Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications
Published
2023
- Heynen JP, McHugh RR, Boora NS, Simcock G, Kildea S, Austin M-P, Laplante DP, King S, Montina T, Metz GAS. (2023) Urinary 1H NMR Metabolomic Analysis of Prenatal Maternal Stress Due to a Natural Disaster Reveals Metabolic Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Metabolites, 13(4):579. doi: 10.3390/metabo13040579
2022
- Ambeskovic, M., Laplante, D.P., Kenney, T., Elgbeili, G., Beaumier, P., Azat, N., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., King, S., & Metz, G.A.S.. (2022) Elemental analysis of hair provides biomarkers of maternal hardship linked to adverse behavioural outcomes in 4-year-old children: The QF2011 Queensland Flood. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, 73, 127036. doi.org/10.1016/j.jtemb.2022.127036
2021
- Paquin, V., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2021). Positive cognitive appraisal “buffers” the long-term effect of peritraumatic distress on maternal anxiety: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 278, 5-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.041
2020
- McLean, M.A., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Lequertier, B., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2020). Childhood anxiety: Prenatal maternal stress and parenting in the QF2011 cohort. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-020-01024-2
- McLean, M.A., Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., Kildea, S, Hurrion, E., Lequertier, B., Cobham, V.E., & King, S (2020). Disaster-related prenatal maternal stress, and childhood HPA-axis regulation and anxiety: the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 118, August 2020, 104716. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104716
- Chen, T., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., Brunet, A., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2020) Coping during pregnancy following exposure to a natural disaster: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 273, 341-349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.165
2019
- McLean, M., Cobham, V.E., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2019) Toddler temperament mediates the effect of prenatal maternal stress on childhood anxiety symptomatology: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1998.
- Lequertier, B., Simcock, G., Cobham, V.E., Kildea, S. & King, S. (2019) Infant Behavior and Competence Following Prenatal Exposure to a Natural Disaster: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Infancy, 24 (3), 411-432.
- Simcock, G., Cobham, V.E., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., Gruber, R., Kildea, S., King, S. (2019). A cross-lagged panel analysis of children's sleep, attention, and mood in a prenatally stressed cohort: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 255, 96-104.
2018
- Laplante, D.P., Simcock, G., Cao-Lei, L., Mouallem, M., Elgbeili, G., Brunet, A., Kildea, S. and King, S. (2018) The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene moderates the relationship between disaster-related maternal prenatal stress and autism spectrum disorder symptoms in boys: the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Development and Psychopathology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579418000871
- Simcock, G., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2018). A trajectory analysis of childhood motor development following stress in pregnancy: The QF2011 Flood Study. Developmental Psychobiology, 60, 836-848. doi:10.1002/dev.21767
- McLean, M., Cobham, V., Simcock, G., Kildea, S., & King, S. (2018). The role of prenatal maternal stress in the development of childhood anxiety symptomology: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 995-1007. doi:10.1017/S0954579418000408 (Special issue “Developmental origins of psychopathology: Mechanisms, processes, and pathways linking the prenatal environment and postnatal outcomes”)
- Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Kruske, S., Laplante, D.P., Elgbeili, G., & King, S. (2018). Disaster in pregnancy: Midwifery continuity positively impacts infant neurodevelopment, QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 18:309. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-018-1944-5
- St-Pierre, J., Laplante, D. P., Elgbeili, G., Dawson, P. A., Kildea, S., King, S., Vaillancourt, C. (2018). Natural disaster-related prenatal maternal stress is associated with alterations in placental glucocorticoid system: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 94, 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.04.027
- Moss, K.M., Simcock, G., Cobham, V. E., Kildea, S., Laplante, D. P., & King, S. (2018). Continuous, emerging, and dissipating associations between prenatal maternal stress and child cognitive and motor development: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Early Human Development, 119, 29-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2018.02.022
- Kildea, S., Simcock, G., Liu, A., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Kahler, A., Austin, M.-P., Tracy, S., Kruske, S., Tracy, M., O’Hara, M., King, S. (2018). Continuity of midwifery carer moderates the effects of prenatal maternal stress on postnatal maternal wellbeing: the Queensland flood study. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 21, 203 - 214. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-017-0781-2
Mclean, M., V. E., Cobham, G., Simcock (2018). Prenatal maternal distress: A risk factor for child anxiety? Invited manuscript at Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review 1, 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10567-017-0251-4.
2017
- Austin, M-P., Christl, B., McMahon, C., Kildea, S., Reilly, N., Yin, C., Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D.P., & King, S., (2017). Moderating effects of maternal emotional availability on language and cognitive development in toddlers of mothers exposed to a natural disaster in pregnancy: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Infant Behavior and Development, 49, 296-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.10.005
- Moss, K. M., Simcock, G., Cobham, V., Kildea, S., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., & King, S. (2017). A potential psychological mechanism linking disaster-related prenatal maternal stress with child cognitive and motor development at 16 months: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Developmental Psychology, 53(4), 629–641. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000272
- Simcock, G., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Kildea, S., Cobham, V., Stapleton, H., Austin, M.-P., Brunet, Alain., King, S. The Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress on Early Temperament: The 2011 Queensland Flood Study. Journal of Developmental Behavioural Pediatrics, 38(5), 310-321. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000444. Video Abstract
- Simcock, G., Stapleton, H., Shoo, L, Laplante, D.P., Kildea, S., King, S. (2017). Failure of Saliva Sampling in the QF2011 Queensland Flood Study Examining the Effects of Prenatal Maternal Stress on Neonatal Stress Reactivity. International Journal of Childbirth, 7(1), 31-39. https://doi.org/10.1891/2156-5287.7.1.31
- Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Cobham, V., King, S. (2017). Prenatal Maternal Stress Shapes Children’s Theory of Mind: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 8(4), 438-492. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174417000186
- Simcock, G., Laplante, D. P., Elgbeili, G., Kildea, S., Cobham, V., Stapleton, H. and King, S. (2017). Infant Neurodevelopment is Affected by Prenatal Maternal Stress: The QF2011 Queensland Flood Study. Infancy, 22(3), 282-302. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12166
2016
- Dancause, K. N., Mutran, D., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Kildea, S., Stapleton, H., McIntyre, D., and King, S. (2016). Dietary change mediates relationships between stress during pregnancy and infant head circumference measures: the QF2011 study. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 13, e12359. https://doi.org/10.1111/mcn.12359
- Simcock, G., Kildea, S., Elgbeili, G., Laplante, D. P., Stapleton, H., Cobham, V. and King, S. (2016). Age-related changes in the effects of stress in pregnancy on infant motor development by maternal report: The Queensland Flood Study. Developmental Psychobiology, 58: 640–659. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21407
2015
- King, S., Kildea, S., Austin, M.-P., Brunet, A., Cobham, V. E., Dawson, P. A., … Yong Ping, E. (2015). QF2011: a protocol to study the effects of the Queensland flood on pregnant women, their pregnancies, and their children’s early development. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15(1), 109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0539-7