Department of Education
Megan Frith
Research Associate
Profile
Biography
I am a research associate at the University of York. My research interests centre around child and adolescent development, with a particular focus on exploring outcomes for under-researched groups including children with special educational needs (SEN’s), trajectories of child and adolescent mental health and transdiagnostic mental health approaches.
My background is in quantitative research, applying large-scale population-level data to explore psychopathology in childhood and adolescence, with the aim of understanding and improving social, emotional and educational outcomes. I have specific experience in running complex statistical analyses including structural equation modelling, latent factor modelling, mediation and moderation analyses, measurement invariance testing and longitudinal analyses in a range of population-level datasets eg, The Millennium Cohort Study, the Growing up in Scotland Study and The Mental Health in Children and Young People Survey.
Research
Overview
I am a member of the Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopmental Diversity (CANDY) research group led by Professor Umar Toseeb, which focusses on special educational needs and mental health during childhood and adolescence
My recent research interests include the following topics:
- Child development – including social functioning (eg, violent offending, antisocial behaviour, hyperactivity, inattention, bullying and conduct problems) and emotional functioning (eg, anxiety, depression, self-harm and wellbeing).
- Special educational needs (SEN) – Investigating relationships between SEN’s and violent offending and antisocial behaviours, links between SEN’s and social, emotional and cognitive functioning.
- Transdiagnostic approaches – Exploring the factor structure of psychopathology in childhood/adolescence, general psychopathology (p-factor), multiple-informant approaches.
- Secondary large-scale population level data– Using existing available longitudinal and cross-sectional epidemiological data collections and surveys to conduct research.
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