Senior Research Fellow
MSc(Hons)(Psychology)(Cant) PhD(Public Health)(Otago)
Email geri.mcleod@otago.ac.nz
Geri has studied social psychology, human development and public health at post-graduate level.
Geri’s current research interests include: psychosocial causes and consequences of overweight/obesity and the primary prevention of sunburn.
Publications
Monk, N. J., McLeod, G. F. H., Mulder, R. T., Spittlehouse, J. K., & Boden, J. M. (2022). Expanding the system: A brief psychosocial complex systems model of internalising disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 303, 297-300. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.014
Crossin, R., Cleland, L., McLeod, G. F. H., Beautrais, A., Witt, K., & Boden, J. M. (2022). The association between alcohol use disorder and suicidal ideation in a New Zealand birth cohort. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56(12), 1576-1586. doi: 10.1177/00048674211064183
Saunders, K. R. K., Landau, S., Howard, L. M., Fisher, H. L., Arseneault, L., McLeod, G. F. H., & Oram, S. (2021). Past-year intimate partner violence perpetration among people with and without depression: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-mediation analysis. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00127-021-02183-w
McLeod, G. F. H., Cleland, L., Welch, J., Spittlehouse, J. K., Fenton, A., Boden, J. M., & Horwood, L. J. (2022). Menopause status and climacteric symptoms in a birth cohort of mid-life New Zealand women. Climacteric, 25(3), 271-277. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2021.1948005
Hobbs, M., Mackenbach, J., Wiki, J., Marek, L., McLeod, G., & Boden, J. (2021). Investigating change in the urban food environment over 10 years in New Zealand: A longitudinal study. Proceedings of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity Annual Meeting (ISBNPA XChange): Thinking Independently Together: Let's Dance Around the World. (pp. 42). International Society of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. Retrieved from https://isbnpa2021.venuewest.com
Monk, N. J., McLeod, G. F. H., Mulder, R. T., Spittlehouse, J. K., & Boden, J. M. (2022). Expanding the system: A brief psychosocial complex systems model of internalising disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 303, 297-300. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.014
Journal - Research Article
Crossin, R., Cleland, L., McLeod, G. F. H., Beautrais, A., Witt, K., & Boden, J. M. (2022). The association between alcohol use disorder and suicidal ideation in a New Zealand birth cohort. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56(12), 1576-1586. doi: 10.1177/00048674211064183
Journal - Research Article
Saunders, K. R. K., Landau, S., Howard, L. M., Fisher, H. L., Arseneault, L., McLeod, G. F. H., & Oram, S. (2021). Past-year intimate partner violence perpetration among people with and without depression: An individual participant data (IPD) meta-mediation analysis. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s00127-021-02183-w
Journal - Research Other
McLeod, G. F. H., Cleland, L., Welch, J., Spittlehouse, J. K., Fenton, A., Boden, J. M., & Horwood, L. J. (2022). Menopause status and climacteric symptoms in a birth cohort of mid-life New Zealand women. Climacteric, 25(3), 271-277. doi: 10.1080/13697137.2021.1948005
Journal - Research Article
Hobbs, M., Mackenbach, J., Wiki, J., Marek, L., McLeod, G., & Boden, J. (2021). Investigating change in the urban food environment over 10 years in New Zealand: A longitudinal study. Proceedings of the International Society of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity Annual Meeting (ISBNPA XChange): Thinking Independently Together: Let's Dance Around the World. (pp. 42). International Society of Behavioral Nutrition & Physical Activity. Retrieved from https://isbnpa2021.venuewest.com
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Monk, N. J., McLeod, G. F. H., Mulder, R. T., Spittlehouse, J. K., & Boden, J. M. (2023). Childhood anxious/withdrawn behaviour and later anxiety disorder: A network outcome analysis of a population cohort. Psychological Medicine, 53, 1343-1354. doi: 10.1017/s0033291721002889
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Horwood, L. J., Darlow, B. A., Boden, J. M., Martin, J., Spittlehouse, J. K., Carter, F. A., Jordan, J., Porter, R., Bell, C., Douglas, K., … McIntosh, V. V. W., … Vierck, E. (2022). Recruitment and retention of participants in longitudinal studies after a natural disaster. Longitudinal & Life Course Studies, 13(2), 287-306. doi: 10.1332/175795921X16168462584238
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Horwood, J., Boden, J. M., & Woodward, L. J. (2021). Parental use of physical punishment in a birth cohort. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1534), 17-30. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Dhakal, B., Reeder, A. I., & McGee, R. (2021). Sunburn paradoxes and the New Zealand population. Journal of Public Health, 29, 387-392. doi: 10.1007/s10389-019-01142-9
Journal - Research Article
Hobbs, M., Mackenbach, J. D., Wiki, J., Marek, L., McLeod, G. F. H., & Boden, J. M. (2021). Investigating change in the food environment over 10 years in urban New Zealand: A longitudinal and nationwide geospatial study. Social Science & Medicine, 269, 113522. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113522
Journal - Research Article
Lee, J. O., Horwood, L. J., Lee, W. J., Hackman, D. A., McLeod, G. F. H., & Boden, J. M. (2020). Social causation, social selection, or common determinants? Examining competing explanations for the link between young adult unemployment and nicotine dependence. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 22(11), 2006-2013. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntz131
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., Boden, J. M., & Carter, F. A. (2019). Childhood predictors of adult adiposity: Findings from a longitudinal study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 132(1507), 11-21. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles
Ahmad, A. N., McLeod, G., Al Zahrani, N., & Al Zahrani, H. (2019). Screening for high risk of sleep apnea in an ambulatory care setting in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 16(3), 459. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16030459
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Horwood, L. J., Boden, J. M., & Fergusson, D. M. (2018). Early childhood education and later educational attainment and socioeconomic wellbeing outcomes to age 30. New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 53(2), 257-273. doi: 10.1007/s40841-018-0106-7
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Reeder, A. I., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2018, May). Unintended sunburn as an explanation for sunburn paradoxes. Poster session presented at the 4th International Conference on UV and Skin Cancer Prevention, Toronto, Canada.
Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)
McLeod, G. F. H., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., Boden, J. M., & Carter, F. A. (2018). Childhood predictors of adult adiposity: Findings from a longitudinal study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1472), 10-20. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., Boden, J. M., & Carter, F. A. (2017, May). Prevalence and predictors of adiposity, a known risk factor for Type 2 diabetes. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) Annual Scientific Meeting, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Horwood, J., & McLeod, G. (2017, July). Adult outcome of adolescent substance use: Integrative analysis in four Australasian cohorts. and Long term outcome of early childhood education. Department of Psychological Medicine Research Meeting Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
Boden, J. M., & McLeod, G. F. H. (2017). Epidemiological foundations for the insurance hypothesis: Methodological considerations. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 40, e109. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X16001345
Journal - Research Other
McLeod, G. F. H., Reeder, A. I., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2017). Unintended sunburn: A potential target for sun protection messages. Journal of Skin Cancer, 2017, 6902942. doi: 10.1155/2017/6902942
Journal - Research Article
Boden, J. M., Lee, J. O., Horwood, L. J., Grest, C. V., & McLeod, G. F. H. (2017). Modelling possible causality in the associations between unemployment, cannabis use, and alcohol misuse. Social Science & Medicine, 175, 127-134. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.001
Journal - Research Article
Boden, J. M., Sanders, J., Munford, R., Liebenberg, L., & McLeod, G. F. H. (2016). Paths to positive development: A model of outcomes in the New Zealand Youth Transitions Study. Child Indicators Research, 9(4), 889-911. doi: 10.1007/s12187-015-9341-3
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. (2016). Structural equation model of the linkages between obesity and poverty in a longitudinal birth cohort at 30 and 35 years [Invited]. Proceedings of the Obesity Summit. Barnet, UK: EuroSciCon. Retrieved from http://obesity2016.com
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McLeod, G. F. H., Horwood, L. J., Fergusson, D. M., & Boden, J. M. (2016). Life-stress and reactivity by gender in a longitudinal birth cohort at 30 and 35 years. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51(10), 1385-1394. doi: 10.1007/s00127-016-1254-z
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Reeder, A. I., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2016). Predictors of sunburn among a NZ urban population in a cross-sectional survey series (1999 to 2006). Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 40(3), 290-291. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12526
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Horwood, L. J., & Fergusson, D. M. (2016). Adolescent depression, adult mental health and psychosocial outcomes at 30 and 35 years. Psychological Medicine, 46(7), 1401-1412. doi: 10.1017/S0033291715002950
Journal - Research Article
Henry, J. A., Guthrie, J. C., & McLeod, G. F. H. (2015). A model of supermarket pricing behaviour. Asian Journal of Business Research, 5(2), 44-57. doi: 10.14707/ajbr.150016
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G., Reeder, T., Gray, A., & McGee, R. (2015). Sunburn predictors among a New Zealand population in a cross-sectional survey series, 1999-2006. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on UV and Skin Cancer Prevention. Retrieved from http://uvandskincancer2015.org
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McLeod, G. F. H., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., & Carter, F. A. (2015). Adiposity and psychosocial outcomes at ages 30 and 35. Proceedings of the Obesity Summit. Barnet, UK: EuroSciCon. Retrieved from https://www.regonline.co.uk/builder/site/tab2.aspx?EventID=1538135
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Boden, J. M., & McLeod, G. F. H. (2015). Resilience and psychiatric epidemiology: Implications for a conceptual framework. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 38, e95. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X14001460
Journal - Research Other
McLeod, G. F. H., Fergusson, D. M., Horwood, L. J., & Carter, F. A. (2016). Adiposity and psychosocial outcomes at ages 30 and 35. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 51, 309-318. doi: 10.1007/s00127-015-1101-7
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F. H., Horwood, L. J., Swain, N. R., Chapple, S., & Poulton, R. (2015). Life satisfaction and mental health problems (18 to 35 years). Psychological Medicine, 45, 2427-2436. doi: 10.1017/s0033291715000422
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F. H., & Horwood, L. J. (2015). Leaving school without qualifications and mental health problems to age 30. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology, 50, 469-478. doi: 10.1007/s00127-014-0971-4
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F. H., & Horwood, L. J. (2014). Breast feeding, infant growth, and body mass index at 30 and 35 years. Paediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology, 28(6), 545-552. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12144
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Fergusson, D. M., & Horwood, L. J. (2014). Childhood physical punishment or maltreatment and partnership outcomes at age 30. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84(3), 307-315. doi: 10.1037/h0099807
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F. H., & Horwood, L. J. (2013). Childhood sexual abuse and adult developmental outcomes: Findings from a 30-year longitudinal study in New Zealand. Child Abuse & Neglect, 37(9), 664-674. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.03.013
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F., & Horwood, L. J. (2014). Unemployment and psychosocial outcomes to age 30: A fixed-effects regression analysis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 48(8), 735-742. doi: 10.1177/0004867414525840
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F. H., Tau, T., & Macfarlane, A. H. (2014). Māori educational achievement in the Christchurch Health and Development Study. Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury Ngāi Tahu Research Centre. 58p.
Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report
Reeder, A. I., McLeod, G. F. H., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2014). Sun-tanning perceptions of a New Zealand urban population (1994-2005/6). Journal of Skin Cancer, 2014, 135473. doi: 10.1155/2014/135473
Journal - Research Article
Fergusson, D. M., McLeod, G. F. H., & Horwood, L. J. (2014). Parental separation/divorce in childhood and partnership outcomes at age 30. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 55(4), 352-360. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12107
Journal - Research Article
Reeder, A. I., McLeod, G. F. H., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2014). Have attitudes towards sun-tanning changed among the NZ population since 1994? Proceedings of the UV Radiation: Effects of Human Health and the Environment Workshop. Retrieved from https://www.niwa.co.nz/atmosphere/uv-ozone/uv-science-workshops/2014-uv-workshop
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Latner, J. D., McLeod, G., O'Brien, K. S., & Johnston, L. (2013). The role of self-efficacy, coping, and lapses in weight maintenance. Eating & Weight Disorders, 18(4), 359-366. doi: 10.1007/s40519-013-0068-1
Journal - Research Article
McLeod, G. F. H., Reeder, A. I., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2013). Summer weekend sun exposure and sunburn among a New Zealand urban population, 1994–2006. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1381). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Article
Morgaine, K. C., McLeod, G. F., Foster Page, L. A., & Broughton, J. R. (2013). Improving adolescent utilisation of dental services: A provider perspective. Journal of Dental Research, 92(Spec Iss A), 3218. Retrieved from http://www.dentalresearch.org
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Reeder, A. I., McLeod, G. F. H., Gray, A. R., & McGee, R. (2013, September). Sun exposure and sunburn among a New Zealand adult urban population during selected summer weekends, 1994-2006. Verbal presentation at the 2nd International Conference on UV and Skin Cancer Prevention, Berlin, Germany.
Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs
Guthrie, J., Henry, J., & McLeod, G. F. H. (2013). An integrated approach to supermarket pricing behaviour in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 20th European Institute of Retailing and Services Studies (EIRASS) Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science Conference. (pp. 36). EIRASS. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
McLeod, G. (2013, August). Unemployment and psychosocial outcomes in the CHDS cohort. Department of Psychological Medicine Research Meeting, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].
Other Research Output
McLeod, G. (2012). Sunburn in a New Zealand urban population, 1994-2006 (PhD). University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Awarded Doctoral Degree
McLeod, G. F., Insch, A., & Henry, J. (2011). Reducing barriers to sun protection: Application of a holistic model for social marketing. Australasian Marketing Journal, 19, 212-222. doi: 10.1016/j.ausmj.2011.05.008
Journal - Research Article
Horsburgh-McLeod, G. F., Gray, A. R., Reeder, A. I., & McGee, R. (2010). Applying Item Response Theory (IRT) to a suntan attitudes scale. Australasian Epidemiologist, 17(1), 40-46.
Journal - Research Article