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Jim Stevenson is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields including psychology, social sciences, and medicine, with specific work in clinical psychology, education, pharmacology, epidemiology, and developmental and educational psychology. The focus of their studies often involves child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, cannabis and cannabinoid research, reading and literacy development, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, child development and digital technology, and early childhood education and development.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Understanding Bidirectional Relations Between Adolescent Cannabis Use and Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: A Longitudinal Study of Canadian Youth (2025, Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Use)
  • Editorial Perspective: How Sir Michael Rutter revolutionised our understanding of human development: An introduction to a systematic Digest of his life's work (2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry)

These publications cover topics related to adolescent substance use and developmental psychology. One additional listed article was authored by a frequent co-author, Konstantinos Kosmas Gaitis, indicating active collaboration within their research network.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jim Stevenson include:

  • Matthew N. Hill
  • Rebecca Haines-Saah
  • Daniel C. Kopala-Sibley
  • Konstantinos Kosmas Gaitis
  • Inga Vermeulen

Their works have been published in journals such as:

  • Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Use
  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

This publication history reflects a multidisciplinary approach focusing on developmental and clinical issues in child and adolescent populations, intersecting with substance use research and the legal and social frameworks surrounding child safety and well-being.

Best Publications

  • Food additives and hyperactive behaviour in 3-year-old and 8/9-year-old children in the community: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

    Donna McCann;Angelina Barrett;Alison Cooper;Debbie Crumpler

  • Phonemes, rimes, vocabulary, and grammatical skills as foundations of early reading development: evidence from a longitudinal study.

    Valerie Muter;Charles Hulme;Margaret J. Snowling;Jim Stevenson

  • Pre-school to school: A behavioural study.

    N. Richman;J. Stevenson;Philip J. Graham

  • Nonpharmacological Interventions for ADHD: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials of Dietary and Psychological Treatments

    Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke;Daniel Brandeis;Samuele Cortese;David Daley

  • A Twin Study of Hyperactivity—II. The Aetiological Role of Genes, Family Relationships and Perinatal Adversity

    Robert Goodman;Jim Stevenson

  • Language ability after early detection of permanent childhood hearing impairment.

    Colin R. Kennedy;Donna C. McCann;Michael J. Campbell;Catherine M. Law

  • The development of phonological awareness in preschool children.

    Julia M. Carroll;Margaret J. Snowling;Charles Hulme;Jim Stevenson

  • Sleep problems in early childhood: continuities, predictive factors, and behavioral correlates.

    Barry Zuckerman;James Stevenson;Veira Bailey

  • Cognitive Training for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes From Randomized Controlled Trials

    Samuele Cortese;Samuele Cortese;Samuele Cortese;Maite Ferrin;Daniel Brandeis;Daniel Brandeis;Jan Buitelaar

  • Anxiety and Depression in Academic Performance: An Exploration of the Mediating Factors of Worry and Working Memory

    Matthew Owens;Jim Stevenson;Julie A. Hadwin;Roger Norgate

  • Psychological mechanisms in hyperactivity: I response inhibition, deficit, working memory impairment, delay aversion or something else ?

    Jonna Kuntsi;Jaap Oosterlaan;Jim Stevenson

  • PREVALENCE OF BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS IN 3‐YEAR‐OLD CHILDREN: AN EP1DEMIOLOGICAL STUDY IN A LONDON BOROUGH

    N. Richman;J. E. Stevenson;P. J. Graham

  • Subjective health complaints in adolescence. A cross-national comparison of prevalence and dimensionality

    Siren Haugland;Bents Wold;Jim Stevenson;Leif Edvard Aaroe

  • Development of sexually abusive behaviour in sexually victimised males: a longitudinal study

    Daniel Salter;Dean McMillan;Mark Richards;Tiffany Talbot

  • Sex differences in the etiology of aggressive and nonaggressive antisocial behavior: results from two twin studies

    Thalia C. Eley;Paul Lichtenstein;Jim Stevenson

  • Strong evidence that KIAA0319 on chromosome 6p is a susceptibility gene for developmental dyslexia

    Natalie Cope;Denise Harold;Gary Hill;Valentina Moskvina

  • Processing efficiency theory in children: working memory as a mediator between trait anxiety and academic performance.

    Matthew Owens;Jim Stevenson;Roger Norgate;Julie A. Hadwin

  • Developments in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Over the Last 50 Years

    Michael Rutter;Jim Stevenson

  • The effects of a double blind, placebo controlled, artificial food colourings and benzoate preservative challenge on hyperactivity in a general population sample of preschool children

    Belinda Bateman;John O. Warner;E. Hutchinson;Tara Dean

  • Neurofeedback for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Meta-Analysis of Clinical and Neuropsychological Outcomes From Randomized Controlled Trials.

    Samuele Cortese;Maite Ferrin;Daniel Brandeis;Martin Holtmann

  • Genetic influence on language delay in two-year-old children.

    Philip S. Dale;Emily Simonoff;Dorothy V. M. Bishop;Thalia C. Eley

Frequent Co-Authors

Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke
Edmund J.S. Sonuga-Barke King's College London
Thalia C. Eley
Thalia C. Eley King's College London
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Philip S. Dale
Philip S. Dale University of New Mexico
Emily Simonoff
Emily Simonoff King's College London
Margaret Thompson
Margaret Thompson University of Southampton
Julie A. Hadwin
Julie A. Hadwin University of Southampton
Daniel Brandeis
Daniel Brandeis University of Zurich
David Skuse
David Skuse University College London
Julie Williams
Julie Williams Cardiff University

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