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Overview

Elizabeth J. Susman is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States, contributing extensively to research in psychology and neuroscience. Their scholarly work predominantly focuses on stress responses and cortisol, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, and the neurobiological impacts of trauma and mental health.

The primary fields of study for Susman include:

  • Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Their research encompasses various subfields, notably:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Applied Psychology

Susman's work addresses a range of topics, including:

  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Tryptophan and Brain Disorders
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
  • Infant Health and Development

Recent publications by Elizabeth J. Susman reflect a concentration on the physiological and psychological effects of stress and maltreatment during adolescence:

  • "Associations between HPA axis reactivity and PTSD and depressive symptoms: Importance of maltreatment type and puberty" (2021), Development and Psychopathology
  • "Circadian cortisol secretion in adolescent girls with conduct disorder" (2022), Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • "Maltreatment type differences in cortisol stress response trajectories across adolescence" (2023), Child Development
  • "Childhood Sexual Abuse and Early Timing of Puberty" (2020), UNC Libraries
  • "Assessing the stability of psychobiological stress reactivity during adolescence: mixed-effect modelling of cortisol responses to laboratory stressors" (2024), HRB Open Research

Frequent coauthors who collaborate with Susman include:

  • Sonya Negriff
  • Elana B. Gordis
  • Jen O'Shea
  • Samantha Dockray
  • Amanda Helleman

Susman's research has been published in several academic venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • HRB Open Research
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Child Development
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes: NIH Consensus Development Panel on the Effect of Corticosteroids for Fetal Maturation on Perinatal Outcomes

    Larry C. Gilstrap;Robert Christensen;William H. Clewell;Mary E. D'Alton

  • Identifying risk for obesity in early childhood.

    Philip R. Nader;Philip R. Nader;Marion O'Brien;Renate Houts;Robert Bradley

  • Asymmetry between salivary cortisol and α-amylase reactivity to stress: Relation to aggressive behavior in adolescents

    Elana B. Gordis;Douglas A. Granger;Elizabeth J. Susman;Penelope K. Trickett

  • Attenuation of cortisol across development for victims of sexual abuse.

    Penelope K. Trickett;Jennie G. Noll;Elizabeth J. Susman;Chad E. Shenk

  • Self-regulation and Rapid Weight Gain in Children From Age 3 to 12 Years

    Lori A. Francis;Elizabeth J. Susman

  • Hormones, emotional dispositions, and aggressive attributes in young adolescents.

    Susman Ej;Inoff-Germain G;Nottelmann Ed;Loriaux Dl

  • Psychobiology of persistent antisocial behavior: Stress, early vulnerabilities and the attenuation hypothesis.

    Elizabeth J. Susman

  • Assessing Salivary Cortisol in Studies of Child Development

    Eve B. Schwartz;Douglas A. Granger;Elizabeth J. Susman;Megan R. Gunnar

  • Puberty and Psychological Development

    Elizabeth J. Susman;Alan Rogol

  • Percent Body Fat at Age 5 Predicts Earlier Pubertal Development Among Girls at Age 9

    Kirsten Krahnstoever Davison;Elizabeth J. Susman;Leann Lipps Birch

  • Family rearing antecedents of pubertal timing.

    Jay Belsky;Laurence D. Steinberg;Renate M. Houts;Sarah L. Friedman

  • Individual differences in boys' and girls' timing and tempo of puberty: modeling development with nonlinear growth models.

    Kristine Marceau;Nilam Ram;Renate M. Houts;Kevin J. Grimm

  • Pubertal Timing, Depression, and Externalizing Problems: A Framework, Review, and Examination of Gender Differences

    Sonya Negriff;Elizabeth J. Susman

  • Sleep Disturbances and Childhood Sexual Abuse

    Jennie G. Noll;Penelope K. Trickett;Elizabeth J. Susman;Frank W. Putnam

  • Salivary alpha amylase-cortisol asymmetry in maltreated youth.

    Elana B. Gordis;Douglas A. Granger;Elizabeth J. Susman;Penelope K. Trickett

  • Depression, Cortisol Reactivity, and Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence

    Samantha Dockray;Elizabeth J. Susman;Lorah D. Dorn

  • Sex Difference in Testosterone Response to a Video Game Contest

    Allan Mazur;Elizabeth J. Susman;Sandy Edelbrock

  • Menstrual symptoms in adolescent girls: association with smoking, depressive symptoms, and anxiety.

    Lorah D. Dorn;Lorah D. Dorn;Sonya Negriff;Bin Huang;Bin Huang;Stephanie Pabst

  • Male Testosterone Linked to High Social Dominance but Low Physical Aggression in Early Adolescence

    Benoist Schaal;Richard E. Tremblay;Robert Soussignan;Elizabeth J. Susman

  • Morningness/eveningness, morning-to-afternoon cortisol ratio, and antisocial behavior problems during puberty.

    Elizabeth J. Susman;Samantha Dockray;Virginia L. Schiefelbein;Suellen Herwehe

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorah D. Dorn
Lorah D. Dorn Pennsylvania State University
Penelope K. Trickett
Penelope K. Trickett University of Southern California
Lynn S. Liben
Lynn S. Liben Pennsylvania State University
Jennie G. Noll
Jennie G. Noll Pennsylvania State University
Douglas A. Granger
Douglas A. Granger University of California, Irvine
Renate Houts
Renate Houts Duke University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Sarah L. Friedman
Sarah L. Friedman George Washington University
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Glenn I. Roisman
Glenn I. Roisman University of Minnesota

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