Margot Prior
Biographic Data
| ID | 203798 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margot Prior |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margot |
| FAMILY NAME | Prior |
| SIGNATURE | PRIOR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Consequences of childhood reading difficulties and behaviour problems for educational achievement and employment in early adulthood
BackgroundReading difficulties (RDs) and behaviour problems (BPs) are two common childhood problems that have a high degree of stability and often negatively affect well-being in both the short and longer terms.AimsThe study aimed to shed light on the unique and joint consequences of these two childhood problems for educational and occupational outcomes in early adulthood.SampleData were drawn from a life-course longitudinal study of psychosocial…
Tuning into Kids”: Reducing Young Children’s Behavior Problems Using an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program
Music therapy with hospitalized infants—the art and science of communicative musicality
Infants seek contingent, companionable interactions with others. Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), while receiving care that optimizes their chances of survival, often do not have the kind of interactions that are optimal for their social development. Live music therapy (MT) with infants is an intervention that aims for contingent, social interaction between therapist and infant. This study, with a limited numbers of infants, exam…
Restricted and repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders: A review of research in the last decade
Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a core feature of autism spectrum disorders. They constitute a major barrier to learning and social adaptation, but research on their definition, cause, and capacity for change has been relatively neglected. The last decade of research has brought new measurement techniques that have improved the description of RRBs. Research has also identified distinctive subtypes of RRBs in autism spectrum disorde…
Tuning in to Kids: Improving emotion socialization practices in parents of preschool children – findings from a community trial
Background: This study evaluated a new prevention and early intervention parenting program: Tuning in to Kids . The program aims to improve emotion socialization practices in parents of preschool children and is based on research evidence that parents’ responses to, and coaching of, their children’s emotions influence emotional and behavioral functioning in children. Methods: Two hundred and sixteen primary caregiver parents of children aged 4.0–…
Tuning in to kids: An emotion‐focused parenting program—initial findings from a community trial
This study evaluated a new group parenting program, Tuning in to Kids, which taught emotion coaching skills to parents of preschool children. In a randomized control trial, 218 primary caregiver parents of children aged 4.0–5.11 years completed questionnaires assessing parent emotion socialization (emotion coaching vs. emotion dismissing), parent emotional competence, parent wellbeing and child behavior. Assessment occurred at preintervention and…
The Early Language in Victoria Study: Predicting vocabulary at age one and two years from gesture and object use
The Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) have been used widely to document early communicative development. The paper reports on a large community sample of 1,447 children recruited from low, middle and high socioeconomic (SES) areas across metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. Regression analyses were conducted to determine the extent to which communicative behaviours reported at 0 ; 8 and 1 ; 0 predicted vocabulary developme…
Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Temperament: A Longitudinal Study From Infancy to the Late Teens
OBJECTIVE: To replicate an earlier Finnish study by Keltikangas-Järvinen et al. (5) reporting that the APOE genotype is associated with temperamental traits involving increased activity. METHODS: DNA was collected from 683 Australian children who had participated in a longitudinal study of childhood temperament from 4 to 8 months up to 17 to 18 years. Associations were examined between APOE genotype and a range of measures of activity and hyperac…
The Mental Health of Young People in Australia: Key Findings from the Child and Adolescent Component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being
Objective: To identify the prevalence of three mental disorders (Depressive Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the prevalence of mental health problems, the health-related quality of life of those with problems, and patterns of service utilisation of those with and without mental health problems, among 4–17-year-olds in Australia. To identify rates of health-risk behaviours among adolescents with mental heal…
Cognitive and psychosocial outcome after head injury in children
Neuropsychological and psychosocial assessment of 58 Victorian and South Australian school-aged children who sustained a closed head injury was carried out immediately postinjury and at 6 months follow-up. For those children whose head injury was defined as mild (length of coma less than 1 hour) outcome on all variables was good at both time points. Children with moderate to severe injury (length of coma greater than 1 hour) had lower WISC-R IQ s…
Gender differences in aggression in childhood: Implications for a peaceful world
Seven waves of data on 300 families from a large-scale longitudinal study were analysed to assess gender differences from infancy to 8 years of age. Parental ratings of temperament, behaviour, and development were available at each sampling point. Information from Maternal and Child Health nurses, primary school teachers and psychometric test data were also available. Analyses of each wave of data revealed few gender differences in infancy and th…
Stability of maternally reported temperament from infancy to 8 years
This study explores the stability of temperament, measured by maternal report, from infancy to 8 years in a longitudinal sample of 450 children. Prior questionnaire-based, factor-analytic studies of stability have usually assumed that temperament dimensions show continuity during development and that, where the same temperament factors emerge at multiple measurement occasions, the factors show measurement equivalence. Structural equation modeling…
Cultural influences on temperament: A comparison of Italian, Italo-Australian, and Anglo-Australian toddlers
The temperament of three groups of 1- to 3-year-old children from Italy and Australia was compared using Australian and Italian versions of the Toddler Temperament Scale (Fullard, McDevitt, & Carey, 1984). Italians, Australians, and Italo-Australians (Italian parent but living in Australia) differed on Intensity, Threshold, Approach, and Persistence dimensions of temperament, in ways which supported the stereotype of the sociable and “emotional” …
Specialist clinical training: A response to Martin
Paul Martin (1989), in the March issue of the Australian Psychologist, published a commendably provocative paper on specialist clinical psychologists and professional training in clinical psychology which should inspire some debate in the professional and academic community. This is a significant concern for that majority of psychologists in this country who are practising professional psychology, for those who are teaching professional training …
Are Disabled Readers Delayed or Different? An Approach Using an Objective Miscue Analysis
S ummary . The question of whether the reading behaviour of disabled readers is qualitatively different from that of normally reading children has as yet received no clearcut answer. An objectively scored and simplified version of the Goodman miscue analysis system was developed as a means of comparing the use of various reading cues by Grade 4 disabled readers and Grade 2 normal readers whose reading level was psychometrically equivalent. The di…
Temperament in Australian, American, Chinese, and Greek Infants: Some Issues and Directions for Future Research
Ratings of temperament in 4-to 8-month-old infants were compared across four cultural groups (American, Chinese, Australian, and Greek-Australian)using the revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire. Significant differences were found on all dimensions, with American and Australian infants being most alike and Greek and Chinese being very different from these two groups Generally, positive or "easy" temperament profiles characterized American and A…
Evidence for language recoding in autistic, retarded and normal children: A re‐examination
In a replication and extension of earlier studies by Hermelin & O'Connor, language recoding abilities in autistic, retarded and normal children matched for mental age and digit span, were compared in a verbal recall task. Random word lists, sentences, and anomalous sentences, eight or 12 items in length (for high and low memory span subgroups) were presented and the number of words recalled from each type of input was scored. All low span childre…
Overinclusion in Chronic Schizophrenia
Research on the overinclusion factor in schizophrenic thought disorder has so far produced conflicting results which throw considerable doubt on the whole concept. Even when groups of schizophrenics have been differentiated on various dimensions (such as acute/chronic; paranoid/non-paranoid), measures of thought disorder in such groups have been unclear (Hawks 8: Payne, 1972). This investigation was designed to examine overinclusive thinking in c…
Stability of maternally reported temperament from infancy to 8 years
This study explores the stability of temperament, measured by maternal report, from infancy to 8 years in a longitudinal sample of 450 children. Prior questionnaire-based, factor-analytic studies of stability have usually assumed that temperament dimensions show continuity during development and that, where the same temperament factors emerge at multiple measurement occasions, the factors show measurement equivalence. Structural equation modeling…
Music therapy with hospitalized infants—the art and science of communicative musicality
Infants seek contingent, companionable interactions with others. Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), while receiving care that optimizes their chances of survival, often do not have the kind of interactions that are optimal for their social development. Live music therapy (MT) with infants is an intervention that aims for contingent, social interaction between therapist and infant. This study, with a limited numbers of infants, exam…
Consequences of childhood reading difficulties and behaviour problems for educational achievement and employment in early adulthood
BackgroundReading difficulties (RDs) and behaviour problems (BPs) are two common childhood problems that have a high degree of stability and often negatively affect well-being in both the short and longer terms.AimsThe study aimed to shed light on the unique and joint consequences of these two childhood problems for educational and occupational outcomes in early adulthood.SampleData were drawn from a life-course longitudinal study of psychosocial…
Cultural influences on temperament: A comparison of Italian, Italo-Australian, and Anglo-Australian toddlers
The temperament of three groups of 1- to 3-year-old children from Italy and Australia was compared using Australian and Italian versions of the Toddler Temperament Scale (Fullard, McDevitt, & Carey, 1984). Italians, Australians, and Italo-Australians (Italian parent but living in Australia) differed on Intensity, Threshold, Approach, and Persistence dimensions of temperament, in ways which supported the stereotype of the sociable and “emotional” …
Tuning in to kids: An emotion‐focused parenting program—initial findings from a community trial
This study evaluated a new group parenting program, Tuning in to Kids, which taught emotion coaching skills to parents of preschool children. In a randomized control trial, 218 primary caregiver parents of children aged 4.0–5.11 years completed questionnaires assessing parent emotion socialization (emotion coaching vs. emotion dismissing), parent emotional competence, parent wellbeing and child behavior. Assessment occurred at preintervention and…
Temperament in Australian, American, Chinese, and Greek Infants: Some Issues and Directions for Future Research
Ratings of temperament in 4-to 8-month-old infants were compared across four cultural groups (American, Chinese, Australian, and Greek-Australian)using the revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire. Significant differences were found on all dimensions, with American and Australian infants being most alike and Greek and Chinese being very different from these two groups Generally, positive or "easy" temperament profiles characterized American and A…
Gender differences in aggression in childhood: Implications for a peaceful world
Seven waves of data on 300 families from a large-scale longitudinal study were analysed to assess gender differences from infancy to 8 years of age. Parental ratings of temperament, behaviour, and development were available at each sampling point. Information from Maternal and Child Health nurses, primary school teachers and psychometric test data were also available. Analyses of each wave of data revealed few gender differences in infancy and th…
Specialist clinical training: A response to Martin
Paul Martin (1989), in the March issue of the Australian Psychologist, published a commendably provocative paper on specialist clinical psychologists and professional training in clinical psychology which should inspire some debate in the professional and academic community. This is a significant concern for that majority of psychologists in this country who are practising professional psychology, for those who are teaching professional training …
Overinclusion in Chronic Schizophrenia
Research on the overinclusion factor in schizophrenic thought disorder has so far produced conflicting results which throw considerable doubt on the whole concept. Even when groups of schizophrenics have been differentiated on various dimensions (such as acute/chronic; paranoid/non-paranoid), measures of thought disorder in such groups have been unclear (Hawks 8: Payne, 1972). This investigation was designed to examine overinclusive thinking in c…
Evidence for language recoding in autistic, retarded and normal children: A re‐examination
In a replication and extension of earlier studies by Hermelin & O'Connor, language recoding abilities in autistic, retarded and normal children matched for mental age and digit span, were compared in a verbal recall task. Random word lists, sentences, and anomalous sentences, eight or 12 items in length (for high and low memory span subgroups) were presented and the number of words recalled from each type of input was scored. All low span childre…
Temperament in Australian, American, Chinese, and Greek Infants: Some Issues and Directions for Future Research
Ratings of temperament in 4-to 8-month-old infants were compared across four cultural groups (American, Chinese, Australian, and Greek-Australian)using the revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire. Significant differences were found on all dimensions, with American and Australian infants being most alike and Greek and Chinese being very different from these two groups Generally, positive or "easy" temperament profiles characterized American and A…
Are Disabled Readers Delayed or Different? An Approach Using an Objective Miscue Analysis
S ummary . The question of whether the reading behaviour of disabled readers is qualitatively different from that of normally reading children has as yet received no clearcut answer. An objectively scored and simplified version of the Goodman miscue analysis system was developed as a means of comparing the use of various reading cues by Grade 4 disabled readers and Grade 2 normal readers whose reading level was psychometrically equivalent. The di…
Specialist clinical training: A response to Martin
Paul Martin (1989), in the March issue of the Australian Psychologist, published a commendably provocative paper on specialist clinical psychologists and professional training in clinical psychology which should inspire some debate in the professional and academic community. This is a significant concern for that majority of psychologists in this country who are practising professional psychology, for those who are teaching professional training …
Cultural influences on temperament: A comparison of Italian, Italo-Australian, and Anglo-Australian toddlers
The temperament of three groups of 1- to 3-year-old children from Italy and Australia was compared using Australian and Italian versions of the Toddler Temperament Scale (Fullard, McDevitt, & Carey, 1984). Italians, Australians, and Italo-Australians (Italian parent but living in Australia) differed on Intensity, Threshold, Approach, and Persistence dimensions of temperament, in ways which supported the stereotype of the sociable and “emotional” …
Gender differences in aggression in childhood: Implications for a peaceful world
Seven waves of data on 300 families from a large-scale longitudinal study were analysed to assess gender differences from infancy to 8 years of age. Parental ratings of temperament, behaviour, and development were available at each sampling point. Information from Maternal and Child Health nurses, primary school teachers and psychometric test data were also available. Analyses of each wave of data revealed few gender differences in infancy and th…
Stability of maternally reported temperament from infancy to 8 years
This study explores the stability of temperament, measured by maternal report, from infancy to 8 years in a longitudinal sample of 450 children. Prior questionnaire-based, factor-analytic studies of stability have usually assumed that temperament dimensions show continuity during development and that, where the same temperament factors emerge at multiple measurement occasions, the factors show measurement equivalence. Structural equation modeling…
Cognitive and psychosocial outcome after head injury in children
Neuropsychological and psychosocial assessment of 58 Victorian and South Australian school-aged children who sustained a closed head injury was carried out immediately postinjury and at 6 months follow-up. For those children whose head injury was defined as mild (length of coma less than 1 hour) outcome on all variables was good at both time points. Children with moderate to severe injury (length of coma greater than 1 hour) had lower WISC-R IQ s…
The Mental Health of Young People in Australia: Key Findings from the Child and Adolescent Component of the National Survey of Mental Health and Well-Being
Objective: To identify the prevalence of three mental disorders (Depressive Disorder, Conduct Disorder and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), the prevalence of mental health problems, the health-related quality of life of those with problems, and patterns of service utilisation of those with and without mental health problems, among 4–17-year-olds in Australia. To identify rates of health-risk behaviours among adolescents with mental heal…
Apolipoprotein E Genotype and Temperament: A Longitudinal Study From Infancy to the Late Teens
OBJECTIVE: To replicate an earlier Finnish study by Keltikangas-Järvinen et al. (5) reporting that the APOE genotype is associated with temperamental traits involving increased activity. METHODS: DNA was collected from 683 Australian children who had participated in a longitudinal study of childhood temperament from 4 to 8 months up to 17 to 18 years. Associations were examined between APOE genotype and a range of measures of activity and hyperac…
The Early Language in Victoria Study: Predicting vocabulary at age one and two years from gesture and object use
The Macarthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) have been used widely to document early communicative development. The paper reports on a large community sample of 1,447 children recruited from low, middle and high socioeconomic (SES) areas across metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. Regression analyses were conducted to determine the extent to which communicative behaviours reported at 0 ; 8 and 1 ; 0 predicted vocabulary developme…
Tuning in to kids: An emotion‐focused parenting program—initial findings from a community trial
This study evaluated a new group parenting program, Tuning in to Kids, which taught emotion coaching skills to parents of preschool children. In a randomized control trial, 218 primary caregiver parents of children aged 4.0–5.11 years completed questionnaires assessing parent emotion socialization (emotion coaching vs. emotion dismissing), parent emotional competence, parent wellbeing and child behavior. Assessment occurred at preintervention and…
Tuning in to Kids: Improving emotion socialization practices in parents of preschool children – findings from a community trial
Background: This study evaluated a new prevention and early intervention parenting program: Tuning in to Kids . The program aims to improve emotion socialization practices in parents of preschool children and is based on research evidence that parents’ responses to, and coaching of, their children’s emotions influence emotional and behavioral functioning in children. Methods: Two hundred and sixteen primary caregiver parents of children aged 4.0–…
Restricted and repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders: A review of research in the last decade
Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a core feature of autism spectrum disorders. They constitute a major barrier to learning and social adaptation, but research on their definition, cause, and capacity for change has been relatively neglected. The last decade of research has brought new measurement techniques that have improved the description of RRBs. Research has also identified distinctive subtypes of RRBs in autism spectrum disorde…
Tuning into Kids”: Reducing Young Children’s Behavior Problems Using an Emotion Coaching Parenting Program
Music therapy with hospitalized infants—the art and science of communicative musicality
Infants seek contingent, companionable interactions with others. Infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), while receiving care that optimizes their chances of survival, often do not have the kind of interactions that are optimal for their social development. Live music therapy (MT) with infants is an intervention that aims for contingent, social interaction between therapist and infant. This study, with a limited numbers of infants, exam…
Consequences of childhood reading difficulties and behaviour problems for educational achievement and employment in early adulthood
BackgroundReading difficulties (RDs) and behaviour problems (BPs) are two common childhood problems that have a high degree of stability and often negatively affect well-being in both the short and longer terms.AimsThe study aimed to shed light on the unique and joint consequences of these two childhood problems for educational and occupational outcomes in early adulthood.SampleData were drawn from a life-course longitudinal study of psychosocial…
Psychology (18 works) · Developmental psychology (14 works) · Clinical Psychology (10 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Personality (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works)