Dr Rebecca Anthony

(Mae hi'n)

BSc (hons), PgDip, MSc, PhD

2025

• Macdonald, S., Hewitt, G., Jones, S., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Evans, R. 2025. Mental wellbeing needs and support for care-experienced children and young people in secondary school and during the transition to further education college. Children & Society (10.1111/chso.12951)
• Armitage, J. et al. 2025. Change over time in perceived schoolwork pressure and associations with emotional problems among 11-16-year-olds: a repeat cross-sectional study in Wales, UK. JCPP Advances, article number: e70005. (10.1002/jcv2.70005)
• Brown, R. et al. 2025. A qualitative exploration of contextual factors within schools impacting the introduction of the new statutory 'Framework on Embedding a Whole School Approach to Emotional and Mental Wellbeing' in Wales. School Mental Health (10.1007/s12310-024-09740-z)

2024

• Lowthian, E. et al. 2024. Receipt of social services intervention in childhood, educational attainment and emergency hospital admissions: longitudinal analyses of national administrative health, social care, and education data in Wales, UK. BMC Public Health 24, article number: 2912. (10.1186/s12889-024-20204-6)
• Moore, G., Donaldson, C., Querghi, S., Hawkins, J., Anthony, R., Angel, L. and Morgan, K. 2024. School and family level socioeconomic status, school connectedness and health and wellbeing among 9-11 year olds: cross sectional analysis of the Student Health and Wellbeing Survey in Wales. Child Indicators Research (10.1007/s12187-024-10179-6)
• Hewitt, G., MacDonald, S., Evans, R., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Jones, S. 2024. Challenges and opportunities for social work practice in mental health and wellbeing support for care-experienced children and young people in schools and colleges in Wales. Presented at: 13th European Conference for Social Work, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17-19 April 2024.
• Lowthian, E., Fee, G., Wakeham, C., Clegg, Z., Crick, T. and Anthony, R. 2024. Identifying protective and risk behavior patterns of online communication in young people. Journal of Adolescence 96(2), pp. 235-250. (10.1002/jad.12270)
• Anthony, R., Haslam, Z., Morgan, K., Evans, R. and Willis, S. 2024. Mental health and wellbeing related social support for care-experienced children and young people: A Scoping Review protocol of type, source and quality.. [Online]. OSF. (https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2U7BZ) Available at: https://osf.io/2u7bz/
• Anthony, R. 2024. Emotional problems in young people were rising rapidly even before the pandemic. The Conversation

2023

• Roberts, L. M., Wood, S., Corliss, C. and Anthony, R. 2023. Exploring online experiences, cyberbullying and wellbeing for young people looked after in Wales: An analysis of the school health research network 2017/18 survey. Developmental Child Welfare 5(4), pp. 204-222. (10.1177/25161032231204967)
• Anthony, R. et al. 2023. Trends in adolescent emotional problems in Wales between 2013 and 2019: the contribution of peer relationships. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (10.1111/jcpp.13924)
• Anthony, R. et al. 2023. Adversity profiles of children receiving care and support from social services: A Latent-class analysis of school-aged children in Wales. Child: Care, Health and Development 49(5), pp. 889-897. (10.1111/cch.13097)
• Macdonald, S., Hewitt, G., Evans, R., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Jones, S. 2023. Wellbeing and mental health support in schools and colleges for care experienced children and young people: a mixed-methods study of delivering and receiving support. Presented at: BERA Conference 2023, Aston University, Birmingham, 12-14 September 2023.
• Armitage, J. M. et al. 2023. Cross-cohort change in parent-reported emotional problem trajectories across childhood and adolescence in the UK. The Lancet Psychiatry 10(7), pp. 509-517. (10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00175-X)
• Anthony, R., Young, H., Hewitt, G., Sloan, L., Moore, G., Murphy, S. and Cook, S. 2023. Young people’s online communication and its association with mental wellbeing: Results from the 2019 Student Health and Wellbeing Survey. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 28(1), pp. 4-11. (10.1111/camh.12610)
• Paine, A. L., van Goozen, S. H. M., Burley, D. T., Anthony, R. and Shelton, K. H. 2023. Facial emotion recognition in adopted children. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 32, pp. 87-99. (10.1007/s00787-021-01829-z)
• Macdonald, S., Hewitt, G., Evans, R., Rees, A., Brown, R., Anthony, R. and Jones, S. 2023. Mental health and wellbeing support in schools and further education colleges for care-experienced children and young people. Presented at: EuSARF - 'Equity and Social Justice in Child, Youth and Family Welfare', University of Sussex, 12-15 September 2023.

2022

• Anthony, R., Paine, A., Westlake, M., Lowthian, E. and Shelton, K. 2022. Patterns of adversity and post-traumatic stress among children adopted from care. Child Abuse and Neglect 130(P2), article number: 104795. (10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104795)
• Moore, G. et al. 2022. Mental health and life satisfaction among 10–11-year-olds in Wales, before and one year after onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health 22, article number: 379. (10.1186/s12889-022-12752-6)
• Anthony, R., Moore, G., Page, N., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Melendez-Torres, G. 2022. Measurement invariance of the short Warwick-Edinburgh mental wellbeing scale and latent mean differences (SWEMWBS) in young people by current care status. Quality of Life Research 31, pp. 205-213. (10.1007/s11136-021-02896-0)

2021

• Paine, A. L., Perra, O., Anthony, R. and Shelton, K. H. 2021. Charting the trajectories of adopted children’s emotional and behavioral problems: The impact of early adversity and post-adoptive parental warmth. Development and Psychopathology 33(3), pp. 922-936. (10.1017/S0954579420000231)
• Lowthian, E. et al. 2021. Adverse childhood experiences and child mental health: an electronic birth cohort study. BMC Medicine 19, article number: 172. (10.1186/s12916-021-02045-x)
• Paine, A. L., Fahey, K., Anthony, R. E. and Shelton, K. H. 2021. Early adversity predicts adoptees’ enduring emotional and behavioral problems in childhood. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 30, pp. 721-732. (10.1007/s00787-020-01553-0)
• Anthony, R., Young, H. and Long, S. J. 2021. Early pregnancy risk and missed opportunities to plan for parenthood. In: Roberts, L. ed. The Children of Looked After Children: Outcomes, Experiences and Ensuring Meaningful Support to Young Parents In and Leaving Care. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 15-40.
• Couturiaux, D., Young, H., Anthony, R., Page, N., Lowthian, E., Melendez, G. and Moore, G. 2021. Risk behaviours associated with dating and relationship violence among 11–16 year olds in Wales: results from the 2019 student health and wellbeing survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(3), article number: 1192. (10.3390/ijerph18031192)
• Paine, A. L., Burley, D., Anthony, R., van Goozen, S. and Shelton, K. 2021. The neurocognitive profiles of children adopted from care and their emotional and behavioral problems at home and school. Child Neuropsychology 27(1), pp. 17-36. (10.1080/09297049.2020.1776241)

2020

• Moore, G. F., Anthony, R. E., Hawkins, J., Van Godwin, J., Murphy, S., Hewitt, G. and Melendez-Torres, G. 2020. Socioeconomic status, mental wellbeing and transition to secondary school: analysis of the School Health Research Network/Health Behaviour in School-aged Children survey in Wales. British Educational Research Journal 46(5), pp. 1111-1130. (10.1002/berj.3616)
• Melendez-Torres, G., Anthony, R., Hewitt, G., Murphy, S. and Moore, G. 2020. Prevalence of gambling behaviours and their associations with socioemotional harm among 11 to 16 year olds in Wales: findings from the School Health Research Network survey. European Journal of Public Health 30(3), pp. 432-438. (10.1093/eurpub/ckz176)

2019

• Anthony, R. E., Paine, A. L. and Shelton, K. H. 2019. Depression and anxiety symptoms of british adoptive parents: a prospective four-wave longitudinal study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(24), pp. -., article number: 5153. (10.3390/ijerph16245153)
• Anthony, R. E., Paine, A. L. and Shelton, K. H. 2019. Adverse childhood experiences of children adopted from care: The importance of adoptive parental warmth for future child adjustment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16(12), article number: 2212. (10.3390/ijerph16122212)
• Hewitt, G., Anthony, R., Moore, G., Melendez-Torres, G. and Murphy, S. 2019. Student health and wellbeing in Wales: Report of the 2017/18 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Survey and School Health Research Network Student Health and Wellbeing Survey. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Cardiff University. Available at: http://www.shrn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SHRN-HBSC-NR_31.05.2019.pdf
• Melendez-Torres, G. et al. 2019. Measurement invariance properties and external construct validity of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale in a large national sample of secondary school students in Wales. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 17, article number: 139. (10.1186/s12955-019-1204-z)

2018

• Anthony, R. E. 2018. Parent-child relationship quality and psychological wellbeing among adoptive families. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

2017

• Snooks, H. A. et al. 2017. Paramedic assessment of older adults after falls, including community care referral pathway: cluster randomized trial. Annals of Emergency Medicine 70(4), pp. 495-505.e28. (10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.01.006)
• Snooks, H. A. et al. 2017. Support and Assessment for Fall Emergency Referrals (SAFER) 2: a cluster randomised trial and systematic review of clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of new protocols for emergency ambulance paramedics to assess older people following a fall with referral to community-based care when appropriate. Health Technology Assessment 21(13) (10.3310/hta21130)

2016

• Anthony, R., Meakings, S., Doughty, J., Ottaway, H., Holland, S. and Shelton, K. H. 2016. Factors affecting adoption in Wales: Predictors of variation in time between entry to care and adoptive placement. Children and Youth Services Review 60, pp. 184-190. (10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.06.010)

2013

• Simkiss, D. E. et al. 2013. Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a universal parenting skills programme in deprived communities: multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 3(8) (10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002851)
• Snooks, H. A., Kingston, M. R., Anthony, R. E. and Russell, I. T. 2013. New models of emergency prehospital care that avoid unnecessary conveyance to emergency department: translation of research evidence into practice?. The Scientific World Journal 2013, article number: 182102. (10.1155/2013/182102)

2012

• Snooks, H. et al. 2012. Support and assessment for fall emergency referrals (SAFER 2) research protocol: cluster randomised trial of the clinical and cost effectiveness of new protocols for emergency ambulance paramedics to assess and refer to appropriate community-based care. BMJ Open 2(6), article number: e002169. (10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002169)

2011

• Stewart-Brown, S., Anthony, R., Wilson, L., Winstanley, S., Stallard, N. and Snooks, H. 2011. Should randomised controlled trials be the “gold standard” for research on preventive interventions for children?. Journal of Children's Services 6(4), pp. 228-235. (10.1108/17466661111190929)

2010

• Simkiss, D. E. et al. 2010. Measuring the impact and costs of a universal group based parenting programme: protocol and implementation of a trial. BMC Public Health 10, article number: 364. (10.1186/1471-2458-10-364)