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Christchurch Health and Development Study - Publications 2006-2010

2010

Gibb SJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Burden of psychiatric disorder in young adulthood and life outcomes at age 30. British Journal of Psychiatry 2010;197(2):122-127

McKinlay A, Kyonka EGE, Grace RC, Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM, MacFarlane MR. An investigation of the pre-injury risk factors associated with children who experience traumatic brain injury. Injury Prevention 2010;16:31-35
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Fergusson DM. Is there a causal linkage between cannabis use and increased risks of psychotic symptoms? (Commentary) Addiction 2010;105:1336-1337

Beautrais AL, Gibb SJ, faulkner A, Fergusson Dm, Mulder RT. Randomised Controlled Trial of a Postcard Intervention for Repeat Self-Harm. British Journal of Psychiatry 2010;197:55-60

Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Cigarette smoking and depression: Tests of causal linkages using a longitudinal birth cohort. British Journal of Psychiatry 2010;196:440-446

Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM, Hayatbakhsh MR, Najman JM, Coffey C, Patton GC, Silins E, Hutchinson DM. Cannabis use and educational achievement: Findings from three Australasian cohort studies. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2010;110:247-253

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Does socioeconomic inequality explain ethnic differences in nicotine dependence? Evidence from a New Zealand birth cohort. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2010;44:378-383

Friesen MD, Woodward LJ, Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. Childhood Exposure to Sexual Abuse and Partnership Outcomes at Age 30. Psychological Medicine 2010;40(4):679-688.

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2009

Le Strat Y, Ramoz N, Horwood J, Falissard B, Hassler C, Romo L, Choquet M, Fergusson D, Gorwood P. First poistive reactions to cannabis constitute a priority risk factor for cannabis dependence. Addiction 2009;104:1710-1717

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Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Experience of sexual abuse in childhood and abortion in adolescence and early adulthood. Child Abuse and Neglect 2009;33:870-876

Gibb SJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Sources of the gender wage gap in a New Zealand birth cohort. Australian Journal of Labour Economics 2009; 12(3):281-298

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Ethnic Identity and Criminal Offending in a New Zealand Birth Cohort. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology 2009; 42(3):354-368

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Ethnic Identity and Exposure to Maltreatment in Childhood: Evidence from a New Zealand Birth Cohort. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 2009; 36:154-171

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM. Reactions to abortion and subsequent mental health. British Journal of Psychiatry 2009;195:420-426

Gibb SJ, Fergusson DM. Gender differences in educational paricipation and achievement across subject areas. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 2009;44(1)

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Situational and Generalised conduct problems kand later life outcomes: Evidence from a New Zealand birth cohort. Child Psychology & Psychiatry 2009; 50(9):1084-1092

Beautrais AL, Gibb SJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Larkin GL. Removing bridge barriers stimulates suicides: An unfortunate experiment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2009; 43:495-497

McKinlay A, Grace RC, Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM, MacFarlane MR. Long-term behavioural outcomes of pre-school mild traumatic brain injury. Child: care, health and development.

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Fergusson DM, Stanley L, Horwood LJ. Preliminary data on the efficacy of the Incredible Years Basic Parent Programme in New Zealand. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2009; 43:76-79

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Tests of Causal Links Between Alcohol Abuse or Dependence and Major Depression. Archives of General Psychiatry 2009;66(3):260-266

Gilbert R, Spatz Widom C, Browne K, Fergusson D, Webb E, Janson S. Burden and consequences of child maltreatment in high-income countries. The Lancet 2009; 373(9657):68-81

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MacMillan HL, Wathen CN, Barlow J, Fergusson DM, Leventhal JM, Taussig HN. Interventions to prevent child maltreatment and associated impairment. The Lancet 20090; 373(9659):250-266

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2008

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM. Abortion and mental health disorders: Evidence from a 30 year longitudinal study. British Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 193:444-451

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Developmental antecedents of interpartner violence in a New Zealand birth cohort. Journal of Family Violence 2008; 23:737-753

Gibb SJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Effects of single-sex and coeducational schooling on the gender gap in educational achievement. Australian Journal of Education 2008; 52(3):301-317

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM The links between ethnic identification, cannabis use and dependence and life outcomes in a New Zealand birth cohort. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2008;42:780-788

Fergusson DM. Abortion and Mental Health. (Editorial) Psychiatric Bulletin 2008;32:321-324

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM. The transmission of social inequality: Examination of the linkages between family socioeconomic status in childhood and educational achievement in young adulthood. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 2008;26:277-295

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Dentine lead levels and criminal behaviour in late adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2008; 62: 1045-1050

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Educational Achievement in Maori: The Roles of Cultural Identity and Social Disadvantage. Australian Journal of Education 2008; 52(2): 183-196

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Ethnic identity and intimate partner violence in a New Zealand birth cohort. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 2008; 33:126-145

Friesen MD, Woodward LJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Chesney A. Living Standards and Material Conditions of Young New Zealand Families. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand 2008; 33:47-69

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Exposure to childhood sexual and physical abuse and adjustment in early adulthood. Child Abuse & Neglect 2008; 32:607-619

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM. Is driving under the influence of cannabis becoming a greater risk to driver safety than drink driving? Findings from a longitudinal study Accident Analysis and Prevention 2008; 40:1345-1350

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. The developmental antecedents of illicit drug use: Evidence from a 25-year longitudinal study. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2008; 96:165-177

Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Cannabis use and later life outcomes. Addiction 103: 969-976

Gibb, S J; Fergusson, DM; Horwood, LJ. Gender Differences in Educational Achievement to Age 25 Australian Journal of Education 2008; 52(1): 63-80

Marie D, Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Ethnic identification, social disadvantage and mental health in adolescence/young adulthood: results of a 25 year longitudinal study. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 42: 293-300

Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Cigarette smoking and suicidal behaviour: results from a 25-year longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine 2008; 38(3): 433-439

McKinlay A, Grace RC, Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM, Ridder EM, MacFarlane MR. Prevalence of traumatic brain injury among children, adolescents and young adults: Prospective evidence from a birth cohort. Brain Injury 2008; 22(2): 175-181

Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Cannabis use and adult ADHD symptoms. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 2008; 95: 90-96

Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Does adolescent self-esteem predict later life outcomes? A test of the causal role of self-esteem. Development and Psychopathology 2008; 20: 319-339

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Neonatal circumcision: Effects on breastfeeding and outcomes associated with breastfeeding. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2008; 44: 44-49

Boden J M, Fegusson DM, Horwood LJ. Early motherhood and subsequent life outcomes. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2008; 49(2): 151-160

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2007

Boden JM, Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. Exposure to childhood sexual and physical abuse and subsequent educational achievement outcomes. Child Abuse & Neglect 2007; 31: 1101-1114

Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Self-esteem and violence: testing links between adolescent self-esteem and later hostility and violent behaviour. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 2007; 42: 881-891

Woodward LJ, Fergusson DM, Chesney A, Horwood LJ. Punitive Parenting Practices of Contemporary Young Parents. New Zealand Medical Journal. 2007; 120 (1267)

Wells, J E, Horwood, L J, Fergusson, D M Reasons why young adults do or do not seek help for alcohol problems. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2007; 41:12, 1005-1012

Kemp, S; Horwood, J; Fergusson D. Student Loan Debt in a New Zealand Cohort Study. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies 2006; 41(2): 273-291

Fergusson DM, PhD; Boden JM, PhD; Horwood LJ, MSc. Unemployment and suicidal behaviour in a New Zealand birth cohort: A fixed effects regression analysis CRISIS 2007; 28(2): 95-101

Beautrais, A., Fergusson, D., Coggan, C., Collings, C., Doughty, C., Ellis, P., Hatcher, S., Horwood, J., Merry, S., Mulder, R., Poulton, R., Surgenor, L. Effective strategies for suicide prevention in New Zealand: a review of the evidence. The New Zealand Medical Journal 2007 120(1251)

Fergusson DM, PhD; Boden M, PhD; Horwood LJ, MSc. Recurrence of major depression in adolescence and young adulthood and later mental health, education and economic outcomes. British Journal of Psychiatry (2007), 191, 335-342

Fergusson DM, PhD; Boden M, PhD; Horwood L J, MSc. Exposure to Single Parenthood in Childhood and Later Mental Health, Educational, Economic, and Criminal Behavior Outcomes. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2007;64(9):1089-1095

Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Anxiety disorders and suicidal behaviours in adolescence and young adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal study. Psychological Medicine, 2007; 37(3): 431-440

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Abortion among young women and subsequent life outcomes. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2007; 39(1): 6-12.

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM., Jenkin G. Childhood social disadvantage and smoking in adulthood: Results of a 25-year longitudinal study. Addiction, 2007; 102: 475-482.

Fergusson DM. Horwood LJ, Ridder EM. Conduct and attentional problems in childhood and adolescence and later substance use, abuse and dependence: Result of a 25 year longitudinal study. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 2007; 88S: S14-S26.

Fergusson DM, Vitaro F, Wanner B. Protective and compensatory factors mitigating the influence of deviant friends on delinquent behaviors during early adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 2007; 30: 33-50.

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2006

Beautrais AL, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Firearms legislation and reductions in firearm-related suicide deaths in New Zealand. Australia& New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2006; 40: 253-259.

Beautrais AL, Fergusson DM. Indigenous suicide in New Zealand. Archives of Suicide Research, 2006; 10: 159-168.

Boden JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Illicit drug use and dependence in a New Zealand birth cohort. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2006; 40:156-163.

Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Self-esteem, risky sexual behavior, and pregnancy in a New Zealand Birth Cohort. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2006; 35(5): 549-560.

COMMENTARIES: Comments on Fergusson et al's "Cannabis use and other illicit drug use: Testing the cannabis gateway hypothesis". Addiction, 2006; 101: 470-476.

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Cannabis use and other illicit drug use: Testing the cannabis gateway hypothesis. Addiction, 2006; 101: 556-569.

Fergusson DM, Boden JM, Horwood LJ. Circumcision status and risk of sexually transmitted infection: An analysis of a longitudinal birth cohort. Pediatrics, 2006; 118(5): 1971-1977.

Fergusson DM, Boden JM. Examining the intergenerational transmission of violence in a New Zealand Birth Cohort. Child Abuse & Neglect, 2006; 30: 89-108.

Fergusson DM, Grant H, Horwood LJ, Ridder EM. Client satisfaction with the Early Start service. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 2006; 28: 179-196.

Fergusson DM, Grant H, Horwood LJ, Ridder EM. Randomized trial of the Early Start program of home visitation: Parent and family outcomes. Pediatrics, 2006; 117(3): 781-786.

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM. Structure of internalizing symptoms in early adulthood. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2006; 189: 540-546.

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Boden JM. Birth order and educational achievement in adolescence and young adulthood. Australian Journal of Education, 2006; 50(2): 122-139.

Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Ridder EM. Abortion in young women and subsequent mental health. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 2006; 47(1): 16-24.

Fergusson DM, Poulton R, Smith PF, Boden JM. Cannabis and psychosis. British Medical Journal, 2006; 332: 172-176.

Wells JE, Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. Stability and instability in alcohol diagnosis from ages 18 to 21 and ages 21 to 25 years. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 2006; 81: 157-165.

Woodward LJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Gender differences in the transition to early parenthood. Development and Psychopathology, 2006; 18: 275-294.

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