Oliver Perra

Research output

Research output per year 2005 2021

• 36 Article
• 9 Poster
• 8 Paper
• 4 Other report
• 8 More
  • 3 Commissioned report
  • 2 Conference contribution
  • 1 Abstract
  • 1 Meeting abstract
  • 1 Discussion paper

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  Exploring a big data approach to investigate pain affecting individuals with cerebral palsy: a cross-sectional study.

  Garcia Jalon, G., Maguire, A., Perra, O., Gavin, A., O'Reilly, D. & Thurston, A., 20 Feb 2021, (Accepted) In: Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. p. 1-23 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Big Data
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Pain
  • Proxy

• Population-based study on the prevalence and clinical profile of adults with cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland

  McConnell, K., Livingstone, E., Perra, O. & Kerr, C., 08 Jan 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 1, 6 p., e044614.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Northern Ireland
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Clinical Studies
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Population
  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Prevalence and clinical profile of adults with cerebral palsy: a population-based study

  Kerr, C., McConnell, K., Livingstone, E. & Perra, O., 14 Jan 2021, (Accepted).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Population
  • Northern Ireland
  • Health Services
  • Pediatrics
• 2020

  Charting the trajectories of adopted children's emotional and behavioral problems: The impact of early adversity and postadoptive parental warmth

  Paine, A. L., Perra, O., Anthony, R. & Shelton, K. H., 05 May 2020, In: Development and Psychopathology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Adopted Children
  • Problem Behavior
  • Parenting
  • Mental Health
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  42 Downloads (Pure)

• Charting the trajectories of adopted children’s emotional and behavioral problems: The impact of early adversity and postadoptive parental warmth

  Paine, A. L., Perra, O., Anthony, R. & Shelton, K. H., 05 May 2020, In: Development and Psychopathology. 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Problem Behavior
  • Parenting
  • Mental Health
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Adopted Children
  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Continuity and Change in Anger and Aggressiveness from Infancy to Childhood: The Protective Effects of Positive Parenting

  Perra, O., Paine, A. & Hay, D. F., 08 Jul 2020, In: Development and Psychopathology. 0, p. 1-20 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Parenting
  • Anger
  • Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders
  • Conduct Disorder
  • Problem Behavior
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  16 Downloads (Pure)

• Decreasing cerebral palsy prevalence in multiple births in the modern era: A population cohort study of European data

  Perra, O., Rankin, J., Platt, M. J., Sellier, E., Arnaud, C., De La Cruz, J., Kraegeloh-Mann, I., Sweet, D. & Bjellmo, S., 26 Aug 2020, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Multiple Birth Offspring
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Cohort Studies
  • Population
  • Parturition
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Healthcare use by children and young adults with cerebral palsy

  Carter, B., Bennett, V., Jones, H., Bethel, J., Perra, O., Wang, T. & Kemp, A., 20 Apr 2020, In: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Delivery of Health Care
  • Child
  • Northern Ireland
  • Outpatients
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  31 Downloads (Pure)

• School bonding and ethos in trajectories of offending: Results from the Belfast Youth Development Study: Results from the Belfast Youth Development Study

  Higgins, K., Perra, O., Jordan, J-A., O'Neill, T. & McCann, M., 17 Feb 2020, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • commitment
  • adolescence
  • school type
  • adolescent
  • deprivation
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  32 Downloads (Pure)

• Training attention control of very preterm infants: protocol for a feasibility study of the Attention Control Training (ACT)

  Perra, O., Wass, S., McNulty, A., Sweet, D., Papageorgiou, K., Johnston, M., Patterson, A., Bilello, D. & Alderdice, F., 10 Feb 2020, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 6, 1, 11 p., 17.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Feasibility Studies
  • Premature Infants
  • Aptitude
  • Executive Function
  • Clinical Trial Protocols
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  56 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Assessing, recognising and managing pain and discomfort in children and young people with Cerebral Palsy

  Perra, O., Kerr, C. & McConnell, K., 2019, QPOL (QUB).

  Research output: Working paper › Discussion paper

  File
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Frequency and nature of comorbid diagnoses in children with cerebral palsy: a register-based study

  Egbon, J., McConnell, K., Perra, O. & Kerr, C., 20 Sep 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Northern Ireland
  • Comorbidity
  • Child
  • Pamphlets

• Mistreatment of pregnant women at health facilities in Arab countries: a qualitative systematic review

  Alghamdi, R., Stockdale, J., Boyle, B. & Perra, O., 01 Aug 2019, (Accepted) In: British Journal of Midwifery.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Psychometric validation of the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire (PDQ) in pregnant women in Spain

  Caparros-Gonzalez, R. A., Perra, O., Alderdice, F., Lynn, F., Lobel, M., García-García, I. & Peralta-Ramírez, M. I., Mar 2019, In: Women & Health. 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Spain
  • Psychometrics
  • Pregnant Women
  • Checklist
  • chemotactic factor inactivator
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  278 Downloads (Pure)

• Testing new UK standards for Public Involvement in Research in a Cerebral Palsy register

  Kerr, C., McConnell, K., Savage, H. & Perra, O., 19 Sep 2019.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Group
  • communications
  • health
  • legal requirements
  • data protection

• The longitudinal relationship of alcohol problems and depressive symptoms and the impact of externalising symptoms: findings from the Belfast Youth Developmental Study

  Homman, L. E., Perra, O., Higgins, K. & O'Neill, F., 22 Mar 2019, In: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. p. 1-11

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • alcohol
  • Alcohols
  • Depression
  • Growth
  • time
  146 Downloads (Pure)

• Trends in the prevalence and motor severity of cerebral palsy in Northern Ireland: a register-based study

  McConnell, K., Kerr, C. & Perra, O., 2019, (Accepted).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• UK standards for Public Involvement in Research: a ‘test-bed’ project with the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register

  Kerr, C., McConnell, K., Savage, H. & Perra, O., 2019, (Accepted).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• 2018

  A population-based data-linkage study of prescribed pain medications dispensed to persons with cerebral palsy

  Garcia Jalon, G., Maguire, A., Perra, O., Gavin, A., O'Reilly, D. & Thurston, A., 13 Jun 2018, In: International Journal of Population Data Science. 3, 2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Pain
  • Population
  • Opioid Analgesics
  196 Downloads (Pure)

• A Study of Health and Social Care Professionals’ Family Focused Practice with Parents who have Mental Illness, their Children and Families in Northern Ireland MAIN REPORT

  Grant, A., Lagdon, S., Devaney, J., Davidson, G., Duffy, J., Galway, K., Perra, O. & Leavey, G., 2018, 246 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File
  445 Downloads (Pure)

• A Study of Health and Social Care Professionals’ Family Focused Practice with Parents who have Mental Illness, their Children and Families in Northern Ireland SUMMARY REPORT

  Grant, A., Lagdon, S., Devaney, J., Davidson, G., Duffy, J., Galway, K., Perra, O. & Leavey, G., 2018, (Unpublished) 53 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  File
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Exploring the Level of Respect Provided To Women During Childbirth at Healthcare Facilities in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed Methods Study Protocol

  Alghamdi, R., Perra, O., Boyle, B. & Stockdale, J., 21 Nov 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• Exploring the women’s experiences of mistreatment during childbirth at healthcare facilities in Arab countries: A systematic review

  Alghamdi, R., Stockdale, J., Boyle, B. & Perra, O., 29 Nov 2018.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• Informants' ratings of activity level in infancy predict ADHD symptoms and diagnoses in childhood

  Meeuwsen, M., Perra, O., van Goozen, S. H. M. & Hay, D. F., 15 Oct 2018, In: Development and Psychopathology. 15 p., 15.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
  • Infant Behavior
  • Child
  • Self-Control
  • Executive Function
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  232 Downloads (Pure)

• Pain medication dispensed for persons with cerebral palsy: a population-based data-linkage study

  Garcia Jalon, E., Maguire, A., Perra, O., Kerr, C., Gavin, A., O'Reilly, D. & Thurston, A., Mar 2018, p. 30. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Neurology
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Medicine
  • Pain

• Right from the start: protocol for a pilot study for a randomised trial of the New Baby Programme for improving outcomes for children born to socially vulnerable mothers: protocol for a pilot study for a randomised trial of the New Baby Programme for improving outcomes for children born to socially vulnerable mothers

  Macdonald, G., Alderdice, F., Clarke, M., Perra, O., Lynn, F., McShane, T. & Millen, S., 02 Feb 2018, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 4, 44, 14 p., 44.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Mothers
  • Child
  • Vulnerable Populations
  • Postnatal Care
  • Northern Ireland
  208 Downloads (Pure)

• The Belfast Youth Development Study (BYDS): a prospective cohort study of the initiation, persistence and desistance of substance use from adolescence to adulthood in Northern Ireland

  Higgins, K., McLaughlin, A., Perra, O., McCartan, C., McCann, M., Percy, A. & Jordan, J-A., 23 May 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 5, 18 p., e0195192.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • youth development
  • cohort studies
  • Northern Ireland
  • prospective studies
  • adulthood
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  247 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Preliminary evaluation of the Well-being in Pregnancy (WiP) Questionnaire

  Alderdice, F., McNeill, J., Gargan, P. & Perra, O., Jun 2017, In: Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. 38, 2, p. 133-142 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Pregnancy
  • Psychometrics
  • Emotions
  • Thinking
  • Parturition
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  602 Downloads (Pure)
• 2016

  Assessing elements of a family approach to reduce adolescent drinking frequency: parent-adolescent relationship, knowledge management, and keeping secrets

  McCann, M., Perra, O., McLaughlin, A., McCartan, C. & Higgins, K., 06 Apr 2016, In: Addiction. 111, 5, p. 843-853

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Underage Drinking
  • Knowledge Management
  • Confidentiality
  • Alcohols
  • Child
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  237 Downloads (Pure)

• Children and Young People with Cerebral Palsy in Northern Ireland (1981-2008): A comprehensive report from the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register

  Perra, O., 2016, HSC R&D, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• If You Go Down to the Woods Today: Infants’ Distress During a Teddy Bear’s Picnic in Relation to Peer Relations and Later Emotional Problems

  Hay, D. F., Mundy, L., Phillips, R., Roberts, S., Meeuwsen, M., Goodyear, I. & Perra, O., 24 Nov 2016, In: Infancy : the official journal of the International Society on Infant Studies. 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Ursidae
  • Social Behavior
  • Child Behavior
  • Sitting Position
  • Fathers
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  265 Downloads (Pure)

• Parental alcohol use and resilience in young people: A study of family, peer and school processes. Short report.

  McLaughlin, A., O'Neill, T., McCartan, C., Percy, A., Perra, O., Higgins, K. & McCann, M., 08 Mar 2016, HSC R&D, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland. 20 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  Open Access

  File

  • resilience
  • alcohol
  • mental health
  • education
  236 Downloads (Pure)

• Phonic skills mediate improved literacy outcomes in at-risk primary school children: results from the Ready-to-Learn Programme

  Perra, O., Macdonald, G., McCann, M., Neeson, L. & O'Neill, N., 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  • Literacy
  • Reading
  • Child
  • Academic Failure
  • Aptitude

• The association between spastic Cerebral Palsy, intellectual impairment, and gestational age: results from the Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register

  Perra, O., Garcia Jalon, G. & Cummings, C., 2016. 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  File

  • Northern Ireland
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Gestational Age
  • Hemiplegia
  • Muscle Spasticity
  44 Downloads (Pure)

• Transitions in Contentious Behaviour in Infancy and Later Aggressive Conduct Problems

  Perra, O. & Hay, D. F., 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Anger
  • Child Behavior
  • National Health Programs
  • Aggression
  • Fathers
• 2015

  Associations between Maternal Postnatal Depression and Infants’ Social Learning Abilities

  Perra, O., Phillips, R., Fyfield, R., Waters, C. & Hay, D. F., Mar 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

  File
  65 Downloads (Pure)

• Does mothers' postnatal depression influence the development of imitation?

  Perra, O., Phillips, R., Fyfield, R., Waters, C. & Hay, D. F., 01 Nov 2015, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 56, 11, p. 1231-1238 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Postpartum Depression
  • Mothers
  • Mother-Child Relations
  • Learning
  • Aptitude
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  279 Downloads (Pure)

• Parent ratings of child cognition and language compared with Bayley-III in preterm 3-year-olds

  Perra, O., McGowan, J. E., Grunau, R. E., Boylan Doran, J., Craig, S., Johnston, L., Jenkins, J., Holmes, V. A. & Alderdice, F. A., Mar 2015, In: Early human development. 91, 3, p. 211-216 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Child Language
  • Cognition
  • Aptitude
  • Child
  • Mothers
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  762 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Adolescent ecstasy use and depression: cause and effect, or two outcomes of home environment?

  McCann, M., Higgins, K., Perra, O., McCartan, C. & McLaughlin, A., 2014, In: European journal of public health. 24, 5, p. 845-850 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Depression
  • Emotions
  • Cannabis
  • Alcohols
  • Criminal Law
  3 Citations (Scopus)

  258 Downloads (Pure)

• Behavioural outcomes at 3 years of age among late preterm infants admitted to neonatal intensive care: a cohort study

  Boylan, J., Alderdice, F. A., McGowan, J. E., Craig, S., Perra, O. & Jenkins, J., Sep 2014, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 99, 5, p. 359-365

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Premature Infants
  • Cohort Studies
  • Child Behavior
  • Checklist
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  258 Downloads (Pure)

• Findings from the Barnardo’s 'Ready to Learn’ Programme

  Macdonald, G., Perra, O., Neeson, L. & O'Neill, N., 2014, Belfast: Barnardo's NI. 28 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Neonatal intensive care and late preterm infants: Health and family functioning at three years

  McGowan, J. E., Alderdice, F. A., Boylan (Doran), J., Holmes, V. A., Jenkins, J., Craig, S., Perra, O. & Johnston, L., Apr 2014, In: Early human development. 90, 4, p. 201-205 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Neonatal Intensive Care
  • Infant Health
  • Premature Infants
  • Health Status
  • Child
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Precursors to aggression are evident by 6 months of age

  Hay, D. F., Waters, C. S., Perra, O., Swift, N., Kairis, V., Phillips, R., Jones, R., Goodyer, I., Harold, G., Thapar, A. & van Goozen, S., May 2014, In: Developmental science. 17, 3, p. 471-480 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Aggression
  • Anger
  • Individuality
  • Observation
  • Clinical Studies
  31 Citations (Scopus)

  250 Downloads (Pure)

• Smartphones - a method for longitudinal survey data capture: One step forward or two steps back?

  McAneney, H., McCann, M., Moriarty, J., Tully, M., O'Hara, L., Perra, O., Yerima, S., Sezer, S., Ell, P. S., Miller, R. & Macdonald, G., 25 Feb 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

• The Smartphones Study

  Moriarty, J., O'Hara, L., McCann, M., Yerima, S., Sezer, S., Higgins, K., McAneney, H., Perra, O., Ell, P., Tully, M. & Macdonald, G., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

• Well-being in Pregnancy

  Perra, O., 05 Jun 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  A longitudinal analysis of estimation, counting skills, and mathematical ability across the first school year

  Muldoon, K., Towse, J., Simms, V., Perra, O. & Menzies, V., Feb 2013, In: Developmental Psychology. 49, 2, p. 250-7 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aptitude
  • Child Development
  • Child
  • performance
  • time
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Investigating parental monitoring, school and family influences on adolescent alcohol use

  McCann, M., Perra, O. & McLaughlin, A., 2013, Alcohol Research UK.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• The Influence of Parental Monitoring and School Environment on Adolescent Alcohol Use

  McCann, M., Higgins, K., Perra, O. & McLaughlin, A., 2013, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. Supplement ed. journal, Vol. 6. p. A65-A66 1 p. PP42

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
• 2012

  Attention Engagement in Early Infancy

  Perra, O. & Gattis, M., Dec 2012, In: Infant Behavior and Development. 35, 4, p. 635-644 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Joints
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Parents
  • Aptitude
  4 Citations (Scopus)