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Our research lab focuses on roles of psychosocial contexts in
amplifying or ameliorating the risks of genetic vulnerability
(e.g., birth parent's psychopathology) or biological changes
(e.g., puberty). Through adoption and longitudinal designs, we
are interested in examining developmental trajectories of
emotions and behaviors in children and adolescents.
Recent publications:
Ge, X., Brody, G. H., Conger, R. D.,
Simons, R. L., & Murry, V. M. (2002). Contextual amplification of the effects of
pubertal transition on African-American children’s deviant peer
affiliation and externalized behavioral problems. Developmental
Psychology, 38, 42-54.
Ge, X., Kim, I. J., Brody, G. H., Conger,
R. D., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., Cutrona, C. E. (2003). It’s about
timing and change: Pubertal transition effects on symptoms of major
depression among African American Youths. Developmental Psychology.
39, 430-439.
Ge, X., Natsuaki, M. N, & Conger, R. D.
(2006). Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Stressful Life Events among
Male and Female Adolescents in Divorced and Non-divorced Families.
Development and Psychopathology, 18, 253-273.
Ge, X., Brody, G. H., Conger, R. D.,
Simons, R. L. (2006). Pubertal transition and African American children’s
internalizing and externalizing symptoms. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 35, 531-540.
Ge, X., Natsuaki, M. N., & Neiderhiser, J.
& Reiss, D. (in press). Genetic and environmental influences on pubertal
timing: Results from two national sibling studies. Journal of Research on
Adolescence.
Revised January 2007
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