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Jordana K. Bayer

Jordana K. Bayer

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Psychology

D-Index
32
Citations
4759
World Ranking
10866
National Ranking
626

Overview

Jordana K. Bayer is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of psychology, medicine, and social sciences. Their work often intersects subfields such as clinical psychology, education, public health, environmental and occupational health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, and social psychology.

Bayer's research focuses on topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, early childhood education and development, infant development and preterm care, child abuse and trauma, youth substance use and school attendance, as well as attachment and relationship dynamics.

Several recent papers authored or co-authored by Bayer illustrate their involvement in studies related to child mental health and preventative interventions. Key publications include:

  • Cost-effectiveness of preventing child internalising problems: Results from the translational trial of Cool Little Kids at school entry (2020), published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Learning outcomes in primary school children with emotional problems: a prospective cohort study (2022), published in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Cool Little Kids translational trial to prevent internalising: two-year outcomes and prediction of parent engagement (2020), published in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Follow-up of the Cool Little Kids translational trial into middle childhood (2021), published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Prediction of clinical anxious and depressive problems in mid childhood amongst temperamentally inhibited preschool children: a population study (2021), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Bayer frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Ronald M. Rapee, Harriet Hiscock, Amy Brown, Lesley Bretherton, and Cathrine Mihalopoulos.

Their publications appear predominantly in academic journals such as Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and BMC Pediatrics.

Best Publications

  • Parent influences on early childhood internalizing difficulties

    Jordana K. Bayer;Jordana K. Bayer;Ann V. Sanson;Sheryl A. Hemphill;Sheryl A. Hemphill

  • Sleep problems in young infants and maternal mental and physical health

    Jordana K Bayer;Harriet Hiscock;Harriet Hiscock;Anne Hampton;Melissa Wake;Melissa Wake

  • Predicting intentions to seek help from professional mental health services.

    Jordana K. Bayer;Marilyn Y. Peay

  • Early childhood aetiology of mental health problems: a longitudinal population-based study.

    Jordana K. Bayer;Harriet Hiscock;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Anna Price

  • Improving infant sleep and maternal mental health: a cluster randomised trial

    Harriet Hiscock;Jordana Bayer;Lisa Gold;Anne Hampton

  • Long-term Mother and Child Mental Health Effects of a Population-Based Infant Sleep Intervention: Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial

    Harriet Hiscock;Jordana K Bayer;Anne Hampton;Obioha C Ukoumunne;Obioha C Ukoumunne

  • 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

  • Universal parenting programme to prevent early childhood behavioural problems: cluster randomised trial.

    Harriet Hiscock;Jordana K Bayer;Anna Price;Obioha C Ukoumunne

  • Systematic review of preventive interventions for children's mental health: what would work in Australian contexts?

    Jordana Bayer;Harriet Hiscock;Katherine Scalzo;Megan Mathers

  • Preventing Early Infant Sleep and Crying Problems and Postnatal Depression: A Randomized Trial

    Harriet Hiscock;Fallon Cook;Jordana Bayer;Ha N D Le

  • Development of children's internalising and externalising problems from infancy to five years of age

    Jordana K Bayer;Obioha C Ukoumunne;Megan Mathers;Melissa Wake;Melissa Wake

  • Child eating behavior outcomes of an early feeding intervention to reduce risk indicators for child obesity: The NOURISH RCT

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

  • Translational research to prevent internalizing problems early in childhood.

    Jordana K. Bayer;Ronald M. Rapee;Harriet Hiscock;Obioha C. Ukoumunne;Obioha C. Ukoumunne

  • Early puberty and childhood social and behavioral adjustment.

    Fiona K. Mensah;Fiona K. Mensah;Jordana K. Bayer;Jordana K. Bayer;Melissa Wake;Melissa Wake;John B. Carlin;John B. Carlin

  • Internet-Delivered Parenting Program for Prevention and Early Intervention of Anxiety Problems in Young Children: Randomized Controlled Trial.

    Amy J. Morgan;Ronald M. Rapee;Agus Salim;Nahal Goharpey

  • Study protocol: the Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study (CATS)

    Lisa K Mundy;Julian G Simmons;Nicholas B Allen;Russell M Viner

  • Children's Moods, Fears, and Worries: Development of an Early Childhood Parent Questionnaire

    Jordana K. Bayer;Ann V. Sanson;Sheryl A. Hemphill

  • Predicting Mid-Childhood Internalising Symptoms: A Longitudinal Community Study

    Jordana K. Bayer;Paul D. Hastings;Ann V. Sanson;Obioha C. Ukoumunne

  • The Cool Little Kids randomised controlled trial: Population-level early prevention for anxiety disorders

    Jordana K Bayer;Ronald M Rapee;Harriet Hiscock;Harriet Hiscock;Obioha C Ukoumunne;Obioha C Ukoumunne

  • Prevention of mental health problems: rationale for a universal approach

    Jordana K Bayer;Harriet Hiscock;Elise Morton-Allen;Obioha C Ukoumunne

  • Translational research to prevent internalizing problems early in childhood

    Jordana K. Bayer;Ronald M. Rapee;Harriet Hiscock;Obioha C. Ukoummune

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald M. Rapee
Ronald M. Rapee Macquarie University
Fiona Mensah
Fiona Mensah University of Melbourne
Cathrine Mihalopoulos
Cathrine Mihalopoulos Deakin University
Ann Sanson
Ann Sanson University of Melbourne
Nicholas B. Allen
Nicholas B. Allen University of Oregon
Jan M. Nicholson
Jan M. Nicholson La Trobe University
Sheryl A. Hemphill
Sheryl A. Hemphill University of Melbourne
Craig A. Olsson
Craig A. Olsson Deakin University
Julian G Simmons
Julian G Simmons University of Melbourne
Louisa Degenhardt
Louisa Degenhardt University of New South Wales

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