Dr Michaela Pettie

2026

Journal - Research Article

Reidy, J., Pettie, M., & Telfar Barnard, L. (2026). The cost of belonging: School uniform affordability in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 21(1), e70020. doi: 10.1002/kot2.70020

Schaumberg, K., Watson, H. J., Thornton, L. M., Kennedy, H. L., Ong, S. H., Roche, P., … Pettie, M. A., … Jordan, J., Kennedy, M. A., … Bulik, C. M. (2026). Assessment of maladaptive exercise history among individuals with eating disorders: Validation of a brief, self-report measure. European Eating Disorders Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/erv.70084

Pettie, M. A., Simcock, W., Whiskin, A., Clark, M. T. R., Kennedy, H., Kennedy, M., & Jordan, J. (2026). Māori experiences of eating disorders: A scoping review of how little we know. European Eating Disorders Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/erv.70076

2025

Chapter in Book - Research

Pettie, M. A., Wilkin-Krug, L. C. M., & Ellenbroek, B. (2025). Pre- and postnatal valproate exposure affects brain development. In Current topics in behavioral neuroscience. Berlin, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/7854_2025_603

Journal - Research Article

Foulds, J. A., Boden, J. M., Kerr, J. A., Douglas, K. M., Pettie, M., Young, J. T., … Donovan, K., & Porter, R. (2025). Long-term outcomes associated with adolescent ADHD symptomatology: Birth cohort study. British Journal of Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.10475

Watson, H. J., Schaumberg, K., Thornton, L. M., Kennedy, H. L., Ong, S. H., Roche, P., … Pettie, M. A., … Jordan, J., Kennedy, M. A., & Bulik, C. M. (2025). Maladaptive exercise in people with a lifetime history of eating disorders: A multicountry observational study. International Journal of Eating Disorders. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/eat.24563

Sullivan, G., Zhang, J., Silailai, L., Wright, K., Cooney, E., Pettie, M., & Ball, J. (2025). Drug harm prevention needs among adolescents in Aotearoa New Zealand: Findings from the Youth19 survey. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1622), 14-31. doi: 10.26635/6965.7062

Neely, E., & Pettie, M. (2025). Not/belonging as health promotion: The affective potentialities of human and non-human relationalities in mother-baby-assemblages. Social Science & Medicine, 371, 117865. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117865

Ball, J., Pettie, M., Poasa, L., & Hoek, J. (2025). ‘You just wanna hit it … ‘cause like it smells like fun’: A qualitative investigation of adolescents’ experiences of nicotine vaping in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kōtuitui, 20(4), 717-737. doi: 10.1080/1177083X.2024.2424852

Journal - Research Other

Ball, J., Reid, J., Hammond, D., Waa, A., Pettie, M., & Hoek, J. (2025). Nicotine pouches and young people: Evidence from Aotearoa New Zealand. The Briefing, (7 August). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/nicotine-pouches-and-young-people-evidence-aotearoa-new-zealand

2024

Journal - Research Article

Fraser, G., Clark, M. T. R., Rose, B. M., Martin, K., Beavis, B., Pettie, M., Jordan, J., & Opai, K. (2024). Ngā Māuiui Kai: Creating indigenous Māori terms for eating disorders in Aotearoa New Zealand. Journal of Eating Disorders, 12, 205. doi: 10.1186/s40337-024-01179-6

Frost, K., Graham-DeMello, A., Ball, J., Pettie, M., & Hoek, J. (2024). A qualitative analysis of how underage adolescents access nicotine vaping products in Aotearoa New Zealand. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 26(10), 1370-1376. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae096

Ball, J., Pettie, M. A., Poasa, L., & Abel, G. (2024). Understanding youth drinking decline: Similarity and change in the function and social meaning of alcohol use (and non-use) in adolescent cohorts 20 years apart. Drug & Alcohol Review, 43(3), 664-674. doi: 10.1111/dar.13685

Journal - Research Other

Nip, J., Edwards, R., Hoek, J., Waa, A., Ball, J., & Pettie, M. (2024). Vaping prevalence and trends: Important findings from 2023-24 NZ Health Survey. The Briefing, (29 November). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/vaping-prevalence-and-trends-important-findings-2023-24-nz-health-survey

Carroll, R., Rose, S. B., Ker, A., Pettie, M. A., & Garrett, S. M. (2024). Priorities for data collection through a prospective cohort study on gender-affirming hormone therapy in Aotearoa New Zealand: Community and clinical perspectives. Journal of Primary Health Care, 16(3), 301-307. doi: 10.1071/HC23170

Nip, J., Ball, J., Hoek, J., Edwards, R., Pettie, M., & Gregan, M.-J. (2024). Can oral tobacco and nicotine products help people to stop smoking? The Briefing, (13 August). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/can-oral-tobacco-and-nicotine-products-help-people-stop-smoking

Hoek, J., Ball, J., Nip, J., Teddy, L., Gregan, M.-J., Graham-DeMello, A., … McCool, J., & Pettie, M. (2024). Oral nicotine products: Expanding the nicotine marketplace. The Briefing, (3 July). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/oral-nicotine-products-expanding-nicotine-marketplace

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Graham-DeMello, A., Frost, K., Ball, J., Pettie, M., & Hoek, J. (2024). E-cigarette supply routes used by underage youth in Aotearoa: A qualitative analysis. Proceedings of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT-O) Oceania Chapter Conference. 1A-6. Retrieved from https://srnt.org/srnt-o

Kennedy-Smith, H., Pettie, M., Cleland, L., Miller, A., Hitchman, L., Thornton, L., Bulik, C., Kennedy, M., & Jordan, J. (2024). New Zealand's contribution to an international eating disorders GWAS: Eating Disorders Genetics Initiative (EDGI). Proceedings of the 17th GeneMappers Conference. Retrieved from https://www.genemappersconference.org

Pettie, M. (2024). Innovating knowledge dissemination for cultural relevance and accessibility. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 87(Suppl. 1), (pp. 42). doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2024.08.104

Other Research Output

Fraser, G., Clark, M. T. R., Rose, B., Martin, K., Beavis, B., Pettie, M., Jordan, J., ..., & Opai, K. (2024). He Papakupu: Ngā Māuiui Kai: A Te Reo Māori glossary for eating disorders. Te Tira Wānaga Māuiui Kai. 10p. Retrieved from https://tinyurl.com/ngamauiuikai

2023

Journal - Research Article

Cleland, L., Kennedy, H. L., Pettie, M. A., Kennedy, M. A., Bulik, C. M., & Jordan, J. (2023). Eating disorders, disordered eating, and body image research in New Zealand: A scoping review. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 7. doi: 10.1186/s40337-022-00728-1

Journal - Research Other

Kennedy, H. L., Hitchman, L. M., Pettie, M. A., Bulik, C. M., & Jordan, J. (2023). Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in New Zealand and Australia: A scoping review. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11, 196. doi: 10.1186/s40337-023-00922-9

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pettie, M., Poasa, L., & Ball, J. (2023). Shifting experiences and social meanings of substance use among Māori youth: A comparative study. Drug & Alcohol Review, 42(Suppl. 1), 240. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749

Ball, J., Pettie, M., Poasa, L., & Hoek, J. (2023). "It's the first thing you think about when you wake up, and it's the last thing you think about when you go to sleep": Nicotine vaping among New Zealand adolescents. Drug & Alcohol Review, 42(Suppl. 1), 257. doi: 10.1111/dar.13749

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Dixon, L., Treharne, G., Pettie, M., Bowden, C., Patterson, T., Beres, M., Mirfin-Veitch, B., Shaw, R., Eketone-Kelly, A., & Ashdown, J. (2023). Male survivors of sexual violence and abuse (SVA): Barriers and facilitators to reporting and accessing services. (pp. 1-110). Wellington, New Zealand: Ministry of Social Development. [Technical/Scientific Report].

2022

Journal - Research Other

MacDermod, C., Pettie, M. A., Carrino, E. A., Cruz Garcia, S., Padalecki, S., Finch, J. E., … Kennedy, H. L., … Kennedy, M. A., Cleland, L., Jordan, J., … Bulik, C. M. (2022). Recommendations to encourage participation of individuals from diverse backgrounds in psychiatric genetic studies. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B, 189B, 163-173. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32906

2021

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Pettie, M., Dixon, L., Treharne, G., Bowden, C., Patterson, T., Beres, M., Mirfin-Veitch, B., Shaw, R., … Eketone-Kelly, K. (2021). What helps and hinders male survivors’ help-seeking behaviour in Aotearoa New Zealand? Proceedings of the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP). (pp. 43). Retrieved from https://sites.google.com/view/ischp21

2020

Awarded Doctoral Degree

Pettie, M. A. (2020). When genetic and environmental factors meet in modelling autism (PhD). Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10063/9108

2019

Chapter in Book - Research

Schenk, S., Hunt, M., Macaskill, A., & Pettie, M. (2019). The role of animal laboratory research in psychopharmacology. In S. M. Evans & K. M. Carpenter (Eds.), APA handbook of psychopharmacology. (pp. 61-86). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. doi: 10.1037/0000133-004

Journal - Research Article

Pettie, M., Oakly, A., Harper, D. N., & Ellenbroek, B. A. (2019). A genetic deletion of the serotonin transporter differentially influences the behavioural effects of MDMA. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 33(3), 355-363. doi: 10.1177/0269881118822156