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Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Scaramella, L. V., & Reiss, D (2008). The Early Growth and Development Study: Using the prospective adoption design to examine genotype-environment interplay. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 40, 1106–1115. PMC: 2674795

The Early Growth and Development Study (EGDS) is a prospective adoption design consisting of 360 linked sets of birth parents, adoptive parents, and adopted children followed from 3 months postpartum through child age 7 years and an additional 200 linked sets for whom...

Ge, X., Natsuaki, M. N., Martin, D., Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., Villareal, G., Scaramella, L. V., Reid, J. B., & Reiss, D. (2008). Bridging the divide: Openness in adoption and post-adoption psychosocial adjustment among birth and adoptive parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 22, 529–540. PMC: 2638763

Using 323 matched parties of birth mothers and adoptive parents, this study examined the association between the degree of adoption openness (e.g., contact and knowledge between parties) and birth and adoptive parents’ postadoption adjustment shortly after the...

Ganiban, J. M., Leve, L. D., Moore, G. A., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2008). Strategies for understanding the mechanisms of mothering and fathering. In R. S. Bridges (Ed.), Neurobiology of the parental brain (pp. 391–403). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

It is well established in the human developmental and family literature that parenting has an important impact on the development of children and adolescents. The mechanisms through which parenting influences child development, however, are less clear. The role of...

Yuh, J.*, Neiderhiser, J.M., Spotts, E.L., Pedersen, N.L., Lichtenstein, P., Hansson, K., Cederblad, M., Elthammer, O. & Reiss, D. (2008). The role of temperament and social support in depressive symptoms: A twin study of mid-aged women. Journal of Affective Disorders, 106(1-2), 99-105. PMID17610958

Yuh, J.*, Neiderhiser, J.M., Spotts, E.L., Pedersen, N.L., Lichtenstein, P., Hansson, K., Cederblad, M., Elthammer, O. & Reiss, D. (2008). The role of temperament and social support in depressive symptoms: A twin study of mid-aged women. Journal of Affective...

Walum, H., Westberg, L., Henningsson, S., Neiderhiser, J.M., Reiss, D., Igl, W., Ganiban, J.M., Spotts, E.L., Pedersen, N.L., Eriksson, E. & Lichtenstein, P. (2008). Genetic variation in the vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1A) associates with pair-bonding behavior in humans. PNAS, 105(37), 14153–14156. PMID18765804

Walum, H., Westberg, L., Henningsson, S., Neiderhiser, J.M., Reiss, D., Igl, W., Ganiban, J.M., Spotts, E.L., Pedersen, N.L., Eriksson, E. & Lichtenstein, P. (2008). Genetic variation in the vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1A) associates with pair-bonding...