John W Toumbourou
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 191228 |
|---|---|
| NOME | John W Toumbourou |
| PRENOMES | John W |
| SOBRENOME | Toumbourou |
| ASSINATURA | TOUMBOUROU J W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8431-3762 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 92 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 119 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 92 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1994 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Catalyzing collective action in evidence‐based parenting support
Profiling Vulnerability in Youth and Predicting Educational Attainment in Young Adulthood
INTRODUCTION: Educational attainment is associated with higher rates of employment, income, and standard of living; yet leaving secondary school before completion of the final year remains common, particularly for youth experiencing disadvantage. This study aimed to identify key indicators of vulnerability, derived from a proposed framework of child disadvantage, that predicted early school leaving in a state-representative sample of Australian y…
Trauma-and-Violence-Informed Care for Victim-Survivors of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence
Formal support is essential for promoting recovery and healing of victim-survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV). Trauma-and-violence-informed care (TVIC) aims to improve outcomes and minimize harm for trauma survivors accessing support. Despite its existence, services are not adequately meeting the needs of victim-survivors of DFSV and continue to cause harm. Guiding frameworks that can be consistently applied across services a…
Protocol for a randomized and a non-randomized controlled trial testing Daily Growth
This trial is registered with ANZCTR, registration number ACTRN12624000937516; ACTRN12624001023549, and includes all items from the WHO Trial Registration Data Set
Prioritizing Abstinence-Based Prevention, Regulation, and Recovery to Reduce Substance-Related Harm and Promote Mental Health at a Population-Level
This commentary argues the need to prioritize regulation and abstinence-based prevention and recovery as critical services in efforts to maximize the reduction of substance-related harm and the promotion of mental health at a population-level. Treatment and harm reduction for those experiencing mental health and or substance use problems tends to be poorly integrated with regulatory and prevention approaches, which seek to reduce the development …
No Excuse for Abuse
Purpose Domestic violence against women causes severe health and social impacts and is of international public health concern. To address this issue, Our Watch, an organization established to prevent violence against women in Australia, used public health behavior change theories and preliminary studies to develop a social marketing video campaign to increase public recognition of non-physical forms of domestic violence against women such as emot…
Best Practice Strategies for Service Engagement with Female Victim/Survivors of Family Violence from Culturally Diverse Communities
Purpose Few studies explore practitioners’ perspectives on effective strategies to engage with women from multicultural communities. This study examines the experiences of employees at a specialist family violence service in delivering services to women from culturally diverse communities to develop best practice strategies. Method Utilizing focus group discussion, this study conducted an in-depth analysis of practitioners’ expert perspectives an…
Characteristics of high‐ and low‐risk drinkers who use online alcohol home delivery in Western Australia
Influence of Cultural Norms on Formal Service Engagement Among Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
For victim-survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), receiving help from formal services such as specialist family violence, health, or criminal justice services can be critical for their safety and well-being. Previous research has found cross-cultural differences in the rates of help-seeking behavior, with women from non-Anglo-Saxon communities less likely to seek formal help than Anglo-Saxon populations. This qualitative meta-synthesis has…
Predictors of Housing Insecurity in Young Adulthood
Housing insecurity is concerning at any age, but the prevalence and predictors of young adult housing insecurity are poorly described. Multivariable regression analyses using cross-national longitudinal data from a population-based sample tested prospective associations between various adolescent predictors and young adult housing insecurity. Participants from Washington State (United States) and Victoria (Australia) were surveyed at ages 13, 14 …
Continuity and Change in Substance Use Patterns During the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
The findings underscore the importance of early detection and prevention among adolescents by informing the timing and focus of targeted interventions aimed at reducing substance use escalation into young adulthood
Impact of community-based employment on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, aspirations, and resilience
The study outcomes evidence the role of employment in an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-based project in strengthening wellbeing, enhancing resilience, and supporting participants to advance their personal goals and aspirations. These findings reinforce the importance of supporting the aspirations and employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples through employment
Program logic of a mental health outreach service for socially anxious youth
Youth mental health is a major concern both in Australia and internationally. Identifying at-risk young people is a core service priority. This report describes a "Youth Social Inclusion Program" developed in Australia to assist young people identified as having social difficulties that prevent them linking into formal mental health services. This report describes the Australian service context and uses the "program explication" methodology to do…
School Influences on Adolescent Depression
This study examined associations between school sector (Government, Catholic or Independent) and depressive symptomology over the secondary school years. Six waves of data collected annually from a representative Australian sample were examined. Multilevel piecewise linear and logistic regression controlling for a variety of demographic variables and protective factors was undertaken. In all sectors, depressive symptomology decreased between 10 a…
Health of Young Adults Experiencing Social Marginalization and Vulnerability
People who experience social marginalization and vulnerability have uniquely complex health needs and are at risk of poor health outcomes. Regression analyses using longitudinal data from a cross-national, population-based sample of young adults participating in the International Youth Development Study, tested associations between social marginalization and vulnerabilities and physical health, mental health, and substance use outcomes. Participa…
Alcohol-Tolerant Workplace Environments Are a Risk Factor for Young Adult Alcohol Misuse on and off the Job in Australia and the United States
The workplace has been understudied as a setting for the prevention of young adult alcohol misuse. This study examined if alcohol-tolerant workplace environments are associated with greater risk for alcohol use and misuse on and off the job among young adults. Data were collected in 2014 from state-representative, sex-balanced samples (51% female) of 25-year-olds in Washington, U.S. (n = 751) and Victoria, Australia (n = 777). Logistic regression…
Illicit Substance Use and Harm in Young Adulthood
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11469-023-01181-0
The Relationship Between Cultural Engagement and Psychological Well-being Among Indigenous Adolescents
The disproportionate burden of mental illness experienced by Indigenous adolescents is well established. Therefore, this review focused on how the well-being of Indigenous adolescents can be better promoted. The review identified studies that examined the relationship between cultural engagement and psychological well-being among Indigenous adolescents. To achieve this, a systematic search of published literature across seven online databases inc…
Best-Foundations
Objective: Internalising disorders are one of the most common mental health problems in children under 12 years, yet mixed findings exist for current treatment options. This pilot involves a novel 10-session intervention, BEST-Foundations, to treat internalising symptoms in children using a family-inclusive model. Initial findings and feasibility using a mixed-methods approach are reported. Method: Twenty-two participants from eight families (n =…
Sexting Among Australian Adolescents
Although consensual sending of sexts between adolescents is considered developmentally appropriate, it may also entail a range of negative consequences. Current sexting research lacks a comprehensive theoretical framework identifying a range of risk and protective factors underpinning adolescent consensual sending of sexts across individual, interpersonal, and distal levels. Further, there is a lack of systematic evaluation of how the importance …
Modeling Adolescent Social Inclusion to Improve School Completion
Enhancing social inclusion in young people could increase engagement in education, yet few longitudinal studies have examined this relationship. This study aimed to identify whether social inclusion in an Australian adolescent sample predicted high school completion three years later. Using state-representative data from the International Youth Development Study, two waves of the youngest cohort (51.6% female and 94.6% Australian born) during mid…
The Aspirations and Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Involved in a Research Project
Community-based research, which involves working alongside communities, is being increasingly implemented. This paper outlines a protocol developed to explore the impact of involvement by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander researchers and life coaches in a community-based project on their aspirations and wellbeing. The proposed study will implement a mixed-methods longitudinal design, including peer researchers, life coaches and staff at Abori…
Increasing compliance with alcohol service laws in community sporting clubs in Australia
Young Adult Development Indicators for Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People
Worldwide, Indigenous youth face ongoing challenges and inequalities. Increasing our understanding of life course patterns in Indigenous youth will assist the design of strategies and interventions that encourage positive development. This study aimed to increase understanding of resilience and positive development in Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth across Australia and the United States of America. The Australian sample comprised 9680 non-In…
Uncovering the advertising and promotional strategies of tobacco companies in Cambodia
This study provides evidence that illegal below-the-line marketing is still occurring in Cambodia, and increased monitoring and enforcement of advertising restrictions is needed
Multiple Identification and Risks
Student and school factors associated with school suspension
Social Norms in the Development of Adolescent Substance Use
Civic responsibility among Australian adolescents
The development of civic responsibility is considered to be an important component of healthy adolescent development. However, the study of its development has been relatively neglected and few studies have attempted to ground understanding of its development in a theoretical framework. The present study operationalized civic responsibility as attitudes and behaviors relating to political and community issues that are beneficial to society and co…
Economic predictors of child maltreatment in an Australian population-based birth cohort
Psychosocial Precursors and Correlates of Differing Internalizing Trajectories from 3 to 15 Years 1
Psychosocial precursors and correlates of parent‐reported internalizing behavior trajectories across the age span of 3–15 years were explored using a community‐based cohort of Australian children. Six internalizing trajectories had previously been identified for both girls (N = 810) and boys (N = 874) in this sample, comprising stable low, high, decreasing, and increasing pathways. Infancy and toddler temperamental traits (inhibition/shyness, irr…
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…
Help-Seeking for Intimate Partner and Family Violence Among Tertiary Students in Australia
Intimate partner and family violence (IPFV) is highly prevalent among tertiary students in Australia and internationally. Yet, relatively little is known about the help-seeking patterns of student victim-survivors and how these patterns vary cross-culturally. This study examined formal help-seeking needs, behaviors, and barriers among women tertiary students in Australia who had experienced IPFV and cross-cultural differences therein. Cross-secti…
Depressed Mood During Early to Middle Adolescence
Pathways From School Suspension to Adolescent Nonviolent Antisocial Behavior in Students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States
School suspension is associated with school dropout, crime, delinquency, and alcohol and other drug use for the suspended student. Important research questions are how academic and related factors are relevant to the school suspension process and the generality of the process in different sites. State‐representative samples of Grade 7 students ( N = 1,945) in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia were followed from 2002 to 2004.…
The density of alcohol outlets and adolescent alcohol consumption
Longitudinal Effects of School Drug Policies on Student Marijuana Use in Washington State and Victoria, Australia
Objectives. We examined the longitudinal effect of schools’ drug policies on student marijuana use. Methods. We used data from the International Youth Development Study, which surveyed state-representative samples of students from Victoria, Australia, and Washington State. In wave 1 (2002), students in grades 7 and 9 (n = 3264) and a school administrator from each participating school (n = 188) reported on school drug policies. In wave 2 (2003), …
A Longitudinal Study of the Reciprocal Effects of Alcohol Use and Interpersonal Violence Among Australian Young People
Predictors of Positive Development in Emerging Adulthood
Childhood Predictors of Adult Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization
Purpose This systematic review is a 5-year update of a previously conducted review on the longitudinal predictors of domestic violence perpetration and victimization. This review adopted the term ‘Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)’ to align with current literature and addressed two aims: to identify any novel longitudinal risk factors since the previous review, and to determine if a distinction could be drawn between risk factors for perpetration a…
Prevalence of homelessness and co-occurring problems
An Australian adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program
ObjectiveThis is the first pilot study to examine the Australian adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP), a manualised family intervention recommended internationally in evidence reviews to improve family functioning and child mental health. The study compared two versions (8 vs. 14‐session) and longitudinally evaluated outcomes for child emotional and behavioural difficulties, and parental psychological distress.MethodFifty‐eight …
Health Psychology Intervention in Key Social Environments to Promote Adolescent Health
Although important challenges remain, advances in psychological theory and practice have made significant contributions to preventing and reducing adolescent health problems in Australia and in other nations. This article reviews current approaches and advances within the field of health psychology, and their contribution to the prevention of high priority adolescent health problems and to adolescent health promotion. Advances in adolescent healt…
Reassessing the Effects of Early Adolescent Alcohol Use on Later Antisocial Behavior
The effect of early adolescent alcohol use on antisocial behavior was examined at one- and two-year follow-up in Washington, United States and Victoria, Australia. Each state used the same methods to survey statewide representative samples of students (N = 1,858, 52% female) in 2002 (Grade 7 [G7]), 2003 (Grade 8 [G8]), and 2004 (Grade 9 [G9]). Rates of lifetime, current, frequent, and heavy episodic alcohol use were higher in Victoria than Washin…
Stability and Change in Positive Development During Young Adulthood
Modeling Adolescent Social Inclusion to Improve School Completion
Enhancing social inclusion in young people could increase engagement in education, yet few longitudinal studies have examined this relationship. This study aimed to identify whether social inclusion in an Australian adolescent sample predicted high school completion three years later. Using state-representative data from the International Youth Development Study, two waves of the youngest cohort (51.6% female and 94.6% Australian born) during mid…
Intimate Partner and Family Violence Among Women Tertiary Students in Australia
Most prior research on violence among tertiary students has been restricted to dating and sexual violence and neglected cross-cultural variation. To provide more comprehensive and intersectional understandings, this study examined the prevalence and cultural differences in intimate partner and family violence among women tertiary students in Australia. Data were collected from 1,845 women studying at post-secondary institutions and weighted by ag…
Innovation, research integrity, and change
Psychology and the social sciences have an important role to play in developing innovative solutions to pressing global mental health and social problems. Programs developed by psychologists and other social scientists have immense potential to alleviate suffering and to promote healthy human development across the lifespan. In order to realise this potential program developers must manage the research and development challenges involved in testi…
Impact of a Secondary School Depression Prevention Curriculum on Adolescent Social-Emotional Skills
Reciprocal associations between early adolescent antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms
Surveying the drug service users' perspective through self‐help groups
Survey data is presented from a questionnaire designed and distributed through Victorian drug self‐help groups. This survey yielded 203 returns representative of Melbourne metropolitan admissions to drug treatment services on the variables of sex and region. The survey is examined both from the perspective of its methodological potential for providing entry to this hard‐to‐access population and also on the basis of its findings. Questioning of th…
Early impact of the Best intervention for parents stressed by adolescent substance abuse
Youth involvement in substance abuse can be a source of considerable distress for their parents. Unilateral family interventions have been advocated as one means by which concerned family members can be supported to assist substance‐abusing family members. To date there has been little research examining the impact of unilateral family interventions on the directly participating family members. In this study the early impact of an 8‐week parent‐g…
Early impact of the Best intervention for parents stressed by adolescent substance abuse
Youth involvement in substance abuse can be a source of considerable distress for their parents. Unilateral family interventions have been advocated as one means by which concerned family members can be supported to assist substance-abusing family members. To date there has been little research examining the impact of unilateral family interventions on the directly participating family members. In this study the early impact of an 8-week parent-g…
Sibling Peer Support Group for Young People with a Sibling Using Drugs
Siblings of young people abusing drugs are at particular risk for drug abuse and other health compromising behaviors. A Sibling Peer Support Group was developed by the Centre for Adolescent Health (Melbourne, Australia) for young people aged 13 to 18 years with a problematic drug user in their family. Groups aimed to provide support and information, promote harm minimization, and reduce the sense of isolation. The project emanated from the recogn…
Civic responsibility among Australian adolescents
The development of civic responsibility is considered to be an important component of healthy adolescent development. However, the study of its development has been relatively neglected and few studies have attempted to ground understanding of its development in a theoretical framework. The present study operationalized civic responsibility as attitudes and behaviors relating to political and community issues that are beneficial to society and co…
A sea change on the island continent
This article overviews prevention and early intervention approaches focusing specifically on their relevance to the health of children and young people in Australia. Australian public health has a sound track record although concealed within the aggregate profile are a number of sub-populations with poorer health indicators. Recognition of this has increased efforts to improve the health of children and young people especially in exploring the im…
Interventions to reduce harm associated with adolescent substance use
Including the Siblings of Youth Substance Abusers in a Parent-Focused Intervention
Substance use is common among young people and can escalate into significant problems for affected individuals and their families. Family responses can influence the course of youth substance use and its consequences for family members, including parents and siblings. Family-level interventions developed to date have neglected the important role that siblings can play. This article describes a pilot test of an intervention designed to assist pare…
Psychosocial Precursors and Correlates of Differing Internalizing Trajectories from 3 to 15 Years 1
Psychosocial precursors and correlates of parent‐reported internalizing behavior trajectories across the age span of 3–15 years were explored using a community‐based cohort of Australian children. Six internalizing trajectories had previously been identified for both girls (N = 810) and boys (N = 874) in this sample, comprising stable low, high, decreasing, and increasing pathways. Infancy and toddler temperamental traits (inhibition/shyness, irr…
Alcohol use and related harms in school students in the USA and Australia
Recognizing there have been few methodologically rigorous cross-national studies of youth alcohol and drug behaviour, state student samples were compared in Australia and the USA. Sampling methods were matched to recruit two independent, state-representative, cross-sectional samples of students in Grades 5, 7 and 9 in Washington State, USA, (n = 2866) and Victoria, Australia (n = 2864) in 2002. Of Washington students in Grade 5 (age 11), 10.3% (9…
The Impact of School Tobacco Policies on Student Smoking in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia
This paper measures tobacco policies in statewide representative samples of secondary and mixed schools in Victoria, Australia and Washington, US (N = 3,466 students from 285 schools) and tests their association with student smoking. Results from confounder-adjusted random effects (multi-level) regression models revealed that the odds of student perception of peer smoking on school grounds are decreased in schools that have strict enforcement of …
Rural Adolescent Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Use
PURPOSE: There are inconsistent research findings regarding the impact of rurality on adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and illicit substance use. Therefore, the current study reports on the effect of rurality on alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use among adolescents in 2 state representative samples in 2 countries, Washington State (WA) in the United States and Victoria (VIC) in Australia. PARTICIPANTS: The International Youth Development Study (IY…
Predictors of Positive Development in Emerging Adulthood
Stability and Change in Positive Development During Young Adulthood
Longitudinal Predictors of Cyber and Traditional Bullying Perpetration in Australian Secondary School Students
Association of risky alcohol consumption and accreditation in the ‘Good Sports’ alcohol management programme
BACKGROUND: Involvement in community sports clubs is often associated with high levels of risky alcohol consumption; however, developing prevention-focused interventions in these settings can be complex. We examined the association of reduced risky alcohol consumption with the implementation of the Good Sports Programme (GSP)--a programme that accredits clubs in three stages, on the basis of their implementation of alcohol-related harm reduction …
Pathways From School Suspension to Adolescent Nonviolent Antisocial Behavior in Students in Victoria, Australia and Washington State, United States
School suspension is associated with school dropout, crime, delinquency, and alcohol and other drug use for the suspended student. Important research questions are how academic and related factors are relevant to the school suspension process and the generality of the process in different sites. State‐representative samples of Grade 7 students ( N = 1,945) in Washington State, United States and Victoria, Australia were followed from 2002 to 2004.…
Predictors and responses to the growth in physical violence during adolescence
This study investigates patterns in violence over 3 time points in early- to mid-adolescence in 2 statewide representative samples of youth, one in Washington State, USA, and the other in Victoria, Australia. Comparable data collection methods in both states were used to cross-nationally compare patterns of violence, risk factors, and responses to violence (school suspensions and arrests) in 2 policy contexts. Risk factors include early use of al…
Multiple Identification and Risks
Reassessing the Effects of Early Adolescent Alcohol Use on Later Antisocial Behavior
The effect of early adolescent alcohol use on antisocial behavior was examined at one- and two-year follow-up in Washington, United States and Victoria, Australia. Each state used the same methods to survey statewide representative samples of students (N = 1,858, 52% female) in 2002 (Grade 7 [G7]), 2003 (Grade 8 [G8]), and 2004 (Grade 9 [G9]). Rates of lifetime, current, frequent, and heavy episodic alcohol use were higher in Victoria than Washin…
Beyond the Primary Influences of Parents and Peers on Very Young Adolescent Alcohol Use
This study examined the extent to which young adolescent alcohol use was related to alcohol-related norms and law enforcement of underage alcohol use, after accounting for known strong parent and peer correlates. Our sample consisted of 7,674 students ( X ̄ age = 12 years) from 30 Australian communities. Two-level (individuals nested within communities) binary logistic regression was used to examine relationships between recent alcohol use (last …
Longitudinal Predictors of Alcohol‐Related Harms During the Transition to Adulthood
While a range of factors have been found to increase the likelihood of alcohol‐related harms among young people, little is known about their relative importance. This article aimed to identify the risks for alcohol‐related harms at an age when alcohol use and problems tend to peak in Australia (19–20 years). A wide range of concurrent and antecedent factors from multiple domains were examined using path analysis, including individual characterist…
A Longitudinal Study of the Reciprocal Effects of Alcohol Use and Interpersonal Violence Among Australian Young People
The effect of peer influence and selection processes on adolescent alcohol use
Factors Associated With Service Use for Young Adolescents With Mental Health Problems
The objective of the study wasto identify factors associated with use of services for adolescent mental health problems in an Australian community-based sample. Logistic regression analysis was conducted on data collected from 636 parents and their adolescent child to identify individual and family variables predicting parent report of service use for mental health problems in the adolescent 12 months later. The services most reported by parents …
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