Adams I, Sorte R, Braithwaite EC (Accepted). ‘I have completely disappeared’: A COM-B mapping of how mothers of autistic children perceive the barriers and facilitators to accessing social and professional support for their own wellbeing. Psychreg Journal of Psychology.
Braithwaite EC, Cole J, Murgatroyd C, Wright N, O’Farrelly C, Barker B, Ramchandani P (2023). Child DNA methylation in a randomized controlled trial of a video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline (VIPP-SD). Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Braithwaite EC, Campbell A, Fraser H, Wright N, Hearn J, McGahan J, Bowes L, Kwong ASF, Sallis H, Pearson R (Accepted). Maternal genetic liability for neuroticism and breastfeeding intention, initiation and maintenance. British Journal of Psychiatry Open.
Braithwaite EC, Haftorn K, Oftedal A, Ayorech Z, Kaasen A, Murgatroyd C, Lyle R, Page C, Bekkhus M (2025). Associations between lifetime history of depression, OXTR DNA methylation, and breastfeeding outcomes. Clinical Epigenetics, 18(1), 14.
Braithwaite E, Campbell A, Fraser H, Wright N, Hearn J, McGahan J, … Pearson R (2025). Maternal genetic liability for neuroticism and breastfeeding intention, initiation, and maintenance [preprint]. OSF.
Braithwaite E, Wright N, Keenan J, Fawcett H, Kidd A, Hughes K, Pearson R (2025). A mixed-methods dataset on maternal-reported experiences of breastfeeding difficulties and mental health [dataset]. OSF.
Braithwaite EC, Oftedal A, Kaasen A, Ayorech Z, Bekkhus M (2024). A history of depression and prenatal depression are associated with a lower likelihood of breastfeeding initiation and maintenance, and more breastfeeding problems. Archives of Women’s Mental Health.
Cadman T, Strandberg-Larsen K, Calas L, Christiansen M, Culpin I, Dadvand P, … Pearson RM, Pedersen M (2024). Urban environment in pregnancy and postpartum depression: An individual participant data meta-analysis of 12 European birth cohorts. Environment International, 185.
Cantrell SJ, Pearson R, Prioreschi A (2025). Maternal perspectives on poor mental health and the impact on mother-infant relationships. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 1-18.
Costantini I, Montout A, Moran P, Kounali D, Pearson RM, Ludwig CJH (2025). Investigating learning, decision-making, and mental health in pregnancy: Insights from a UK cohort study. Computational Psychiatry, 9(1), 142-158.
Culpin I, Pearson RM, Wright N, Stein A, Bornstein MH, Tiemeier H, … Hammerton G (2025). Paternal postnatal depression and child development at age 7 years in a UK birth cohort: The mediating roles of paternal parenting confidence, warmth, and conflict. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 4.
Culpin I, Hammerton G, Stein A, Bornstein MH, Tiemeier H, Cadman T, … Pearson R (2023). Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and offspring emotional and behavioral development at age 7 years in a U.K. birth cohort: The role of paternal involvement. Developmental Psychology, 59(4), 770-785.
Hearn J, Campbell A, Fraser H, Braithwaite E, Wright N, McGahan J, … Pearson R (2026). The longitudinal association between pre-conception maternal perceptions of pain and perceived offspring pain responsivity in infancy [preprint]. OSF.
Oftedal A, Bekkhus M, Guttorm H, Braithwaite EC, Bollerslev J, Godang K, Thorsby PM, Kaasen A (2022). Changes in maternal cortisol, cortisol binding globulin and cortisone levels following diagnosis of fetal anomaly. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Pearson R, Braithwaite E, … Sallis H (2025). The proportion of genetic similarity for liability for neuroticism in mother-child and mother-father dyads is associated with reported relationship quality. Scientific Reports, 15. [Note: several mid-list co-author names in the source PDF were OCR-garbled (“Tim, C.”, “Iryna, C.”, “Ilaria, C.”, “Miguel, C.”) — shown here as an ellipsis rather than guessed; please pull the correct author list from the published Scientific Reports record before this goes live.]
Rowles G, Keenan J, Wright N, Hughes K, Pearson R, Fawcett H, Braithwaite E (2025). Investigating the impact of breastfeeding difficulties on maternal mental health. Scientific Reports, 15(1).
Rowles G, Keenan J, Wright N, Hughes K, Pearson R, Fawcett H, Braithwaite E (2025). “It was very traumatic”: Understanding the impact of breastfeeding difficulties on maternal mental health [preprint]. OSF.
Child Mental Health
Blanco-Gomez G, Wright N, O’Reilly C, Webb SJ, Elsabbagh M (2025). EEG neurosubtyping of infants predicts language trajectories. Journal of Neural Transmission, 1-22.
Braithwaite EC, Hargreaves E, Hill J, Pickles A, Sharp H, Wright N (2025). Investigating sex differences in developmental origins of adolescent depression. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Chatwin SCM, Pearson RM, Goswami H, Appleton PR (2026). Using think aloud with female adolescents to validate psychological well- and ill-being self-report measures. PLOS Mental Health, 3(2), e0000551.
Costantini I, Sallis H, Tilling K, Major-Smith D, Pearson RM, Kounali D (2023). Childhood trajectories of internalising and externalising problems associated with a polygenic risk score for neuroticism in a UK birth cohort study. JCPP Advances, 3(1), e12141.
Davies LE, Turner M, Hopley R, Slater M, Braithwaite EC (2023). Psychological predictors of adolescent depression and anxiety symptoms across one season in grassroots netball. Mental Health Science, 1-11.
Eve Z (2025). Exploring multiplicity beyond medicalisation: A constructivist grounded theory approach. SAGE Research Methods Cases: Doing Research Online.
Eve Z, Heyes K, Parry S (2024). “Here’s Dissociative Identity Disorder, and we’re not that”: A constructivist grounded theory exploration of multiplicity experiences. Psychosis, 1-14.
Eve Z, Heyes K, Parry S (2023). Conceptualizing multiplicity spectrum experiences: A systematic review and thematic synthesis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(1), e2910.
Eve Z, Turner M, Di Basilio D, et al. (2023). Therapeutic games to reduce anxiety and depression in young people: A systematic review and exploratory meta-analysis of their use and effectiveness. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 1-14.
Hill J, Cornwell S, James A, Lee H, Riley S, Tranter P, Tutty F (2023). Family domains: A conceptual framework with practical application for adolescent inpatient services. Journal of Family Therapy, 45(4), 414-427.
Hill J, Fonagy P, Osel T, Dziobek I, Sharp C (2023). The social domains organization of mentalizing processes in adolescents: a contribution to the conceptualization of personality function and dysfunction in young people. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(10), 1470-1479.
Katalifos A, Elsabbagh M, Yusuf A, Yamaguchi S, Scorah J, Wright N, … Shikako K (2024). Alignment of Canada’s COVID-19 policy response with barriers and facilitators for coping reported by caregivers of youth with developmental delays, disorders, and disabilities. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5, 1308062.
Keating L, Wilson S, Dainty J, Jones D, Hill J (2023). Finding Voices: a survey of young people’s experiences of the ED. Emergency Medicine Journal, 40(10), 708-714.
Kwong ASF, Edmondson-Stait A, Xu E, Thompson EJ, Parker RMA, Elhakeem A, Pearson RM, … Whalley HC (2025). Software Application Profile: TIDAL—Tool to Implement Developmental Analysis of Longitudinal data. International Journal of Epidemiology, 54(4).
Lees Thorne R, Wright N, De Los Reyes A, Smith IM, Zaidman-Zait A, Zwaigenbaum L, … Pathways in ASD Study Team. Profiles of parent–teacher discrepancy on autistic children’s adaptive functioning. Autism.
Lees V, Hay R, Bould H, Kwong ASF, Major-Smith D, Kounali D, Pearson RM (2023). The impact of routines on emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and on parental anxiety during COVID-19. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
López-López JA, Tilling K, Pearson RM, Fazel MS, Washbrook E, Zhu Y, … Smith ADAC (2024). Depressive symptoms in adolescence and adult educational and employment outcomes: a structured life course analysis. Psychological Medicine, 54(11), 3007-3014.
O’Reilly C, Huberty S, van Noordt S, Desjardins J, Wright N, Scorah J, … Elsabbagh M (2023). EEG functional connectivity in infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism spectrum disorder. Molecular Autism, 14(1), 1-15.
Pettersen JH, Hannigan LJ, Gustavson K, Lund IO, Pearson RM, Jensen P, … Ask H (2024). COVID-19 pandemic quarantines and mental health among adolescents in Norway. JAMA Network Open, 7(7).
Sharp H, Wright N, Bozicevic L, Thirumalai SA, Pickles A, Hill J, Chandra P (2024). Inequalities in COVID-19 impact on pre-school mental health in India: key moderators of adverse outcome. BMJ Global Health.
Underwood JFG, Madley-Dowd P, Dardani C, Hull L, Kwong ASF, Pearson RM, … Rai D (2026). Childhood trauma as a mediator between autistic traits and depression: Evidence from the ALSPAC birth cohort. Psychological Medicine, 56, e169.
Wright N, Courchesne V, Pickles A, Bedford R, Duku E, Hill J, … Elsabbagh M, Pathways Team (2023). A longitudinal comparison of emotional, behavioral and attention problems in autistic and typically developing children. Psychological Medicine, 1-13.
Wright N, Hill J, Sharp H, Refberg-Brown M, Crook D, Kehl S, Pickles A (2024). COVID-19 pandemic impact on young adolescent mental health: A reassessment accounting for development. European Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Wright N, Kounali D, Paul E, Kwong ASF, Major-Smith D, Costantini I, … Pearson RM (2025). Trajectories of child emotional and behavioural difficulties before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in a longitudinal UK cohort. JCPP Advances.
Wright N, Sharp H, Gay J, Pickles A, Hill J (2023). Turning to friends in preference to parents for support in early adolescence: does this contribute to the gender difference in depressive symptoms? Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Wearable Cams
Burgess R, Costantini I, Bornstein MH, Campbell A, Cordero Vega MA, Culpin I, … Pearson RM, Nabney I (2023). A quantitative evaluation of thin slice sampling for parent–infant interactions. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 47(2), 117-210.
Burgess R, Culpin I, Bould H, Pearson R, Nabney I (2023). A quantitative comparison of manual vs. automated facial coding using real life observations of fathers. In Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare: 16th EAI International Conference (pp. 379-396). Springer.
Burgess R, Culpin I, Costantini I, Bould H, Nabney I, Pearson RM (2023). Quantifying the efficacy of an automated facial coding software using videos of parents. Frontiers in Psychology, 14.
Costantini I, Kounali D, Culpin I, Bornstein MH, Pearson RM (2025). Longitudinal associations between parental mental health and the duration of visual attention and facial expressions during at-home parent–infant interactions: a UK birth cohort study. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 4.
Huntley F, Pearson RM, Costantini I, Bornstein MH, Campbell A, Cordero M, Wright N (2026). Mothers’ eating disorder history and mother and infant attention to food during infant meal times: a candidate for intergenerational transmission of eating disorder behaviours. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 4.
Prioreschi A, James DM, Pearson RM, Smith A, Norris SA, Rennie KL (2025). “I always wondered if my baby is able to feel my love for them”: Development and pilot testing of two behavioural feedback strategies designed to improve maternal self-efficacy. Wellcome Open Research, 10.
Prioreschi A, Pearson R, Richter L, Bennin F, Theunissen H, Cantrell SJ, … Norris SA (2023). Protocol for the PLAY Study: A randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve infant development by encouraging maternal self-efficacy using behavioural feedback. BMJ Open, 13(3).
Lekhuleni F, Desai R, Coetzee B, Pearson R, Rochat TJ (2023). Testing the acceptability and feasibility of video observational methodology to measure parent-adolescent communication and interaction. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Skinner A, Costantini I, Stone C, Darios J, Gray M, Culpin I, Pearson RM (2023). Identifying stakeholder priorities in use of wearable cameras for researching parent-child interactions. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Wright N, Pearson RM, Crook D, Bond A, Jewell T (2024). Through each other’s eyes: initial results and protocol for the co-design of an observational measure of adolescent-parent interaction using first-person perspective. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Parenting
Bornstein MH, Putnick DL, Esposito G, Pearson RM (2023). The nature and structure of maternal parenting practices and infant behaviors in U.S. national and international samples. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Bozicevic L, Hill J, Chandra PS, Omirou A, Holla C, Wright N, Sharp H (2023). Cross-cultural differences in early caregiving: levels of mind-mindedness and instruction in UK and India. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Costantini I, López-López JA, Caldwell D, Campbell A, Hadjipanayi V, Cantrell SJ, … Pearson RM (2023). Early parenting interventions to prevent internalising problems in children and adolescents: a global systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Mental Health, 26(1), e300811.
Ly A, Fisher E, Dunham JP, Attermo Dufva J, Northstone K, Jordan A, … Pearson RM, Sallis H (2024). A summary of pain and pain-related variables in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Wellcome Open Research, 9.
Pearson RM, Coetzee B, Rochat TJ (2025). Editorial: The role of parent-child interactions in developmental psychopathology: methodological and intervention challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 3.
Prada-Mateus M, Obando D, Sandoval-Reyes J, Mejía-Lozano MA, Hill J (2024). The role of parental involvement in the development of prosocial behavior in young children: An evolutionary model among Colombian families. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-9.
Szekely E, Laplante DP, Tiemeier H, Evans J, Pearson RM, Bekkhus M, … Wazana A (2023). The DREAM BIG project as a model for harmonizing early measures of parental care and parent-child interactions across epidemiological cohorts. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2.
Weinstein N, Hill J, Law W (2023). Balancing listening and action is key to supportive parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 53, 101651.
Applied & Engagement
Agius C (2025). Co-creating scoping reviews: lessons from partnering with experts-by-experience. In SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 1. SAGE.
Agius C, Corcoran S, McGahan J, Wicker C (2024). Independent evaluation of the Healing Together programme. Report for Innovating Minds and Salutem Care and Education. Manchester Metropolitan University.
Bussu S, Hidalgo ES, Schulbaum O, Eve Z (2024). Make (digital) space for and with the young: Arts-inspired co-design of civic tech for youth mental health policies. Convergence.
Bussu S, Rubin K, Carroll N, Eve Z (2025). It’s a mindset revolution! Co-creating inclusive spaces of participation on youth mental health. Action Research.
Eve Z, Duggan J, Jay B (2024). Worth My Wellbeing Service Evaluation. National Lottery Community Funding.
McCulloch A, Eve Z, Parry S (2024). Debate: How much should nonspecialists be involved in mental health care for children and young people when resources are limited? Working with police forces to improve mental health crisis care for young people. Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Parry S, Eve Z, Brockway A, Di Basilio D, Stamou V (2023). Exploring the workplace well-being of staff at a new integrated community mental health service for children and young people. Mental Health Practice.
Parry S, Eve Z, Stamou V, Brockway A, Di Basilio D (2023). “Friendly, local and welcoming” – evaluation of a community mental health early intervention service. Journal of Children’s Services.
Parry S, Oakes L, Eve Z, Edwards S, Lobban F, Chitsabesan P, Wong G (2025). Realist review protocol for understanding young people’s experiences of engaging with police mental health practitioner collaborations in emergency responses to mental health crises. Systematic Reviews, 14, 173.
School Wellbeing
Agius C, Ainsworth S, Oldfield J (2026). SEND and teacher wellbeing: Implications for Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and early career support [policy brief]. Manchester Metropolitan University.
Ainsworth S, Adamson C, Agius C, Oldfield J (2026). What are the possibilities for promoting teacher resilience at the school level? Insights from the co-development of a participatory approach in England. British Educational Research Journal.
Bagnall C, Packer R, Hodgkin K, Edge D, Banwell E, Seymour R, … McAreavey A, … Holliman A (in press). A mixed-methods study of how to improve primary-secondary transitions in England: Combining academic research with policy and practice consultation. Educational Psychology Review.
McAreavey A (2026). Experiences of using reflexive thematic analysis to inform a trauma-informed intervention in UK primary education. In SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 1. SAGE.
McGahan J, Oakes S, Oldfield J (2026). Mental toughness: a framework for teaching non-cognitive skills. Pastoral Care in Education, 1-18.
Wilson-Thomas J, Corcoran SL, McGahan J, Davies LE (2026). Relational and feminist pedagogic approaches for developing engagement and inclusion of girls at risk of exclusion in England. British Educational Research Journal.
Adoption
Agius C (2024). The parenting challenges faced by adopters raising children with complex life histories: A scoping review protocol. OSF.
Agius C, Eve Z, Pearson R (2024). Exploring the lived experiences of compassion fatigue in parents who adopt children with trauma histories. The British Journal of Social Work, 54(1), 147-167.
Agius C, Heyes K, Pearson RM, Tan JP (2025). Post-Adoption Support in Crisis: Families Speak Out [policy brief]. Manchester Metropolitan University.
