Research
Research coming out of our lab utilizes multivariate methods we developed to characterize the emergent genetic signal for human complex traits. Our empirical applications focus on psychiatric disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and cognitive aging. With that said, our extensive collaborative and international network (highlighted below in interactive network plot) has resulted in partnerships to help apply methods with researchers who bring etiological expertise for a wide-range of outcomes, including heart disease, chronic pain, immune-mediated conditions, and medical outcomes more generally.
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Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders
Nature
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10 Dec 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09820-3
Genomic structural equation modelling provides insights into the multivariate genetic architecture of complex traits
Nature Human Behaviour
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08 Apr 2019
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doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0566-x
Uncovering the multivariate genetic architecture of frailty with genomic structural equation modeling
Nature Genetics
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01 Aug 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41588-025-02269-0
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Collaborators
Articles Authored by Mentees
2025
Uncovering the multivariate genetic architecture of frailty with genomic structural equation modeling
Nature Genetics
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01 Aug 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41588-025-02269-0
Examining the genetic links between clusters of immune-mediated diseases and psychiatric disorders
Translational Psychiatry
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21 Jul 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41398-025-03470-9
Multivariate genomic analyses of frailty reveal the unique importance of cognitive and multimorbidity pathways for aging‐related health outcomes
Alzheimer's & Dementia
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09 Jan 2025
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pmc:PMC11714510
2024
Characterizing genetic pathways unique to autism spectrum disorder at multiple levels of biological analysis
Molecular Autism
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15 Oct 2024
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doi:10.1186/s13229-024-00624-2
Examining Differences in the Genetic and Functional Architecture of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosed in Childhood and Adulthood
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
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01 May 2024
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doi:10.1016/j.bpsgos.2024.100307
2023
Genomic SEM applied to explore etiological divergences in bipolar subtypes
Psychological Medicine
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27 Oct 2023
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doi:10.1017/s0033291723002957
Additional Works
2026
Characterizing the Pleiotropic Architecture of Impulsivity and Its Links to Psychopathology and Neurodevelopment
American Journal of Psychiatry
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01 Jan 2026
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doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.20240382
2025
Mapping the genetic landscape across 14 psychiatric disorders
Nature
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10 Dec 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09820-3
A genome-wide analysis of the shared genetic risk architecture of complex neurological and psychiatric disorders
Nature Neuroscience
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11 Nov 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41593-025-02090-2
Modeling the genomic architecture of adiposity and anthropometrics across the lifespan
Nature Communications
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13 Aug 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41467-025-62730-w
Measurement characteristics and genome-wide correlates of lifetime brain atrophy estimated from a single MRI
Nature Communications
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21 Jul 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41467-025-61978-6
Comparison of the multivariate genetic architecture of eight major psychiatric disorders across sex
Nature Genetics
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01 Mar 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41588-025-02093-6
Correction: Assessment and ascertainment in psychiatric molecular genetics: challenges and opportunities for cross-disorder research
Molecular Psychiatry
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28 Jan 2025
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doi:10.1038/s41380-025-02914-4
Impulsivity facets and substance use involvement: insights from genomic structural equation modeling
Psychological Medicine
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01 Jan 2025
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doi:10.1017/s0033291725000145
Examining the genetic relationship between Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and their shared risk factors using genomic structural equation modelling
Brain Communications
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01 Jan 2025
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doi:10.1093/braincomms/fcaf112
2024
Assessment and ascertainment in psychiatric molecular genetics: challenges and opportunities for cross-disorder research
Molecular Psychiatry
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27 Dec 2024
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doi:10.1038/s41380-024-02878-x
Author Correction: Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction
Nature Neuroscience
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06 Dec 2024
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doi:10.1038/s41593-024-01853-7
Genome-wide meta-analysis of ascertainment and symptom structures of major depression in case-enriched and community cohorts
Psychological Medicine
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01 Sep 2024
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doi:10.1017/s0033291724001880
Genetic associations between non-cognitive skills and academic achievement over development
Nature Human Behaviour
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26 Aug 2024
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doi:10.1038/s41562-024-01967-9
Partitioning the Genomic Components of Behavioral Disinhibition and Substance Use (Disorder) Using Genomic Structural Equation Modeling
Behavior Genetics
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09 Jul 2024
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doi:10.1007/s10519-024-10188-9
Evidence for strong genetic correlations among internalizing psychopathology and related self-reported measures using both genomic and twin/adoptive approaches.
Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science
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01 Jul 2024
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doi:10.1037/abn0000905
Disentangling differing relationships between internalizing disorders and alcohol use
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
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20 Feb 2024
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doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.32975
Beyond the factor indeterminacy problem using genome-wide association data
Nature Human Behaviour
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15 Jan 2024
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doi:10.1038/s41562-023-01789-1
2023
Genetic associations between alcohol phenotypes and life satisfaction: a genomic structural equation modelling approach
Scientific Reports
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18 Aug 2023
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doi:10.1038/s41598-023-40199-1
Genetic insights into human cortical organization and development through genome-wide analyses of 2,347 neuroimaging phenotypes
Nature Genetics
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17 Aug 2023
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doi:10.1038/s41588-023-01475-y
Transcriptome-Wide Structural Equation Modeling of 13 Major Psychiatric Disorders for Cross-Disorder Risk and Drug Repurposing
JAMA Psychiatry
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01 Aug 2023
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doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1808
Genetic risk shared across 24 chronic pain conditions: identification and characterization with genomic structural equation modeling
Pain
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23 May 2023
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doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002922
Transcriptome-wide gene-gene interaction associations elucidate pathways and functional enrichment of complex traits
PLOS Genetics
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22 May 2023
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doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1010693
Genetic contributions of noncognitive skills to academic development
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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07 Apr 2023
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doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-2775994/v1
Examining the shared etiology of psychopathology with genome-wide association studies
Physiological Reviews
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01 Apr 2023
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doi:10.1152/physrev.00016.2022
Multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 1 million subjects identifies loci underlying multiple substance use disorders
Nature Mental Health
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22 Mar 2023
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doi:10.1038/s44220-023-00034-y
Multivariate genomic architecture of cortical thickness and surface area at multiple levels of analysis
Nature Communications
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20 Feb 2023
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doi:10.1038/s41467-023-36605-x
Pervasive Downward Bias in Estimates of Liability-Scale Heritability in Genome-wide Association Study Meta-analysis: A Simple Solution
Biological Psychiatry
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01 Jan 2023
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doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.05.029
2022
A Mixed‐Methods Approach to Refining and Measuring the Construct of Positive Risk‐Taking in Adolescence
Journal of Research on Adolescence
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10 Nov 2022
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doi:10.1111/jora.12807
Transcriptome-wide and stratified genomic structural equation modeling identify neurobiological pathways shared across diverse cognitive traits
Nature Communications
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21 Oct 2022
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doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33724-9
An in-laboratory stressor reveals unique genetic variation in child cortisol output.
Developmental Psychology
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01 Oct 2022
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doi:10.1037/dev0001393
Integrated analysis of direct and proxy genome wide association studies highlights polygenicity of Alzheimer’s disease outside of the APOE region
PLOS Genetics
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03 Jun 2022
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doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1010208
Multivariate GWAS of psychiatric disorders and their cardinal symptoms reveal two dimensions of cross-cutting genetic liabilities
Cell Genomics
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01 Jun 2022
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doi:10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100140
Genetic associations with learning over 100 days of practice
npj Science of Learning
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04 May 2022
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doi:10.1038/s41539-022-00121-2
Alcohol use and alcohol use disorder differ in their genetic relationships with PTSD: A genomic structural equation modelling approach
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
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01 May 2022
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doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109430
Genetic architecture of 11 major psychiatric disorders at biobehavioral, functional genomic and molecular genetic levels of analysis
Nature Genetics
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01 May 2022
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doi:10.1038/s41588-022-01057-4
Item-Level Genome-Wide Association Study of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in Three Population-Based Cohorts
American Journal of Psychiatry
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01 Jan 2022
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doi:10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20091390
2021
Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction
Nature Neuroscience
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26 Aug 2021
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doi:10.1038/s41593-021-00908-3
Symptom-level modelling unravels the shared genetic architecture of anxiety and depression
Nature Human Behaviour
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15 Apr 2021
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doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01094-9
Shared genetic architecture across psychiatric disorders
Psychological Medicine
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17 Mar 2021
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doi:10.1017/s0033291721000829
Investigating the genetic architecture of noncognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction
Nature Genetics
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01 Jan 2021
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doi:10.1038/s41588-020-00754-2
Adolescent Big Five personality and pubertal development: Pubertal hormone concentrations and self-reported pubertal status.
Developmental Psychology
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01 Jan 2021
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doi:10.1037/dev0001135
2020
A general dimension of genetic sharing across diverse cognitive traits inferred from molecular data
Nature Human Behaviour
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07 Sep 2020
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doi:10.1038/s41562-020-00936-2
Avoiding dynastic, assortative mating, and population stratification biases in Mendelian randomization through within-family analyses
Nature Communications
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14 Jul 2020
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doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17117-4
Genetic Associations Between Executive Functions and a General Factor of Psychopathology
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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01 Jun 2020
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doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2019.05.006
Weak and uneven associations of home, neighborhood, and school environments with stress hormone output across multiple timescales
Molecular Psychiatry
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04 May 2020
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doi:10.1038/s41380-020-0747-z
2019
“Same but different”: Associations between multiple aspects of self-regulation, cognition, and academic abilities.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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01 Dec 2019
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doi:10.1037/pspp0000224
Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders
Cell
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01 Dec 2019
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doi:10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.020
Genetic overlap between executive functions and BMI in childhood
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
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01 Oct 2019
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doi:10.1093/ajcn/nqz109
Testing Cold and Hot Cognitive Control as Moderators of a Network of Comorbid Psychopathology Symptoms in Adolescence
Clinical Psychological Science
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06 May 2019
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doi:10.1177/2167702619842466
Genomic structural equation modelling provides insights into the multivariate genetic architecture of complex traits
Nature Human Behaviour
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08 Apr 2019
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doi:10.1038/s41562-019-0566-x
Genetic and Environmental Links Between General Factors of Psychopathology and Cognitive Ability in Early Childhood
Clinical Psychological Science
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18 Jan 2019
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doi:10.1177/2167702618820018
2018
Genetic and environmental influences on internalizing psychopathology across age and pubertal development.
Developmental Psychology
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01 Oct 2018
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doi:10.1037/dev0000578
Genetic and Environmental Associations Between Child Personality and Parenting
Social Psychological and Personality Science
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17 Jul 2018
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doi:10.1177/1948550618784890
Developmental differences in reward sensitivity and sensation seeking in adolescence: Testing sex-specific associations with gonadal hormones and pubertal development.
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
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01 Jul 2018
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doi:10.1037/pspp0000172
Genetic and environmental influences on pubertal hormones in human hair across development
Psychoneuroendocrinology
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01 Apr 2018
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doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2018.02.005
Hair and Salivary Testosterone, Hair Cortisol, and Externalizing Behaviors in Adolescents
Psychological Science
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14 Feb 2018
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doi:10.1177/0956797617742981
2017
Twin models of environmental and genetic influences on pubertal development, salivary testosterone, and estradiol in adolescence
Clinical Endocrinology
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14 Dec 2017
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doi:10.1111/cen.13522
Genetic influences on hormonal markers of chronic hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal function in human hair
Psychological Medicine
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19 Jan 2017
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doi:10.1017/s0033291716003068
Sensation seeking and impulsive traits as personality endophenotypes for antisocial behavior: Evidence from two independent samples
Personality and Individual Differences
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01 Jan 2017
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doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.09.018
2016
Diurnal coupling between testosterone and cortisol from adolescence to older adulthood
Psychoneuroendocrinology
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01 Nov 2016
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doi:10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.07.216
Sensation seeking, peer deviance, and genetic influences on adolescent delinquency: Evidence for person-environment correlation and interaction.
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
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01 Jul 2016
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doi:10.1037/abn0000160
2015
Anorexia nervosa, emotional go/no‐go, and the distinct effect of testosterone
International Journal of Eating Disorders
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31 Aug 2015
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doi:10.1002/eat.22456
Testing the disgust conditioning theory of food-avoidance in adolescents with recent onset anorexia nervosa
Behaviour Research and Therapy
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01 Aug 2015
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doi:10.1016/j.brat.2015.06.008
2014
The benefits of using semi‐continuous and continuous models to analyze binge eating data: A M onte C arlo investigation
International Journal of Eating Disorders
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05 Sep 2014
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doi:10.1002/eat.22351