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Lilly Shanahan is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the areas of psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology.

Their work addresses a range of subfields including clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, experimental and cognitive psychology, and health. This diverse scope supports investigations into multiple dimensions of mental health and development.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, suicide and self-harm studies, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, adolescent and pediatric healthcare, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, obesity, physical activity, diet, and early childhood education and development.

Among their recent scholarly publications are:

  • Non-compliance with COVID-19-related public health measures among young adults in Switzerland: Insights from a longitudinal cohort study (2020) in Social Science & Medicine
  • Emotional distress in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence of risk and resilience from a longitudinal cohort study (2022) in Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Associations of Childhood and Adolescent Depression With Adult Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes (2020) in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Maternal socialization of child emotion and adolescent adjustment: Indirect effects through emotion regulation (2020) in Developmental Psychology
  • Emotional Eating in Adolescence: Effects of Emotion Regulation, Weight Status and Negative Body Image (2020) in Nutrients

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lilly Shanahan include:

  • Denis Ribeaud
  • Manuel Eisner
  • William Copeland
  • Annekatrin Steinhoff
  • Laura Bechtiger

Lilly Shanahan has published regularly in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Developmental Psychology
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Childhood and adolescent psychiatric disorders as predictors of young adult disorders.

    William E. Copeland;Lilly Shanahan;E. Jane Costello;Adrian Angold

  • Emotional distress in young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence of risk and resilience from a longitudinal cohort study.

    Lilly Shanahan;Anniekatrin Steinhoff;Laura Bechtiger;Aja L. Murray

  • Longitudinal Patterns of Anxiety From Childhood to Adulthood: The Great Smoky Mountains Study

    William E. Copeland;Adrian Angold;Lilly Shanahan;E. Jane Costello

  • Non-compliance with COVID-19-related public health measures among young adults in Switzerland: Insights from a longitudinal cohort study.

    Amy Nivette;Denis Ribeaud;Aja Louise Murray;Annekatrin Steinhoff

  • Association of Childhood Trauma Exposure With Adult Psychiatric Disorders and Functional Outcomes

    William E. Copeland;Lilly Shanahan;Jennifer Hinesley;Robin F. Chan

  • Adult Functional Outcomes of Common Childhood Psychiatric Problems: A Prospective, Longitudinal Study.

    William E. Copeland;Dieter Wolke;Lilly Shanahan;E. Jane Costello

  • Cumulative Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders by Young Adulthood: A Prospective Cohort Analysis From the Great Smoky Mountains Study.

    William Copeland;Lilly Shanahan;E. Jane Costello;Adrian Angold

  • Childhood bullying involvement predicts low-grade systemic inflammation into adulthood

    William E. Copeland;Dieter Wolke;Suzet Tanya Lereya;Lilly Shanahan

  • Outcomes of Early Pubertal Timing in Young Women: A Prospective Population-Based Study

    William Copeland;Lilly Shanahan;Shari Miller;E. Jane Costello

  • Sleep Problems Predict and Are Predicted by Generalized Anxiety/Depression and Oppositional Defiant Disorder

    Lilly Shanahan;William E. Copeland;Adrian Angold;Carmen L. Bondy

  • Parenting Stress, Parental Reactions, and Externalizing Behavior From Ages 4 to 10

    Jennifer S. Mackler;Rachael T. Kelleher;Lilly Shanahan;Susan D. Calkins

  • Cumulative depression episodes predict later C-reactive protein levels: a prospective analysis.

    William E. Copeland;Lilly Shanahan;Carol Worthman;Adrian Angold

  • Warmth with mothers and fathers from middle childhood to late adolescence: within- and between-families comparisons.

    Lilly Shanahan;Susan M. McHale;Ann C. Crouter;D. Wayne Osgood

  • Adult Diagnostic and Functional Outcomes of DSM-5 Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder

    William E. Copeland;Lilly Shanahan;Helen Egger;Adrian Angold

  • Associations of Childhood and Adolescent Depression With Adult Psychiatric and Functional Outcomes.

    William E. Copeland;Iman Alaie;Ulf Jonsson;Lilly Shanahan

  • Specificity of putative psychosocial risk factors for psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.

    Lilly Shanahan;Lilly Shanahan;William Copeland;E. Jane Costello;Adrian Angold

  • Linkages Between Parents’ Differential Treatment, Youth Depressive Symptoms, and Sibling Relationships

    Lilly Shanahan;Susan Marie McHale;Ann C. Crouter;D. Wayne Osgood

  • Conflict Frequency with Mothers and Fathers from Middle Childhood to Late Adolescence: Within- and Between-Families Comparisons.

    Lilly Shanahan;Susan M. McHale;D. Wayne Osgood;Ann C. Crouter

  • Child-, adolescent- and young adult-onset depressions: differential risk factors in development?

    L. Shanahan;W. E. Copeland;E. J. Costello;A. Angold

  • Identifying developmental cascades among differentiated dimensions of social competence and emotion regulation.

    Bethany L. Blair;Nicole B. Perry;Marion O'Brien;Susan D. Calkins

  • Siblings’ Differential Treatment in Mexican American Families

    Susan M. McHale;Kimberly A. Updegraff;Lilly Shanahan;Ann C. Crouter

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan P. Keane
Susan P. Keane University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Susan D. Calkins
Susan D. Calkins University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Manuel Eisner
Manuel Eisner University of Cambridge
Denis Ribeaud
Denis Ribeaud University of Zurich
Marion O'Brien
Marion O'Brien University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Susan M. McHale
Susan M. McHale Pennsylvania State University
Ann C. Crouter
Ann C. Crouter Pennsylvania State University
Aja Louise Murray
Aja Louise Murray University of Edinburgh
Mark A. Ferro
Mark A. Ferro University of Waterloo
Birgit Kleim
Birgit Kleim University of Zurich

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