Christchurch Health and Development Study Publications 1997-1999

1999

• Fergusson DM, Woodward LJ, Horwood, LJ. Childhood Peer Relationship Problems & Young People's Involvement with Deviant Peers in Adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1999; 27(5): 357-369.
• Woodward LJ, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Effects of single-sex and co-educational secondary schooling on children's academic achievement. Australian Journal of Education, 1999; 43(2): 142-156.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Beautrais AL. Is Sexual Orientation Related to Mental Health Problems and Suicidality in Young People? Archives of General Psychiatry, 1999; 56 (Oct.): 876-880.
• Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Labour Force Participation and Child Academic Achievement. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 1999; 40(7): 1013-1024.
• Fergusson DM, Woodward LJ. Breastfeeding and later psychosocial adjustment. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology, 1999; 13(2): 144-157.
• Fergusson DM. Cognitive function during early childhood did not improve with declining blood lead concentrations (Commentary). Evidence-Based Mental Health, 1999; 2: 64.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Prospective Childhood Predictors of Deviant Peer Affiliations in Adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1999; 40(4): 581-592.
• Woodward LJ, Fergusson DM. Early conduct problems and later risk of teenage pregnancy in girls. Development and Psychopathology, 1999; 11(1): 127-141.
• Woodward LJ, Fergusson DM. Childhood Peer Relationship Problems and Psychosocial Adjustment in Late Adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1999; 27(1): 87-104.
• Fergusson DM. Prenatal smoking & antisocial behavior. Commentary. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1999; 56(Mar.): 223-224.
• Nicholson JM, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Effects on Later Adjustment of Living in a Stepfamily During Childhood and Adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1999; 40(3): 405-416.
• Fergusson DM, Mullen PE. (1999). Childhood Sexual Abuse: An Evidence Based Perspective. Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Series (Vol. 40). London, UK: SAGE
• Fergusson DM, Woodward LJ. Maternal Age and Educational and Psychosocial Outcomes in Early Adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 1999; 40(3): 479-489.
• Fergusson DM, Woodward LJ, Horwood LJ. Gender differences in the relationship between early conduct problems and later criminality and substance abuse. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 1999; 8(4): 179-191.

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1998

• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Grant H. (1998) The Development of Early Start. Christchurch, NZ : Early Start Project Ltd.
• Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. (1998). Psychiatric Disorder and Treatment Seeking in a Birth Cohort of Young Adults. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Health.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Early Conduct Problems and Later Life Opportunities. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1998; 39(8): 1097-1108.
• Lynskey MT, Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. The Origins of the Correlations between Tobacco, Alcohol and Cannabis Use During Adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1998; 39(7): 995-1007.
• Fergusson DM, Woodward LJ, Horwood LJ. Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy and Psychiatric Adjustment in Late Adolescence. Archives of General Psychiatry, 1998; 55(Aug.): 721-727.
• Fergusson DM. The Christchurch Health and Development Study: An Overview and Some Key Findings. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 1998; 10: 154-176.
• Horwood LJ, Mogridge N & Darlow BA. Cognitive, educational, and behavioural outcomes at 7 to 8 years in a national very low birthweight cohort. Archives of Disease: Childhood Fetal Neonatal Ed, 1998; 79: F12-F20.
• Fergusson DM. Stability and change in externalising behaviours. European Archives of Psychiatry & Clinical Neuroscience, 1998; 248(1): 4-13.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Exposure to interparental violence in childhood and psychosocial adjustment in young adulthood. Child Abuse & Neglect, 1998; 22(5): 339-357.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Adoption and adjustment in adolescence. Adoption & Fostering, 1998; 22(1): 24-30.
• Fergusson DM, Lynskey MT. Conduct Problems in Childhood and Psychosocial Outcomes in Young Adulthood: A Prospective Study. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1998; 6(1): 2-18.
• Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. Breastfeeding and Later Cognitive and Academic Outcomes. Pediatrics (electronic pages), 1998; 101(1): e9.      

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1997

• Horwood LJ, Fergusson DM. Class placement at age 8 and subsequent academic achievement. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 1997; 32: 207-222.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Lynskey MT. (1997). Children and Adolescents. In PM Ellis & SCD Collings (Eds.), Mental Health in New Zealand from a Public Health Perspective (Public Health Report No. 3, pp. 136-154). Wellington, NZ: Public Health Group, Ministry of Health.
• Fergusson DM, Crane J, Beasley R, Horwood LJ. Perinatal factors and atopic disease in childhood. Clinical & Experimental Allergy, 1997; 27(12): 1394-1401.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Gender differences in educational achievement in a New Zealand birth cohort. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 1997; 32(1): 83-96.
• Kemp T, Pearce N, Fitzharris P, Crane J, Fergusson D, St George I, Wickens K & Beasley R. Is infant immunization a risk factor for childhood asthma or allergy? Epidemiology, 1997; 8: 678-680.
• Fergusson DM, Lynskey MT. Early Reading Difficulties and Later Conduct Problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1997; 38(8): 899-907.
• Fergusson DM. Annotation: Structural Equation Models in Developmental Research. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1997; 38(8): 877-887.
• Lynskey MT, Fergusson, DM. Factors protecting against the development of adjustment difficulties in young adults exposed to childhood sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 1997; 21(12) 1177-1190.
• Fergusson DM, Lynskey MT, Horwood LJ. Attentional difficulties in middle childhood and psychosocial outcomes in young adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1997; 38(6): 633-644.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Lynskey MT. Childhood sexual abuse, adolescent sexual behaviors and sexual revictimization. Child Abuse and Neglect, 1997; 21(8): 789-803.
• Fergusson DM, Lynskey MT. Physical punishment/maltreatment during childhood and adjustment in young adulthood. Child Abuse and Neglect, 1997; 21(7): 617-630.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Lynskey MT. Early Dentine Lead Levels and Educational Outcomes at 18 Years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1997; 38(4):471-478.
• Fergusson DM, Lynskey MT, Horwood LJ. The effects of unemployment on juvenile offending. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 1997; 7(1): 49-68.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ, Lynskey MT. The effects of unemployment on psychiatric illness during young adulthood. Psychological Medicine, 1997; 27(2): 371-381.
• Fergusson DM, Horwood LJ. Early onset cannabis use and psychosocial adjustment in young adults. Addiction, 1997; 92(3): 279-296.

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