Reiss, D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2011). Marital dynamics and child proaction: Genetics takes a second look at developmental theory. In K. A. Dodge & M. Rutter (Eds.), Duke series in child development and public policy. Gene–environment interactions in developmental psychopathology (pp. 105-120). New York, NY, US: Guilford Press.

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

The impact of genetics on our understanding of the family system makes the new genetic frontier of essential relevance to child clinicians. We have long passed the simple notion that genes account for some part of the development of psychopathology and environmental...

Rhoades, K., A., Leve, L. D., Harold, G. T., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., & Reiss, D. (2011). Longitudinal pathways from marital hostility to child anger during toddlerhood: Genetic susceptibility and indirect effects via harsh parenting. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 282–291. PMC: 3084154

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

We examined direct and indirect pathways from marital hostility to toddler anger/frustration via harsh parenting and parental depressive symptoms, with an additional focus on the moderating role of genetic influences as inferred from birth parent anger/frustration....

Massey, S. H., Lieberman, D. Z., Reiss, D., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Neiderhiser, J. M. (2011). Association of clinical characteristics and cessation of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug use during pregnancy. The American Journal on Addictions, 20, 143–150. PMC: 3052631

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

Pregnancy is a time of relative urgency and opportunity for the treatment of substance use disorders in women, yet little is known about modifiable factors that contribute to successful abstinence. We examined self-worth, depression, anxiety, and novelty seeking in...

Martin, D. M., Leve, L. D., Natsuaki, M. N., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Ge, X. (2011). Toward a greater understanding of openness: A report from the Early Growth and Development Study. National Council of Adoption’s Factbook V, 471–477.

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

Over the last century, adoption practice has moved from only closed adoptions, with no information exchanged or contact between birth and adoptive families, toward availability of more open arrangements, with varying degrees of contact and information exchanged...

Mannering, A. M., Harold, G. T., Leve, L. D., Shelton, K. H., Shaw, D. S., Conger, R. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Scaramella, L. V., & Reiss, D. (2011). Longitudinal associations between marital instability and child sleep problems across infancy and toddlerhood in adoptive families. Child Development, 82, 1252–1266. PMC: 3134604

by eca5042 | Sep 15, 2022

This study examined the longitudinal association between marital instability and child sleep problems at ages 9 and 18 months in 357 families with a genetically unrelated infant adopted at birth. This design eliminates shared genes as an explanation for similarities...