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Jenae M. Neiderhiser is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including Medicine, Psychology, and Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Education, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Cognitive Abilities and Testing
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Neiderhiser has published extensively in several academic journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Behavior Genetics
  • PLoS ONE

Recent scholarly papers include:

  • "The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-Wide Cohort", 2023, American Journal of Epidemiology
  • "Family Environment, Neurodevelopmental Risk, and the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Initiative: Looking Back and Moving Forward", 2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Maternal Consistency in Recalling Prenatal Experiences at 6 Months and 8 Years Postnatal", 2020, Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • "History of breastfeeding but not mode of delivery shapes the gut microbiome in childhood", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "The role of child negative emotionality in parenting and child adjustment: Gene-environment interplay", 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Collaborations with other researchers are notable, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Leslie D. Leve
  • Jody M. Ganiban
  • Daniel S. Shaw
  • Misaki N. Natsuaki
  • David Reiss

Best Publications

  • The developmental interface between nature and nurture: A mutual influence model of child antisocial behavior and parent behaviors.

    Xiaojia Ge;Rand D. Conger;Remi J. Cadoret;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

  • The Relationship Code: Deciphering Genetic and Social Influences on Adolescent Development

    David Reiss;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;E. Mavis Hetherington;Robert Plomin

  • Genetic variation in the vasopressin receptor 1a gene (AVPR1A) associates with pair-bonding behavior in humans

    Hasse Walum;Lars Westberg;Susanne Henningsson;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

  • Top 10 replicated findings from behavioral genetics.

    Robert Plomin;John C. DeFries;Valerie S. Knopik;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

  • The Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety: A Children-of-Twins Study.

    Thalia C. Eley;Tom A. McAdams;Fruhling V. Rijsdijk;Paul Lichtenstein

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Mothering of Adolescents: A Comparison of Two Samples

    Jenae M Neiderhiser;David Reiss;Nancy L Pedersen;Paul Lichtenstein

  • Biological and rearing mother influences on child ADHD symptoms: revisiting the developmental interface between nature and nurture

    Gordon Thomas Harold;Gordon Thomas Harold;Leslie D. Leve;Douglas Barrett;Kit Elam

  • Variation in the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Is Associated with Pair-Bonding and Social Behavior

    Hasse Walum;Paul Lichtenstein;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;David Reiss

  • Parenting and adolescent antisocial behavior and depression: evidence of genotype x parenting environment interaction.

    Mark E. Feinberg;Tanya M. M. Button;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;David Reiss

  • Behavioral genetic evidence for the importance of nonshared environment.

    Robert Plomin;Heather M. Chipuer;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

  • Use of recombinant inbred strains to detect quantitative trait loci associated with behavior.

    Robert Plomin;Gerald E. McClearn;Grazyna Gora-Maslak;Jenaè M. Neiderhiser

  • Relationships between parenting and adolescent adjustment over time: genetic and environmental contributions

    Neiderhiser Jm;Reiss D;Hetherington Em;Plomin R

  • Genetic Contributions to Continuity, Change, and Co-occurrence of Antisocial and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence

    Thomas G. O'Connor;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;David Reiss;E. Mavis Hetherington

  • Sibling comparison of differential parental treatment in adolescence: gender, self-esteem, and emotionality as mediators of the parenting-adjustment association.

    Mark E. Feinberg;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;Sam Simmens;David Reiss

  • Bridging the divide: openness in adoption and postadoption psychosocial adjustment among birth and adoptive parents.

    Xiaojia Ge;Misaki N. Natsuaki;David M. Martin;Leslie D. Leve

  • Developmental toxicity of nicotine: A transdisciplinary synthesis and implications for emerging tobacco products.

    Lucinda J. England;Kjersti Aagaard;Michele Bloch;Kevin Conway

  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy and offspring conduct problems: evidence from 3 independent genetically sensitive research designs

    Darya Gaysina;David M. Fergusson;Leslie D. Leve;John Horwood

  • Accounting for genetic and environmental confounds in associations between parent and child characteristics: A systematic review of children-of-twins studies

    Thomas McAdams;Jenae M. Neiderhiser;Fruhling V. Rijsdijk;Jurgita Narusyte

  • Heritable and Nonheritable Pathways to Early Callous-Unemotional Behaviors.

    Luke W. Hyde;Rebecca Waller;Christopher J. Trentacosta;Daniel S. Shaw

  • Prenatal Opioid Exposure: Neurodevelopmental Consequences and Future Research Priorities

    Elisabeth Conradt;Tess Flannery;Judy L. Aschner;Judy L. Aschner;Robert D. Annett

  • Genetics and experience

    Robert Plomin;Jenae M. Neiderhiser

Frequent Co-Authors

David Reiss
David Reiss Yale University
Leslie D. Leve
Leslie D. Leve University of Oregon
Daniel S. Shaw
Daniel S. Shaw University of Pittsburgh
Jody M. Ganiban
Jody M. Ganiban George Washington University
Misaki N. Natsuaki
Misaki N. Natsuaki University of California, Riverside
Gordon Thomas Harold
Gordon Thomas Harold University of Cambridge
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Laura V. Scaramella
Laura V. Scaramella University of Arizona
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Xiaojia Ge
Xiaojia Ge University of Minnesota

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