The gestational foundation of sex differences in development and vulnerability

JA DiPietro, KM Voegtline - Neuroscience, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite long-standing interest in the role of sex on human development, the functional
consequences of fetal sex on early development are not well-understood. Here we explore …

Foundation for a temperament-based theory of antisocial behavior and criminal justice system involvement

M DeLisi, MG Vaughn - Journal of Criminal Justice, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Temperament has been shown to be associated with behavior for millennia but
has not been explicitly used in a theory of crime. Methods This state-of-the-art review …

Physical aggression during early childhood: Trajectories and predictors

RE Tremblay, DS Nagin, JR Seguin, M Zoccolillo… - …, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Objectives. Physical aggression in children is a major public health problem. Not only is
childhood physical aggression a precursor of the physical and mental health problems that …

Critical need for family-based, quasi-experimental designs in integrating genetic and social science research

BM D'Onofrio, BB Lahey… - … journal of public …, 2013 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Researchers have identified environmental risks that predict subsequent psychological and
medical problems. Based on these correlational findings, researchers have developed and …

The empirical status of deterrence theory: A meta-analysis

TC Pratt, FT Cullen, KR Blevins, LE Daigle… - Taking …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
The literature on deterrence theory has undergone a number of changes in recent years.
With the rise of new ways of thinking about rational decision-making and offending, four …

Sexual selection and sex differences in the prevalence of childhood externalizing and adolescent internalizing disorders.

MM Martel - Psychological bulletin, 2013 - psycnet.apa.org
Despite the well-established sex difference in prevalence of many childhood and adolescent
psychopathological conditions, no integrative metatheory of sex differences in …

Prenatal and postnatal environmental tobacco smoke exposure and children's health

JR DiFranza, CA Aligne, M Weitzman - Pediatrics, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Children's exposure to tobacco constituents during fetal development and via environmental
tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure is perhaps the most ubiquitous and hazardous of children's …

Contributions of hot and cool self-regulation to preschool disruptive behavior and academic achievement

M Willoughby, J Kupersmidt… - Developmental …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The construct of self-regulation can be meaningfully distinguished into hot and cool
components. The current study investigated self-regulation in a sample of 926 children aged …

Prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses: From randomized trials to community replication

DL Olds - Prevention science, 2002 - Springer
This paper summarizes a 25-year program of research that has attempted to improve the
early health and development of low-income mothers and children and their future life …

Variability and predictors of urinary bisphenol A concentrations during pregnancy

JM Braun, AE Kalkbrenner, AM Calafat… - Environmental …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Prenatal bisphenol A (BPA) exposure may be associated with developmental
toxicity, but few studies have examined the variability and predictors of urinary BPA …