Rate My Professor Janet Spittlehouse

Spittlehouse's research specializations include the long-term mental health impacts of natural disasters, such as the Christchurch earthquake sequence, sexual orientation and mental health over the life course, trajectories of alcohol use problems from early adolescence, hoarding behaviors, temperament and character in relation to depression severity and well-being, menopause status and climacteric symptoms, and recruitment challenges in longitudinal studies post-disaster. Key publications include 'Sexual orientation and mental health over the life course in a birth cohort' (Psychological Medicine, 2020), 'Trajectories of alcohol use problems based on early adolescent alcohol use: Findings from a 35 year population cohort' (International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019), 'Ongoing adverse mental health impact of the earthquake sequence in Christchurch, New Zealand' (Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2014), 'Personality, mental health and demographic correlates of hoarding behaviours in a midlife sample' (PeerJ, 2016), and 'Measures of temperament and character are differentially impacted on by depression severity' (Journal of Affective Disorders, 2010). Her publications have accumulated over 470 citations. She has supervised doctoral students, including on network approaches to psychopathology, and contributed to studies on childhood anxious behavior and later anxiety disorders.