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Overview

Bruce J. Ellis is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on psychology, with a substantial body of work in experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, clinical psychology, general health professions, and sociology and political science.

The research topics covered by Ellis include:

  • Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Ellis has published in several scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Evolution and Human Behavior
  • Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • The Journal of Pediatrics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Ellis are:

  • "The Value of Dimensional Models of Early Experience: Thinking Clearly About Concepts and Categories," 2021, Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • "Theory and measurement of environmental unpredictability," 2020, Evolution and Human Behavior
  • "The Hidden Talents Approach: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges," 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health: Early Life Adversity as a Contributor to Disparities in Cardiovascular Diseases," 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • "Developmental programming of oxytocin through variation in early-life stress: Four meta-analyses and a theoretical reinterpretation," 2021, Clinical Psychology Review

Frequent collaborators of Ellis include:

  • Willem E. Frankenhuis
  • Ethan S. Young
  • Jay Belsky
  • Danielle J. DelPriore
  • Karen L. Kramer

Ellis has also contributed to book publications, with at least one known work published by Cambridge University Press: The Hidden Talents Framework (2023), which has attracted citations in academic circles.

Best Publications

  • Biological sensitivity to context: I. An evolutionary–developmental theory of the origins and functions of stress reactivity

    W. Thomas Boyce;Bruce J. Ellis

  • Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary--neurodevelopmental theory.

    Bruce J. Ellis;W. Thomas Boyce;Jay Belsky;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • Fundamental Dimensions of Environmental Risk : The Impact of Harsh versus Unpredictable Environments on the Evolution and Development of Life History Strategies.

    Bruce J. Ellis;Aurelio José Figueredo;Barbara H. Brumbach;Gabriel L. Schlomer

  • The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity.

    Marco Del Giudice;Bruce J. Ellis;Elizabeth A. Shirtcliff

  • Timing of Pubertal Maturation in Girls: An Integrated Life History Approach.

    Bruce J. Ellis

  • The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: Implications for science, policy, and practice

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marco Del Giudice;Thomas J. Dishion;Aurelio José Figueredo

  • Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy

    Bruce J. Ellis;John E. Bates;Kenneth A. Dodge;David M. Fergusson

  • Beyond cumulative risk: Distinguishing harshness and unpredictability as determinants of parenting and early life history strategy.

    Jay Belsky;Gabriel L. Schlomer;Bruce J. Ellis

  • Psychosocial antecedents of variation in girls' pubertal timing: maternal depression, stepfather presence, and marital and family stress.

    Bruce J. Ellis;Judy Garber

  • Biological Sensitivity to Context

    Bruce J. Ellis;W. Thomas Boyce

  • Effects of Harsh and Unpredictable Environments in Adolescence on Development of Life History Strategies: A Longitudinal Test of an Evolutionary Model

    Barbara Hagenah Brumbach;Aurelio José Figueredo;Bruce J. Ellis

  • Quality of Early Family Relationships and Individual Differences in the Timing of Pubertal Maturation in Girls: A Longitudinal Test of an Evolutionary Model

    Bruce J. Ellis;Steven McFadyen-Ketchum;Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Beyond risk and protective factors: An adaptation-based approach to resilience

    Bruce J. Ellis;Jean Marie Bianchi;Vladas Griskevicius;Willem E. Frankenhuis

  • The evolution of sexual attraction: Evaluative mechanisms in women.

    Bruce J. Ellis

  • Biological sensitivity to context: II. Empirical explorations of an evolutionary–developmental theory

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marilyn J. Essex;W. Thomas Boyce

  • Family Environments, Adrenarche, and Sexual Maturation: A Longitudinal Test of a Life History Model

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marilyn J. Essex

  • Developmental Adaptation to Stress: An Evolutionary Perspective.

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marco Del Giudice

  • The stress response systems: Universality and adaptive individual differences

    Bruce J. Ellis;Jenée James Jackson;W. Thomas Boyce

  • Origins of the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and child development.

    Bruce J. Ellis;David F. Bjorklund

  • Beyond allostatic load: Rethinking the role of stress in regulating human development

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marco Del Giudice

  • Effects of Harsh and Unpredictable Environments in Adolescence on Development of Life History

    Barbara Hagenah Brumbach;Aurelio José Figueredo;Bruce J. Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Del Giudice
Marco Del Giudice University of New Mexico
W. Thomas Boyce
W. Thomas Boyce University of California, San Francisco
David F. Bjorklund
David F. Bjorklund Florida Atlantic University
Aurelio José Figueredo
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona
Judith Semon Dubas
Judith Semon Dubas Utrecht University
Marcel A. G. van Aken
Marcel A. G. van Aken Utrecht University
Maja Deković
Maja Deković Utrecht University
Judy Garber
Judy Garber Harvard University
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences

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