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Overview

Bruce J Tonge is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has an extensive publication record primarily in psychology and medicine. Their research covers multiple subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, education, cognitive neuroscience, and general health professions.

The scientist's work addresses key topics such as family and disability support research, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, autism spectrum disorder research, child nutrition and feeding issues, parental involvement in education, schizophrenia research and treatment, and infant development and preterm care.

Frequent publication venues for Bruce J Tonge include:

  • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Types and correlates of school non-attendance in students with autism spectrum disorders, 2020, Autism
  • Effects of physical activity on behaviour and emotional problems, mental health and psychosocial well-being in children and adolescents with intellectual disability: A systematic review, 2021, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
  • Participation in sport and physical activity in adults with intellectual disabilities, 2020, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • Male autism spectrum disorder is linked to brain aromatase disruption by prenatal BPA in multimodal investigations and 10HDA ameliorates the related mouse phenotype, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Community participation in adults with autism: A systematic review, 2021, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Bruce J Tonge frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Kylie M. Gray
  • Glenn Melvin
  • Stewart Einfeld
  • Richard P. Hastings
  • Matthew R. Sanders

The scientist's research approach intersects several important topics within developmental and clinical psychology, emphasizing intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and mental health issues over a broad age range from infancy through adulthood. Their contributions to understanding child and adolescent development, family support mechanisms, and psychosocial wellbeing are documented across multiple scientific journals and research outlets.

Best Publications

  • Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Emotion Recognition for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Adam J. Guastella;Stewart L. Einfeld;Kylie M. Gray;Nicole J. Rinehart

  • Behaviour and emotional problems in toddlers with pervasive developmental disorders and developmental delay: associations with parental mental health and family functioning.

    Sally Elizabeth Herring;Kylie Megan Gray;John Raymond Taffe;Bruce John Tonge

  • Treating Sexually Abused Children With Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Neville J King;Bruce J Tonge;Paul E Mullen;Nicole Myerson

  • Population prevalence of psychopathology in children and adolescents with intellectual disability: II epidemiological findings

    S. L. Einfeld;B. J. Tonge

  • The Developmental Behavior Checklist: The Development and Validation of an Instrument to Assess Behavioral and Emotional Disturbance in Children and Adolescents with Mental Retardation.

    Stewart L. Einfeld;Bruce J. Tonge

  • Psychopathology in children and adolescents with autism compared to young people with intellectual disability.

    Avril Vaux Brereton;Bruce John Tonge;Stewart Lloyd Einfeld

  • The normative development of emotion regulation strategy use in children and adolescents: a 2-year follow-up study.

    Eleonora Gullone;Elizabeth Kate Hughes;Neville John King;Bruce John Tonge

  • Psychopathology in Young People With Intellectual Disability

    Stewart L. Einfeld;Andrea M. Piccinin;Andrea M. Piccinin;Andrew Mackinnon;Scott M. Hofer;Scott M. Hofer

  • Effects on parental mental health of an education and skills training program for parents of young children with autism: a randomized controlled trial.

    Bruce John Tonge;Avril Vaux Brereton;Melissa Carmen Kiomall;Andrew James Mackinnon

  • Cognitive-behavioral treatment of school-refusing children: a controlled evaluation.

    Neville J. King;Bruce J. Tonge;David Heyne;Melinda Pritchard

  • An investigation into sleep characteristics of children with autism and Asperger's Disorder.

    L M Patzold;A L Richdale;B J Tonge

  • Manual for the Developmental Behaviour Checklist: Primary Carer Version (DBC-P) and Teacher Version (DBC-T) (2nd ed.)

    Stewart Einfeld;Bruce John Tonge;Kylie Megan Gray;Avril Vaux Brereton

  • The Ritvo Autism Asperger Diagnostic Scale-Revised (RAADS-R): A Scale to Assist the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Adults: An International Validation Study

    Riva Ariella Ritvo;Edward R Ritvo;Donald Guthrie;Max J Ritvo

  • Movement preparation in high-functioning autism and Asperger disorder: a serial choice reaction time task involving motor reprogramming.

    Nicole Joan Rinehart;John L Bradshaw;Avril Brereton;Bruce J Tonge

  • Array CGH identifies reciprocal 16p13.1 duplications and deletions that predispose to autism and/or mental retardation

    Reinhard Ullmann;Gillian Turner;Maria Kirchhoff;Wei Chen

  • The effects of a course of intranasal oxytocin on social behaviors in youth diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders: a randomized controlled trial

    Adam J. Guastella;Kylie M. Gray;Nicole J. Rinehart;Nicole J. Rinehart;Gail A. Alvares

  • Autism and ADHD: how far have we come in the comorbidity debate?

    Belinda A. Gargaro;Nicole J. Rinehart;John L. Bradshaw;Bruce J. Tonge

  • Atypical Interference of Local Detail on Global Processing in High-functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder

    Nicole Joan Rinehart;John L Bradshaw;Simon Moss;Avril V Brereton

  • An Examination of Movement Kinematics in Young People with High-functioning Autism and Asperger's Disorder: Further Evidence for a Motor Planning Deficit

    Nicole Joan Rinehart;Mark A Bellgrove;Bruce John Tonge;Avril Vaux Brereton

  • Gait function in newly diagnosed children with autism: Cerebellar and basal ganglia related motor disorder.

    Nicole Joan Rinehart;Bruce John Tonge;Robert Iansek;Jenny McGinley

  • Interpersonal motor resonance in autism spectrum disorder: evidence against a global “mirror system” deficit

    Peter Gregory Enticott;Hayley Ann Kennedy;Nicole Joan Rinehart;John Lockyer Bradshaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Stewart L. Einfeld
Stewart L. Einfeld University of Sydney
Kylie Megan Gray
Kylie Megan Gray University of Birmingham
Nicole Joan Rinehart
Nicole Joan Rinehart Monash University
Neville J. King
Neville J. King Monash University
David Heyne
David Heyne Leiden University
Glenn Alexander Melvin
Glenn Alexander Melvin Deakin University
John L. Bradshaw
John L. Bradshaw Monash University
Thomas H. Ollendick
Thomas H. Ollendick Virginia Tech
Peter G. Enticott
Peter G. Enticott Deakin University
Andrew Mackinnon
Andrew Mackinnon University of New South Wales

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