Professor Carol Joinson
B.Sc., Ph.D.(Glas.)
Current positions
Professor of Developmental Psychology
Bristol Medical School (PHS)
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Research interests
- Risk factors for the development of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.
- Epidemiology of depression in childhood and adolescence with a focus on explaining why gender differences in depression emerge during adolescence.
- The role of individual factors (e.g. pubertal development, temperament) and family environmental factors (e.g. socioeconomic position, father absence, parenting) in determining risk for development of psychopathology.
- Risk factors for continence problems in children and adolescents with a focus on the role of psychological problems and stress.
- Psychosocial impacts of continence problems.
- Comorbidity between continence problems and depression/anxiety across the lifecourse.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Improving outcomes by addressing variation in unmet needs at transition to adult care for young people born with cleft lip and palate
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
NIHR Programme GrantManaging organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/04/2024 to 30/09/2029
Process evaluation of URApp: a digital intervention to support adherence to bladder training in paediatric continence clinics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/03/2024 to 28/02/2025
MRC CiC - URApp: a smartphone app to support behaviour modification for the treatment of urinary incontinence in young people
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/05/2023 to 30/09/2023
Mental health and incontinence
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
05/02/2022 to 05/11/2024
Mental health and incontinence
Principal Investigator
Description
MRC funded study examining the bidirectional relationships between mental health problems and incontinence and the mechanisms that underlie these relationships.Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2021 to 30/06/2024
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
13/03/2025Association of Multiple Indicators of Pubertal Timing with Depressive Symptoms and Depression in Adolescent Girls
The British Journal of Psychiatry
Bidirectional relationships between depression, anxiety and urinary symptoms in women
Journal of Affective Disorders
Emotional problems and urinary incontinence in children from a UK cohort
Journal of Affective Disorders
Maternal Religiosity and Adolescent Substance Use
Journal of Religion and Health
Pubertal Timing, Depressive Symptoms and Depression in Adolescent Males
Psychological Medicine
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