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IMPORTANCE: Earlier pubertal onset may be associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. However, the extent to which growth in the first 5 years of life—an important developmental life stage that lays the foundation for later health outcomes—is associated...

Ramos, A., M., Shewark, E. A., Fosco, G. M., Shaw, D. S., Natsuaki, M. N., Leve, L. D., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2022) Re-examining the association between the interparental relationship and parent-child interactions: Incorporating heritable influences. Developmental Psychology, 58, 43-54

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Family systems research has identified two key processes (spillover and compensatory) linking interparental relationship quality to the parent-child relationship. However, previous research has focused on the parent as the sole initiator, and had not often considered...

Austerberry, C., Fearon, P., Ronald, A., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Reiss, D. (2022). Early manifestations of intellectual ability: Evidence that genetic effects on later achievement are mediated through verbal ability in early childhood. Child Development, 93:e188–e206.

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Intellectual ability is highly heritable and robustly predicts lifelong health and adjustment outcomes but the earliest manifestations of this asset are unknown. This study examined whether early executive function (EF) or verbal ability mediate genetic influences on...

Tavalire, H., Christie, D., Leve, L. D., Ting, N., Cresko, W., & Bohannan, B. (2021). Shared environment and genetics shape the gut microbiome after infant adoption. mBio, 12, e00548-21.

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The composition of the human gut microbiome is highly variable and this variation 30 has been repeatedly tied to variation in human health. However, the sources of microbial 31 variation remain unclear, especially early in life. It is particularly important to...

Natsuaki, M. N., Stepanyan, S. T., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., & Leve, L. D. (2021). Do I look gawky? The association between pubertal asynchrony and peer victimization. Children, 8, 794. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8090794.

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Pubertal synchrony is defined as the degree of coherence to which puberty-related body changes (e.g., breast development, growth spurt, voice change, underarm hair growth) are coordinated. During the pubertal transition, youth’s body parts grow asynchronously, making...