2024
Wright, N., Pearson, R. M., Crook, D., Bond, A., & Jewell, T. (n.d.). Through each other's eyes: initial results and protocol for the co-design of an observational measure of adolescent-parent interaction using first-person perspective. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. doi:10.3389/frcha.2023.1214890DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2023.1214890
Obando, D., Hill, J., & Wright, N. (2022). The Moderating Role of Maternal Praise and Positivity in the Association Between Callous-Unemotional (CU) Traits and Later Aggression: A Prospective Study in Preschool Children in Colombia. CHILD PSYCHIATRY & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. doi:10.1007/s10578-022-01354-3DOI: 10.1007/s10578-022-01354-3
Wright, N., Hill, J., Sharp, H., Refberg-Brown, M., Crook, D., Kehl, S., & Pickles, A. (2024). COVID-19 pandemic impact on adolescent mental health: a reassessment accounting for development.. European child & adolescent psychiatry. doi:10.1007/s00787-023-02337-yDOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02337-y
Katalifos, A., Elsabbagh, M., Yusuf, A., Yamaguchi, S., Scorah, J., Wright, N., . . . Shikako, K. (n.d.). Alignment of Canada's COVID-19 policy response with barriers and facilitators for coping reported by caregivers of youth with developmental delays, disorders, and disabilities. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 5. doi:10.3389/fresc.2024.1308062DOI: 10.3389/fresc.2024.1308062
2023
O'Reilly, C., Huberty, S., van Noordt, S., Desjardins, J., Wright, N., Scorah, J., . . . BASIS, T. (2023). EEG functional connectivity in infants at elevated familial likelihood for autism spectrum disorder. MOLECULAR AUTISM, 14(1). doi:10.1186/s13229-023-00570-5DOI: 10.1186/s13229-023-00570-5
Bozicevic, L., Hill, J., Chandra, P. S., Omirou, A., Holla, C., Wright, N., & Sharp, H. (n.d.). Cross-cultural differences in early caregiving: levels of mind-mindedness and instruction in UK and India. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. doi:10.3389/frcha.2023.1124883DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2023.1124883
Wright, N., Courchesne, V., Pickles, A., Bedford, R., Duku, E., Kerns, C. M., . . . Pathways Team. (2023). A longitudinal comparison of emotional, behavioral and attention problems in autistic and typically developing children.. Psychological medicine, 1-13. doi:10.1017/s0033291723001599DOI: 10.1017/s0033291723001599
Wright, N., Sharp, H., Gay, J., Pickles, A., & Hill, J. (2023). Turning to friends in preference to parents for support in early adolescence: does this contribute to the gender difference in depressive symptoms?. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. doi:10.3389/frcha.2023.1150493DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2023.1150493
Braithwaite, E. C., Cole, J., Murgatroyd, C., Wright, N., O’Farrelly, C., Barker, B., & Ramchandani, P. (n.d.). Child DNA methylation in a randomised controlled trial of a video-feedback intervention to promote positive parenting and sensitive discipline (VIPP-SD). Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. doi:10.3389/frcha.2023.1175299DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2023.1175299
Hill, J., Wright, N., Sharp, H., Pickles, A., & Steele, H. (2023). On the risks of secure attachment in infancy: Childhood irritability and adolescent depression predicted by secure attachment and high approach behaviours at 14-months towards a caregiver living with inter-parental violence. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2. doi:10.3389/frcha.2023.1143125DOI: 10.3389/frcha.2023.1143125
Leno, V. C., Wright, N., Pickles, A., Bedford, R., Zaidman-Zait, A., Kerns, C., . . . Pathways, A. S. D. S. T. (2023). Longitudinal associations between early childhood irritability and adolescent depression symptoms in autistic children are mediated by peer relationships but not educational engagement. DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. doi:10.1017/S0954579422001316DOI: 10.1017/S0954579422001316
Obando, D., Wright, N., & Hill, J. (2023). Warmth and reciprocity with mothers, and young children's resilience to exposure to community violence in Colombia: findings from the La Sabana Parent-Child Study. JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 64(1), 197-205. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13629DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13629
2022
Gonzalez, M., Zeidan, J., Lai, J., Yusuf, A., Wright, N., Steiman, M., . . . Shikako, K. (2022). Socio-demographic disparities in receipt of clinical health care services during the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian children with disability. BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH, 22(1). doi:10.1186/s12913-022-08672-1DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-08672-1
Pickles, A., Wright, N., Bedford, R., Steiman, M., Duku, E., Bennett, T., . . . Elsabbagh, M. (2022). Predictors of language regression and its association with subsequent communication development in children with autism. JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 63(11), 1243-1251. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13565DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13565
Carter Leno, V., Wright, N., Pickles, A., Bedford, R., Zaidman-Zait, A., Kerns, C., . . . Elsabbagh, M. (2022). Exposure to family stressful life events in autistic children: Longitudinal associations with mental health and the moderating role of cognitive flexibility. AUTISM, 26(7), 1656-1667. doi:10.1177/13623613211061932DOI: 10.1177/13623613211061932
Obando, D., Hill, J., Sharp, H., Pickles, A., Fisher, L., & Wright, N. (2022). Synergy between callous-unemotional traits and aggression in preschool children: Cross-informant and cross-cultural replication in the UK Wirral Child Health and Development Study, and the Colombian La Sabana Parent-Child Study. DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, 34(3), 1079-1087. doi:10.1017/S0954579420002114DOI: 10.1017/S0954579420002114
Yusuf, A., Wright, N., Steiman, M., Gonzalez, M., Karpur, A., Shih, A., . . . Elsabbagh, M. (2022). Factors associated with resilience among children and youths with disability during the COVID-19 pandemic.. PloS one, 17(7), e0271229. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271229DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271229
Obando, D., Wright, N., & Hill, J. (2022). Exposure to community violence and Callous-Unemotional traits in young children: the role of positive parenting. European Psychiatry, 65(S1), S225. doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.584DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.584
2021
Braithwaite, E. C., Sharp, H., Pickles, A., Hill, J., & Wright, N. (2021). Breast may not always be best: moderation of effects of postnatal depression by breastfeeding and infant sex. BIOLOGY OF SEX DIFFERENCES, 12(1). doi:10.1186/s13293-021-00403-1DOI: 10.1186/s13293-021-00403-1
Bedford, R., Leno, V. C., Wright, N., Bluett-Duncan, M., Smith, T. J., Anzures, G., . . . Hill, J. (2021). Emotion Recognition Performance in Children with Callous Unemotional Traits is Modulated by Co-occurring Autistic Traits. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY, 50(6), 811-827. doi:10.1080/15374416.2020.1833338DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1833338
Investigating longitudinal associations between parent reported sleep in early childhood and teacher reported executive functioning in school-aged children with autism (Journal article)
Tesfaye, R., Wright, N., Zaidman-Zait, A., Bedford, R., Zwaigenbaum, L., Kerns, C. M., . . . Elsabbagh, M. (2021). Investigating longitudinal associations between parent reported sleep in early childhood and teacher reported executive functioning in school-aged children with autism. SLEEP, 44(9). doi:10.1093/sleep/zsab122DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsab122
Wright, N., Pickles, A., Sharp, H., & Hill, J. (2021). A psychometric and validity study of callous-unemotional traits in 2.5 year old children. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87416-3DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-87416-3
Wright, N., Hill, J., Sharp, H., & Pickles, A. (2021). Commentary response: Addressing the scientific as well as the social-inequalities questions - Response to the commentary of Newlove-Delgado (2021).. JCPP advances, 1(1), e12015. doi:10.1111/jcv2.12015DOI: 10.1111/jcv2.12015
Wright, N., Hill, J., Sharp, H., & Pickles, A. (2021). Interplay between long-term vulnerability and new risk: Young adolescent and maternal mental health immediately before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.. JCPP advances, 1(1), e12008. doi:10.1111/jcv2.12008DOI: 10.1111/jcv2.12008
2020
Braithwaite, E. C., Pickles, A., Wright, N., Sharp, H., & Hill, J. (2020). Sex differences in foetal origins of child emotional symptoms: a test of evolutionary hypotheses in a large, general population cohort. JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 61(11), 1194-1202. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13229DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13229
Impact of COVID-19 on Young Adolescent Mental Health: Comparison of Depression, Anxiety and Behaviour Problems in 12 Year Olds Immediately Before and During the Pandemic in a UK Birth Cohort (Preprint)
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3717557
2019
Wright, N., Pickles, A., Braithwaite, E. C., Sharp, H., & Hill, J. (2019). Sex-dependent associations between maternal prenatal cortisol and child callous-unemotional traits: Findings from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study. PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY, 109. doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104409DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2019.104409
Hill, J., Pickles, A., Wright, N., Quinn, J. P., Murgatroyd, C., & Sharp, H. (2019). Mismatched Prenatal and Postnatal Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Child Behaviours: A Sex-Dependent Role for <i>NR3C1</i> DNA Methylation in the Wirral Child Health and Development Study. CELLS, 8(9). doi:10.3390/cells8090943DOI: 10.3390/cells8090943
Hill, J., Pickles, A., Wright, N., Braithwaite, E., & Sharp, H. (2019). Predictions of children's emotionality from evolutionary and epigenetic hypotheses. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-39513-7DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39513-7
Callous-unemotional traits, low cortisol reactivity and physical aggression in children: findings from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study (Journal article)
Wright, N., Hill, J., Pickles, A., & Sharp, H. (2019). Callous-unemotional traits, low cortisol reactivity and physical aggression in children: findings from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study. TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY, 9. doi:10.1038/s41398-019-0406-9DOI: 10.1038/s41398-019-0406-9
2018
Sex-specific associations between maternal prenatal cortisol and child callous-unemotional traits: Findings from the Wirral Child Health and Development Study (Preprint)
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/h87ua
Wright, N., Hill, J., Sharp, H., & Pickles, A. (2018). Maternal sensitivity to distress, attachment and the development of callous-unemotional traits in young children. JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY, 59(7), 790-800. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12867DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12867
2017
Huntley, F., Wright, N., Pickles, A., Sharp, H., & Hill, J. (2017). Maternal mental health and child problem behaviours: disentangling the role of depression and borderline personality dysfunction. BJPSYCH OPEN, 3(6), 300-305. doi:10.1192/bjpo.bp.117.005843DOI: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.117.005843
Wright, N. J. (2017, October 2). Callous-unemotional traits in early childhood: developmental pathways and translation to aggression.
Maternal mental health and child problem behaviours: disentangling the role of depression and borderline personality dysfunction (Preprint)
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/2ebyj
Maternal depression and child behaviours: sex-dependent mediation by glucocorticoid receptor gene methylation in a longitudinal study from pregnancy to age 5 years (Preprint)
DOI: 10.1101/187351
2015
Wright, N., Hill, J., Pickles, A., & Sharp, H. (2015). The Specific Role of Relationship Life Events in the Onset of Depression during Pregnancy and the Postpartum. PLOS ONE, 10(12). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0144131DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144131
Bedford, R., Pickles, A., Sharp, H., Wright, N., & Hill, J. (2015). Reduced Face Preference in Infancy: A Developmental Precursor to Callous-Unemotional Traits?. Biological Psychiatry, 78(2), 144-150. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.09.022DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.09.022