Publications:

International child and adolescent wellbeing:

Marquez, J., Taylor, L., Boyle, L., Zhou, W., & De Neve, J.E. (2024). Child and Adolescent Well-Being: Global Trends, Challenges and Opportunities. World Happiness Report, 2024. https://doi.org/10.18724/whr-91b0-ek06

Marquez, J., Casas, F., Taylor, L., & De Neve, J. E. (2024). Economic development and adolescent wellbeing in 139 countries. Child Indicators Research, 1-38. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12187-024-10131-8 

Guthold, R., Newby, H., Keogh, S., Afifi, R. A., Austrian, K., Baird, S., ..., Marquez, J., & Mohan, A. (2023). Developing a Global Approach for Measurement of Adolescent Well-Being. Journal of adolescent health, 73(6), 972-974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.029  

Marquez, J., Inchley, J. & Long, E. (2022) ‘Cross-country and gender differences in factors associated with the decline in adolescents’ life satisfaction’, Child Indicators Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-022-09930-8

Marquez, J., & Long, E. (2020) 'A global decline in adolescents’ subjective well-being: a comparative study exploring patterns of change in the life satisfaction of 15-year-old students in 46 countries', Child Indicators Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09788-8

Marquez, J. (2022) ‘School and gender differences in adolescent life satisfaction: a cross-national study’, Child & Youth Care Forum, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10566-023-09756-7  

Marquez, J. (2021) 'Does school impact adolescents’ life satisfaction differently for students of different socio-economic status? A comparative study in 33 countries', Education Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1080/20004508.2021.1930345

Marquez, J., & Main, G. (2020) ‘Can schools and education policy make children happier? A comparative study in 33 countries’, Child Indicators Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-020-09758-0


#BeeWell:

Marquez, J., Panayioutou, M., Farzinnia, R., Cheng, Q., & Humphrey, N. (2025). Longitudinal relationships across sleep, physical activity, and mental wellbeing in early-to-mid-adolescence: A developmental cascades investigation. Quality of Life Researc. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-025-03894-2 

Thornton, E., Petersen, K., Marquez, J., & Humphrey, N. (2024). Do patterns of adolescent participation in arts, culture and entertainment activities predict later wellbeing? A latent class analysis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1-19. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10964-024-01950-7 

Black, L., Humphrey, N., Panayiotou, M., & Marquez, J. (2024). 'Mental Health and Wellbeing Measures for Mean Comparison and Screening in Adolescents: An Assessment of Unidimensionality and Sex and Age Measurement Invariance'. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911231158623  

Marquez, J., Francis-Hew, L., & Humphrey, N. (2023). 'Protective factors for wellbeing resilience in adolescence: a longitudinal analysis using the residuals approach', Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-023-00687-8  

Marquez, J., Humphrey, N., Black, L., Cutts, M., & Khanna, D. (2023). 'Gender and Sexual Identity-Based Inequalities in Adolescent Wellbeing: Findings from the #BeeWell Study', BMC Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16992-y 

Marquez, J., Humphrey, N., Black, L., & Wozmirska, S. (2023). This is the place: a multi-level analysis of neighbourhood correlates of adolescent wellbeing. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00127-023-02531-y  

Marquez, J., Qualter, P., Petersen, K., Humphrey, N., & Black, L. (2023). 'Neighbourhood effects on loneliness among adolescents', Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdad053  

Black, L., Humphrey, N., Marquez, J., Khanna, D., and Cutts, M. (2023) ‘Examining the Influence of Minority Stress-Related Experiences on the Mental Wellbeing of LGBTQ+ Youth: A Longitudinal Analysis’, Royal Society Open Science, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221230 

Black, L., Farzinnia, R., Humphrey, N., & Marquez, J. (2023). ‘Variation in Global Network Properties Across Risk Factors for Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms: Evidence of Cumulative Effects on Structure and Connectivity’, Journal of Psychological Medicine, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291723002362 


Adolescent wellbeing in the UAE project (Al Qasimi Foundation Faculty Grant):

Marquez, J. (2022). Happy Schools and Communities: Supporting Adolescents’ Wellbeing in the United Arab Emirates (Policy Paper No. 59). Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research. https://publications.alqasimifoundation.com/en/happy-schools-and-communities-supporting-adolescents-wellbeing-in-the-united-arab-emirates 

Marquez, J., Lambert, L., & Cutts, M. (2022). 'Geographic, socio-demographic and school type variation in adolescent wellbeing and mental health and links with academic competence in the United Arab Emirates'. Child Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-022-09993-7 

Marquez, J., Lambert, L., & Khanna, D. (2024). Exploring factors associated with student wellbeing in the United Arab Emirates: PISA 2018. Journal of Research in International Education, 23(1), 41-59. https://doi.org/10.1177/14752409241243011  


Other papers:

Marquez, J., Goodfellow, C., Hardoon, D., Incheley, J., Layland, A., Qualter, P., Simpson, S., & Long, E., (2022) ‘Person or Place? A multilevel exploration of individual and community factors influencing loneliness in young people', Journal of Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab402

Marquez, J., Katsantonis, I., Sellers, R., & Knies, G. (2022) ‘Life satisfaction and mental health from age 17 to 21 years in a general population sample’, Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03685-9 

Marquez, J., Lambert, L., Ridge, N., & Walker, S. (2022) 'The PISA performance gap between national and expatriate students in the United Arab Emirates' , Journal of Research in International Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/14752409221090440

Lambert. L., Joshanloo, M., Marquez, J., Cody, B., Samways, M., & Teasel, S. (2022) ‘Boosting wellbeing despite a pandemic: Positive psychology interventions and the impact of sleep on student wellbeing in the United Arab Emirates’, International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41042-022-00066-2

Katsantonis, I., McLellan, R., & Marquez, J. (2022) 'The Development of Subjective Wellbeing and its Relationship with Self-Esteem during Early Adolescence', British Journal of Developmental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12436