Role of the family environment in shaping children's brains and mental health
- Research Opportunity
- Honours students
- Number of Honour Places Available
- 1
- Department / Centre
- Psychiatry
- Location
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
| Primary Supervisor | Number | Webpage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A/Prof Sarah Whittle | swhittle@unimelb.edu.au | 8344 1958 | Personal web page |
Summary The family environment, and in particular, the relationship between a child and their parent/s, has a significant role in shaping children's development and susceptibility to mental health problems. Emerging research suggests that parents impact their children's development via shaping their brain maturation. This project will utilise gold-standard observational data to investigate associations between real-world parenting behaviours, brain development and mental health in children. As data from this project has already been collected (N=160 participants), the student will work on analysis of the observational, neuroimaging and mental health data.
Project Details
Faculty Research Themes
School Research Themes
Neuroscience & Psychiatry, Child Health in Medicine
Research Opportunities
Honours students
Students who are interested in joining this project will need to consider their elegibility as well as other requirements before contacting the supervisor of this research
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Department / Centre
Research Node
Royal Melbourne HospitalMDHS Research library
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