Research outputs
2026
Reducing mental health inequalities through hypothetical interventions in early childhood: Evidence from mediation analysis using the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Poverty and family adversity trajectories and not in education, employment or training (NEET) status in late adolescence: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
Udu, K., Adjei, N. K., Akanni, L., Niccodemi, G., Chen, Y., Chua, Y. W., . . . Taylor-Robinson, D. (2026). Poverty and family adversity trajectories and not in education, employment or training (NEET) status in late adolescence: evidence from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Public Health, 4(1), e003958. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2025-003958
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). 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, 10, 100636. doi:10.1016/j.puhip.2025.100636
Child poverty and under-5 children services spending on early childhood development in England – a longitudinal local area ecological study of children born between 2017 and 2022
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
Neonatal methylation-based predictors of childhood cognition
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
Time trends and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in early childhood development at 2 to 2.5 years old in England between 2019 and 2024
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. (2026). Effects of prematurity and socio‐economic status on early life language exposure: A video coding study. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 44(2), 469-484. 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., 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). doi:10.1111/desc.13195
Early life attachment in term and preterm infants
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, 216(2), 90-96. doi:10.1192/bjp.2019.89