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Grief and functional impairment following COVID-19 loss in a treatment-seeking sample: the mediating role of meaningThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented levels of grief and psychological distress in community samples. We examined unique pandemic grief risk factors, dysfunctional grief, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms, general psychiatric distress, disrupted meaning, and functional impairment in a treatment-seeking sample of people bereaved from COVID-19 in the United Kingdom.
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Parents' experiences of children with a rare disease attending a mainstream school: AustraliaTo explore the perceptions of parents who had a child or adolescent (6-18 years) diagnosed with a rare disease who attended a mainstream school in Western Australia. Design and methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 41 parents of children with a rare disease.
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Does self-efficacy mediate the association between socioeconomic background and emotional symptoms among schoolchildren?Socioeconomic inequality in emotional symptoms exists. This inequality is partly explained by socioeconomic inequality in self-efficacy
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Adolescent bystanders' perspectives of aggression in the online versus school environmentsResearchers' understanding of bystanders' perspectives in the cyber-environment fails to take young people's perceptions into account and remains imperfect.
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A collaborative approach to adopting/adapting guidelines - The Australian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the early years (Birth to 5 years): An integration of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleepLeaders from the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology convened national representatives to create the C24 movement for Children and Youth.
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Evaluation of a public education campaign to support parents to reduce adolescent alcohol useThe Parents, Young People and Alcohol campaign achieved high awareness and positively influenced parental outcomes
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Navigating 'the system' to find supports and services for people with developmental disability: How can research help make this a better journey?Parents navigate what can be a confusing world of early intervention services, residing in the health, disability and/or education sectors
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Maternal smoking and low family income during pregnancy as predictors of the relationship between depression and adiposity in young adultsWe aimed to investigate the influence of antenatal and postnatal factors on the increasing incidence of overweight/obesity and mental health disorders in young adults
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Poverty, Parental Mental Health and Child/Adolescent Mental Disorders: Findings from a National Australian SurveyThe purpose of this study is to examine the association between poverty and child mental disorders
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Moral Disengagement of Pure Bullies and Bully/Victims: Shared and Distinct MechanismsThis study advances bullying research by extending the role of moral disengagement in bullying episodes beyond pure bullies to victims, both pure victims and bully/victims