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Overview

Mark R. Dadds is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and has contributed extensively to research primarily within the fields of Psychology and Medicine.

Their scholarly output includes a substantial number of publications, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology and related subfields such as Social Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The main topics addressed in their work cover aspects of child development, family dynamics, and mental health, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Dadds has collaborated frequently with other researchers, notably including:

  • David J. Hawes
  • Lucy A. Tully
  • Valsamma Eapen
  • Antonio Mendoza Diaz
  • Caroline Moul

Their publications appear predominantly in journals that address child psychiatry, family psychology, and related disciplines. Common venues include:

  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Recent papers associated with or related to this scientist's domain of research include:

  • "Capturing the developmental timing of adverse childhood experiences: The Adverse Life Experiences Scale." (2021), American Psychologist
  • "Is Callous Always Cold? A Critical Review of the Literature on Emotion and the Development of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Children" (2020), Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • "Oppositional defiant disorder" (2023), Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "A review of Australian Government funding of parenting intervention research" (2022), Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • "I Know What to Do; I Can Do It; It Will Work: The Brief Parental Self Efficacy Scale (BPSES) for Parenting Interventions" (2023), Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Best Publications

  • Family Treatment of Childhood Anxiety: A Controlled Trial

    Paula M. Barrett;Mark R. Dadds;Ronald M. Rapee

  • Oxytocin Increases Gaze to the Eye Region of Human Faces

    Adam J. Guastella;Philip B. Mitchell;Mark R. Dadds

  • School connectedness is an underemphasized parameter in adolescent mental health: Results of a community prediction study

    Ian M. Shochet;Mark R. Dadds;David R. Ham;Roslyn Montague

  • The role of parental anxiety in the treatment of childhood anxiety.

    Vanessa E. Cobham;Mark R. Dadds;Susan H. Spence

  • Prevention and Early Intervention for Anxiety disorders: A controlled trial

    Mark R. Dadds;Susan H. Spence;Denise E. Holland;Paula M. Barrett

  • Australian data and psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

    David J. Hawes;Mark R. Dadds

  • Cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders in children: long-term (6-year) follow-up

    Paula Maria Barrett;Amanda Louise Duffy;Mark Dadds;Ronald M. Rapee

  • The treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits.

    David J. Hawes;Mark R. Dadds

  • Attention to the eyes and fear-recognition deficits in child psychopathy

    Mark R. Dadds;Yael Perry;David J. Hawes;Sabine Merz

  • The efficacy of a universal school-based program to prevent adolescent depression

    Ian M. Shochet;Mark R. Dadds;Denise Holland;Kathy L. Whitefield

  • Family process and child anxiety and aggression: an observational analysis

    Mark R. Dadds;Paula M. Barrett;Ronald M. Rapee;Sharon Ryan

  • Early intervention and prevention of anxiety disorders in children: results at 2-year follow-up.

    Mark R. Dadds;Denise E. Holland;Kristin R. Laurens;Miranda J. Mullins

  • Disentangling the underlying dimensions of psychopathy and conduct problems in childhood: a community study.

    Mark R. Dadds;Jenny Fraser;Aaron Frost;David J. Hawes

  • A Universal Prevention Trial of Anxiety and Depressive Symptomatology in Childhood: Preliminary Data from an Australian Study

    Hayley M. Lowry-Webster;Paula M. Barrett;Mark R. Dadds

  • Marital discord and treatment outcome in behavioral treatment of child conduct disorders.

    Mark R. Dadds;Steven Schwartz;Matthew R. Sanders

  • The relationship of interparental conflict and global marital adjustment to aggression, anxiety, and immaturity in aggressive and nonclinic children

    Mark R. Dadds;Martine B. Powell

  • A Randomized Controlled Trial of D-Cycloserine Enhancement of Exposure Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder

    Adam J. Guastella;Rick Richardson;Peter F. Lovibond;Ronald M. Rapee

  • Long-term outcomes of an Australian universal prevention trial of anxiety and depression symptoms in children and youth: an evaluation of the friends program.

    Paula M. Barrett;Lara J. Farrell;Thomas H. Ollendick;Mark Dadds

  • A measure of cognitive and affective empathy in children using parent ratings.

    Mark R. Dadds;Kirsten Rebecca Hunter;David J. Hawes;Aaron D J Frost

  • A randomized controlled trial of intranasal oxytocin as an adjunct to exposure therapy for social anxiety disorder.

    Adam J. Guastella;Adam J. Guastella;Alexandra L. Howard;Mark.R. Dadds;Philip Mitchell;Philip Mitchell

  • Amygdala Response to Preattentive Masked Fear in Children With Conduct Problems: The Role of Callous-Unemotional Traits

    Essi Viding;Catherine L. Sebastian;Mark R. Dadds;Patricia L. Lockwood

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Hawes
David J. Hawes University of Sydney
Paul J. Frick
Paul J. Frick Louisiana State University
Paula M. Barrett
Paula M. Barrett Edith Cowan University
Eva R. Kimonis
Eva R. Kimonis University of New South Wales
Adam J. Guastella
Adam J. Guastella University of Sydney
Rhoshel K. Lenroot
Rhoshel K. Lenroot University of New South Wales
Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Matthew R. Sanders
Matthew R. Sanders University of Queensland
Valsamma Eapen
Valsamma Eapen University of New South Wales
Ian M. Shochet
Ian M. Shochet Queensland University of Technology

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