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John W. Toumbourou

John W. Toumbourou

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Psychology

D-Index
73
Citations
17653
World Ranking
1984
National Ranking
96

Overview

John W. Toumbourou is affiliated with Deakin University in Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences, health professions, and psychology, with notable contributions in subfields such as general health professions, clinical psychology, health, epidemiology, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, homelessness and social issues, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, community health and development, health disparities and outcomes, intimate partner and family violence, and health policy implementation science.

Recent publications highlight diverse research interests and include:

  • Child, parent, and family mental health and functioning in Australia during COVID-19: comparison to pre-pandemic data (2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
  • A comparison of penalised regression methods for informing the selection of predictive markers (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Sharing is not always caring: Understanding motivations and behavioural associations with sext dissemination. (2020, Computers in Human Behavior)
  • Policies are Needed to Increase the Reach and Impact of Evidence-Based Parenting Supports: A Call for a Population-Based Approach to Supporting Parents, Children, and Families (2022, Child Psychiatry & Human Development)
  • Study Protocol for the COVID-19 Pandemic Adjustment Survey (CPAS): A Longitudinal Study of Australian Parents of a Child 0-18 Years (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Bosco Rowland
  • Jessica A. Heerde
  • Jennifer A. Bailey
  • Delyse Hutchinson
  • Craig A. Olsson

Key publication venues where the scientist has contributed multiple works include:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Prevention Science
  • Journal of Family Violence
  • PLoS ONE
  • Trauma Violence & Abuse

Best Publications

  • Interventions to reduce harm associated with adolescent substance use

    John W. Toumbourou;Timothy R. Stockwell;Timothy R. Stockwell;Clayton Neighbors;G. A. Marlatt

  • Young adult sequelae of adolescent cannabis use:an integrative analysis

    Edmund Silins;L John Horwood;George C Patton;George C Patton;David M Fergusson

  • Early risk and protective factors for problem gambling: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.

    Nicki Dowling;Nicki Dowling;Nicki Dowling;S S Merkouris;C J Greenwood;E Oldenhof

  • A cross-national comparison of risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use: the United States and Australia.

    Jennifer M Beyers;John W Toumbourou;Richard F Catalano;Michael W Arthur

  • The prevention of substance use, risk and harm in Australia - a review of the evidence

    Wendy Loxley;J. Toumbourou;Tim Stockwell;B. Haines

  • Physical activity, leisure-time screen use and depression among children and young adolescents

    Peter Kremer;Christine Elshaug;Eva Leslie;John W. Toumbourou

  • The Effect of School Suspensions and Arrests on Subsequent Adolescent Antisocial Behavior in Australia and the United States

    Sheryl A. Hemphill;John W. Toumbourou;Todd I. Herrenkohl;Barbara J. McMorris

  • Longitudinal Predictors of Cyber and Traditional Bullying Perpetration in Australian Secondary School Students

    Sheryl A. Hemphill;Aneta Kotevski;Michelle Tollit;Rachel Smith;Rachel Smith

  • Puberty and the onset of substance use and abuse

    George C. Patton;Barbara J. McMorris;John W. Toumbourou;Sheryl A. Hemphill

  • Associations Between Diet Quality and Depressed Mood in Adolescents: Results from the Australian Healthy Neighbourhoods Study:

    Felice N. Jacka;Peter J. Kremer;Eva R. Leslie;Michael Berk

  • Consequences of Youth Tobacco Use: A Review of Prospective Behavioural Studies

    M Mathers;J W Toumbourou;R F Catalano;J Williams

  • The effect of peer influence and selection processes on adolescent alcohol use: a systematic review of longitudinal studies

    Rachel K Leung;John W Toumbourou;Sheryl A Hemphill

  • Longitudinal predictors of domestic violence perpetration and victimization: a systematic review

    Beth M. Costa;Christine E. Kaestle;Arlene Walker;Ashlee Curtis

  • Predictors of Positive Development in Emerging Adulthood

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

  • A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ADOLESCENT POLYDRUG USE, ALCOHOL USE, AND HIGH SCHOOL NON-COMPLETION

    Adrian B. Kelly;Tracy J. Evans-Whipp;Rachel Smith;Gary C. K. Chan

  • Review: Longitudinal trajectories of child and adolescent depressive symptoms and their predictors – a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Lori Shore;John W. Toumbourou;Andrew J. Lewis;Peter Kremer

  • Longitudinal consequences of adolescent bullying perpetration and victimisation: A study of students in Victoria, Australia

    Sheryl A. Hemphill;Aneta Kotevski;Aneta Kotevski;Todd I. Herrenkohl;Lyndal Bond

  • Risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use in washington state, the United States and Victoria, Australia: a longitudinal study.

    Sheryl A. Hemphill;Jessica A. Heerde;Todd I. Herrenkohl;George C. Patton

  • 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

  • Student and school factors associated with school suspension: A multilevel analysis of students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States

    Sheryl A. Hemphill;Sheryl A. Hemphill;Stephanie M. Plenty;Stephanie M. Plenty;Todd I. Herrenkohl;John W. Toumbourou

  • Parenting influences on adolescent alcohol use

    Louise Hayes;Diana Smart;John Toumbourou;Ann Sanson

  • Preventing Harmful Substance Use: the evidence base for policy and practice

    Tim Stockwell;Paul Gruenewald;John Toumbourou;Wendy Loxley

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheryl A. Hemphill
Sheryl A. Hemphill University of Melbourne
Richard F. Catalano
Richard F. Catalano University of Washington
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Ann Sanson
Ann Sanson University of Melbourne
Todd I. Herrenkohl
Todd I. Herrenkohl University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Adrian B. Kelly
Adrian B. Kelly Queensland University of Technology
Delyse Hutchinson
Delyse Hutchinson Deakin University
Barbara J. McMorris
Barbara J. McMorris University of Minnesota
Jason P. Connor
Jason P. Connor University of Queensland
Nicki A. Dowling
Nicki A. Dowling Deakin University

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