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🧠 Curious to learn more?
Watch the video:
▶️ youtu.be/br1vmfQum50
📄 Or read the article here:
acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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For the record: this isn’t a niche clinical issue.
◾ Preterm-born children make up 8–10% of all births
◾ That’s 2–3 in every classroom
◾ They're overrepresented in mental health services
Yet their needs are often overlooked as their early birth isn’t always recognised as relevant beyond infancy.

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These factors explained 30–40% of the variation in resilience.
And that’s hopeful:
Many of these are modifiable, so there is real potential to support more preterm-born children to thrive.

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These factors consistently promoted resilience across both cohorts:
✅ Better self-regulation
✅ Higher cognitive abilities
✅ Positive mother-child relationship
✅ Structured family climate
✅ Strong interparental relationship
❌ Fewer experiences of bullying

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With @dieterwolke.bsky.social @warwickpsych.bsky.social, we studied over 1,500 preterm-born children (ages 7-8) from the UK and Germany.
Children with better-than-expected mental health (for their gestational age) showed resilience.
What helped them thrive? 👇

🍼 1 in 10 children are born preterm and face higher risks of mental health problems.
But many show positive outcomes. What helps these children thrive?
📄 Our new JCPP study reveals what promotes mental health resilience after preterm birth.
🎥 I explain it here: youtu.be/br1vmfQum50
🧵 A short thread:

With Elif Gönen, @dieterwolke.bsky.social @warwicklng.bsky.social

Can being born very preterm affect how wealthy you are in your 30s?

From age 26-34, the gap in accumulated wealth between preterm and full-term adults remained large, despite many doing well economically.

Why? Read more in our Research Letter in JAMA Network Open ⬇️
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

🎓 4 PhD Fellowships at Warwick Psychology for 25/26 entry
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLI727/p...

-3 for exciting projects led by Drs Alex Clarke,
@gambichiara.bsky.social & @mmrobinson93.bsky.social

-1 open to applicants with their own choice of supervisor/
proposal.

Closing date: 16 March 2025 at 23:59