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Stephen Houghton
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 202
Citations - 5476
Stephen Houghton is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 189 publications receiving 4886 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen Houghton include University of Queensland & University of Birmingham.
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Virtually impossible: limiting Australian children and adolescents daily screen based media use.
Stephen Houghton,Simon C. Hunter,Michael Rosenberg,Lisa Wood,Corinne Zadow,Karen Martin,Trevor Shilton +6 more
TL;DR: Current paediatric recommendations pertaining to SBMU may no longer be tenable because screen based media are central in the everyday lives of children and adolescents and researchers, educators and health professionals need to take cognizance of the extent to which S BMU differs across specific screen activity, sex, and age.
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Differential patterns of executive function in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder according to gender and subtype.
Stephen Houghton,Graham Douglas,John West,Ken Whiting,Melvyn Wall,Shane Langsford,Lesley Powell,Annemaree Carroll +7 more
TL;DR: The absence of diagnosed comorbidity in the children with ADHD at the time of test administration demonstrates that the impairments in executive function are clearly located in ADHD, particularly in the ADHD combined subtype, thus providing support for Barkley's proposed unifying theory of ADHD.
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Self-efficacy and academic achievement in Australian high school students: the mediating effects of academic aspirations and delinquency.
Annemaree Carroll,Stephen Houghton,Robert E. Wood,Kerrie Unsworth,John Hattie,Lisa Gordon,Julie Bower +6 more
TL;DR: Investigation of the structural relations among self-efficacy, academic aspirations, and delinquency, on the academic achievement of 935 students aged 11-18 years from ten schools in two Australian cities found positive and negative relationships with academic aspiration and academic achievement.
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The influence of the neighborhood physical environment on early child health and development: A review and call for research
Hayley Christian,Stephen R. Zubrick,Sarah Foster,Billie Giles-Corti,Fiona Bull,Lisa Wood,Matthew Knuiman,Sally Brinkman,Stephen Houghton,Bryan Boruff +9 more
TL;DR: Evidence that the presence of child relevant neighborhood destinations and services were positively associated with early child development domains of physical health and wellbeing and social competence and parents perceptions of neighborhood safety were positive associated with children's social-emotional development and general health is examined.
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Executive function and ADHD: A comparison of children’s performance during neuropsychological testing and real-world activities
TL;DR: Children with ADHD exhibit impairments in executive function and processing speed in real-world activities as well as in neuropsychological testing.