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Overview

Sara R. Jaffee is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research predominantly spans psychology, social sciences, and medicine, with a substantial focus on clinical psychology.

Their work covers several subfields, including clinical psychology, general health professions, sociology and political science, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and behavioral neuroscience. Key topics in their research include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, child abuse and trauma, stress responses and cortisol, health disparities and outcomes, birth, development, and health, family support in illness, and early childhood education and development.

Jaffee has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in specific academic venues:

  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Surgical Neurology International
  • Development and Psychopathology
  • The Journal of Pediatrics
  • Social Science & Medicine

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Health: Early Life Adversity as a Contributor to Disparities in Cardiovascular Diseases," 2020, The Journal of Pediatrics
  • "Alexithymia in individuals maltreated as children and adolescents: a meta-analysis," 2022, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Early-onset and recurrent depression in parents increases risk of intergenerational transmission to adolescent offspring," 2020, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "The neurophysiological embedding of child maltreatment," 2020, Development and Psychopathology
  • "Social mobility and mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2023, Social Science & Medicine

Jaffee frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Johanna K. P. Greeson, Dorian Kusyk, Alexander C. Whiting, Trent Kite, and Robin Ortiz.

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in moral orientation: a meta-analysis.

    Sara Jaffee;Janet Shibley Hyde

  • Life with (or without) father: the benefits of living with two biological parents depend on the father's antisocial behavior

    Sara R. Jaffee;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Alan Taylor

  • Differences in early childhood risk factors for juvenile-onset and adult-onset depression.

    Sara R. Jaffee;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Eric Fombonne

  • Gene-environment correlations: a review of the evidence and implications for prevention of mental illness.

    S R Jaffee;T S Price

  • Individual, family, and neighborhood factors distinguish resilient from non-resilient maltreated children: a cumulative stressors model.

    Sara R. Jaffee;Avshalom Caspi;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt;Monica Polo-Tomás

  • Research Review: DSM-V conduct disorder: research needs for an evidence base

    Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt;Louise Arseneault;Sara R. Jaffee;Julia Kim-Cohen;Julia Kim-Cohen

  • Physical maltreatment victim to antisocial child: evidence of an environmentally mediated process.

    Sara R. Jaffee;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Alan Taylor

  • Intergenerational transmission of warm-sensitive-stimulating parenting: a prospective study of mothers and fathers of 3-year-olds.

    Jay Belsky;Sara R. Jaffee;Judith Sligo;Lianne Woodward

  • Origins of Individual Differences in Theory of Mind: From Nature to Nurture?

    Claire Hughes;Sara R. Jaffee;Francesca Happé;Alan Taylor

  • Child Maltreatment and Risk for Psychopathology in Childhood and Adulthood.

    Sara R Jaffee

  • Why are children born to teen mothers at risk for adverse outcomes in young adulthood? Results from a 20-year longitudinal study.

    Sara Jaffee;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Jay Belsky

  • Nature × nurture: Genetic vulnerabilities interact with physical maltreatment to promote conduct problems

    Sara R. Jaffee;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Kenneth A. Dodge

  • The Multiple Determinants of Parenting

    Jay Belsky;Sara R. Jaffee

  • The contribution of prenatal and postnatal maternal anxiety and depression to child maladjustment

    Edward D. Barker;Sara R. Jaffee;Rudolf Uher;Barbara Maughan

  • The limits of child effects: evidence for genetically mediated child effects on corporal punishment but not on physical maltreatment

    Sara R. Jaffee;Avshalom Caspi;Terrie E. Moffitt;Monica Polo-Tomas

  • Strong genetic effects on cross-situational antisocial behaviour among 5-year-old children according to mothers, teachers, examiner-observers, and twins' self-reports

    Louise Arseneault;Terrie E. Moffitt;Terrie E. Moffitt;Avshalom Caspi;Avshalom Caspi;Alan Taylor

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of SuperBetter, a Smartphone-Based/Internet-Based Self-Help Tool to Reduce Depressive Symptoms

    Ann Marie Roepke;Sara R Jaffee;Olivia M Riffle;Jane McGonigal

  • Effects of chronic maltreatment and maltreatment timing on children's behavior and cognitive abilities.

    Sara R. Jaffee;Andrea Kohn Maikovich-Fong

  • From Correlates to Causes: Can Quasi-Experimental Studies and Statistical Innovations Bring Us Closer to Identifying the Causes of Antisocial Behavior?

    Sara R. Jaffee;Luciana B. Strait;Candice L. Odgers

  • Relative impact of maternal depression and associated risk factors on offspring psychopathology

    Edward D. Barker;William Copeland;Barbara Maughan;Sara R. Jaffee

Frequent Co-Authors

Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University
Avshalom Caspi
Avshalom Caspi Duke University
Louise Arseneault
Louise Arseneault King's College London
Edward D. Barker
Edward D. Barker King's College London
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Alan Taylor
Alan Taylor King's College London
Andrea Danese
Andrea Danese King's College London
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin King's College London
Claire M. A. Haworth
Claire M. A. Haworth University of Bristol
Essi Viding
Essi Viding University College London

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