About the Authors

Bethany Stanley

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

bethany.stanley@glasgow.ac.uk

Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Clare S. Allely

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Health and Society, Centre for Applied Health Research, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

Jenna Charlton

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Christopher Gillberg

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliations Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Health and Wellbeing, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom

James Law

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Deceased

Affiliation School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Penny Levickis

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation REEaCh Centre, Faculty of Education, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Alex McConnachie

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Christine Puckering

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Health and Wellbeing, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Lucy Thompson

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Inverness, United Kingdom

Philip Wilson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Inverness, United Kingdom, Department of General Practice, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Philip Wilson and Lucy Thompson have received travel expenses and catering at meetings from Mellow Parenting, the charity which owns intellectual property rights over the Mellow Parenting Observational Scale. Other authors report no competing interests.