Professional Bio

Research Interests

My research has focused on understanding how genes and environment work together to shape development throughout the lifespan. Much of this research has focused on interpersonal relationships – including parent-child, spouse, sibling and peer relationships. Examining how individuals influence their environments, and what role genetics may play in this (gene-environment correlation), has long been a focus. I have also examined gene x environment interaction (GxE) and the role of early life experiences, including prenatal experiences, in shaping development throughout the lifespan. My more recent research has included an examination of the roles of neighborhood context and pubertal hormones on child and adolescent development in combination with the other environmental and genetic influences. I have used studies of twins, siblings, adopted children, and other family members to examine these research questions. All of my research has included extensive assessment of the environment within the household, family relationships, peer relationships, adult and child adjustment, temperament and personality and other related measures. Most recently, in an effort to help address rural health disparities, I am collaborating with Drs. Rina Eiden and Danielle Downs to understand risk and protective processes in families living throughout rural Pennsylvania.

Recent Publications:

*indicates student (current or prior)

Burt, S. A., Shewark, E. A., Shero, J., Pearson, A. L., Neiderhiser, J. M., Klump, K. L., & Lonstein, J. S. (2024). Child effects on positive parenting vary with neighborhood opportunity. Developmental psychology. DOI: 10.1037/dev0001738, ISBN/ISSN: 0012-1649

Chen, T.,* Liu, C., Molenaar PCM, Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., & Neiderhiser, J. M. (2024). Examining timing effects in the intergenerational transmission of anxiety and depressive symptoms: A genetically informed study. Developmental psychology, 60(4), 747-763. DOI: 10.1037/dev0001694, ISBN/ISSN: 0012-1649

Jansen, E., Marceau, K., Sellers, R., Chen, T.,* Garfield, C. F., Leve, L. D., Neiderhiser, J. M., Spotts, E. L., & Roary, M. (2024). The role of fathers in child development from preconception to postnatal influences: Opportunities for the National Institutes of Health Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) program. Developmental psychobiology, 66(2), e22451. DOI: 10.1002/dev.22451, ISBN/ISSN: 0012-1630, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10902630

Leve, L. D., Oro, V., Natsuaki, M. N., Harold, G. T., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ganiban, J. M., Shaw, D. S., & DeGarmo, D. S. (2024). The pernicious role of stress on intergenerational continuity of psychopathology. Development and psychopathology, 1-14. DOI: 10.1017/S0954579424000191, ISBN/ISSN: 0954-5794

Level, R. A.,* Zhang, Y., Tiemeier, H., Estabrook, R., Shaw, D. S., Leve, L. D., Wakschlag, L. S., Reiss, D., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Massey, S. H. (2024). Unique influences of pregnancy and anticipated parenting on cigarette smoking: results and implications of a within-person, between-pregnancy study. Archives of women's mental health, 27(2), 301-308. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-023-01396-z, ISBN/ISSN: 1434-1816

Sherlock, P., Mansolf, M., Blackwell, C. K., Blair, C., Cella, D., Deoni, S., Fry, R. C., Ganiban, J., Gershon, R., Herbstman, J. B., Lai, J. S., Leve, L. D., LeWinn, K. Z., Margolis, A. E., Miller, E. B., Neiderhiser, J. M., Oken, E., O'Shea, T. M., Stanford, J. B., & Zelazo, P. D. (2024). Life satisfaction for adolescents with developmental and behavioral disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatric research, 95(3), 827-834. DOI: 10.1038/s41390-023-02852-3, ISBN/ISSN: 0031-3998, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10922534

Anaya, B.,* Neiderhiser, J. M., Pérez-Edgar, K., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Reiss, D., Natsuaki, M. N., & Shaw, D. S. (2023). Developmental trajectories of behavioral inhibition from infancy to age seven: The role of genetic and environmental risk for psychopathology. Child Development, 94(4), e231-e245. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13924, ISBN/ISSN: 0009-3920, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10332342

Bates, E. J. S., Berny, L. M., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Neiderhiser, J. M., Shaw, D. S., & Leve, L. D. (2023). Examination of promotive and protective effects on early adolescent prosocial behavior through a bioecological lens. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1280346. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1280346, ISBN/ISSN: 1664-1078, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10690822

Burt, S. A., Thaler, D., Shewark, E. A., Pearson, A. M., Anaya, C., Tomlinson, R. C., Neiderhiser, J. M., Klump, K. L., & Lonstein, J. S. (2023). Illuminating Associations between Parenting and Deleterious Neighborhood Characteristics via an Exhaustive Modeling Approach. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 85(1), 153-172. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12871, ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2445, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC9916660

Liu, C., Neiderhiser, J. M., Ram, N., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Natsuaki, M. N., Reiss, D., & Ganiban, J. M. (2023). Modeling BMI z score lability during childhood as a function of child temperament and genetic risk for obesity. Obesity, 31(10), 2593-2602. DOI: 10.1002/oby.23867, ISBN/ISSN: 1930-7381, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10846492

Maylott, S. E., Conradt, E., McGrath, M., Knapp, E. A., Li, X., Musci, R., Aschner, J., Avalos, L. A., Croen, L. A., Deoni, S., Derefinko, K., Elliott, A., Hofheimer, J. A., Leve, L. D., Madan, J. C., Mansolf, M., Murrison, L. B., Neiderhiser, J. M. , Ozonoff, S., Posner, J., Salisbury, A., Sathyanarayana, S., Schweitzer, J. B., Seashore, C., Stabler, M. E., Young, L. W., Ondersma, S. J., & Lester, B. (2023). Latent Class Analysis of Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Behavioral Outcomes. The Journal of Pediatrics, 260, 113468. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113468, ISBN/ISSN: 0022-3476, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC10524438

McKee, K. S., Tang, X., Tung, I., Wu, G., Alshawabkeh, A. N., Arizaga, J. A., Bastain, T. M., Brennan, P. A., Breton, C. V., Camargo, Jr, C. A., Cioffi, C. C., Cordero, J. F., Dabelea, D., Deutsch, A. R., Duarte, C. S., Dunlop, A. L., Elliott, A. J., Ferrara, A., Karagas, M. R., Lester, B., McEvoy, C. T., Meeker, J., Neiderhiser, J. M., Herbstman, J., Trasande, L., O'Connor, T. G., Hipwell, A. E., & Comstock, S. S. (2023). Perinatal Outcomes during versus Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of Maternal Depression and Perceived Stress: A Report from the ECHO Program. American journal of perinatology. DOI: 10.1055/a-2033-5610, ISBN/ISSN: 0735-1631

Nguyen RHN, Knapp, E. A., Li, X., Camargo, C. A., Conradt, E., Cowell, W., Derefinko, K. J., Elliott, A. J., Friedman, A. M., Khurana Hershey, G. K., Hofheimer, J. A., Lester, B. M., McEvoy, C. T., Neiderhiser, J. M., Oken, E., Ondersma, S. J., Sathyanarayana, S., Stabler, M. E., Stroustrup, A., Tung, I., & McGrath, M. (2023). Characteristics of Individuals in the United States Who Used Opioids During Pregnancy. Journal of Women's Health, 32(2), 161-170. DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2022.0118, ISBN/ISSN: 1540-9996, PubMed Central ID Number: PMC9940795