kelly;Gary C. K. Chan;W. Alex Mason;Joanne W. Williams

  • Alcohol-related associative strength and drinking behaviours: concurrent and prospective relationships.

    Adrian B Kelly;Paul William Masterman;G Alan Marlatt

  • User characteristics and effect profile of Butane Hash Oil: an extremely high-potency cannabis concentrate

    Gary C.K. Chan;Wayne Hall;Tom P. Freeman;Jason Ferris

  • The topography of multiple drug use among adolescent Australians: Findings from the National Drug Strategy Household Survey

    Angela White;Gary C.K. Chan;Lake-Hui Quek;Jason P. Connor

  • Maritally distressed women with alcohol problems: The impact of a short-term alcohol-focused intervention on drinking behaviour and marital satisfaction

    Adrian B. Kelly;W. K. I. M. Halford;Ross Mcd Young

  • A prospective study of alcohol expectancies and self-efficacy as predictors of young adolescent alcohol misuse

    Jason Connor;S. George;Matthew Gullo;Adrian Kelly

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Toumbourou
John W. Toumbourou Deakin University
Jason P. Connor
Jason P. Connor University of Queensland
Ross McD. Young
Ross McD. Young University of the Sunshine Coast
W. Kim Halford
W. Kim Halford University of Queensland
Matthew J. Gullo
Matthew J. Gullo Griffith University
Sheryl A. Hemphill
Sheryl A. Hemphill University of Melbourne
Richard F. Catalano
Richard F. Catalano University of Washington
Leanne Hides
Leanne Hides University of Queensland
Candida C. Peterson
Candida C. Peterson University of Queensland
Frank D. Fincham
Frank D. Fincham Florida State University

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