Laurent, H. K., Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., Harold, G. T., & Reiss, D. (2013). Effects of prenatal and postnatal parent depressive symptoms on adopted child HPA regulation: Independent and moderated influences. Developmental Psychology, 49, 876– 886. PMC: 3820365

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

This study used a prospective adoption design to investigate effects of prenatal and postnatal parent depressive symptom exposure on child hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) activity and associated internalizing symptoms. Birth mother prenatal symptoms and adoptive...

Kerr, D. C. R., Leve, L. D., Harold, G. T., Natsuaki, M. N., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2013). Influences of biological and adoptive mothers’ depression and antisocial behavior on adoptees’ early behavior trajectories. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41, 723– 764. PMC: 3681846

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

Depression and antisocial behavior are important public health problems. The degree to which parent psychopathology influences the early manifestation and course of these problems in children via genetic and/or environmental mechanisms is unclear. We estimated the...

Harold, G. T., Leve, L. D., Elam, K. K., Thapar, A., Neiderhiser, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2013). The nature of nurture: Disentangling passive genotype-environment correlation from family relationship influences on children’s externalizing problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 12–21. PMC: 3576129

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

The relationship between interparental conflict, hostile parenting, and children’s externalizing problems is well established. Few studies, however, have examined the pattern of association underlying this constellation of family and child level variables while...

Harold, G. T., Leve, L. D., Barrett, D., Elam, K., Neiderhiser, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., Reiss, D., & Thapar, A. (2013). Biological and rearing mother influences on child ADHD symptoms: Revisiting the developmental interface between nature and nurture. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54, 1038–1046. PMC: 3767192

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

Background: Families of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) report more negative family relationships than families of children without ADHD. Questions remain as to the role of genetic factors underlying associations between family...

Gaysina, D., Fergusson, D. M. Leve, L. D., Horwood, J., Reiss, D., Shaw, D., Elam, K., Natsuaki, M. N., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Harold, G. T. (2013). Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring conduct problems: Evidence from 3 independent genetically sensitive research designs. JAMA Psychiatry, 70, 956–963. PMC: 3828999

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

Context: A number of studies report an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy (MSDP) and offspring conduct disorder. However, past research evidences difficulty disaggregating prenatal environmental from genetic and postnatal environmental influences....