Elizabeth Westrupp

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Dr Westrupp is a clinical psychologist and an early career researcher, who has focused her research efforts on understanding the biological, social and environmental factors that influence children's long-term developmental outcomes. She has expertise in clinical and population-level longitudinal research and cohort studies, and randomised control trials of parenting interventions across both the hospital and community settings.

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Judith Lumley Centre , School of Nursing and Midwifery

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academic article
- Vahedi AKrug IWestrupp EM. Crossover of parents’ work-family conflict to family functioning and child mental health. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 62:38-49. 2019
- Westrupp EMD Esposito FFreemantle JMensah FKNicholson JM. Health outcomes for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children born preterm, low birthweight or small for gestational age: A nationwide cohort study. PLoS ONE. 14. 2019
- Westrupp EMReilly SMcKean CLaw JMensah FNicholson JM. Vocabulary Development and Trajectories of Behavioral and Emotional Difficulties Via Academic Ability and Peer Problems. Child Development. 2019
- Westrupp EMBennett CCullinane MHackworth NBerthelsen DReilly SMensah FGold LBennetts SKLevickis PNicholson JM. EHLS at School: school-age follow-up of the Early Home Learning Study cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics. 18:1-11. 2018
- Law JRush RKing TWestrupp EReilly S. Early Home Activities and Oral Language Skills in Middle Childhood: A Quantile Analysis. Child Development. 89:295-309. 2018
- Giallo RGartland DWoolhouse HMensah FWestrupp ENicholson JBrown S. Emotional–behavioral resilience among children of first-time mothers with and without depression across the early childhood period. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 42:214-224. 2018
- Vahedi AKrug IFuller-Tyszkiewicz MWestrupp EM. Longitudinal associations between work-family conflict and enrichment, inter-parental conflict, and child internalizing and externalizing problems. Social Science and Medicine. 211:251-260. 2018
- Westrupp EMBrown SWoolhouse HGartland DNicholson JM. Repeated early-life exposure to inter-parental conflict increases risk of preadolescent mental health problems. European Journal of Pediatrics. 177:419-427. 2018
- Hackworth NJMatthews JWestrupp EMNguyen CPhan TScicluna ACann WBethelsen DBennetts SKNicholson JM. What Influences Parental Engagement in Early Intervention? Parent, Program and Community Predictors of Enrolment, Retention and Involvement. Prevention Science. 19:880-893. 2018
- King TMcKean CRush RWestrupp EMMensah FKReilly SLaw J. Acquisition of maternal education and its relation to single-word reading in middle childhood: an analysis of the millennium cohort study. Merrill - Palmer Quarterly: journal of developmental psychology. 63:181-209. 2017
- Bennetts SMensah FWestrupp EHackworth NNicholson JReilly S. Establishing agreement between parent-reported and directly measured behaviours. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. 42:105-115. 2017
- Hackworth NBerthelsen DMatthews JWestrupp ECann WUkoumunne OCBennetts SPhan TScicluna ATrajanovska MYu MNicholson J. Impact of a brief group intervention to enhance parenting and the home learning environment for children aged 6–36 Months: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Prevention Science. 18:337-349. 2017
- Bennetts SKMensah FKGreen JHackworth NJWestrupp EMReilly S. Mothers’ Experiences of Parent-Reported and Video-Recorded Observational Assessments. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 26:3312-3326. 2017
- Dinh HCooklin ARLeach LSWestrupp EMNicholson JMStrazdins L. Parents' transitions into and out of work-family conflict and children's mental health: Longitudinal influence via family functioning. Social Science and Medicine. 194:42-50. 2017
- Robson SJVally HMohamed A-LYu MWestrupp EM. Perinatal and social factors predicting caesarean birth in a 2004 Australian birth cohort. Women and Birth. 30:506-510. 2017
- Cooklin ARDinh HStrazdins LWestrupp ELeach LSNicholson JM. Change and stability in work-family conflict and mothers' and fathers' mental health: Longitudinal evidence from an Australian cohort. Social Science and Medicine. 155:24-34. 2016
- Westrupp EMRobson SVally HMohamed A-LYU MM Westrupp E. Do psychological factors predict caesarean delivery in Australia? A cohort study. Clinical Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine. 2. 2016
- Nicholson JMCann WMatthews JBerthelsen DUkoumunne OCTrajanovska MBennetts SKHillgrove THamilton VWestrupp EHackworth NJ. Enhancing the early home learning environment through a brief group parenting intervention: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Pediatrics. 16. 2016
- Cooklin ARWestrupp EStrazdins LGiallo RMartin ANicholson JM. Fathers at work: Work-family conflict, work-family enrichment and parenting in an Australian cohort. Journal of Family Issues. 37:1611-1635. 2016
- Cooklin ARWestrupp EStrazdins LMartin ACooklin ARZubrick SNicholson JM. Maternal work-family conflict and psychological distress: Reciprocal relationships over 8 years. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 78:107-126. 2016
- Bennetts SKMensah FKWestrupp EMHackworth NJReilly S. The Agreement between Parent-Reported and Directly Measured Child Language and Parenting Behaviors. Frontiers in Psychology. 7:1-18. 2016
- Robson SJVally HAbdel-Latif MEYu MWestrupp E. Childhood Health and Developmental Outcomes After Cesarean Birth in an Australian Cohort. Pediatrics. 136:E1285-E1293. 2015
- Westrupp EMRose NNicholson JMBrown SJ. Exposure to Inter-Parental Conflict Across 10 Years of Childhood: Data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 19:1966-1973. 2015
- Sciberras EWestrupp EMWake MNicholson JMLucas NMensah FGold LReilly S. Healthcare costs associated with language difficulties up to 9 years of age: Australian population-based study. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. 17:41-52. 2015
- Cooklin ARWestrupp EStrazdins LGiallo RMartin ANicholson JM. Mothers' work-family conflict and enrichment: Associations with parenting quality and couple relationship. Child: Care, Health and Development. 41:266-277. 2015
- Westrupp EMNortham ELee KJScratch SCameron F. Reducing and preventing internalizing and externalizing behavior problems in children with type 1 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program. Pediatric Diabetes. 16:554-563. 2015
- Westrupp EMLucas NMensah FKGold LWake MNicholson JM. Community-based healthcare costs for children born low birthweight, preterm and/or small for gestational age: data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Child: Care, Health and Development. 40:259-266. 2014
- Cooklin ARLucas NStrazdins LWestrupp EGiallo RCanterford LNicholson JM. Heightened Maternal Separation Anxiety in the Postpartum: The Role of Socioeconomic Disadvantage. Journal of Family Issues. 35:1497-1519. 2014
- Lucas NBayer JKGold LMensah FKCanterford LWake MWestrupp EMNicholson JM. The cost of healthcare for children with mental health difficulties. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 47:849-858. 2013
- Jansen PWGiallo RWestrupp EMWake MNicholson JM. Bidirectional associations between mothers' and fathers' parenting consistency and child bmi. Pediatrics. 132. 2013
- Westrupp EMNortham EDoyle LWCallanan CAnderson PJ. Longitudinal predictors of psychiatric disorders in very low birth weight adults.. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 43:113-123. 2012
- Westrupp EMMensah FKGiallo RCooklin ANicholson JM. Mental health in low-to-moderate risk preterm, low birth weight, and small for gestational age children at 4 to 5 years: The role of early maternal parenting. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 51:313-323. 2012
- Westrupp EMNortham EDoyle LWCallanan CAnderson PJ. Adult psychiatric outcomes of very low birth weight survivors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 45:1069-1077. 2011
- Jackson SWestrupp E. Sex, Postfeminist Popular Culture and the Pre-Teen Girl. Sexualities: studies in culture and society. 13:357-376. 2010
chapter
- Nicholson JMD'Esposito FLucas NWestrupp E. Raising children in single parent families. 166-188. 2014
- Westrupp Ehoward KAnderson P. Early childhood cognitive disorders: Long-term outcome following preterm birth. 485-498. 2012
- Barre NWestrupp EMHoward KAnderson PJ. Long-term outcome following preterm birth. 13-32. 2011
other publication
- Law JMensah FWestrupp EReilly S. Social disadvantage and early language delay [Policy Brief] 2015
report
- Kaspiew RHorsfall BQu LNicholson JHumphreys CDiemer KNguyen CBuchanan FHooker LTaft AWestrupp ECooklin ACarson RDunstan J. Domestic and family violence and parenting: Mixed-method insights into impact and support needs: Key findings and future directions 2017
- Kaspiew RHorsfall BQu LNicholson JHumphreys CDiemer KNguyen CBuchanan FHooker LTaft AWestrupp ECooklin ACarson RDunston J. Domestic and family violence and parenting: mixed-method insights into impact and support needs. Final Report. ii-222. 2017
- Hooker LTaft ANicholson JWestrupp E. Examination of children affected by family and domestic violence: submission to the Human Rights Commission. 1-11. 2015
- Zubrick SRLucas NWestrupp EMNicholson JM. Parenting measures in the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children: construct validity and measurement quality, Waves 1 to 4. i-100. 2014
- Hackworth NnICHOLSON JMMatthews JBerthelsen DCann WWEstrupp EUkoumunne OCYu MBennetto JBennetts SHamilton VJohnson NPhan TScicluna ATrajanovska M. Early Home Learning Study Overview and Outcomes: Final report to the Victorian Government Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. 1-163. 2013
abstract
- Robson SWestrupp EVally HMohamed AYu MTse C. Childhood health and developmental outcomes 9 years after caesarean delivery in an Australian birth cohort. BJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 57-57. 2015