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Massey, S. H., Reiss, D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., & Ganiban, J. M. (2016). Maternal personality traits associated with patterns of prenatal smoking and exposure: Implications for etiologic and prevention research. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 53, 48-54.

Background: Little is known about the characteristics of women who smoke during pregnancy beyond demographic factors. We examined the relationship between novelty seeking, harm avoidance, and self directedness and (a) abstinence from smoking during pregnancy and (b)...

Marceau, K., De Araujo-Greecher, M., Miller, E. S., Massey, S. H., Mayes, L. C., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., Shaw, D. S., Leve, L. D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2016). The perinatal risk index: Early risks experienced by domestic adoptees in the United States. PLOS One, 11(3): e0150486. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150486

We aimed to assess comprehensively the prevalence of perinatal risks experienced by a potentially high-risk yet understudied population of children domestically adopted in the United States. Data are from participant report and medical records from mothers (n=580) who...

Mammen, M. A., Moore, G. A., Scaramella, L. V., Reiss, D., Shaw, D. S., Leve, L. D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2016). Infant patterns of reactivity to tactile stimulation during parent-child interaction. Infant Behavior Development, 44, 121-132.

Touch is the primary modality infants use to engage with the world; atypical responses to tactile stimuli may indicate risk for disordered outcomes. The current study examined infants’ responses to tactile stimulation within parent-child interaction, adding to prior...

Hyde, L., Waller, R., Trentacosta, C., Shaw, D., Neiderhiser, J., Ganiban, J., Reiss, D., & Leve, L. D. (2016). Heritable and non-heritable pathways to early callous unemotional behaviors. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173, 903-901. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15111381

Abstract: Objective: Callous-unemotional (CU) behaviors in early childhood identify children at high risk for severe trajectories of antisocial behavior and CU traits that culminate in later diagnoses of conduct disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and...

Brooker, R., Alto, K., Marceau, K., Najjar, R., Leve, L., Ganiban, J., Shaw, D., Reiss, D., & Neiderhiser, J. (2016). Early inherited risk for anxiety moderates the association between father’s child-centered parenting and early social inhibition. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 7, 602-615.

Studies of the role of the early environment in shaping children’s risk for anxiety problems have produced mixed results. It is possible that inconsistencies in previous findings result from a lack of consideration of a putative role for genetic moderators on the...