Dr John Taffe - Researcher Profile

Biography

John works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow.

Qualifications

BACHELOR OF ARTS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2006

PHD IN MEDICINE

Institution: University of Melbourne (Parkville)

Year awarded: 2006

MASTER OF SCIENCE

Institution: Melbourne University

Year awarded: 2006

Publications

Journal Articles

Jepsen, M.I., Gray, K.M., Taffe, J.R., 2012, Agreement in multi-informant assessment of behaviour and emotional problems and social functioning in adolescents with autistic and Asperger's disorder, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders [P], vol 6, issue 3, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 1091-1098.

Park, C., Yelland, G.W., Taffe, J.R., Gray, K.M., 2012, Brief report: the relationship between language skills, adaptive behavior, and emotional and behavior problems in pre-schoolers with autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [E], vol 42, issue 12, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 2761-2766.

Gray, K.M., Taffe, J.R., Sweeney, D.J., Forster, S.L., Tonge, B.J., 2012, Could head circumference be used to screen for autism in young males with developmental delay?, Journal Of Paediatrics And Child Health [P], vol 48, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 329-334.

Dowd, A.M., McGinley, J.L., Taffe, J.R., Rinehart, N.J., 2012, Do planning and visual integration difficulties underpin motor dysfunction in autism? A kinematic study of young children with autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [E], vol 42, issue 8, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 1539-1548.

Papadopoulos, N., Rinehart, N.J., Bradshaw, J.L., Taffe, J.R., McGinley, J.L., 2012, Is there a link between motor performance variability and social-communicative impairment in children with ADHD-CT: A kinematic study using an upper limp fitts' aiming task, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol epub, Australasian Medical Publishing Company Pty. Ltd., Australia, pp. 1-6.

Enticott, P., Kennedy, H., Rinehart, N., Tonge, B., Bradshaw, J., Taffe, J., Daskalakis, Z., Fitzgerald, P., 2012, Mirror neuron activity associated with social impairments but not age in autism spectrum disorder, Biological Psychiatry [P], vol 71, issue 5, Elsevier Inc., United States, pp. 427-433.

Park, C., Yelland, G.W., Taffe, J.R., Gray, K.M., 2012, Morphological and syntactic skills in language samples of pre school aged children with autism: atypical development?, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology[P], vol 14, issue 2, Informa Healthcare, United Kingdom, pp. 95-108.

Hsieh, M., Ponsford, J.L., Wong, D.K., Schonberger, M., Taffe, J.R., McKay, A.J.D., 2012, Motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety following traumatic brain injury: a pilot randomised controlled trial, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation [P], vol 22, issue 4, Psychology Press, United Kingdom, pp. 585-608.

Mohr, C., Tonge, B.J., Taffe, J.R., Einfeld, S.L., 2012, The availability of normative data for the developmental behaviour checklist for adults, Journal Of Intellectual & Developmental Disability [P], vol 37, issue 1, Informa Healthcare, United Kingdom, pp. 61-64.

Evans, E.J., Einfeld, S.L., Mowat, D.R., Taffe, J.R., Tonge, B.J., Wilson, M., 2012, The behavioral phenotype of Mowat-Wilson syndrome, American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part A [P], vol 158A, issue 2, John Wiley & Sons Inc., United States, pp. 358-366.

Gray, K.M., Keating, C., Taffe, J.R., Brereton, A.V., Einfeld, S.L., Tonge, B.J., 2012, Trajectory of behavior and emotional problems in autism, American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities [P], vol 117, issue 2, American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, United States, pp. 121-133.

Ponsford, J.L., Tweedly, L.C., Lee, N., Taffe, J.R., 2012, Who responds better? Factors influencing a positive response to brief alcohol interventions for individuals with traumatic brain injury, Journal Of Head Trauma Rehabilitation [P], vol 27, issue 5, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, United States, pp. 342-348.

Forster, S., Gray, K., Taffe, J., Einfeld, S., Tonge, B., 2011, Behavioural and emotional problems in people with severe and profound intellectual disability, Journal Of Intellectual Disability Research [P], vol 55, issue 2, Wiley-blackwell, UK, pp. 190-198.

Cain, K., Harlow, S., Little, R., Nan, B., Yosef, M., Taffe, J., Elliott, M.R., 2011, Bias due to left truncation and left censoring in longitudinal studies of developmental and disease processes, American Journal Of Epidemiology [P], vol 173, issue 9, Oxford University Press, US, pp. 1078-1084.

Mohr, C., Tonge, B., Taffe, J., Rymill, A., Collins, D., Keating, C., Einfeld, S., 2011, Inter-rater reliability of the developmental behaviour checklist for adults in community accommodation settings, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research [E], vol 55, issue 7, Wiley-Blackwell, UK, pp. 710-713.

Gullone, E., Taffe, J., 2011, The emotion regulation questionnaire for children and adolescents (ERQ-CA): A psychometric evaluation, Psychological Assessment [P], vol E, American Psychological Association, USA, pp. 1-9.

Taffe, J.R., Cain, K.C., Mitchell, E.S., Woods, N.F., Crawford, S.L., Harlow, S.D., 2010, "Persistence" improves the 60-day amenorrhea marker of entry to late-stage menopausal transition for women aged 40 to 44 years, Menopause [P], vol 17, issue 1, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, pp. 191-193.

Einfeld, S., Gray, K., Ellis, L., Taffe, J., Emerson, E., Tonge, B., Horstead, S., 2010, Intellectual disability modifies gender effects on disruptive behaviors, Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities [P], vol 3, issue 4, Taylor & Francis Inc., USA, pp. 177-189.

Mooney, E.L., Gray, K.M., Tonge, B.J., Sweeney, D.J., Taffe, J.R., 2009, Factor analytic study of repetitive behaviours in young children with pervasive developmental disorders, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders [P], vol 39, Springer, USA, pp. 765-774.

Taffe, J.R., Tonge, B.J., Gray, K.M., Einfeld, S.L., 2008, Extracting more information from behaviour checklists by using components of mean based scores, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, vol 17, issue 4, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., UK, pp. 232-240.

Netz, Y., Zach, S., Taffe, J.R., Guthrie, J.R., Dennerstein, L., 2008, Habitual physical activity is a meaningful predictor of well-being in mid-life women: A longitudinal analysis, Climacteric, vol 11, issue 4, Informa Healthcare, UK, pp. 337-344.

Szoeke, C., Dennerstein, L., Wluka, A.E., Guthrie, J.R., Taffe, J.R., Clark, M.S., Cicuttini, F.M., 2008, Physician diagnosed arthritis, reported arthritis and radiological non-axial osteoarthritis, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, vol 16, issue 7, WB Saunders Co. Ltd., UK, pp. 846-850.

Harlow, S.D., Mitchell, E.S., Crawford, S., Nan, B., Little, R., Taffe, J.R., 2008, The ReSTAGE collaboration: Defining optimal bleeding criteria for onset of early menopausal transition, Fertility and Sterility, vol 89, issue 1, Elsevier Inc., USA, pp. 129-140.

Einfeld, S.L., Tonge, B.J., Chapman, L., Mohr, C., Taffe, J.R., Horstead, S.K., 2007, Inter-Rater reliability of the diagnoses of psychosis and depression in individuals with intellectual disabilities, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, vol 20, issue 5, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, England, pp. 384-390.

Taffe, J.R., Gray, K.M., Einfeld, S.L., Dekker, M.C., Koot, H.M., Emerson, E., Koskentausta, T., Tonge, B.J., 2007, Short form of the developmental behaviour checklist, American Journal on Mental Retardation, vol 112, issue 1, American Association on Mental Retardation, USA, pp. 31-39.

Herring, S.E., Gray, K.M., Taffe, J.R., Tonge, B.J., Sweeney, D.J., Einfeld, S.L., 2006, Behaviour and emotional problems in toddlers with pervasive developmental disorders and developmental delay: associations with parental mental health and family functioning, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, vol 50, issue 12, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 874-882.

Harlow, S.D., Cain, K., Crawford, S., Dennerstein, L., Little, R., Mitchell, E.S., Nan, B., Randolph, J.F., Taffe, J.R., Yosef, M., 2006, Evaluation of four proposed bleeding criteria for the onset of late menopausal transition, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol 91, issue 9, The Endocrine Society, USA, pp. 3432-3438.

Einfeld, S.L., Tonge, B.J., Gray, K.M., Taffe, J.R., 2006, Evolution of symptoms and syndromes of psychopathology in young people with mental retardation, International Review Of Research In Mental Retardation, vol 33, issue 1, Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science, USA, pp. 247-265.

Einfeld, S.L., Kavanagh, S.J., Smith, A., Evans, E., Tonge, B.J., Taffe, J.R., 2006, Mortality in Prader-Willi syndrome, American Journal on Mental Retardation, vol 111, issue 3, Amer Assoc Mental Retardation, Washington USA, pp. 193-198.

Einfeld, S.L., Piccinin, A.M., Mackinnon, J., Hofer, S.M., Taffe, J.R., Gray, K.M., Bontempo, D.E., Hoffman, L.R., Parmenter, T., Tonge, B.J., 2006, Psychopathology in young people with intellectual disability, Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association, vol 296, issue 16, American Medical Association, Chicago USA, pp. 1981-1989.

Guthrie, J.R., Dennerstein, L., Taffe, J.R., Ebeling, P.R., Randolph, J.F., Burger, H.G., Wark, J.D., 2003, Central abdominal fat and endogenous hormones during the menopausal transition, Fertility and Sterility, vol 79, issue 6, Elsevier, New York USA, pp. 1335-1340.

Guthrie, J.R., Dennerstein, L., Taffe, J.R., Donnelly, V., 2003, Health care-seeking for menopausal problems, Climacteric, vol 6, issue 2, Parthenon Publishing Group, Lancaster UK, pp. 112-117.

Kulkarni, J., Riedel, A., De Castella, R.A., Fitzgerald, P.B., Rolfe, T.J., Taffe, J., Burger, H., 2002, A clinical trial of adjunctive oestogen treatment in women with schizophrenia, Archives of Women's Mental Health, vol 5, issue 3, Springer-Verlag Wien, Austria, pp. 99-104.

Kulkarni, J., Riedel, A., De Castella, A., Fitzgerald, P.B., Rolfe, T.J., Taffe, J., Burger, H., 2001, Estrogen - a potential treatment for schizophrenia, Schizophrenia Research, vol 48, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 137-144.