Family/whānau
Research articles
2025
- Meissel, K., Grant, M., Peterson, E.R., Walker, C., Evans,R.J., Fenaughty, J., Napier, C., Bullen, P., Dubey, N. and Morton, S.M. (2025). Experiences in times of COVID‐19: Home‐life, social connections, and schooling for Aotearoa New Zealand children. British Educational Research Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.4145
2024
- Langridge, F. C., Paynter, J., Ghebreab, L., Heather, M., Matenga-Ikihele, A., Percival, T., & Nosa, V. (2024). A study of Samoan, Tongan, Cook Island Māori, and Niuean infant care practices in the Growing Up in New Zealand study. BMC public health, 24(1), 166. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17680-1
2023
- Evans, Rebecca; Bird, Amy; Bullen, Pat; Fenaughty, John; Renker-Darby, Ana; Crosby, Karl; et al. (2023). Now We Are 12: Young People’s Relationships at Twelve Years of Age. Snapshot 9. The University of Auckland. Report. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.26047591.v1
2021
- Bird, A.L., Underwood, L., Berry, S., Grant, C. C., Gulliver, P., Fanslow, J., Atatoa Carr, P. E., Fa'alili-Fidow, J., & Morton, S. M. B. (2021). Physical Conflict During Pregnancy: A Socioecological, Cross-Cultural Examination of Risk and Protective Factors for New Zealand Women. Violence against women, 27(11), 1930-1956. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801220971356
- Gilchrist, C. A., Chelimo, C., Tatnell, R., Atatoa Carr, P., Camargo, C. A., Jr, Morton, S., & Grant, C. C. (2021). Vaccination information fathers receive during pregnancy and determinants of infant vaccination timeliness. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 17(12), 5214–5225. https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1932212
- Castro TG, Gerritsen S, Teixeira JA, Pillai A, Marchioni DML, Grant CC, et al. An index measuring adherence to New Zealand Infant Feeding Guidelines has convergent validity with maternal socio-demographic and health behaviours and with children’s body size. British Journal of Nutrition. 2022;127(7):1073–85. DOI: 10.1017/S000711452100172
- San San Kyaw, K., Tin Tin, S., Underwood, L., & Grant,C. (2020). Effects of Home Language Environment and Household Crowding on EarlyExpressive Language Development. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics : JDBP, 41(4), 289–298. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000764
- Doran, P., Bradshaw, P., Morton, S., Taitolo, E., Williams,J., Cunningham, C. (2020). Growing up healthy in families across the globe: Cross-cultural harmonisation of childhood risk-factors using longitudinal studies from Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand. Child Indicators Research,13(6). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09732-w
- Buckley, J., Peterson, E.R., Underwood, L., D’Souza, S.,Morton, S.M.B. and Waldie, K.E. (2020). Socio-demographic and maternal healthindicators of inhibitory control in preschool age children: evidence fromGrowing Up in New Zealand. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 11(2),181-201. https://doi.org/10.1332/175795919X15746664055477
- Russell, J., Grant, C.C., & Morton, S.M.B. (2020).Multimorbidity in early childhood and socioeconomic disadvantage: findings froma large New Zealand child cohort. Academic Pediatrics, 20(5),619-627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2019.09.007
2018
- Corkin, M. T., Dando, E., Peterson, E. R., Andrejic, N., Waldie, K. E., Reese, E., & Morton, S. M. B. (2018). The way she smiles brightens me up”: Highlights of parenting an infant in a large Nationally diverse cohort. Current Psychology, 40(2), 919-938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-018-0014-5
- Marks, E.J., Grant, C.C., De Castro, T.G., Bandara, D.K., Wall, C., & Morton, S.M.B. (2018). Agreement between future parents on infant feeding intentions and its association with breastfeeding duration: Results from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1230. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061230
- Peterson ER, Waldie KE, Mohal J, Reese E, Atatoa Carr PE, Grant CC, Morton SMB (2017). Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised Very Short Form: A New Factor Structure's Associations With Parenting Perceptions and Child Language Outcomes. Journal of Personality Assessment, 99(6), 561-573. DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2017.1287709
- Atatoa Carr PE, Reese E, Bird AL, Bandara DK, Grant CC, Morton SMB (2017) Caring for our infants: parents’ antenatal childcare intentions and nine-month reality. Early Years, 39(1), 17-35. DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2017.1323186
- Corkin MT, Peterson ER, Andrejic N, Waldie KE, Reese E, Morton SMB (2017). Predictors of Mothers’ Self-Identified Challenges in Parenting Infants: Insights from a Large, Nationally Diverse Cohort. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 27: 653-670 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0903-5
- Peterson ER, Andrejic N, Corkin MT, Waldie KE, Reese E, Morton SMB. (2017): I hardly see my baby: challenges and highlights of being a New Zealand working mother of an infant. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online DOI: 10.1080/1177083X.2017.1391852
2014
- Pryor J, Morton S, Bandara D, Robinson E, Grant CC (2014). Pregnant partners: Fathers of the Growing Up in New Zealand children. Journal of Family Studies. 20(1): 5-18. https://doi.org/10.5172/jfs.2014.20.1.5
Reports:
- Hashemi, L., Mellar, B., Ghasemi, M., Gulliver, P., Swinburn, B., Milne, B., Langridge, F., McIntosh, T., & Fouche, C. (2025). Adverse childhood experiences and childhood obesity: Can positive childhood experiences mitigate the association? New Zealand Ministry of Social Development. https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/adverse-childhood-experiences-and-childhood-obesity/adverse-childhood-experiences-and-childhood-obesity.pdf
- Noy, S., & Sin, I. (2021). The Drivers of Mothers' Parental Leave Decisions: Evidence from the Growing Up in New Zealand longitudinal survey. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-99-002354-5. https://msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/parental-leave-decisions/index.html
- Gerritsen S, D’Souza A, Goodsell-Matthews T, Pillai A, Swinburn B, Wall C. (2020). Food hardship and early childhood nutrition: Findings from Growing Up in New Zealand with a focus on food hardships among tamariki Māori and Pacific children. Wellington: Ministry of Social Development. https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/food-hardship/uoa-food-hardship-brief.pdf
- Walsh M., Joyce S., Maloney T., & Vaithianathan R. (2019). Protective factors of children families at highest risk of adverse childhood experiences: An analysis of children and families in the Growing up in New Zealand data who “beat the odds”. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Social Development. ISBN: 978-1-98-854158-7. https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/children-and-families-research-fund/children-and-families-research-fund-report-protective-factors-aces-april-2019-final.pdf
- Walsh M., Joyce S., Maloney T., & Vaithianathan R. (2019). Adverse childhood experiences and school readiness outcomes: Results from the Growing up in New Zealand study. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Social Development. https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/research/children-and-families-research-fund/children-and-families-research-fund-report-adverse-childhood-experiences-and-school-readiness-outcomes-april-2019-final.pdf