J Golding
Biographic Data
| ID | 24174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Golding |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Golding |
| SIGNATURE | GOLDING J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2826-3307 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 131 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Are religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours associated with how people cope with traumatic events? Findings from the parental generation of a UK birth cohort
This article examines the relationship between religiosity and response to traumatic life events in a UK longitudinal birth cohort study. Previous literature on coping focuses on how individuals use religion to cope with such events, whereas this article looks more broadly at whether aspects of religiosity are associated with how individuals are affected by life events. Four religiosity measures were used: religious belief, religious affiliation,…
Individual-level changes in religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviors over three decades in the parental generation of the ALSPAC cohort, UK
Longitudinal data on religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviors (RSBB) are essential for understanding both how religion shapes our lives and the factors determining religiosity. Despite this importance, there are few longitudinal studies with detailed and repeated RSBB data. Using data spanning nearly 30 years from the parental generation of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) based in the Southwest of England, we describ…
Associations between religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours and dietary patterns
Objective: Religious/spiritual beliefs and behaviours (RSBB) have been associated with health outcomes, with diet a potential mediator of this relationship. We therefore explored whether RSBB were associated with differences in diet. Design: Dietary patterns and nutrient intakes were derived from food frequency questionnaire completed by pregnant women in 1991–1992 (mean age = 28·3 years, range = 15–46) and by the mothers and partners 4 years pos…
A review of guidance on fish consumption in pregnancy
Objective Public health messages to reduce Hg exposure for pregnant women have focused exclusively on advice on fish consumption to limit Hg exposure, with little account being taken of the positive contribution of fish to nutritional quality. The aim of the present review was to compare and contrast the content and presentation of national guidelines on fish consumption in pregnancy, and comment on their evidence base and impact on consumption. …
Preschool Gender-Typed Play Behavior at Age 3.5 Years Predicts Physical Aggression at Age 13 Years
Gender differences in play behavior and physical aggression have been consistently reported. Theoretical perspectives concerning evolutionary, social, and social-cognitive mechanisms suggest that male-typical play behavior during childhood increases subsequent physical aggression. The evidence supporting these connections is limited, however. The present study investigated the association between gender-typed play behavior in early childhood and …
The anthropometry of children and adolescents may be influenced by the prenatal smoking habits of their grandmothers
OBJECTIVES: Previously, in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), we have shown different sex-specific birth anthropometric measurements contingent upon whether or not prenatal smoking was undertaken by paternal grandmother (PGM±), maternal grandmother (MGM±), and the study mother (M±). The findings raised the question as to whether there were long-term associations on the growth of the study children over time. METHODS: Me…
Intake of game birds in the UK
Objective Concern has recently been expressed about Pb levels in Pb-shot game meat. Our aim was to determine the consumption of game birds in a representative sample population in the UK, and in children and women of childbearing age in particular. Design Population-based cross-sectional cohort study. Data from 4 d diet diaries from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS; 2008–2010) were extracted to analyse data on game bird consumption…
Cohort Profile
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) is a transgenerational prospective observational study investigating influences on health and development across the life course. It considers multiple genetic, epigenetic, biological, psychological, social and other environmental exposures in relation to a similarly diverse range of health, social and developmental outcomes. Recruitment sought to enroll pregnant women in the Bristol ar…
Cohort Profile
The Avon Longitudinal Study of Children and Parents (ALSPAC) was established to understand how genetic and environmental characteristics influence health and development in parents and children. All pregnant women resident in a defined area in the South West of England, with an expected date of delivery between 1st April 1991 and 31st December 1992, were eligible and 13761 women (contributing 13867 pregnancies) were recruited. These women have be…
Association of socioeconomic position with maternal pregnancy and infant health outcomes in birth cohort studies from Brazil and the UK
BACKGROUND: Socioeconomic inequalities in health outcomes are dynamic and vary over time. Differences between countries can provide useful insights into the causes of health inequalities. The study aims to compare the associations between two measures of socioeconomic position (SEP)-maternal education and family income-and maternal and infant health outcomes between ALSPAC and Pelotas cohorts. METHODS: Birth cohort studies were started in Avon, U…
Continuity in Sex-Typed Behavior from Preschool to Adolescence
Socioeconomic position and overweight among adolescents
The results of this study demonstrate that the social patterning of overweight varies between and within populations over time. Specific approaches should be developed within populations in order to contain the obesity epidemic and reduce disparities
Sex-specific, male-line transgenerational responses in humans
The course of anxiety and depression through pregnancy and the postpartum in a community sample
Maternal fish intake in late pregnancy and the frequency of low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation in a cohort of British infants
Objective: To investigate the relation between maternal fish intake in late pregnancy and the frequency of low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Participants: 11 585 pregnant women in south west England. Methods: Information on fish intake was obtained from a food frequency questionnaire sent to the women at 32 weeks’ gestation, and used to calculate n-3 fatty acid (n-3FA) intake from fish. IUGR was defined as a birth weigh…
Children's play narratives
Play narratives can offer a unique insight into the child's internal world. This study compared the play narratives of children in 38 lesbian-mother families; 73 two-parent, heterosexual-mother families; and 58 single-heterosexual-mother families recruited from a general population sample. Findings indicated positive mother-child relationships and well-adjusted children. Girls' narratives showed more affection than boys' and were more strongly as…
Using the Stepfamily Genetic Design to Examine Gene-Environment Processes in Child and Family Functioning
Studying children in different types of families-intact, single-mother, and stepparent families-affords opportunities for testing models of gene-environment processes, based on estimates of sibling similarity among full-siblings and half-siblings. We used a stepfamily quantitative genetic design to estimate genetic and environmental sources of variance in children's behavior problems and prosocial behaviors, as well as negativity in their relatio…
Children with lesbian parents
Existing research on children with lesbian parents is limited by reliance on volunteer or convenience samples. The present study examined the quality of parent– child relationships and the socioemotional and gender development of a community sample of 7-year-old children with lesbian parents. Families were recruited through the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a geographic population study of 14,000 mothers and their children. Thi…
Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years
BACKGROUND: Animal experiments suggest that maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy have long-term effects on the behaviour of the offspring. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that antenatal maternal anxiety predicts behavioural problems at age 4 years. METHOD: Data were collected on multiple antenatal and postnatal assessments of maternal anxiety and depression, antenatal and obstetric risks, psychosocial risks and children's behavioural/emotion…
ALSPAC–The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
ALSPAC (The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, formerly the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood) was specifically designed to determine ways in which the individual’s genotype combines with environmental pressures to influence health and development. To date, there are comprehensive data on approximately 10 000 children and their parents, from early pregnancy until the children are aged between 8 and 9. The study aims…
Cohort study of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth
Objective: To follow mothers' mood through pregnancy and after childbirth and compare reported symptoms of depression at each stage. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Avon. Participants: Pregnant women resident within Avon with an expected date of delivery between 1 April 1991 and 31 December 1992. Main outcome measures: Symptom scores from the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale at 18 and 32 weeks of pregnancy and 8 weeks and 8 months…
Family Type and Depression in Pregnancy
Thomas G. O'Connor, Neil Hawkins, Judy Dunn, Karen Thorpe, Jean Golding, ALSPAC Study Team, Family Type and Depression in Pregnancy: Factors Mediating Risk in a Community Sample, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Aug., 1998), pp. 757-770
Social epidemiology of chickenpox in two British national cohorts
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To provide a quantitative description of factors independently predictive of reported chickenpox infections in two national cohorts of British children. DESIGN--Longitudinal cohort study design employing logistic regression analysis of data obtained in the 1970 British Births Survey (later to become the Child Health and Education Study, CHES), and the 1958 British Perinatal Mortality Survey (later to become the National Child Dev…
Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal smoking conclusions questioned
Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal smoking conclusions questioned. J GoldingCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.9.1346-a Published Online: November 15, 2011
Epidemiology of Congenital Malformations
Children with lesbian parents
Existing research on children with lesbian parents is limited by reliance on volunteer or convenience samples. The present study examined the quality of parent– child relationships and the socioemotional and gender development of a community sample of 7-year-old children with lesbian parents. Families were recruited through the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a geographic population study of 14,000 mothers and their children. Thi…
Somatization in the community
We tested the hypotheses that an abridged somatization construct that we had developed would be associated with use of health services, preferential use of medical over mental health services, and an index of disability. These hypotheses were tested using structured interview data from 3,132 randomly selected community respondents. We found that: respondents meeting criteria for somatization reported a heavier use of health services than non-soma…
Childhood accidents, family size and birth order
Continuity in Sex-Typed Behavior from Preschool to Adolescence
Maternal fish intake in late pregnancy and the frequency of low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation in a cohort of British infants
Objective: To investigate the relation between maternal fish intake in late pregnancy and the frequency of low birth weight and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Participants: 11 585 pregnant women in south west England. Methods: Information on fish intake was obtained from a food frequency questionnaire sent to the women at 32 weeks’ gestation, and used to calculate n-3 fatty acid (n-3FA) intake from fish. IUGR was defined as a birth weigh…
Delayed antenatal care
Preschool Gender-Typed Play Behavior at Age 3.5 Years Predicts Physical Aggression at Age 13 Years
Gender differences in play behavior and physical aggression have been consistently reported. Theoretical perspectives concerning evolutionary, social, and social-cognitive mechanisms suggest that male-typical play behavior during childhood increases subsequent physical aggression. The evidence supporting these connections is limited, however. The present study investigated the association between gender-typed play behavior in early childhood and …
Family Type and Depression in Pregnancy
Thomas G. O'Connor, Neil Hawkins, Judy Dunn, Karen Thorpe, Jean Golding, ALSPAC Study Team, Family Type and Depression in Pregnancy: Factors Mediating Risk in a Community Sample, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Aug., 1998), pp. 757-770
Social epidemiology of chickenpox in two British national cohorts
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To provide a quantitative description of factors independently predictive of reported chickenpox infections in two national cohorts of British children. DESIGN--Longitudinal cohort study design employing logistic regression analysis of data obtained in the 1970 British Births Survey (later to become the Child Health and Education Study, CHES), and the 1958 British Perinatal Mortality Survey (later to become the National Child Dev…
Regional variations in wheezing illness in British children
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to examine the regional distribution of wheezing illness among British children, and the age at which geographical differences may be determined. DESIGN--Cross sectional analyses and study of interregional migrants were used. SUBJECTS--The subjects were national cohorts of British children born in 1958 and 1970. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--The regional distribution of wheezing illness showed significant heterogenei…
Parental smoking and post-infancy wheezing in children
The contribution of parental smoking to wheezing in children was studied in a subset of all British births between April 5 and 11, 1970 (N = 9,670). Children of smoking mothers had an 18.0 per cent cumulative incidence of post-infancy wheezing through 10 years of age, compared with 16.2 per cent among children of nonsmoking mothers (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.21). This difference was confined to wheezing attributed to wheezy bronchitis, of …
Using the Stepfamily Genetic Design to Examine Gene-Environment Processes in Child and Family Functioning
Studying children in different types of families-intact, single-mother, and stepparent families-affords opportunities for testing models of gene-environment processes, based on estimates of sibling similarity among full-siblings and half-siblings. We used a stepfamily quantitative genetic design to estimate genetic and environmental sources of variance in children's behavior problems and prosocial behaviors, as well as negativity in their relatio…
Breast feeding, eczema, asthma, and hayfever
The association of breast feeding with rates of atopic illness during the first five years of life was assessed in a national study of 13 135 children studied during the first week and at age 5 years. Eczema was reported more often in children who had been breast fed; this relationship persisted even after allowance was made for social and family factors influencing the likelihood both of breast feeding and of eczema; the other factors most signi…
Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal smoking conclusions questioned
Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal smoking conclusions questioned. J GoldingCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.9.1346-a Published Online: November 15, 2011
Are there gaps in the provision of perinatal care in Greece
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The objective was to test the hypothesis that easy access to sophisticated hospitals is associated with a reduction in perinatal mortality. DESIGN: The study was a nationwide questionnaire survey of a birth cohort. SUBJECTS: All deliveries greater than 500g weight of singleton live births and stillbirths occurring throughout Greece during April 1983 were included. Completed questionnaires were returned for 10,953 deliveries (8% o…
Analysis of completed reproductive histories
Recent authors have suggested that cross-sectional studies of adverse outcome of pregnancy are misleading, and that the only valid method of analysis controls for eventual number of pregnancies. The present study shows, by simple examples, that such a method produces results that cannot be interpreted in the way claimed for them
State Aid to Nonpublic Schools
State Aid to Nonpublic Schools: A Legal-Historical Overview Get access Joanne Golding, S.P. Joanne Golding, S.P. Director of Continuing Education and Special Programs and Assistant Professor of Education, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 19, Issue 2, Spring 1977, Pages 231–237, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/19…
State Aid to Nonpublic Schools
State Aid to Nonpublic Schools: A Legal-Historical Overview Get access Joanne Golding, S.P. Joanne Golding, S.P. Director of Continuing Education and Special Programs and Assistant Professor of Education, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Church and State, Volume 19, Issue 2, Spring 1977, Pages 231–237, https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/19…
Epidemiology of sudden infant death syndrome
Analysis of completed reproductive histories
Recent authors have suggested that cross-sectional studies of adverse outcome of pregnancy are misleading, and that the only valid method of analysis controls for eventual number of pregnancies. The present study shows, by simple examples, that such a method produces results that cannot be interpreted in the way claimed for them
Breast feeding, eczema, asthma, and hayfever
The association of breast feeding with rates of atopic illness during the first five years of life was assessed in a national study of 13 135 children studied during the first week and at age 5 years. Eczema was reported more often in children who had been breast fed; this relationship persisted even after allowance was made for social and family factors influencing the likelihood both of breast feeding and of eczema; the other factors most signi…
Identification of cases of sudden infant death syndrome from death certificates
A method is proposed for identification of cases of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) from information available on death certificates. Deaths at ages between 7 days and 2 years, referred to a coroner, having certain specified causes of death codes, identified 160 of 169 cases of SIDS confirmed as such by a pathologist. The sensitivity of the method was 94% and the specificity was 97
Somatization in the community
We tested the hypotheses that an abridged somatization construct that we had developed would be associated with use of health services, preferential use of medical over mental health services, and an index of disability. These hypotheses were tested using structured interview data from 3,132 randomly selected community respondents. We found that: respondents meeting criteria for somatization reported a heavier use of health services than non-soma…
Childhood accidents, family size and birth order
Growth in utero, blood pressure in childhood and adult life, and mortality from cardiovascular disease.
In national samples of 9921 10 year olds and 3259 adults in Britain systolic blood pressure was inversely related to birth weight. The association was independent of gestational age and may therefore be attributed to reduced fetal growth. This suggests that the intrauterine environment influences blood pressure during adult life. It is further evidence that the geographical differences in average blood pressure and mortality from cardiovascular d…
Weight-for-height in two national cohorts with particular reference to 10-year-old children
The idea of representing obesity or degree of malnutrition using a weight-for-height power index has existed for many years and several authors believe that such an index should be uncorrelated with height. Data from the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 Child Health and Education Study have therefore been used to determine the values of the constant k which lead to the weight-for-height power index weight/[height]k being uncorre…
Are there gaps in the provision of perinatal care in Greece
STUDY OBJECTIVE: The objective was to test the hypothesis that easy access to sophisticated hospitals is associated with a reduction in perinatal mortality. DESIGN: The study was a nationwide questionnaire survey of a birth cohort. SUBJECTS: All deliveries greater than 500g weight of singleton live births and stillbirths occurring throughout Greece during April 1983 were included. Completed questionnaires were returned for 10,953 deliveries (8% o…
Parental smoking and post-infancy wheezing in children
The contribution of parental smoking to wheezing in children was studied in a subset of all British births between April 5 and 11, 1970 (N = 9,670). Children of smoking mothers had an 18.0 per cent cumulative incidence of post-infancy wheezing through 10 years of age, compared with 16.2 per cent among children of nonsmoking mothers (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.21). This difference was confined to wheezing attributed to wheezy bronchitis, of …
Psychiatric comorbidity in primary care somatization disorder
Lifetime prevalence rates were calculated for comorbid psychiatric disorders in 119 patients who were referred from primary care physicians for unexplained somatic complaints and who met DSM III-R criteria for somatization disorder. Comparisons were made with general population norms from the ECA study. Prevalence of nine comorbid conditions was significantly higher than in the general populations. The most prevalent comorbid diagnoses were major…
Height and mortality in the counties of England and Wales
Average heights of adults and children in the counties of England and Wales were examined using national samples of people born between 1920 and 1970. Although height increased over this 50-year period the differences between counties persisted. Average height in a county is closely related to its pattern of death rates, which were derived from all deaths during 1968-78. Counties with taller populations have lower mortality from chronic bronchiti…
Regional variations in wheezing illness in British children
STUDY OBJECTIVE--The aim was to examine the regional distribution of wheezing illness among British children, and the age at which geographical differences may be determined. DESIGN--Cross sectional analyses and study of interregional migrants were used. SUBJECTS--The subjects were national cohorts of British children born in 1958 and 1970. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS--The regional distribution of wheezing illness showed significant heterogenei…
Low birth-weight and pre-term delivery in South-East Asia. The who international collaborative study of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Delayed antenatal care
Epidemiology of Congenital Malformations
Social epidemiology of chickenpox in two British national cohorts
STUDY OBJECTIVE--To provide a quantitative description of factors independently predictive of reported chickenpox infections in two national cohorts of British children. DESIGN--Longitudinal cohort study design employing logistic regression analysis of data obtained in the 1970 British Births Survey (later to become the Child Health and Education Study, CHES), and the 1958 British Perinatal Mortality Survey (later to become the National Child Dev…
Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal smoking conclusions questioned
Sudden infant death syndrome and maternal smoking conclusions questioned. J GoldingCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.9.1346-a Published Online: November 15, 2011
Family Type and Depression in Pregnancy
Thomas G. O'Connor, Neil Hawkins, Judy Dunn, Karen Thorpe, Jean Golding, ALSPAC Study Team, Family Type and Depression in Pregnancy: Factors Mediating Risk in a Community Sample, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Aug., 1998), pp. 757-770
ALSPAC–The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children
ALSPAC (The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, formerly the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood) was specifically designed to determine ways in which the individual’s genotype combines with environmental pressures to influence health and development. To date, there are comprehensive data on approximately 10 000 children and their parents, from early pregnancy until the children are aged between 8 and 9. The study aims…
Cohort study of depressed mood during pregnancy and after childbirth
Objective: To follow mothers' mood through pregnancy and after childbirth and compare reported symptoms of depression at each stage. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Avon. Participants: Pregnant women resident within Avon with an expected date of delivery between 1 April 1991 and 31 December 1992. Main outcome measures: Symptom scores from the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale at 18 and 32 weeks of pregnancy and 8 weeks and 8 months…
Maternal antenatal anxiety and children's behavioural/emotional problems at 4 years
BACKGROUND: Animal experiments suggest that maternal stress and anxiety during pregnancy have long-term effects on the behaviour of the offspring. AIMS: To test the hypothesis that antenatal maternal anxiety predicts behavioural problems at age 4 years. METHOD: Data were collected on multiple antenatal and postnatal assessments of maternal anxiety and depression, antenatal and obstetric risks, psychosocial risks and children's behavioural/emotion…
Using the Stepfamily Genetic Design to Examine Gene-Environment Processes in Child and Family Functioning
Studying children in different types of families-intact, single-mother, and stepparent families-affords opportunities for testing models of gene-environment processes, based on estimates of sibling similarity among full-siblings and half-siblings. We used a stepfamily quantitative genetic design to estimate genetic and environmental sources of variance in children's behavior problems and prosocial behaviors, as well as negativity in their relatio…
Children with lesbian parents
Existing research on children with lesbian parents is limited by reliance on volunteer or convenience samples. The present study examined the quality of parent– child relationships and the socioemotional and gender development of a community sample of 7-year-old children with lesbian parents. Families were recruited through the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, a geographic population study of 14,000 mothers and their children. Thi…
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