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Buck, K.A.*, Kretsch, N.*, & Harden, K.P. (In Press). Positive attentional bias, attachment style, and susceptibility to peer influence: Results from a pilot investigation. Journal of Research on Adolescence.

 

Mendle, J., Ferrero, J.*, Moore, S.,* & Harden, K.P. (In Press).  Depression and adolescent sexual activity in romantic and non-romantic relational contexts:  A genetically-informative sibling comparison. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.

 

Turkheimer, E., & Harden, K.P. (In Press). Behavior genetic research methods: Testing quasi-causal hypotheses using multivariate twin data. In H.T. Reis & C.M. Judd (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods in Personality and Social Psychology. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press.

 

2013

Quinn, P.D.* & Harden, K.P. (2013). Differential changes in impulsivity and sensation seeking and the escalation of substance use from adolescence to early adulthood.  Development and Psychopathology, 25,223 - 239.

 

Harden, K.P., Tucker-Drob, E.M., & Tackett, J. (2013).  The Texas Twin Project. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16, 385-390.

 

Tucker-Drob, E.M., & Harden, K.P. (2013).  Gene-by-preschool interaction on the development of early externalizing problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54, 77-85.

 

2012

Schermerhorn, A.C., D’Onofrio, B.M., Slutske, W.S., Emery, R.E., Turkheimer, E., Harden, K.P., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G. (2012). Offspring ADHD as a risk factor for parental marital problems: Controls for genetic and environmental confounds. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15, 700-713.

 

Harden, K.P. (2012).  True love waits? Age at first sexual intercourse and relationship quality in young adulthood. Psychological Science, 23, 1324-1336. 

 

Watson, N.F., Harden, K.P., Buchwald, D., Vitiello, M.V., Pack, A.I., Weigle, D.S., & Goldberg, J. (2012).  Sleep duration and body mass index in twins: A gene-environment interaction. Sleep, 35, 597-603.

 

Mendle, J., Harden, K.P., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Graber, J.A. (2012).   Peer relationships and depressive symptomatology in boys at puberty.  Developmental Psychology, 48, 429-435.

 

Tucker-Drob, E.M. & Harden, K.P. (2012). Early childhood cognitive development and parental cognitive stimulation: Evidence for reciprocal gene-environment transactions. Developmental Science, 15, 250-259. [PDF]

 

Tucker-Drob, E.M., & Harden, K.P. (2012). Intellectual interest mediates gene-by-SES interaction on adolescent academic achievement. Child Development, 83, 743-757.  [PDF]

Harden, K.P., Quinn, P.D.*, & Tucker-Drob, E.M. (2012).  Genetically influenced change in sensation seeking drives the rise of delinquent behavior during adolescence. Developmental Science, 15, 150-163. [PDF]

 

Harden, K.P., Mendle, J., & Kretsch, N.* (2012).  Genetic and environmental pathways between early pubertal timing and dieting in adolescence: Distinguishing between objective and subjective timing. Psychological Medicine, 42, 183-193. [PDF]

 

Harden, K.P., & Mendle, J. (2012).  Gene-environment interplay in the association between pubertal timing and delinquency in adolescent girls.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 73-87. [PDF]

 

Tucker-Drob, E.M., & Harden, K.P. (2012). Learning motivation mediates gene-by-socioeconomic status interaction on mathematics achievement in early childhood. Learning and Individual Differences, 22, 37-45. [PDF]

 

 

Magee, J.C., Harden, K.P., & Teachman, B.A. (2012). Psychopathology and thought suppression: A quantitative review. Clinical Psychology Review, 32, 189-201. [PDF]

 

2011

Harden, K.P. & Tucker-Drob, E.M. (2011). Individual differences in impulsivity and sensation seeking during adolescence:  Further evidence for a dual systems model.  Developmental Psychology, 47, 739-746. [PDF]

Harden, K.P., & Mendle, J.E.  (2011). Why don’t smart teens have sex? A behavioral genetic analysis. Child Development. 82, 1327-1344. [PDF]

Tucker-Drob, E.M., Rhemtulla, M., Harden, K.P., Turkheimer, E., & Fask, D. (2011).  Emergence of a gene-by-socioeconomic status interaction on infant mental ability between 10 months and 2 years.  Psychological Science, 22, 125-133.

Singh, A.L., D’Onofrio, B.M., Slutske, W.S., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Harden, K.P., Heath, A.C., Madden, P.A.F., Statham, D.J., & Martin, N.G.  (2011).  Parental depression and offspring psychopathology:  A children of twins study.  Psychological Medicine, 41, 1385-1395.  [PDF]

 

Harden, K.P., & Mendle, J.E.  (2011).  Adolescent sexual activity and the development of delinquent behavior:  The role of relationship context.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 825-838. [PDF]

2010

Harden, K.P.  (2010).  Does religious involvement protect against early drinking? A behavior genetic approach. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51, 763-771.

Mendle, J.E., Harden, K.P., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Graber, J.A.  (2010). Development’s tortoise and hare:  Differing roles of pubertal timing and pubertal tempo in the emergence of depressive symptoms. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1341-1353.

2009

Tucker-Drob, E.M., Harden, K.P., & Turkheimer, E.  (2009). Combining nonlinear biometric and psychometric models of cognitive abilities.  Behavior Genetics, 39, 461-471. [PDF]

Mendle, J.E., Harden, K.P., van Hulle, C., D’Onofrio, B.M., Lahey, B.B., Rodgers, J.L, et al. (2009).  Associations between father absence and age of first sexual intercourse.  Child Development, 80, 1463-1480. [PDF]

Loehlin, J.C., Harden, K.P., & Turkheimer, E.  (2009).  The effects of assumptions about parental assortative mating and genotype-income correlation on parameter estimates from the National Merit twin study.  Behavior Genetics, 39, 165-169. [PDF]

Harden, K.P., D’Onofrio, B.M., Van Hulle, C., Turkheimer, E., Rodgers, J.L., & Lahey, B.L.  (2009).  Population density and youth antisocial behavior.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 999 - 1008. [PDF]

2008

Slutske, W.S., D'Onofrio, D.M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Harden, K.P., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G.  (2008).  Searching for an environmental effect of parental alcoholism on offspring alcohol use disorder: A genetically-informed study of children of alcoholics.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 117, 534 – 551. [PDF]

Harden, K.P., Mendle, J.E., Turkheimer, E., & Emery, R.E.  (2008).  Rethinking timing of first sex and delinquency.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 373 – 385. [PDF]

Harden, K.P., Hill, J.E., Turkheimer, E., & Emery, R.E.  (2008).  Gene-environment correlation and interaction in peer influence on adolescent alcohol and tobacco use.  Behavior Genetics, 38, 339 - 347. [PDF]

Hill, J.E., Mendle, J.E., Harden, K.P., Turkheimer, E., & Emery, R.E.  (2008).  The relationship between adolescent externalizing and affiliation with externalizing peers:  A behavior genetic approach.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 81 - 94. [PDF]

D’Onofrio, B.M., van Hulle, C.A., Waldman, I.D., Rodgers, J.L., Harden, K.P., Rathouz, P.J., & Lahey, B.B.  (2008).  Smoking during pregnancy and offspring externalizing problems:  An exploration of genetic and environmental confounds.  Development and Psychopathology, 20, 139 -164. [PDF]

2007

Harden, K.P., Lynch, S.K., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., D’Onofrio, B.M., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., Waldron, M., Madden, P., & Martin, N.G. (2007). A behavior genetic investigation of adolescent motherhood and offspring mental health problems.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 667 - 683. [PDF]

Harden, K.P., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., D’Onofrio, B.M., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., & Martin, N.G.  (2007).  Marital conflict and conduct problems in children-of-twins.  Child Development, 77, 1 – 18. [PDF]

Harden, K.P., Turkheimer, E., & Loehlin, J.C. (2007).  Genotype-by-environment interaction in adolescents’ cognitive ability.  Behavior Genetics, 37, 273 – 283. [PDF]

D’Onofrio, B.M., Slutske, W., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Harden, K.P., Heath, A.C., Madden, P.A.F., & Martin, N.G. (2007).  Intergenerational transmission of conduct problems:  A children-of-twins study.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 820 - 829. [PDF]

D’Onofrio, B.M., Turkheimer, E., Emery, R.E., Harden, K.P., Slutske, W.S., Heath, A.C., Madden, P.A.F., & Martin, N.G.  (2007).  A genetically informed study of the intergenerational transmission of relationship instability.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 69, 793 – 908. [PDF]