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Aja Louise Murray is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research within psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Their work spans various subfields including clinical psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, education, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's primary research topics focus on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, mental health research, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, child abuse and trauma, early childhood education and development, and bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Among Murray's recent publications are:

  • Non-compliance with COVID-19-related public health measures among young adults in Switzerland: Insights from a longitudinal cohort study, 2020, Social Science & Medicine
  • Emotional distress in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence of risk and resilience from a longitudinal cohort study, 2022, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Descriptive, Predictive and Explanatory Personality Research: Different Goals, Different Approaches, but a Shared Need to Move beyond the Big Few Traits, 2020, European Journal of Personality
  • Bottom Up Construction of a Personality Taxonomy, 2020, European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • A Longitudinal and Gender Invariance Analysis of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Across Ages 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, and 17 in a Large U.K.-Representative Sample, 2021, Assessment

Murray frequently publishes in venues such as the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Research Square, PsycTESTS Dataset, and Journal of Affective Disorders.

Collaborations have included numerous coauthors with whom Murray has worked extensively. Frequent collaborators include Manuel Eisner, Denis Ribeaud, Lydia Gabriela Speyer, Bonnie Auyeung, and Ingrid Obsuth.

Best Publications

  • Emotional distress in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence of risk and resilience from a longitudinal cohort study.

    Lilly Shanahan;Anniekatrin Steinhoff;Laura Bechtiger;Aja L. Murray

  • Non-compliance with COVID-19-related public health measures among young adults in Switzerland: Insights from a longitudinal cohort study.

    Amy Nivette;Denis Ribeaud;Aja Louise Murray;Annekatrin Steinhoff

  • Emotional distress in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence of risk and resilience from a longitudinal cohort study

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  • The limitations of model fit in comparing the bi-factor versus higher-order models of human cognitive ability structure

    Aja L. Murray;Wendy Johnson

  • Gender ratio in a clinical population sample, age of diagnosis and duration of assessment in children and adults with autism spectrum disorder

    Marion Rutherford;Karen McKenzie;Tess Johnson;Ciara Catchpole

  • The development of the general factor of psychopathology 'p factor' through childhood and adolescence

    Aja Louise Murray;Manuel Eisner;Denis Ribeaud

  • Descriptive, Predictive and Explanatory Personality Research: Different Goals, Different Approaches, but a Shared Need to Move beyond the Big Few Traits:

    Rene Mottus;Rene Mottus;Dustin Wood;David Condon;Mitja D. Back

  • Brief Report: An Evaluation of the AQ-10 as a Brief Screening Instrument for ASD in Adults

    Tom Booth;Aja Louise Murray;Karen McKenzie;Renate Kuenssberg

  • Do urban environments increase the risk of anxiety, depression and psychosis? An epidemiological study

    Karen McKenzie;Aja Louise Murray;Tom Booth

  • A Non-bipartite Propensity Score Analysis of the Effects of Teacher–Student Relationships on Adolescent Problem and Prosocial Behavior

    Ingrid Obsuth;Aja Louise Murray;Tina Malti;Philippe Sulger

  • A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Non-Response and Attrition in Longitudinal Research Using a Real Data Example

    Nora L. Eisner;Aja L. Murray;Manuel Eisner;Denis Ribeaud

  • Screening for offenders with an intellectual disability: the validity of the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire.

    Karen McKenzie;Amanda Michie;Aja Louise Murray;Charlene Hales

  • Sex differences in ADHD trajectories across childhood and adolescence

    Aja Louise Murray;Tom Booth;Manuel Eisner;Bonnie Auyeung

  • Are autistic traits measured equivalently in individuals with and without an autism spectrum disorder? An invariance analysis of the Autism Spectrum Quotient Short Form.

    Aja Louise Murray;Tom Booth;Karen McKenzie;Renate Kuenssberg

  • The Impact of Childhood Psychological Maltreatment on Mental Health Outcomes in Adulthood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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  • Evaluating Longitudinal Invariance in Dimensions of Mental Health Across Adolescence: An Analysis of the Social Behavior Questionnaire

    Aja Louise Murray;Ingrid Obsuth;Manuel Eisner;Denis Ribeaud

  • A Longitudinal and Gender Invariance Analysis of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire Across Ages 3, 5, 7, 11, 14, and 17 in a Large U.K.-Representative Sample:

    Aja Louise Murray;Lydia Gabriela Speyer;Hildigunnur Anna Hall;Sara Valdebenito

  • Teacher Versus Parent Informant Measurement Invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

    Aja Louise Murray;Lydia Gabriela Speyer;Hildigunnur Anna Hall;Sara Valdebenito

  • Bottom up Construction of a Personality Taxonomy

    David M. Condon;Dustin Wood;Rene Mottus;Tom Booth

  • Exercise identity as a risk factor for exercise dependence.

    Aja Louise Murray;Karen McKenzie;Emily Newman;Erin Brown

  • Can the Social Behavior Questionnaire Help Meet the Need for Dimensional, Transdiagnostic Measures of Childhood and Adolescent Psychopathology?

    Aja Louise Murray;Aja Louise Murray;Manuel Eisner;Denis Ribeaud

  • The evaluation of a screening tool for children with an intellectual disability: the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Screening Questionnaire.

    Karen McKenzie;Donna Paxton;George Murray;Paula Milanesi

Frequent Co-Authors

Manuel Eisner
Manuel Eisner University of Cambridge
Karen McKenzie
Karen McKenzie Northumbria University
Denis Ribeaud
Denis Ribeaud University of Zurich
Bonnie Auyeung
Bonnie Auyeung University of Edinburgh
Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes University of Cambridge
Michael P. Dunne
Michael P. Dunne Queensland University of Technology
Michelle Luciano
Michelle Luciano University of Edinburgh
Anne O'Hare
Anne O'Hare University of Edinburgh
Adriana Baban
Adriana Baban Babeș-Bolyai University
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson University of Edinburgh

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