Katherine Cost - McMaster Experts

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Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Assistant Professor (Part-Time), Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, Faculty of Health Sciences

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- Gestational stress and parenting: A review of human and animal literature. 317-346. 2021
conferences
- ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE WASHINGTON GROUP/UNICEF CHILD FUNCTIONING MODULE IN A NATIONALLY REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF CANADIAN CHILDREN AND YOUTH. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S241-S241. 2024
- INTEGRATION AND EVALUATION OF BRIEF DIGITAL INTERVENTIONS IN SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S309-S309. 2024
- 5.60 Parent-Facilitated Child Health Behavior Profiles in Association With Preschoolers’ Externalizing Behavior and zBMI. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S278-S278. 2023
- 6.17 Using a Newer Latent Profile Analysis Approach to Identify Neurodevelopmental Domain Subgroups in ASD and ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S291-S291. 2023
- 3.58 Identifying Neurodevelopmental Domain Subgroups in ASD and ADHD. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S246-S247. 2022
- 6.25 Characterizing the Autism Spectrum Disorder–ADHD Phenotype: Measurement Structure and Invariance in a Clinical Sample. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S166-S166. 2021
- Evaluation of self-report screening measures in the detection of depressive and anxiety disorders among children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 1327-1337. 2021
- 29.1 ASSOCIATION OF PARENTING WITH SUICIDAL IDEATION AND ATTEMPTS IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH: AN OVERVIEW OF THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S206-S207. 2020
- 6.13 IDENTIFYING HOMOGENOUS SUBGROUPS BASED ON DERIVED NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DOMAIN COMPONENT SCORES. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S163-S163. 2020
- 6.25 “BEST THINGS”: PARENTS DESCRIBE THEIR CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S167-S167. 2020
- Physiological and psychological factors that are associated with breastfeeding in postpartum mothers: Some findings from the Maternal Adversity, Vulnerability and Neurodevelopment study (MAVAN). Psychoneuroendocrinology. 78-78. 2019
- 5.32 Quantifying a Qualitative Variable in ASD: What Exactly is a “Good” Outcome?. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. S236-S237. 2018
- Intergenerational Transmission of Well Being–Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms. European psychiatry. S29-S30. 2017
- Once and Again: Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting. European psychiatry. S30-S30. 2017
journal articles
- The association between learning models and child health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic.. Preventive Medicine Reports. 54:103071. 2025
- Adaptation and validation of the Washington group/unicef child functioning module in a nationally representative sample of Canadian children and youth.. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 25:1954. 2025
- Oops, we missed a spot: Comparing data substitution methods for non-random missing survey data in a longitudinal study.. Journal of Affective Disorders. 370:434-438. 2025
- Minimally important change on the Columbia Impairment Scale and Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in youths seeking mental healthcare.. Evidence-Based Mental Health. 28:e301425. 2025
- The Effect of Screen Time and Positive School Factors in the Pathway to Child and Youth Mental Health Outcomes.. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 53:29-42. 2025
- Early childhood body mass index growth and school readiness: A longitudinal cohort study.. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 38:733-744. 2024
- The association between teacher distress and student mental health outcomes: a cross-sectional study using data from the school mental health survey.. BMC Psychology. 12:583. 2024
- The trajectory of depression and anxiety among children and adolescents over two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research. 339:116101-116101. 2024
- Pediatric psychoSocial Risk Index: Factor Analysis and Item Reduction Study. Hospital Pediatrics. 14:474-479. 2024
- Worldwide Prevalence and Disability From Mental Disorders Across Childhood and Adolescence. JAMA psychiatry. 81:347-347. 2024
- Evaluation of an automated matching system of children and families to virtual mental health resources during COVID-19.. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 18:24. 2024
- Educators Describe the “Best Things” About Students with Autism at School. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 54:1-17. 2024
- Parental use of routines, setting limits, and child screen use during COVID-19: findings from a large Canadian cohort study.. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 3:1293404. 2024
- School and learning contexts during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for child and youth mental health. Current Psychology. 42:29969-29985. 2023
- The Distinction Between Social Connectedness and Support When Examining Depressive Symptoms Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 2023
- CHANGE MATTERS: USING LATENT GROWTH CURVE MODEL TO STUDY THE TRAJECTORY OF IRRITABILITY IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 62:S219-S220. 2023
- The role of parenting practices in parent and child mental health over time. BJPsych Open. 9:e147. 2023
- Patterns of parent screen use, child screen time, and child socio‐emotional problems at 5 years. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 35:e13246. 2023
- Rejoinder 1: Advocating for children in the presence of imperfect evidence: A reply to Black et al.. Journal of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 32:79-84. 2023
- CRISIS AFAR: an international collaborative study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health and service access in youth with autism and neurodevelopmental conditions. Molecular Autism. 14:7. 2023
- Disruption to Education During COVID-19: School Nonacademic Factors Are Associated with Children's Mental Health. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 44:e95-e103. 2023
- Measuring the association between behavioural services and outcomes in young children with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 132:104392-104392. 2023
- Validation of a parent proxy-reported beverage screener compared to a 24-hour dietary recall for the measurement of sugar-containing beverage intake among young children. PLoS ONE. 18:e0288768-e0288768. 2023
- Characterizing the ASD–ADHD phenotype: measurement structure and invariance in a clinical sample. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63:1534-1543. 2022
- How much is enough? Considering minimally important change in youth mental health outcomes. The Lancet Psychiatry. 9:992-998. 2022
- EXAMINING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH ADHD SYMPTOMS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S234-S234. 2022
- HYPOTHESIS-FREE: WHAT WE CAN LEARN ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH FROM PERSON-CENTERED ANALYSES. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S112-S112. 2022
- PARENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, SOCIAL VIDEO CHATTING, AND MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID-19: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL ASSOCIATIONS. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S206-S207. 2022
- SCHOOL MODALITY AND LEARNING CONTEXTS DURING COVID-19: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHILD AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S209-S209. 2022
- THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS AND SUPPORT WHEN EXAMINING DEPRESSION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S150-S151. 2022
- THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON CHILDREN OVER 12 MONTHS WITH AND WITHOUT PRE-COVID-19 MENTAL HEALTH AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN ONTARIO, CANADA. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S320-S321. 2022
- THE ROLE OF PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL SPORTS ON CHILD AND YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S209-S209. 2022
- THE ROLE OF STRUCTURED PARENTING AND SHARED PARENTING RESPONSIBILITIES IN PARENTAL MENTAL HEALTH DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:S167-S167. 2022
- Les profils de santé mentale des enfants et adolescents autistes pendant la pandémie de COVID-19. Paediatrics and Child Health. 27:S143-S150. 2022
- The association of diet and depression: an analysis of dietary measures in depressed, non-depressed, and healthy youth.. Nutritional Neuroscience. 25:1948-1955. 2022
- An Innovative Model of Pediatric Emergency Department Mental Health Care: Protocol for a Multicenter Type 1 Effectiveness-Implementation Cluster Randomized Trial. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 61:946-948. 2022
- Food intake reporting bias among adolescents with depression.. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 76:904-906. 2022
- Mental health profiles of autistic children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paediatrics and Child Health. 27:S59-S65. 2022
- Mostly worse, occasionally better: impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of Canadian children and adolescents.. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 31:671-684. 2022
- Ontario COVID-19 and Kids Mental Health Study: a study protocol for the longitudinal prospective evaluation of the impact of emergency measures on child and adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.. BMJ Open. 12:e057248. 2022
- Participating in extracurricular activities and school sports during the COVID-19 pandemic: Associations with child and youth mental health. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 4:936041. 2022
- Association of parenting with suicidal ideation and attempts in children and youth: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Systematic Reviews. 10:232. 2021
- Correction to: “Best Things”: Parents Describe Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Over Time. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51:4575-4576. 2021
- Screen Use and Mental Health Symptoms in Canadian Children and Youth During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA network open. 4:e2140875-e2140875. 2021
- “Best Things”: Parents Describe Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Over Time. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 51:4560-4574. 2021
- Vulnerability pathways to mental health outcomes in children and parents during COVID-19.. Current Psychology. 42:1-11. 2021
- 39 Physical and social distancing measures and child health behaviours during COVID-19: A cohort study. Paediatrics and Child Health. 26:e28-e29. 2021
- Public health preventive measures and child health behaviours during COVID-19: a cohort study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112:831-842. 2021
- Evaluation of self-report screening measures in the detection of depressive and anxiety disorders among children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 30:1327-1337. 2021
- Association of Child and Family Attributes With Outcomes in Children With Autism. JAMA network open. 4:e212530-e212530. 2021
- Inattention and hyperactive/impulsive component scores do not differentiate between autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a clinical sample. Molecular Autism. 11:28. 2020
- Parenting stress during infancy is a risk factor for mental health problems in 3-year-old children. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 20:1726. 2020
- Sex and gender differences in childhood obesity: contributing to the research agenda. BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health. 3:387-390. 2020
- DIET, SLEEP, SCREEN TIME, AND EXERCISE: ASSOCIATIONS WITH CHILD MENTAL HEALTH AT AGE 5. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 59:S106-S107. 2020
- The Digital Media Environment and Cardiovascular Risk in Children.. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 36:1440-1447. 2020
- Association of Parental and Contextual Stressors With Child Screen Exposure and Child Screen Exposure Combined With Feeding. JAMA network open. 3:e1920557-e1920557. 2020
- Applying Harm Reduction Principles to Address Screen Time in Young Children Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic.. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 41:335-336. 2020
- Once and Again. Human Nature : An Interdisciplinary Biosocial Perspective. 30:448-476. 2019
- Reliability of routinely collected anthropometric measurements in primary care. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 19:84. 2019
- From ‘screen time’ to the digital level of analysis: protocol for a scoping review of digital media use in children and adolescents. BMJ Open. 9:e032184-e032184. 2019
- Dissecting maternal care: Patterns of maternal parenting in a prospective cohort study. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 31:e12784. 2019
- Prospective cohort study of vitamin D and autism spectrum disorder diagnoses in early childhood. Autism. 23:584-593. 2019
- Maternal perceptions of paternal investment are associated with relationship satisfaction and breastfeeding duration in humans.. Journal of Family Psychology. 32:1025-1035. 2018
- Thinking and doing: the effects of dopamine and oxytocin genes and executive function on mothering behaviours. Genes, Brain and Behavior. 16:285-295. 2017
- Rapporteur summaries of plenary, symposia, and oral sessions from the XXIIIrd World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Meeting in Toronto, Canada, 16–20 October 2015. Psychiatric Genetics. 26:229-257. 2016
- The more things change, the more things stay the same: maternal attitudes 3 to 18 months postpartum. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 105:e320-e327. 2016
- Maternal early life adversities and the offspring's epigenome: A M.A.V.A.N. project. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 61:32-32. 2015
- The effects of pregnancy, lactation, and primiparity on object-in-place memory of female rats.. Hormones and Behavior. 65:32-39. 2014
- Sex differences in object-in-place memory of adult rats.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 126:457-464. 2012
- Chronic lymphocytic meningitis in an adolescent.. Journal of Pediatrics. 147:686-690. 2005
- Use of serum C-reactive protein in differentiating septic from aseptic meningitis in children.. Journal of Pediatrics. 102:718-720. 1983
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