J M Najman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J M Najman |
| GIVEN NAMES | J M |
| FAMILY NAME | Najman |
| SIGNATURE | NAJMAN J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7079-2080 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 77 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 316 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 77 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 11 |
Perpetrators of the Criminal Victimisation of Children
Excluding child abuse and neglect, children may experience violence in their day-to-day lives, but little is known about the frequency of such experiences or the characteristics of those who perpetrate this violence. Some characteristics of the environment in which the child is reared, e.g., family economic disadvantage, or of the perpetrator, e.g., mental illness, may contribute to the level of violence children may routinely experience. This st…
Parental imprisonment, childhood behavioral problems, and adolescent and young adult cardiometabolic risk
The Interpersonal Antecedents of Attachment Security in Early Adulthood
Background/Objectives : The relevance of adult attachment security for physical and emotional wellbeing is increasingly evident. Developing a better understanding of the interpersonal antecedents of secure attachment in childhood and adolescence could enable opportunities for its promotion when attachment styles are more easily modifiable. Methods : Data from 3648 participants in a longitudinal birth cohort study were examined. At 21 years, parti…
Qualitative insights on help-seeking from older Australian women with lived experience of elder abuse
The consequences of elder abuse are often endured, and help is rarely sought. To change this, comprehensive responses are needed to address perpetrator behavior, the underlying stigma of elder abuse, improve service response, and harness the role of informal supporters to enable access to formal services
What predicts being a victim of bullying in adolescence? An examination of risk factors from childhood and adolescence
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine predictors of being a victim of bullying in adolescence. Design/methodology/approach Data come from mothers and their children who participated in the prospective longitudinal Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes. The authors examine predictors of being a victim of bullying collected at the 5-year and 14-year follow-ups ( n = 2,815). Findings Adolescents (aged 14) more …
The unique role of adolescent internalizing and externalizing problems, and maternal-adolescent communication in their association with attachment in early adulthood
Attachment styles influence mental health and relationships through life. Few studies examine the adolescent factors associated with adult attachment styles. This paper examines the association between adolescent emotional and behavioral problems and maternal-adolescent communication with attachment style in early adulthood. Data from 3423 participants in a birth cohort study were examined. At 14-years, participants' mothers completed the Parent-…
Risk factors associated with child maltreatment in the second generation of a prospective longitudinal Australian birth cohort
Several individual, familial, and social risk factors were associated with CM in this cohort. Notably, different CM subtypes were associated with different risk factors. This research highlights key modifiable factors to support early intervention and prevention of CM
The Relationship between Cannabis and Tobacco Co-administration and Long-Term Patterns of Cannabis Use in Young Adults Who Use Stimulants
Background Co-administering cannabis with tobacco (i.e. co-administration of the substances mixed together) is a common practice among cannabis users, but the consequences of this practice are not well understood. This study examines the relationship between co-administering cannabis with tobacco and the long-term frequency of cannabis use in a young adult population group with high rates of cannabis and tobacco use.Methods The data are from an A…
A Comparison of Oral Health Outcomes of Self-Reported and Agency-Notified Child Maltreatment in a Population-Based Birth Cohort at 30-Year-Old Follow-Up
OBJECTIVE: Information on the oral health outcomes of childhood maltreatment in adulthood is limited and reliant on retrospective questionnaires that are subject to recall bias. There are no data from prospective studies using maltreatment reports to statutory agencies. We therefore assessed the effect on dental outcomes and oral health care at 30-year follow-up using both prospective agency notifications and retrospective self-reports of child m…
Parental imprisonment as a risk factor for cardiovascular and metabolic disease in adolescent and adult offspring
Using prospective cohort data, our results support research showing that parental imprisonment, particularly in early childhood, is associated with increased BMI, blood pressure, sedentary hours, and waist circumference in females in early adulthood. These findings implicate parental imprisonment as a risk factor for cardiometabolic health issues in later life among females
Do cannabis and amphetamine use in adolescence predict adult life success
Background While some studies have reported that early age of onset of cannabis and amphetamine use predicts a range of adverse outcomes, these findings are rarely adjusted for other predictors of adverse outcomes or subsequent drug use over the adult life course. These studies have not addressed the possibility that it is subsequent rather than early age of onset of drug use that may predict adult life success.Methods Data are from the Mater-Uni…
Lifestyle correlates of dietary patterns among young adults
Objective: Previous studies of sociodemographic and lifestyle correlates of dietary patterns among young adults have primarily focused on physical activity and smoking, with inconclusive results. This study aims to examine the associations between a broader range of lifestyles of young adults and their patterns of food consumption. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Brisbane, Australia. Participants: The data set are from a long running birth coho…
The prevalence of mental health disorders among young adults who use amphetamine‐type stimulants, compared to young adults who do not
Queensland Alcohol‐related violence and Night‐time Economy Monitoring (Quantem)
This commentary introduces the special section on the outcomes of the Queensland Alcohol‐related violence and Night‐time Economy Monitoring project and outlines the political and policy context of the interventions put in place under the Queensland government's Tackling Alcohol‐Fuelled Violence strategy. The development of the strategy was informed by alcohol policy initiatives trialled in other major Australian cities over the past two decades. …
Summarising the impacts of the Queensland Alcohol‐related violence and Night‐Time Economy (Quantem) project
This closing commentary to the special section presents an overview of the Queensland Alcohol‐related violence and Night‐Time Economy Monitoring evaluation findings in comparison to those from other jurisdictions where similar interventions have been implemented (such as Sydney and Newcastle), and especially with previous studies that have used similar evaluation methodologies, such as the Dealing with Alcohol and the Night‐Time Economy study. Ov…
The influence of child maltreatment on substance or alcohol use in 30‐year‐old adults
Co–administering cannabis with tobacco and persistent tobacco smoking after 41⁄2 years in young adults who use stimulants
Tobacco smoking remains highly prevalent in high-risk groups, including young adults who use cannabis and a variety of other drugs. We examine whether co-administering cannabis with tobacco is associated with heavier and more persistent tobacco smoking compared to separate use of these substances among young adults who use drugs recreationally. Data are from a prospective population-based study of young adults residing in Queensland, Australia, w…
Predicting Child Maltreatment over the Early Life Course
Long-term Cognitive, Psychological, and Health Outcomes Associated With Child Abuse and Neglect
Potential long-lasting adverse effects of child maltreatment have been widely reported, although little is known about the distinctive long-term impact of differing types of maltreatment. Our objective for this special article is to integrate findings from the Mater-University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy, a longitudinal prenatal cohort study spanning 2 decades. We compare and contrast the associations of specific types of maltreatment with l…
Does adolescent heavier alcohol use predict young adult aggression and delinquency? Parallel analyses from four Australasian cohort studies
While the association between heavy alcohol consumption and aggression has been well documented, the causal direction of this association, particularly at a population level, is disputed. A number of causal sequences have been proposed. First, that aggression leads to heavy alcohol use. Second, that heavy alcohol use leads to aggression. Third, that the association between alcohol use and aggression is due to confounding by (a) sociodemographic v…
Short-term changes in nightlife attendance and patron intoxication following alcohol restrictions in Queensland, Australia
Earlier cessation of alcohol sales and stopping the sale of rapid intoxication drinks after midnight was associated with people arriving in Fortitude Valley earlier. Though legislative loopholes allowed some venues to continue trading to 5 am, the proportion of people in the precinct who were highly intoxicated decreased after the restriction. Further measurement will be required to determine whether the reduction has persisted
Does leaving an abusive partner lead to a decline in victimization
Changing a partner does not interrupt the continuity of victimization either for male or female respondents, and previous IPV victimization remained a determining factor of re-abuse, despite re-partnering
Experiences of police contact among young adult recreational drug users
Queensland Alcohol-related violence and Night Time Economy Monitoring project (Quantem)
The information gathered through this project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the Policy and to draw on these findings to inform future prevention and enforcement approaches by policy makers, police, and venue staff
Does substantiated childhood maltreatment lead to poor quality of life in young adulthood? Evidence from an Australian birth cohort study
Chronicity, severity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms
The generational transmission of socioeconomic inequalities in child cognitive development and emotional health
Teenage children of teenage mothers
Family Poverty Over the Early Life Course and Recurrent Adolescent and Young Adult Anxiety and Depression
Objectives. We determined whether exposure to family poverty over a child's early life course predicts adolescent and young adult anxiety and depression. Methods. We used a birth cohort study of a sample of women in Brisbane, Australia, who were recruited in early pregnancy and whose children were followed up on at ages 14 and 21 years. Some 2609 mothers and adolescents provided usable data at the 14- and 21-year follow-ups. Results. After adjust…
Information control and the exercise of power in the obstetrical encounter
Patients with terminal cancer who use alternative therapies
This paper examines the extent to which patients who have been diagnosed as having terminal cancer choose to use non-medical therapies. In particular it is concerned with the illness behaviour of patients who are receiving conventional cytotoxic drug and radiation treatments, who also decide to use a wide range of 'alternative' medications and therapies. The paper discusses the findings of a study of 152 patients with metastatic cancer that exami…
The mental health of women 6 months after they give birth to an unwanted baby
Health and poverty
Patient characteristics negatively stereotyped by doctors
Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Sexual Dysfunction in Adulthood
Integrating biological and social processes in relation to early-onset persistent aggression in boys and girls
This study examined the relationship between biological and social risk factors and aggressive behavior patterns in an Australian high-risk sample of 370 adolescents. Perinatal, temperamental, familial, sociodemographic, and behavioral data were collected during interviews completed during pregnancy. immediately postpartum, and when the children were 6 months old and 5, 14, and 15 years old. Youths were given tests of verbal and neuropsychologica…
Health and demographic characteristics of respondents in an Australian national sexuality survey
Study objective: To assess the representativeness of survey participants by systematically comparing volunteers in a national health and sexuality survey with the Australian population in terms of self reported health status (including the SF-36) and a wide range of demographic characteristics. Design: A cross sectional sample of Australian residents were compared with demographic data from the 1996 Australian census and health data from the 1995…
Socioeconomic disadvantage and child morbidity
The health of female sex workers from three industry sectors in Queensland, Australia
The validity of publication and citation counts for Sociology and other selected disciplines
The use of bibliometric data is a means of comparing research productivity and scholarly impact for individuals, work groups, institutions and nations within and between disciplines. Central to this debate is the notion that disciplines differ in the ways in which they exchange ideas and disseminate information and therefore have diverse publishing and citation patterns. In this article we use two different approaches to compiling bibliometric da…
The impact of a child death on marital adjustment
Risky Sexual Behaviors and Pregnancy Outcomes in Young Adulthood Following Substantiated Childhood Maltreatment
Childhood maltreatment is associated with a range of adverse mental and physical health outcomes, including increased rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) later in life. However, the impact on risky sexual behaviors and pregnancy outcomes has not been adequately studied. This is particularly true for physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. We examined associations between prospectively substantiated childhood maltreatment and rep…
Changes in mental health status amongst children of migrants to Australia
This paper examines the mental wellbeing of children of Australian migrants. Migration can be viewed as a natural experiment in which persons of one culture have their beliefs, values and behaviours challenged by the host culture. Such a process could be expected to lead to impaired mental health amongst migrants and their children. This paper investigates the relationship between migrants' region of origin, length of stay in Australia and indica…
The Quality of Qualitative Data
Researchers are familiar with claims that, for various reasons, many conceptions of reliability and validity are inappropriate to the analysis of qualitative data. Using transcripts drawn from doctor-patient consultations, the authors examine two methods of assessing the reliability of data and the validity of their interpretations. First, the method of intercoder agreement is used and assessed. Second, the methods of conversation analysis are ap…
The mental health impact of stillbirth, neonatal death or Sids
Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Physical and Mental Health in Adulthood
Child developmental delay and socio-economic disadvantage in Australia
Religious values, practices and pregnancy outcomes
Young adult problem behaviour outcomes of adolescent bullying
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the association between bullying victimisation and various internalizing and externalizing behaviours including anxiety and depression, somatic problems, withdrawn behaviour, aggressive and delinquent behaviour. Design/methodology/approach Data for this research come from the Mater‐University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy and its Outcomes (MUSP) a prospective cohort study of mothers and their c…
Sexual Partner Preferences
Data are taken from a representative sample of the Australian population to determine the qualities that are desired in a sexual partner. These qualities are considered in three categories: those reflecting the perceived reproductive value of the partner (evolutionary imperative), the emotional attachment to a partner and the pure pleasure associated with having sex. Subjects completed a telephone-based survey (876 males; 908 females; aged 18-59)…
Death Anxiety and Death Acceptance
Death acceptance is not necessarily the opposite of death anxiety. The two could in fact correlate positively. A third category of “death denial” should also be considered. A new scale to measure death acceptance was devised. It was found to be reliable and, in a group of students, correlated positively ( rs = .242 and .263) with two existing death anxiety scales. People can therefore accept death and be anxious about it at the same time. Religio…
A Comparison of Spinal Manipulation by Medical Practitioners and Chiropractors
Recent studies have shown that a significant proportion of the Australian population attend chiropractors. In so far as some patients believe that chiropractic manipulation is effective, it is important to determine whether this belief is a consequence of a psychosomatic remission in symptoms or whether manipulative therapy, per se , is actually effective. A comparison of two groups of 50 patients, matched for condition and some demographic chara…
Patient characteristics negatively stereotyped by doctors
Information control and the exercise of power in the obstetrical encounter
A comparative analysis of Australian health policy in the 1970s
Personal Qualities of Students Selected for Entry to Medical School
Religious values, practices and pregnancy outcomes
The mental health of women 6 months after they give birth to an unwanted baby
The price of freedom. Young Indochinese refugees in Australia
Child developmental delay and socio-economic disadvantage in Australia
The impact of a child death on marital adjustment
Health and poverty
Socioeconomic disadvantage and child morbidity
Patients with terminal cancer who use alternative therapies
This paper examines the extent to which patients who have been diagnosed as having terminal cancer choose to use non-medical therapies. In particular it is concerned with the illness behaviour of patients who are receiving conventional cytotoxic drug and radiation treatments, who also decide to use a wide range of 'alternative' medications and therapies. The paper discusses the findings of a study of 152 patients with metastatic cancer that exami…
Church Attendance, Religious Affiliation and Parental Responses to Sudden Infant Death, Neonatal Death and Stillbirth
There is an association between religion and health: those who are religious have healthier life-styles resulting in less physical illness and improved longevity. Some evidence shows that there may be a beneficial association between religion and psychological well-being. With bereavement, some may “turn to God” while others “turn away from God”; this occurrence may be reflected in their church attendance. In a prospective study, families who had…
The Quality of Qualitative Data
Researchers are familiar with claims that, for various reasons, many conceptions of reliability and validity are inappropriate to the analysis of qualitative data. Using transcripts drawn from doctor-patient consultations, the authors examine two methods of assessing the reliability of data and the validity of their interpretations. First, the method of intercoder agreement is used and assessed. Second, the methods of conversation analysis are ap…
The mental health impact of stillbirth, neonatal death or Sids
Chronicity, severity, and timing of maternal depressive symptoms
Preschool Children and Behaviour Problems
Toddler/child behaviour problems have received relatively little previous attention. Prior studies have implicated a wide variety of factors in the aetiology of child behaviour problems but many of these factors are correlated and little is known about their independent contributions. Four broad categories of factors have been associated with child behaviour problems: (1) maternal social and economic characteristics; (2) maternal lifestyle; (3) m…
Bias influencing maternal reports of child behaviour and emotional state
Health and demographic characteristics of respondents in an Australian national sexuality survey
Study objective: To assess the representativeness of survey participants by systematically comparing volunteers in a national health and sexuality survey with the Australian population in terms of self reported health status (including the SF-36) and a wide range of demographic characteristics. Design: A cross sectional sample of Australian residents were compared with demographic data from the 1996 Australian census and health data from the 1995…
The impact of will to live and belief in curability on the subjective well-being of patients with advanced cancer
For patients with metastatic, incurable cancer the prognosis itself and its acceptance may influence their subjective well-being. This paper addresses the issue of what patients with incurable cancer should be told about their disease. It considers whether the patients' will to live and perceptions of the information their doctor provides may have consequences for well-being. The analysis is of a subset of data from a study of patients diagnosed …
Integrating biological and social processes in relation to early-onset persistent aggression in boys and girls
This study examined the relationship between biological and social risk factors and aggressive behavior patterns in an Australian high-risk sample of 370 adolescents. Perinatal, temperamental, familial, sociodemographic, and behavioral data were collected during interviews completed during pregnancy. immediately postpartum, and when the children were 6 months old and 5, 14, and 15 years old. Youths were given tests of verbal and neuropsychologica…
The validity of publication and citation counts for Sociology and other selected disciplines
The use of bibliometric data is a means of comparing research productivity and scholarly impact for individuals, work groups, institutions and nations within and between disciplines. Central to this debate is the notion that disciplines differ in the ways in which they exchange ideas and disseminate information and therefore have diverse publishing and citation patterns. In this article we use two different approaches to compiling bibliometric da…
Changes in mental health status amongst children of migrants to Australia
This paper examines the mental wellbeing of children of Australian migrants. Migration can be viewed as a natural experiment in which persons of one culture have their beliefs, values and behaviours challenged by the host culture. Such a process could be expected to lead to impaired mental health amongst migrants and their children. This paper investigates the relationship between migrants' region of origin, length of stay in Australia and indica…
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