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Overview

Ann Sanson is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans multiple disciplines with a primary focus on psychology, social sciences, and medicine. The work covers various subfields, including clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, education, and health.

The main topics addressed in their research include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, health disparities and outcomes, early childhood education and development, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, psychological and temporal perspectives research, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Ann Sanson's recent publications include:

  • Children and youth in the climate crisis, 2021, BJPsych Bulletin
  • Climate change and resilience: Developmental science perspectives, 2023, International Journal of Behavioral Development

Additional notable papers from their broader research network include works in topics relevant to developmental psychology and mental health, though not all authored by Sanson:

  • A comparison of penalised regression methods for informing the selection of predictive markers, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Maternal and paternal depression and anxiety and offspring infant negative affectivity: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Developmental Review
  • Adolescent School Belonging and Mental Health Outcomes in Young Adulthood: Findings from a Multi-wave Prospective Cohort Study, 2024, School Mental Health

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, Journal of Cognition and Development, International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, BJPsych Bulletin, and PLoS ONE. This illustrates a consistent engagement with journals specializing in developmental psychology, mental health, and longitudinal research.

Among frequent collaborators, Ann Sanson has worked extensively with Primrose Letcher, Craig A. Olsson, Christopher Greenwood, Jacqui A. Macdonald, and Delyse Hutchinson. These collaborations reflect a network focused on developmental and clinical psychology topics.

In addition to articles, Ann Sanson has published books, including "Children and Climate Change" in 2022 with Cambridge University Press. This adds a dimension of scholarly contribution to environmental and developmental science literature.

Best Publications

  • Connections between Temperament and Social Development: A Review

    Ann Sanson;Sheryl A. Hemphill;Diana Smart

  • Parent influences on early childhood internalizing difficulties

    Jordana K. Bayer;Jordana K. Bayer;Ann V. Sanson;Sheryl A. Hemphill;Sheryl A. Hemphill

  • Child Temperament and Parenting

    Samuel P. Putnam;Ann V. Sanson;Mary K. Rothbart

  • Does shy-inhibited temperament in childhood lead to anxiety problems in adolescence?

    Margot Prior;Diana Smart;Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • The Association of Behavioural Adjustment to Temperament, Parenting and Family Characteristics among 5‐Year‐Old Children

    Gill Paterson;Ann Sanson

  • The Psychological Effects of Climate Change on Children.

    Susie E. L. Burke;Ann V. Sanson;Judith Van Hoorn

  • Risk Indicators: Assessment of Infancy Predictors of Pre-School Behavioural Maladjustment

    Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid;Robert Pedlow;Margot Prior

  • The long-term significance of teacher-rated hyperactivity and reading ability in childhood: findings from two longitudinal studies.

    Rob McGee;Margot Prior;Sheila Williams;Diana Smart

  • Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

    Ann Sanson;Jan Nicholson;Judy Ungerer;Stephen Zubrick

  • Responding to the Impacts of the Climate Crisis on Children and Youth

    Ann V. Sanson;Judith Van Hoorn;Susie E. L. Burke

  • Parent influences in the transmission of eating and weight related values and behaviors.

    Eleanor H Wertheim;Geoff Martin;Margot Prior;Ann Sanson

  • The structure of infant temperament: Factor analysis of the revised infant temperament questionnaire☆

    Ann Sanson;Margot Prior;Elio Garino;Frank Oberklaid

  • Precursors of Hyperactivity and Aggression

    Ann Sanson;Diana Smart;Margot Prior;Frank Oberklaid

  • Predictors of Positive Development in Emerging Adulthood

    Meredith O'Connor;Ann Sanson;Mary T. Hawkins;Primrose Letcher

  • Stability of Maternally Reported Temperament From Infancy to 8 Years

    Robert Pedlow;Ann Sanson;Margot Prior;Frank Oberklaid

  • Dimensions of early childhood behavior problems : Stability and predictors of change from 18 to 30 months

    Kristin S. Mathiesen;Ann Sanson

  • The Australian temperament project.

    Margot R. Prior;Ann V. Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Sex Differences in Psychological Adjustment from Infancy to 8 Years

    Margot Prior;Diana Smart;Ann Sanson;Frank Oberklaid

  • Parenting influences on adolescent alcohol use

    Louise Hayes;Diana Smart;John Toumbourou;Ann Sanson

  • A prospective longitudinal study of shyness from infancy to adolescence: stability, age-related changes, and prediction of socio-emotional functioning.

    Evalill Karevold;Eivind Ystrom;Robert J Coplan;Ann V Sanson

  • Pathways from Infancy to Adolescence: Australian Temperament Project 1983-2000: (567532013-001)

    Margot Prior;Ann Sanson;Diana Smart;Frank Oberklaid

Frequent Co-Authors

Margot Prior
Margot Prior University of Melbourne
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
John W. Toumbourou
John W. Toumbourou Deakin University
Frank Oberklaid
Frank Oberklaid Royal Children's Hospital
Judy Ungerer
Judy Ungerer Macquarie University
Sheryl A. Hemphill
Sheryl A. Hemphill University of Melbourne
Delyse Hutchinson
Delyse Hutchinson Deakin University
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Jordana K. Bayer
Jordana K. Bayer La Trobe University
Anthony F. Jorm
Anthony F. Jorm University of Melbourne

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