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Overview

Steven H. Aggen is affiliated with Virginia Commonwealth University in the United States. Their academic work is concentrated primarily in the field of Psychology, with particular emphasis on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Epidemiology, General Health Professions, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to mental health and behavioral science. Key areas include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects

Steven H. Aggen has published extensively across several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Social Science & Medicine

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

  • "Impact of disaster exposure severity: Cascading effects across parental distress, adolescent PTSD symptoms, as well as parent-child conflict and communication" (2020), published in Social Science & Medicine
  • "Data mining algorithm predicts a range of adverse outcomes in major depression" (2020), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "A topography of 21 phobic fears: network analysis in an epidemiological sample of adult twins" (2020), published in Psychological Medicine
  • "The structure of the symptoms of major depression: Factor analysis of a lifetime worst episode of depressive symptoms in a large general population sample" (2022), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "Unpacking the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: identifying structural domains" (2021), published in European Journal of Psychotraumatology

Their collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Kenneth S. Kendler, Ananda B. Amstadter, Kaitlin E. Bountress, Shannon E. Cusack, and Christina M. Sheerin. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary work and sustained research agendas within related domains.

Best Publications

  • Critical slowing down as early warning for the onset and termination of depression.

    Ingrid A. van de Leemput;Marieke Wichers;Angélique O. J. Cramer;Denny Borsboom

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of anxiety disorders.

    T. Otowa;T. Otowa;K. Hek;M. Lee;E. M. Byrne;E. M. Byrne

  • Genetic and Environmental Influences on Alcohol, Caffeine, Cannabis, and Nicotine Use From Early Adolescence to Middle Adulthood

    Kenneth S. Kendler;Eric Schmitt;Steven H. Aggen;Carol A. Prescott

  • The US twin study of age-related macular degeneration: relative roles of genetic and environmental influences.

    Johanna M. Seddon;Jennifer Cote;William F. Page;Steven H. Aggen

  • Dimensions of normal personality as networks in search of equilibrium: you can’t like parties if you don’t like people

    Angelique O. J. Cramer;Sophie Van der Sluis;Sophie Van der Sluis;Arjen Noordhof;Marieke Wichers

  • The relation between eating disorders and components of perfectionism.

    Cynthia M. Bulik;Federica Tozzi;Charles Anderson;Suzanne E. Mazzeo

  • The Structure of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Syndromal and Subsyndromal Common DSM-IV Axis I and All Axis II Disorders

    Kenneth S. Kendler;Steven H. Aggen;Gun Peggy Knudsen;Espen Røysamb

  • Multiple Independent Loci at Chromosome 15q25.1 Affect Smoking Quantity: a Meta-Analysis and Comparison with Lung Cancer and COPD

    Nancy L. Saccone;Nancy L. Saccone;Robert C Culverhouse;Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An;Dale S. Cannon

  • The structure of genetic and environmental risk factors for DSM-IV personality disorders: a multivariate twin study.

    Kenneth S. Kendler;Steven H. Aggen;Nikolai Czajkowski;Espen Røysamb

  • Network analysis of substance abuse and dependence symptoms.

    Mijke Rhemtulla;Eiko I. Fried;Steven H. Aggen;Francis Tuerlinckx

  • Sex-specific genetic influences on the comorbidity of alcoholism and major depression in a population-based sample of US twins.

    Carol A. Prescott;Steven H. Aggen;Kenneth S. Kendler

  • The pathoplasticity of dysphoric episodes: differential impact of stressful life events on the pattern of depressive symptom inter-correlations

    A. O. J. Cramer;D. Borsboom;S. H. Aggen;K. S. Kendler

  • The joint structure of DSM-IV Axis I and Axis II disorders.

    Espen Røysamb;Kenneth S. Kendler;Kristian Tambs;Ragnhild E. Ørstavik

  • The structure of perfectionism: a twin study.

    Federica Tozzi;Steven H. Aggen;Benjamin M. Neale;Charles B. Anderson

  • Relationship between a high-risk haplotype in the DTNBP1 (dysbindin) gene and clinical features of schizophrenia

    Ayman H Fanous;Edwin J van den Oord;Brien P Riley;Steven H Aggen

  • Sex Differences in the Sources of Genetic Liability to Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in a Population‐Based Sample of U.S. Twins

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  • Associations among postpartum depression, eating disorders, and perfectionism in a population-based sample of adult women

    Suzanne E. Mazzeo;Margarita C.T. Slof-Op't Landt;Ian Richard Jones;Karen Mitchell

  • Genome-Wide Association Study of clinical dimensions of schizophrenia: polygenic effect on disorganized symptoms

    Ayman H. Fanous;Baiyu Zhou;Steven H. Aggen;Sarah E. Bergen

  • Short-term fluctuations in elderly people's sensorimotor functioning predict text and spatial memory performance: The Macarthur Successful Aging Studies.

    Shu-Chen Li;Steven H. Aggen;John R. Nesselroade;Paul B. Baltes

  • A longitudinal study of personality and major depression in a population-based sample of male twins.

    Ayman H. Fanous;Michael C. Neale;Steven H. Aggen;Kenneth S. Kendler

  • DSM criteria for major depression: evaluating symptom patterns using latent-trait item response models.

    Stephen H. Aggen;Michael C. Neale;Kenneth S. Kendler

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud
Ted Reichborn-Kjennerud University of Oslo
Michael C. Neale
Michael C. Neale Virginia Commonwealth University
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski
Nikolai Olavi Czajkowski University of Oslo
Eivind Ystrom
Eivind Ystrom Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Nathan A. Gillespie
Nathan A. Gillespie Virginia Commonwealth University
Ananda B. Amstadter
Ananda B. Amstadter Virginia Commonwealth University
John M. Hettema
John M. Hettema Virginia Commonwealth University
Robert F. Krueger
Robert F. Krueger University of Minnesota
Espen Røysamb
Espen Røysamb University of Oslo
Kristian Tambs
Kristian Tambs Norwegian Institute of Public Health

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