Koa Whittingham

5.0k total citations
110 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Koa Whittingham is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Koa Whittingham has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Clinical Psychology, 73 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 51 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Koa Whittingham's work include Infant Development and Preterm Care (71 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (71 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (44 papers). Koa Whittingham is often cited by papers focused on Infant Development and Preterm Care (71 papers), Family and Disability Support Research (71 papers) and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders (44 papers). Koa Whittingham collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Italy. Koa Whittingham's co-authors include Roslyn N. Boyd, Matthew R. Sanders, Kate Sofronoff, Jeanie Sheffield, Lynne McKinlay, Felicity L. Brown, Chris Kang, Paul B. Colditz, Catherine Mak and Ross Cunnington and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Behaviour Research and Therapy.

In The Last Decade

Koa Whittingham

104 papers receiving 3.0k citations

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Koa Whittingham Australia	33	2.2k	1.3k	1.1k	514	341	110	3.1k
M. Elena Garralda United Kingdom	40	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	359 0.7×	444 1.3×	123	4.6k
Ryan J. Van Lieshout Canada	37	1.4k 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	576 0.5×	234 0.5×	1.2k 3.5×	208	4.3k
Jennie C.I. Tsao United States	38	1.2k 0.6×	2.2k 1.7×	513 0.5×	526 1.0×	674 2.0×	97	4.5k
John V. Lavigne United States	35	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	514 1.0×	689 2.0×	105	4.9k
W. Hobart Davies United States	30	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	571 0.5×	175 0.3×	447 1.3×	130	3.1k
Anne Mette Skovgaard Denmark	28	1.3k 0.6×	389 0.3×	793 0.8×	207 0.4×	426 1.2×	89	2.3k
Luciana Anselmi Brazil	27	795 0.4×	474 0.4×	708 0.7×	315 0.6×	796 2.3×	66	2.4k
Glenn Saxe United States	33	2.2k 1.0×	536 0.4×	441 0.4×	175 0.3×	320 0.9×	65	3.5k
Sandra J. Weiss United States	29	948 0.4×	602 0.5×	283 0.3×	214 0.4×	659 1.9×	109	2.5k
Richard J. Shaw United States	29	996 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	551 0.5×	191 0.4×	633 1.9×	97	2.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Whittingham, Koa, et al.. (2025). Mother’s experiences of shame and compassion in the early postnatal period: A thematic analysis. Midwifery. 147. 104454–104454.

Benfer, Katherine, Golam Moula, Naila Zaman Khan, et al.. (2025). Early detection of infants with neurodevelopmental concerns indicative of cerebral palsy in a lower middle‐income country (India). Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 67(12). 1554–1563. 2 indexed citations

Whittingham, Koa, et al.. (2025). AutInsight: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) of a Consumer-Informed Parent Support Program for Parents of Autistic Children. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Whittingham, Koa, Leanne Sakzewski, Andrea Burgess, et al.. (2024). Sleep problems in a population-based cohort of primary school age children with Cerebral Palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 147. 104690–104690.

Kwong, Amanda, et al.. (2024). Parents' experiences of early screening for cerebral palsy: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 67(6). 788–801. 1 indexed citations

Burgess, Andrea, Michelle Jackman, Koa Whittingham, et al.. (2024). Clinical utility and psychometric properties of tools for early detection of developmental concerns and disability in young children: A scoping review. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 67(3). 286–306. 2 indexed citations

Boyd, Roslyn N., Susan Greaves, Jenny Ziviani, et al.. (2024). Randomized Comparison Trial of Rehabilitation Very Early for Infants with Congenital Hemiplegia. The Journal of Pediatrics. 277. 114381–114381. 4 indexed citations

Benfer, Katherine, Roslyn N. Boyd, Yvette Roe, et al.. (2023). Study protocol: peer delivered early intervention (Learning through Everyday Activities with Parents for Infants at risk of Cerebral Palsy: LEAP-CP) for First Nation Australian infants at high risk of cerebral palsy – an RCT study. BMJ Open. 13(3). e059531–e059531. 2 indexed citations

Whittingham, Koa & Amy E. Mitchell. (2023). Postnatal traumatic symptoms and shame: A cross-sectional study examining the role of birth, breastfeeding, psychological flexibility and self-compassion. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. 28. 248–255. 1 indexed citations

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Morgan, Catherine, Nadia Badawi, Roslyn N. Boyd, et al.. (2023). Harnessing neuroplasticity to improve motor performance in infants with cerebral palsy: a study protocol for the GAME randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 13(3). e070649–e070649. 4 indexed citations

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Burgess, Andrea, Leanne Sakzewski, Koa Whittingham, et al.. (2022). Development of social functioning in children with cerebral palsy: A longitudinal study. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology. 65(5). 674–682. 7 indexed citations

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Whittingham, Koa, Jeanie Sheffield, Catherine Mak, Ashleigh Wright, & Roslyn N. Boyd. (2022). Parenting Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An RCT of an online course with families of children with CP. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 155. 104129–104129. 25 indexed citations

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Crawford, Emma, et al.. (2021). An evaluation of Neuroprotective Developmental Care (NDC/Possums Programs) in the First 12 Months of Life. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 26(1). 110–123. 7 indexed citations

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Meredith, Pamela, et al.. (2020). Shame and guilt in the postnatal period: a systematic review. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 39(1). 67–85. 22 indexed citations

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Ross, Stephanie, Owen Lloyd, Koa Whittingham, et al.. (2016). Randomized controlled trial of a web-based multi-modal therapy program for executive functioning in children and adolescents with unilateral cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation. 39(20). 2021–2028. 27 indexed citations

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Whittingham, Koa, Jeanie Sheffield, & Roslyn N. Boyd. (2016). Parenting acceptance and commitment therapy: a randomised controlled trial of an innovative online course for families of children with cerebral palsy. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012807–e012807. 16 indexed citations

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Brown, Felicity L., Koa Whittingham, Roslyn N. Boyd, Lynne McKinlay, & Kate Sofronoff. (2015). Does Stepping Stones Triple P plus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy improve parent, couple, and family adjustment following paediatric acquired brain injury? A randomised controlled trial. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 73. 58–66. 72 indexed citations

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Guzzetta, Andrea, Roslyn N. Boyd, Jenny Ziviani, et al.. (2013). UP-BEAT (Upper Limb Baby Early Action–observation Training): protocol of two parallel randomised controlled trials of action–observation training for typically developing infants and infants with asymmetric brain lesions. BMJ Open. 3(2). e002512–e002512. 35 indexed citations

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Boyd, Roslyn N., Louise Mitchell, Sarah James, et al.. (2013). Move it to improve it (Mitii): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial of a novel web-based multimodal training program for children and adolescents with cerebral palsy. BMJ Open. 3(4). e002853–e002853. 49 indexed citations

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Brown, Felicity L., Koa Whittingham, Kate Sofronoff, & Roslyn N. Boyd. (2013). Parenting a child with a traumatic brain injury: Experiences of parents and health professionals. Brain Injury. 27(13-14). 1570–1582. 53 indexed citations

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