Stacy Tzoumaki
Biographic Data
| ID | 2748023 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stacy Tzoumaki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stacy |
| FAMILY NAME | Tzoumaki |
| SIGNATURE | TZOUMAKI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Griffith University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6480-1710 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Universal School-Based Social-Emotional Learning and Early Adolescent Police Contact
This research explored the association between universal primary school Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and early adolescent police contact for criminal incidents. For 12,564 students in New South Wales, Australia, data from school leaders regarding SEL programs delivered at 493 primary schools (when students were in Year 6) was linked with police contact records (during Years 7 and 8). Multi-level regressions revealed no significant association …
Can universal school-based social and emotional learning programs reduce early antisocial behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Preventing and reducing antisocial behaviour among young people requires multi-tiered solutions involving families, communities and schools. While targeted family and individual-level programs for at-risk children and young people are critical, they can be limited in reach as well as engagement, participation and retention. Universal programs delivered in schools, which have shown evidence of improving social and emotional learning more broadly, …
An exploratory evaluation of universal social-emotional learning programs delivered during elementary school to Australian students
Whole-school Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs demonstrate promise as an avenue for universally and equitably fostering student social and emotional wellbeing. This study used population data collected in 2015 to examine the association of Australian elementary (primary) school-based SEL programs with students' late middle childhood functioning (aged 11-12 years) on the five social-emotional competencies defined by the Collaborative for Ac…
Promoting effective transitions
BACKGROUND: The transition from primary to secondary school presents a challenging developmental milestone which often marks a decline in academic performance. Social-emotional skills are recognized as fundamental to academic success but longitudinal research is needed to determine the extent of their association over this transition period. AIM: This study sought to determine the association between self-reported social-emotional competencies of…
Global Prevalence of Childhood Exposure to Physical Violence within Domestic and Family Relationships in the General Population
Efforts to identify and prevent childhood exposure to physical violence within domestic and family relationships must be underpinned by reliable prevalence estimates to ensure the appropriate allocation of resources and benchmarks for assessing intervention efficacy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the global prevalence of childhood exposure to physical domestic and family violence separately as a victim or witness. Searches…
Contact with child protection services and subsequent rates of first police contact as a person of interest, victim or witness in early life
Child maltreatment is known to be associated with risk of later offending and victimisation in adolescence and adulthood, but only a few studies have examined justice system contact in childhood and none have focused on police contact. This study investigated the time to first contact with police in childhood (aged 13 years and younger) among children with prior child protection services contact. Using administrative data for 91,631 children from…
New directions in intergenerational child maltreatment research and responses
While there is much research on the topic of child maltreatment more broadly in Australia, a nuanced understanding of intergenerational child maltreatment is needed to improve our responses. Little work has considered all four intergenerational patterns of child maltreatment: cycle maintainers (maltreated parents with maltreated children), cycle breakers (maltreated parents with non‐maltreated children), cycle initiators (non‐maltreated parents w…
Conditions of Birth and Early Childhood Developmental Risk for Mental Disorders
Distinct classes of children in the general population are at increased odds of later mental illness and other adverse outcomes according to patterns of early childhood developmental vulnerability. If certain risk factors known at the time of birth are reliably associated with membership in early childhood risk classes, then preventative interventions could be initiated in the earliest years of life. Associations between 14 factors known at the t…
Measurement Invariance Across Sex and Language Background of a Self-Report Social-Emotional Learning Questionnaire for Middle Childhood
This study investigates the measurement invariance of a brief self-report measure of childhood social-emotional competencies, the Middle Childhood Survey: Social-Emotional Learning (MCS-SEL), across demographic subgroups. Invariance was tested simultaneously among subgroups of children aged 11–12 years that were differentiated by sex (male, female) and main language spoken at home (English, not English). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis e…
The Overlaps between Intergenerational (Dis)Continuity of Child Protection Services Involvement and Mental Illness Diagnoses from Hospital Admissions
Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia
Contact with the police, as the first contact with the criminal justice system for young people and children, may signify individuals who are vulnerable to later adverse social and health outcomes. However, little is known about how often children have contact with police or for what reason. In this paper, we provide a demographic profile of the prevalence and reasons for police contact among a representative, longitudinal, population-based sampl…
Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior
Parental offending and children’s emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia
Objectives Children whose parents have a history of criminal offending may be at risk of higher rates of emergency department (ED) presentation, along with other adverse health outcomes. We used data from a large, population-based record linkage project to examine the association between maternal and paternal criminal offending and the incidence of ED presentations among child offspring. Methods Data for 72 772 children with linked parental recor…
Connection to the Natural Environment and Well-Being in Middle Childhood
Though the positive association between a connection to the natural environment and well-being is well established, few studies have examined this association in children, and none have explored whether this relationship remains when accounting for other factors that affect well-being, such as social supports, attention, and empathic skills. The current study aims to address this gap. Data are drawn from the New South Wales Child Development Stud…
The persistence of early childhood physical aggression
Clinical Home Visitation for Children With Externalizing Disorders
Clinical home visitation (CHV) was empirically tested in a randomized study to determine if it could reduce a child's externalizing behaviors while alleviating parental stress. Clinic-referred waitlisted young children (n = 33) with symptoms suggesting an externalizing disorder were randomly offered a CHV intervention composed of a developmentally guided dyadic-centered syllabus. Families were recruited to participate in an experimental (n = 21) …
Clinical Home Visitation for Children With Externalizing Disorders
Clinical home visitation (CHV) was empirically tested in a randomized study to determine if it could reduce a child's externalizing behaviors while alleviating parental stress. Clinic-referred waitlisted young children (n = 33) with symptoms suggesting an externalizing disorder were randomly offered a CHV intervention composed of a developmentally guided dyadic-centered syllabus. Families were recruited to participate in an experimental (n = 21) …
The persistence of early childhood physical aggression
Connection to the Natural Environment and Well-Being in Middle Childhood
Though the positive association between a connection to the natural environment and well-being is well established, few studies have examined this association in children, and none have explored whether this relationship remains when accounting for other factors that affect well-being, such as social supports, attention, and empathic skills. The current study aims to address this gap. Data are drawn from the New South Wales Child Development Stud…
Parental offending and children’s emergency department presentations in New South Wales, Australia
Objectives Children whose parents have a history of criminal offending may be at risk of higher rates of emergency department (ED) presentation, along with other adverse health outcomes. We used data from a large, population-based record linkage project to examine the association between maternal and paternal criminal offending and the incidence of ED presentations among child offspring. Methods Data for 72 772 children with linked parental recor…
Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia
Contact with the police, as the first contact with the criminal justice system for young people and children, may signify individuals who are vulnerable to later adverse social and health outcomes. However, little is known about how often children have contact with police or for what reason. In this paper, we provide a demographic profile of the prevalence and reasons for police contact among a representative, longitudinal, population-based sampl…
Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior
Conditions of Birth and Early Childhood Developmental Risk for Mental Disorders
Distinct classes of children in the general population are at increased odds of later mental illness and other adverse outcomes according to patterns of early childhood developmental vulnerability. If certain risk factors known at the time of birth are reliably associated with membership in early childhood risk classes, then preventative interventions could be initiated in the earliest years of life. Associations between 14 factors known at the t…
Measurement Invariance Across Sex and Language Background of a Self-Report Social-Emotional Learning Questionnaire for Middle Childhood
This study investigates the measurement invariance of a brief self-report measure of childhood social-emotional competencies, the Middle Childhood Survey: Social-Emotional Learning (MCS-SEL), across demographic subgroups. Invariance was tested simultaneously among subgroups of children aged 11–12 years that were differentiated by sex (male, female) and main language spoken at home (English, not English). Multi-group confirmatory factor analysis e…
The Overlaps between Intergenerational (Dis)Continuity of Child Protection Services Involvement and Mental Illness Diagnoses from Hospital Admissions
Global Prevalence of Childhood Exposure to Physical Violence within Domestic and Family Relationships in the General Population
Efforts to identify and prevent childhood exposure to physical violence within domestic and family relationships must be underpinned by reliable prevalence estimates to ensure the appropriate allocation of resources and benchmarks for assessing intervention efficacy. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the global prevalence of childhood exposure to physical domestic and family violence separately as a victim or witness. Searches…
Contact with child protection services and subsequent rates of first police contact as a person of interest, victim or witness in early life
Child maltreatment is known to be associated with risk of later offending and victimisation in adolescence and adulthood, but only a few studies have examined justice system contact in childhood and none have focused on police contact. This study investigated the time to first contact with police in childhood (aged 13 years and younger) among children with prior child protection services contact. Using administrative data for 91,631 children from…
New directions in intergenerational child maltreatment research and responses
While there is much research on the topic of child maltreatment more broadly in Australia, a nuanced understanding of intergenerational child maltreatment is needed to improve our responses. Little work has considered all four intergenerational patterns of child maltreatment: cycle maintainers (maltreated parents with maltreated children), cycle breakers (maltreated parents with non‐maltreated children), cycle initiators (non‐maltreated parents w…
Can universal school-based social and emotional learning programs reduce early antisocial behaviours? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Preventing and reducing antisocial behaviour among young people requires multi-tiered solutions involving families, communities and schools. While targeted family and individual-level programs for at-risk children and young people are critical, they can be limited in reach as well as engagement, participation and retention. Universal programs delivered in schools, which have shown evidence of improving social and emotional learning more broadly, …
An exploratory evaluation of universal social-emotional learning programs delivered during elementary school to Australian students
Whole-school Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs demonstrate promise as an avenue for universally and equitably fostering student social and emotional wellbeing. This study used population data collected in 2015 to examine the association of Australian elementary (primary) school-based SEL programs with students' late middle childhood functioning (aged 11-12 years) on the five social-emotional competencies defined by the Collaborative for Ac…
Promoting effective transitions
BACKGROUND: The transition from primary to secondary school presents a challenging developmental milestone which often marks a decline in academic performance. Social-emotional skills are recognized as fundamental to academic success but longitudinal research is needed to determine the extent of their association over this transition period. AIM: This study sought to determine the association between self-reported social-emotional competencies of…
Universal School-Based Social-Emotional Learning and Early Adolescent Police Contact
This research explored the association between universal primary school Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and early adolescent police contact for criminal incidents. For 12,564 students in New South Wales, Australia, data from school leaders regarding SEL programs delivered at 493 primary schools (when students were in Year 6) was linked with police contact records (during Years 7 and 8). Multi-level regressions revealed no significant association …
Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)