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Jan M. Nicholson

Jan M. Nicholson

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Psychology

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63
Citations
11952
World Ranking
3157
National Ranking
159

Overview

Jan M. Nicholson is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine, Health Professions, and Psychology. Their work encompasses several subfields with a focus on Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Health
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Jan M. Nicholson has co-authored extensively with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Naomi J. Hackworth (21 publications)
  • Shannon K. Bennetts (21 publications)
  • Sharinne Crawford (15 publications)
  • Amanda Cooklin (13 publications)
  • Fiona Mensah (12 publications)

Several publication venues frequently appear in Jan M. Nicholson's record, highlighting a breadth across public health and psychology journals:

  • PLoS ONE (3 publications)
  • BMC Public Health (3 publications)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset (3 publications)
  • BMJ Open (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Psychology (2 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Jan M. Nicholson include:

  • "A longitudinal analysis of puberty-related cortical development", 2020, NeuroImage
  • "Intimate partner violence and child outcomes at age 10: a pregnancy cohort", 2021, Archives of Disease in Childhood
  • "Effect of a Videoconference-Based Online Group Intervention for Traumatic Stress in Parents of Children With Life-threatening Illness", 2020, JAMA Network Open
  • "Student-teacher relationship quality in children with and without ADHD: A cross-sectional community based study", 2020, Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • "Working with families: A systematic scoping review of family-centred care in universal, community-based maternal, child, and family health services", 2020, Journal of Child Health Care

Best Publications

  • Preschooler Obesity and Parenting Styles of Mothers and Fathers: Australian National Population Study

    Melissa Wake;Jan Maree Nicholson;Pollyanna Hardy;Katherine Smith

  • Specific language impairment: a convenient label for whom?

    Sheena Reilly;Sheena Reilly;Bruce Tomblin;James Law;James Law;Cristina McKean;Cristina McKean

  • Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

    Ann Sanson;Jan Nicholson;Judy Ungerer;Stephen Zubrick

  • The NOURISH randomised control trial: positive feeding practices and food preferences in early childhood - a primary prevention program for childhood obesity

    Lynne Allison Daniels;Anthea Margaret Magarey;Diana Battistutta;Jan M Nicholson

  • Which presenteeism measures are more sensitive to depression and anxiety

    Kristy Sanderson;Elizabeth J. Tilse;Jan Nicholson;Brian Oldenburg

  • Impact of music therapy to promote positive parenting and child development.

    Jan M. Nicholson;Donna Berthelsen;Vicky Abad;Kate Williams

  • Do working mothers raise couch potato kids? Maternal employment and children's lifestyle behaviours and weight in early childhood.

    Judith E. Brown;Dorothy H. Broom;Jan M. Nicholson;Michael Bittman

  • Evaluation of an intervention to promote protective infant feeding practices to prevent childhood obesity: outcomes of the NOURISH RCT at 14 months of age and 6 months post the first of two intervention modules

    Lynne Daniels;Kimberley Mallan;Diana Battistutta;Jan Nicholson

  • Risk Factors for Childhood Mental Health Symptoms: National Longitudinal Study of Australian Children

    Jordana K Bayer;Obioha C Ukoumunne;Nina Lucas;Melissa Wake;Melissa Wake

  • Mothers’ work-family conflict and enrichment: Associations with parenting quality and couple relationship

    AR Cooklin;Elizabeth Westrupp;L Strazdins;R Giallo

  • An observational study of nutrition and physical activity behaviours, knowledge, and advice in pregnancy

    Susan J de Jersey;Susan J de Jersey;Jan M Nicholson;Leonie K Callaway;Lynne A Daniels

  • The role of practitioner self-efficacy, training, program and workplace factors on the implementation of an evidence-based parenting intervention in primary care

    Karen M. T. Turner;Jan M. Nicholson;Matthew R. Sanders

  • Outcomes of an Early Feeding Practices Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity

    Lynne Allison Daniels;Kimberley Margaret Mallan;Jan Maree Nicholson;Diana Battistutta

  • Teachers' reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect: behaviour and determinants

    A. F. G. Goebbels;J. M. Nicholson;Kerryann Walsh;H. de Vries

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

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

  • A prospective study of pregnancy weight gain in Australian women

    Susan J. de Jersey;Susan J. de Jersey;Jan. M. Nicholson;Leonie K. Callaway;Lynne A. Daniels

  • A Developmental Cascade Model of Behavioral Sleep Problems and Emotional and Attentional Self-Regulation Across Early Childhood.

    Kate E Williams;Donna Berthelsen;Sue Walker;Jan M Nicholson

  • Parent and Teacher Identification of Children at Risk of Developing Internalizing or Externalizing Mental Health Problems: A Comparison of Screening Methods

    Sarah B. Dwyer;Sarah B. Dwyer;Jan Maree Nicholson;Diana Battistutta

  • The feeding practices and structure questionnaire: construction and initial validation in a sample of Australian first-time mothers and their 2-year olds

    Elena Jansen;Kimberley M Mallan;Jan M Nicholson;Lynne A Daniels;Lynne A Daniels

  • The Effectiveness of a Short-Term Group Music Therapy Intervention for Parents Who Have a Child with a Disability

    Kate E. Williams;Donna Berthelsen;Jan M. Nicholson;Sue Walker

  • The role of fathers in child feeding: perceived responsibility and predictors of participation

    Kimberley Mallan;Michaela Nothard;Karen Thorpe;Jan Nicholson

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Emma Sciberras
Emma Sciberras Deakin University
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Kimberley M. Mallan
Kimberley M. Mallan Australian Catholic University
Rebecca Giallo
Rebecca Giallo Deakin University
Timothy J. Silk
Timothy J. Silk Deakin University
Sheena Reilly
Sheena Reilly Griffith University
Matthew R. Sanders
Matthew R. Sanders University of Queensland
Ann Sanson
Ann Sanson University of Melbourne
Nicole Joan Rinehart
Nicole Joan Rinehart Monash University

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