Research outputs
2026
Reducing mental health inequalities through hypothetical interventions in early childhood: Evidence from mediation analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Preterm birth, socioeconomic status, and white matter development across childhood.
Mckinnon, K., Blesa Cábez, M., Thye, M., Abel, S., Smikle, R., Skelton, J., . . . Boardman, J. P. (2026). Preterm birth, socioeconomic status, and white matter development across childhood.. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 77, 101643. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101643
2025
A multi-level analysis of motor and behavioural dynamics in 9-month-old preterm and term-born infants during changing emotional and interactive contexts.
Chua, Y. W., Jiménez-Sánchez, L., Ledsham, V., O'Carroll, S., Cox, R. F. A., Andonovic, I., . . . Delafield-Butt, J. (2025). A multi-level analysis of motor and behavioural dynamics in 9-month-old preterm and term-born infants during changing emotional and interactive contexts.. Scientific reports, 15(1), 952. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-83194-w
Missed opportunities: The unknown impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early childhood development in the WHO European region.
White, J. M., Goodfellow, C. L., Adeleke, A. O., Awde, F. P., Chua, Y. W., Jovic, A., & Scott, E. (2025). Missed opportunities: The unknown impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on early childhood development in the WHO European region.. Public health in practice (Oxford, England), 10, 100636. doi:10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100636
P54 School funding and GCSE performance in England: a longitudinal ecological study at the local authority level from 2015 – 2023
Akanni, L., Black, M., Bennett, D., Chua, Y. W., Creese, H., Ukoumunne, O. C., . . . Taylor-Robinson, D. (2025). P54 School funding and GCSE performance in England: a longitudinal ecological study at the local authority level from 2015 – 2023. In SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp. A64.1-A64). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi:10.1136/jech-2025-ssmabstracts.131
Preterm birth, socioeconomic status, and white matter development across childhood.
Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health difficulties over childhood: a longitudinal sex-stratified analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Chua, Y. W., Schlüter, D., Pearce, A., Sharp, H., & Taylor-Robinson, D. (2025). Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health difficulties over childhood: a longitudinal sex-stratified analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study. Social Science & Medicine, 118159. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118159
Effects of prematurity and socio-economic status on early life language exposure: A video coding study.
O'Carroll, S., Dean, B., Chua, Y. W., Ledsham, V., Boardman, J. P., & Fletcher-Watson, S. (2025). Effects of prematurity and socio-economic status on early life language exposure: A video coding study.. The British journal of developmental psychology. doi:10.1111/bjdp.70023
2024
OP03 Socioeconomic differences in the development of mental health difficulties over childhood: a longitudinal analysis using the UK millennium cohort study
Chua, Y. W., Schlueter-Mistry, D., Pearce, A., Sharp, H., & Taylor-Robinson, D. (2024). OP03 Socioeconomic differences in the development of mental health difficulties over childhood: a longitudinal analysis using the UK millennium cohort study. In SSM Annual Scientific Meeting (pp. A2.1-A2). BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. doi:10.1136/jech-2024-ssmabstracts.3
2023
Child health inequalities
Taylor-Robinson, D., Bennett, D., Chua, Y. W., Lee, P., & Singh, R. (2023). Child health inequalities: Expert Report for the UK Covid-19 Public Inquiry Module 2: Child health inequalities (INQ000280060). Retrieved from https://covid19.public-inquiry.uk/
A dynamic, developmental systems approach to emotional self-regulation in the still-face paradigm reveals effects of preterm birth
2022
Developmental differences in the prospective organisation of goal-directed movement between children with autism and typically developing children: A smart tablet serious game study.
Chua, Y. W., Lu, S. -C., Anzulewicz, A., Sobota, K., Tachtatzis, C., Andonovic, I., . . . Delafield-Butt, J. (2022). Developmental differences in the prospective organisation of goal-directed movement between children with autism and typically developing children: A smart tablet serious game study.. Developmental science, 25(3), e13195. doi:10.1111/desc.13195
Movement and socioemotional development – a multilevel approach examining sub-second motor patterns and behaviour in infancy and childhood
Chua, Y. W. (2022, February 28). Movement and socioemotional development – a multilevel approach examining sub-second motor patterns and behaviour in infancy and childhood.
2021
Developmental Differences in the Prospective Organisation of Goal-Directed Movement Between Children with Autism and Typically Developing Children: A Smart Tablet Serious Game Study
2020
Eighteen-year trajectories of depressive symptoms in mothers with a lifetime eating disorder: findings from the ALSPAC cohort.
Chua, Y. W., Lewis, G., Easter, A., Lewis, G., & Solmi, F. (2020). Eighteen-year trajectories of depressive symptoms in mothers with a lifetime eating disorder: findings from the ALSPAC cohort.. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 216(2), 90-96. doi:10.1192/bjp.2019.89