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Emma Sciberras

Emma Sciberras

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Psychology

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Overview

Emma Sciberras is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions in Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. They have extensively studied topics related to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, and Family and Disability Support Research.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "From 'It Has Stopped Our Lives' to 'Spending More Time Together Has Strengthened Bonds': The Varied Experiences of Australian Families During COVID-19" (2020), published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Remote Learning During COVID-19: Examining School Practices, Service Continuation, and Difficulties for Adolescents With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" (2020), published in Journal of Adolescent Health
  • "Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data" (2021), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "A systematic review of the persistence of childhood mental health problems into adulthood" (2021), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • "Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia" (2020), published in Journal of Attention Disorders

Frequent co-authors in Emma Sciberras's work include:

  • Timothy J. Silk
  • Daryl Efron
  • Melissa Mulraney
  • David Coghill
  • Mark A. Bellgrove

They have published regularly in several academic journals, including:

  • Journal of Attention Disorders
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Journal of Affective Disorders

Emma Sciberras's book publications include a title published by Cambridge University Press:

  • Language Development (2022)

The main research areas covered by Emma Sciberras are:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, their subfields of study include:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

Key topics addressed in their work are:

  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Best Publications

  • Sleep Problems in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Prevalence and the Effect on the Child and Family

    Valerie Sung;Harriet Hiscock;Emma Sciberras;Daryl Efron

  • Retention strategies in longitudinal cohort studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Samantha Teague;George Youssef;George Youssef;Jacqui Macdonald;Jacqui Macdonald;Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras

  • Impact of a behavioural sleep intervention on symptoms and sleep in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and parental mental health: randomised controlled trial

    Harriet Hiscock;Harriet Hiscock;Emma Sciberras;Fiona Mensah;Bibi Gerner;Bibi Gerner

  • Prenatal Risk Factors and the Etiology of ADHD-Review of Existing Evidence.

    Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Melissa Mulraney;Desiree Silva;David Coghill;David Coghill

  • From “It Has Stopped Our Lives” to “Spending More Time Together Has Strengthened Bonds”: The Varied Experiences of Australian Families During COVID-19

    Subhadra Evans;Antonina Mikocka-Walus;Annamaria Klas;Lisa Olive

  • Remote Learning During COVID-19: Examining School Practices, Service Continuation, and Difficulties for Adolescents With and Without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.

    Stephen P. Becker;Stephen P. Becker;Rosanna Breaux;Caroline N. Cusick;Melissa R. Dvorsky

  • Relationship between symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and family functioning: a community-based study

    Alexandra Cussen;Emma Sciberras;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Daryl Efron;Daryl Efron

  • Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data.

    Elizabeth Westrupp;C Bennett;Tomer Berkowitz;George Youssef

  • Bidirectional associations between child sleep problems and internalizing and externalizing difficulties from preschool to early adolescence

    Jon L. Quach;Jon L. Quach;Cattram D. Nguyen;Cattram D. Nguyen;Kate E. Williams;Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras

  • Association between sleep and working memory in children with ADHD: a cross-sectional study

    E. Sciberras;E. Sciberras;A. DePetro;F. Mensah;H. Hiscock;H. Hiscock

  • A systematic review of the persistence of childhood mental health problems into adulthood.

    Melissa Mulraney;David Coghill;Caitlin Bishop;Yasemin Mehmed

  • Language problems in children with ADHD: a community-based study.

    Emma Sciberras;Kathryn L. Mueller;Daryl Efron;Daryl Efron;Matthew Bisset

  • Anxiety in Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Emma Sciberras;Kate Lycett;Daryl Efron;Fiona Mensah

  • Associations between parenting stress, parent mental health and child sleep problems for children with ADHD and ASD: Systematic review

    Christina A Martin;Nicole Papadopoulos;Tayla Chellew;Nicole J Rinehart

  • Research Review: Language problems in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - a systematic meta-analytic review.

    Hannah Korrel;Kathryn L. Mueller;Tim Silk;Vicki Anderson

  • Physical Health, Media Use, and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents With ADHD During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia.

    Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Pooja Patel;Mark A Stokes;David Coghill;David Coghill

  • Systematic review of meditation-based interventions for children with ADHD.

    Subhadra Evans;Mathew Ling;Briony Hill;Nicole Rinehart

  • Experience of stress in parents of children with ADHD: A qualitative study

    Sophie Leitch;Emma Sciberras;Emma Sciberras;Brittany Post;Bibi Gerner

  • The Efficacy of a Brief Behavioral Sleep Intervention in School-Aged Children With ADHD and Comorbid Autism Spectrum Disorder.

    Nicole Papadopoulos;Emma Sciberras;Harriet Hiscock;Harriet Hiscock;Melissa Mulraney

  • Autism spectrum disorder: Presentation and prevalence in a nationally representative Australian sample

    Melinda Randall;Emma Sciberras;Amanda Brignell;Elfriede Ihsen

  • Autism spectrum disorder: updated prevalence and comparison of two birth cohorts in a nationally representative Australian sample.

    Tamara May;Emma Sciberras;Amanda Brignell;Katrina Williams

  • The Children’s Attention Project: a community-based longitudinal study of children with ADHD and non-ADHD controls

    Emma Sciberras;Daryl Efron;Daryl Efron;Elizabeth J. Schilpzand;Vicki Anderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Timothy J. Silk
Timothy J. Silk Deakin University
Nicole Joan Rinehart
Nicole Joan Rinehart Monash University
David Coghill
David Coghill University of Melbourne
Jane McGillivray
Jane McGillivray Deakin University
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Amanda G. Wood
Amanda G. Wood Deakin University

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