Psychosocial and cognitive development

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2025

• Araya, P., Phillips, K., Waldie, K., & Underwood, L. (2025). Gross Motor Development in Children With Autism: Longitudinal Trajectories From the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. Autism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.3304
• Zhang, Y., Ballard, E., Lee, T., Lee, H., Schmidt, J., & Reese, E. (2024). The role of early temperament on oral language development of New Zealand children speaking Mandarin or Cantonese. Journal of child language, 1-22. doi:10.1017/S0305000924000631

2024

• Ahmad, S., Peterson, E. R., Waldie, K. E., & Morton, S. M. (2023). Proximal processes and contextual factors associated with early socio-emotional competence development. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-15.
• Chu, J. T. W., McCormack, J., Jiang, Y., Walsh, D., Wilson, H., Marsh, S., ... & Bullen, C. (2024). Investigating the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and children’s behavioural and emotional development: analysis of the Growing Up in New Zealand study. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 59(3), agae029.
• Gath, M., & Swit, C. (2024). Digital media in early childhood: risk factors for online harm and psychosocial correlates. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 2, 1390276.
• Neumann, D., Yao, E., Fenaughty, J., Liang, R., Kingi, T. K., Taufa, S., Atatoa-Carr, P., & Paine, S.-J. (2023). Now We Are 12: Ethnic and Gender Identity at 12 Years Old. Snapshot 1 (Version 1). The University of Auckland. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.25999777.v1
• Peterson, E. R., Sharma, T., Bird, A., Henderson, A. M., Ramgopal, V., Reese, E., & Morton, S. M. (2025). How mothers talk to their children about failure, mistakes and setbacks is related to their children's fear of failure. British journal of educational psychology, 95(1), 124-142.
• Pigatto, F., Grant, C., Marks, E., Walker, C., Fletcher, B., & Waldie, K. E. (2025). Perinatal cumulative risk scores for depression symptoms in young people from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 369, 303-311.
• Russell, S., Bird, A. L., Waldie, K., Peterson, E., Morton,S. M., Carr, P. E. A., ... & Reese, E. (2024). From infancy to eight: Howearly maternal mental health, emotion reminiscing, and language shapechildren’s mental health. Development and psychopathology, 1-15.
• Sharma, V., O'Sullivan, M., Cassetti, O., Winning, L.,O'Sullivan, A., & Crowe, M. (2024). Evaluating the harmonization potential of oral health‐related questionnaires in national longitudinal birth and child cohort surveys. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 84(3), 307-320.
• Walker, C. G., Thayer, Z. M., Marks, E. J., Ly, K. N., Pillai, A., Waldie, K., ... & Morton, S. M. (2024). Association between maternal depression symptoms and child telomere length. Journal of psychiatric research, 174, 319-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.04.037
• Walker, C.G., Marks, E., Fletcher, B.D., Thayer, Z., Cha,J.E., Teng, Y., Evans, R., Waldie K.E. (2024). Prenatal determinants of anxietysymptoms in middle childhood: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of Affective Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.07.114
• Yanga, R., Underwood, L., Schoeps, A., Waldie, K. E., Morton, S. M., & Peterson, E. R. (2024). Retrospective analysis of the challenges and highlights of parenting two-year-old children who were subsequently recognised as autistic. Advances in Autism, 10(4), 340-355.

2023

• Ahmad, S., Peterson, E. R., Waldie, K. E., & Morton, S. M. (2023). Proximal processes and contextual factors associated with early socio-emotional competence development. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-15.
• Anns, F., Waldie, K. E., Kaur, D., Morton, S., & D'Souza, S. (2023). Exposure to Unmedicated Maternal Depression and Antidepressant Use in Pregnancy: Is There an Influence on Child Cognitive Outcomes?. SSRN, 10.2139/ssrn.4342927
• Anns, F., Waldie, K. E., Peterson, E. R., Walker, C., Morton, S. M., & D'Souza, S. (2023). Behavioural outcomes of children exposed to antidepressants and unmedicated depression during pregnancy. Journal of Affective Disorders, 338, 144-154.
• Bird, A., Reese, E., Salmon, K., Waldie, K., Peterson, E.,Atatoa-Carr, P., & Morton, S. (2023). Maternal depressive symptoms and child language development: Exploring potential pathways through observed andself-reported mother-child verbal interactions. Development and Psychopathology, 1-14.
• Garnett, M., Reese, E., Swearingen, I., Peterson, E., Salmon, K., Waldie, K., ... & Bird, A. (2023). Maternal reminiscing and children’s socioemotional development: Evidence from a large pre-birth longitudinal cohort study, growing up in New Zealand. Journal of Cognition and Development, 24(5), 678-703.
• Swearingen, I., Reese, E., Garnett, M., Peterson, E., Salmon, K., Atatoa Carr, P., ... & Bird, A. (2023). Maternal reminiscing during middle childhood: Associations with maternal personality and child temperament from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort study. Developmental psychology, 59(12), 2248.

2022

• Cha, J,. Waldie, K., Neumann, D., Smith, A., Walker, C. (2022). Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale 10-item short form (CES-D-10) in Aotearoa New Zealand children. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100298
  
• Theunissen, G., D’Souza, S., Peterson, E.R., Walker, C., Morton, S.M.B. and Waldie, K.E. (2022). Prenatal determinants of depressive symptoms
  in childhood: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of Affective Disorders. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.01.076
  
• Farewell. C., Thayer, Z., Paulson, J., Nicklas, J., Walker, C., Waldie, K., Morton, S. and Leiferman, J.A. (2022). Fostering Resilience Among Mothers Early (FRAME): using growth mixture modeling to identify resources that mitigate perinatal depression. Archive's of Women's mental health. 25:451-461. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00737-022-01211-1
  
• Fish‐Williamson, A., Hahn‐Holbrook, J., Hobbs, M., Wallander, J. and Morton, S.M.B. (2022). Prenatal antibiotic exposure in pregnancy and early
  childhood socioemotional development. JCPP Advances. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12066
  
• Farewell, C.V., Donohoe, R., Thayer, Z., Paulson, J., Nicklas, J., Walker, C., Waldie, K. and Leiferman, J.A., 2021. Maternal Depression Trajectories and Child BMI in a Multi-ethnic Sample: A Latent Growth Modeling Analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-712579/v1
• Hedayatrad, L., Stewart, T., Paine, S. J., Marks, E., Walker, C., & Duncan, S. (2022). Sociodemographic differences in 24-hour time-use behaviours in New Zealand children. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1), 131.

2021

• Svardal, C. A., Waldie, K., Milne, B., Morton, S. M., & D’Souza, S. (2021). Prevalence of antidepressant use and unmedicated depression in pregnant New Zealand women. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 00048674211025699.
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• Neumann, D., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., Morton, S. M., & Waldie, K. E. (2021). The development of cognitive functioning indices in early childhood. Cognitive Development, 60, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2021.101098
  
  
• Neumann, D., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., Morton, S. M., & Waldie, K. E. (2021). Exploring the Factor Structure of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in a Large Sample of 8-Year-Old Children in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 1-10. DOI: 10.1017/S1355617720001265
  
  
• Ahmad, S., Waldie, K.E., Morton, S.M.B. and Peterson, E.R. (2021). Do Patterns of Levels of Socio-emotional Competence During Early Childhood Predict Executive Function at 4.5 Years?. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01128-3
  
  
• Malihi, Z., Portch, R., Hashemi, L., Schlichting, D., Wake, M., Morton, S., ... & Denny, S. (2021). Modifiable Early Childhood Risk Factors for Obesity at Age Four Years. Childhood Obesity, 17(3), 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1089/chi.2020.0174
  
  
• Farewell, C.V., Thayer, Z., Puma, J., & Morton, S. (2021). Prenatal Stress and Early Childhood Body Mass Index: A Path Analysis Approach. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(3), 439-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-020-03060-9
  
  
• Corkin, M., Peterson, E., Henderson, A., Waldie, K., Reese, E., Morton, S.M.B. (2021) Preschool screen media exposure, executive functions and symptoms of inattention/hyperactivity. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101237
  
  
• Corkin, M., Peterson, E., Henderson, A., Bird, A., Waldie, K., Reese, E., & Morton, S.M.B. (2021). The predictors of screen time at two years in a large nationally diverse cohort. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-01985-5

2020

• Bird, A. L., Underwood, L., Berry, S., Grant, C. C., Gulliver, P., Fanslow, J., ... & Morton, S. M. (2020). Physical conflict during pregnancy: a socioecological, cross-cultural examination of risk and protective factors for New Zealand women. Violence against women, 1077801220971356. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1077801220971356
  
  
• San San Kyaw, K., Tin Tin, S., Underwood, L. and Grant, C. (2020). Effects of Home Language Environment and Household Crowding on Early Expressive Language Development. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 41(4), 289-298. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000764
  
  
• D'Souza, S., Underwood, L., Peterson, E. R., Morton, S. M. B., & Waldie, K. E. (2020). The Association Between Persistence and Change in Early Childhood Behavioural Problems and Preschool Cognitive Outcomes. Child psychiatry and human development, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-019-00953-x
  
  
• Kim, Y., Bird, A., Peterson, E., Underwood, L., Morton, S. M., & Grant, C. C. (2020). Maternal antenatal depression and early childhood sleep: potential pathways through infant temperament. Journal of pediatric psychology, 45(2), 203-217. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa001
  
  
• Buckley, J., Peterson, E.R., Underwood, L., D’Souza, S., Morton, S.M.B. & Waldie, K.E. (2020). Socio-demographic and maternal health indicators of inhibitory control in preschool age children: evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 11(2), 181-201. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795919X15746664055477
  
  
• Galvin A, DavisG, NeumannD, UnderwoodL, Peterson ER., Morton SMB, & Waldie KE. (2020). Risk factors associated with language delay in preschool children. International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 4(2), 35-52. https://doi.org/10.28987/ijrld.4.2.35

​​​​​​​2019

• McDaid, F., Underwood, L., Fa'Alili, J., Waldie, K.E., Peterson, E.R., Bird, A., D'Souza, S. & Morton, S. (2019). Antenatal depression symptoms in Pacific women: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of Primary Health Care, 11(2), 96-108. https://doi.org/10.1071/HC18102
  
  
• Rusten, N. F., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., Verbiest, M. E. A., Waldie, K. E., Berry, S., . . . Morton, S. M. B. (2019). Psychological distress among resident and nonresident fathers: Findings from New Zealand's Who Are Today's Dads? project. Journal of Family Issues, 40(3), 293-314. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0192513X18808827
  
  
• Neumann, D., Herbert, S. E., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., Morton, S. M. B., & Waldie, K. E. (2019). A longitudinal study of antenatal and perinatal risk factors in early childhood cognition: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Early human development, 132, 45-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.04.001
  
  
• D'Souza, S., Underwood, L., Peterson, E. R., Morton, S. M. B., & Waldie, K. E. (2019). Persistence and change in behavioural problems during early childhood. BMC pediatrics, 19(1), 259. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1631-3
  
  
• D’Souza, S., Crawford, C.N., Buckley, J., Underwood, L., Peterson, E.R., Bird, A., Morton, S.M.B. & Waldie, K.E. (2019). Antenatal determinants of early childhood talking delay and behavioural difficulties. Infant Behavior and Development, 57, 101388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2019.101388
  
  
• Wallander JL, Berry S, Atatoa Carr P, Peterson ER, Waldie KE, Marks, E, D'Souza S. & Morton SMB. (2019). Patterns of exposure to cumulative risk through age 2 and associations with problem behaviors at age 4.5: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(8),1277-1288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00521-w
  
  
• Ahmad, S., Peterson, E. R., Waldie, K. E., & Morton, S. (2019). Development of an Index of Socio-Emotional Competence for Preschool Children in the Growing Up in New Zealand Study. In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 4, p. 2). Frontiers. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2019.00002
  
  
• D'Souza, S., Waldie, K. E., Peterson, E. R., Underwood, L., & Morton, S. M. B. (2019). Antenatal and postnatal determinants of behavioural difficulties in early childhood: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Child psychiatry and human development, 50(1), 45-60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-018-0816-6

​​​​​​​2018

• Farewell, C. V., Thayer, Z. M., Tracer, D. P., & Morton, S. (2018). Prenatal stress exposure and early childhood BMI: Exploring associations in a New Zealand context. American Journal of Human Biology, 30(4), e23116. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.23116
  
  
• Corkin, M. T., Dando, E., Peterson, E. R., Andrejic, N., Waldie, K. E., Reese, E., & Morton, S. M. B. (2018). “The way she smiles brightens me up”: Highlights of parenting an infant in a large Nationally diverse cohort. Current Psychology, 40(2), 919-938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-0014-5
  
  
• Corkin, M. T*., Peterson, E. R., Andrejic, N., Waldie, K. E., Reese, E., & Morton, S. M.B. (2018). Predictors of mothers’ self-identified challenges in parenting Infants: Insights from a large, nationally diverse cohort. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(2), 653-670. doi:10.1007/s10826-017-0903-5
  
• Peterson, E. R., Andrejic, N., Corkin, M. T., Waldie, K. E., Reese, E., & Morton, S. M. (2018). I hardly see my baby: challenges and highlights of being a New Zealand working mother of an infant. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, 13(1), 4-28. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2017.1391852
  
• Schoeps, A., Peterson, E. R., Mia, Y., Waldie, K. E., Underwood, L., D'Souza, S., & Morton, S. M. (2018). Prenatal alcohol consumption and infant and child behavior: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand Cohort. Early human development, 123, 22-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.06.011
  
• Peterson ER, Dando E, D'Souza S, Waldie KE, Carr AE, Mohal J, Morton SMB (2018). Can Infant Temperament Be Used to Predict Which Toddlers Are Likely to Have Increased Emotional and Behavioral Problems? Early Education and development 29(4). Published online may 2018. DOI: 10.1080/10409289.2018.1457391

​​​​​​​2017

• Underwood L, Morton SMB, Waldie KE. (2017). Assessing depression among new fathers – reply. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(8), 855-856. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.1400
  
  
• D’Souza S, Waldie KE, Peterson ER, Underwood L, Morton SMB (2017). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Factor Structure of the Father-Report and Parent Agreement in 2-Year-Old Children. Assessment, 26(6), 1059-1069. doi: 10.1177/1073191117698757
  
  
• Underwood L, Waldie KE, Peterson E, D’Souza S, Verbiest M, McDaid F, Morton S. (2017) Paternal depression symptoms during pregnancy and after childbirth among participants in the Growing Up in New Zealand study. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(4): 1-10. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.4234
  
• Peterson ER, Mohal J, Waldie KE, Reese E, Atatoa Carr PE, Grant CC, Morton SMB (2017). A Cross-Cultural Analysis of the Infant Behavior Questionnaire Very Short Form: An Item Response Theory Analysis of Infant Temperament in New Zealand. Journal of Personality Assessment. DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1288128
  
• Peterson ER, Waldie KE, Mohal J, Reese E, Atatoa Carr PE, Grant CC, Morton SMB (2017). Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Very Short Form: A New Factor Structure's Associations With Parenting Perceptions and Child Language Outcomes. Journal of Personality Assessment. DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1287709

​​​​​​​2016

• Reese, E., Peterson, E. R., Waldie, K., Schmidt, J., Bandara, D., Carr, P. A., . . . Morton, S. M. B. (2016.). High Hopes? Educational, Socioeconomic, and Ethnic Differences in Parents’ Aspirations for their Unborn Children. Journal of Child and Family Studies 25, 3657-3674. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0521-7
  
  
• Underwood, L., Waldie, K. E., D’Souza, S., Peterson, E. R., & Morton, S. M. B. (2016.). A Longitudinal Study of Pre-pregnancy and Pregnancy Risk Factors Associated with Antenatal and Postnatal Symptoms of Depression: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Maternal and Child Health Journal. doi:10.1007/s10995-016-2191-x
  
  
• Underwood L, Waldie K, D’Souza S, Peterson ER, Morton, SMB (2016). A review of longitudinal studies on antenatal and postnatal depression. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 19(5): 711-720. doi: 10.1007/s00737-016-0629-1
  
  
• Bécares L and Atatoa-Carr P. (2016). The association between maternal and partner experienced racial discrimination and prenatal perceived stress, prenatal and postnatal depression: findings from the Growing up in New Zealand cohort study. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12939-016-0443-4

​​​​​​​2015

• Waldie, K. E., Peterson, E. R., D'Souza, S., Underwood, L., Pryor, J. E., Carr, P. A., . . . Morton, S. M. (2015). Depression symptoms during pregnancy: Evidence from Growing Up in New Zealand. Journal of Affective Disorders, 186, 66-73. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.009
  
• Reese E, Ballard E, Taumoepeau M, Taumoefolau M, Morton SMB, Grant C C, Atatoa Carr P, McNaughton S, Schmidt J, Mohal J, Perese L (2015). Estimating language skills in Samoan- and Tongan-speaking children growing up in New Zealand First Language. 35(4-5): 407-427. Article online

​​​​​​​2014

• Peterson, E.R., Schmidt. J., Reese, E., Lee, A.C., Atotoa Carr, P., Grant, C.C., Morton, S.M.B. (2014). “I expect my baby to grow up to be a responsible and caring citizen”: What are expectant parents’ hopes, dreams and expectations for their unborn children? Family Matters, 94, pp. 35-44. Available here.
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