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Waller, R., Trentacosta, C. J., Shaw, D. S., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., Leve, L. D., Hyde, L. W. (2017). Heritable and non-heritable pathways to early callous unemotional behaviors. British Journal of Psychiatry, 85, 90-103.

Background: Early callous-unemotional behaviors identify children at risk for antisocial behavior. Recent work suggests that the high heritability of callous-unemotional behaviors is qualified by interactions with positive parenting. Aims: Examine whether heritable...

Waller, R., Shaw, D. S., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Reiss, D., Trentacosta, C. J., Leve, L. D., & Hyde, L. W. (2017). Towards an understanding of the role of the environment in the development of early callous behavior. Journal of Personality, 85, 90-103. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12221

Key to understanding the long-term impact of social inequalities is identifying early behaviors that may signal higher risk for later poor psychosocial outcomes, such as psychopathology. A set of early-emerging characteristics that may signal risk for later...

Taraban, L., Shaw, D. S., Leve, L. D., Wilson, M. N., Dishion, T. J., Natsuaki, M., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Reiss, D. (2017). Maternal depression and parenting in early childhood: Contextual influence of marital quality and social support in two samples. Developmental Psychology, 53, 436-449.

In the current study, we explored the contextual influence of marital quality and social support satisfaction on the association between depressive symptoms and parenting during early childhood. Using two large, divergent, longitudinal samples (n = 526; n = 570), we...

Perez-Grabow, A., Khurana, A., Natsuaki, M. N., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., & Leve, L. D. (2017). Using an adoption-biological family design to examine associations between maternal trauma, maternal depressive symptoms, and child internalizing and externalizing behaviors. Development and Psychopathology, 29(5), 1707-1720.

Maternal trauma is a complex risk factor that has been linked to adverse child outcomes. Nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying its association with child behavioral outcomes are not well understood. Using a novel study design which included adoptive and biological...

Leve. L. D. (2017). Applying behavioral genetic research to inform the prevention of developmental psychopathology: Drawing from the principles of prevention science. In P. H. Tolan, & B. L. Leventhal (Eds.), Advances in development and psychopathology: Vol 2. Gene–environment transactions in developmental psychopathology: Brain research foundation symposium series (pp. 251–282). New York, NY: Springer.

This chapter examines the role that findings from behavioral genetics research can play in facilitating a personalized medicine approach in the prevention of behavioral health problems. Ten core standards in prevention science are used as the framework for evaluating...