Reducing inequities in early childhood mental health: How might the neighborhood built environment help close the gap? A systematic search and critical review

A Alderton, K Villanueva, M O'Connor… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: Optimal mental health in early childhood is key to later mental health, physical
health, education, and social outcomes; yet, children facing disadvantage tend to have …

Positive mental health and academic achievement in elementary school: new evidence from a matching analysis

M O'Connor, D Cloney, A Kvalsvig… - Educational …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Previous research suggests that gains in positive mental health (often termed flourishing,
wellbeing, or competence) is associated with stronger academic achievement. This study …

A Review of the Cognitive and Social-Emotional Correlates of Multilingualism: Implications for Multi-Language Learning Motivation

H Fann, P Pieng, LM Soederberg Miller - Early childhood education …, 2024 - Springer
Extensive studies have documented cognitive and social-emotional benefits associated with
bilingualism. However, past research has considered the cognitive and social-emotional …

[HTML][HTML] Is the availability and quality of local early childhood education and care services associated with young children's mental health at school entry?

A Alderton, L Gunn, K Villanueva, M O'Connor… - Health & Place, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose This study investigated the relationship between geographic availability (and
quality) of local early childhood education and care services and children's early mental …

Integrating health and educational perspectives to promote preschoolers' social and emotional learning: Development of a multi-faceted program using an intervention …

C Blewitt, H Morris, K Jackson, H Barrett… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
High-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) can strengthen the social and
emotional skills that are crucial for children's ongoing development. With research …

Pathways to school success: Self-regulation and executive function, preschool attendance and early academic achievement of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children …

VY He, G Nutton, A Graham, L Hirschausen, JY Su - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background With the pending implementation of the Closing the Gap 2020
recommendations, there is an urgent need to better understand the contributing factors of …

Access to and quality of neighbourhood public open space and children's mental health outcomes: evidence from population linked data across eight Australian …

A Alderton, M O'Connor, H Badland, L Gunn… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Neighbourhood-level interventions offer a promising opportunity to promote child mental
health at a population level; however, neighbourhood effects are still regarded as a 'black …

[HTML][HTML] Associations between household educational attainment and adolescent positive mental health in Canada

KC Thomson, M Guhn, CG Richardson… - SSM-population health, 2017 - Elsevier
Investigating the determinants of positive mental health, as opposed to focusing on mental
illness, is a new research direction with important implications for population health …

Natural history of mental health competence from childhood to adolescence

M O'Connor, SJ Arnup, F Mensah, C Olsson… - J Epidemiol …, 2022 - jech.bmj.com
Background Mental health competence (MHC) involves psychosocial capabilities such as
regulating emotions, interacting well with peers and caring for others, and predicts a range …

Epidemiology of positive mental health in a national census of children at school entry

S Goldfeld, A Kvalsvig, E Incledon… - J Epidemiol Community …, 2017 - jech.bmj.com
Background Until now, child mental health promotion efforts have focused primarily on
reducing the prevalence and severity of problems; yet the absence of mental health …