Genetic and Environmental Influences on Development and Family Processes

[in chronological order beginning with most recent]

Blair, C., Sulik, M., Willoughby, M. T., Mills‐Koonce, W. R., Petrill, S., Bartlett, C., Greenberg, M., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators (2015). Catechol‐o‐methyltransferase val158met polymorphism interacts with early experience to predict executive functions in early childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 57(7), 833-841. PMCID: PMC5241672

Willoughby, M. T., Mills-Koonce, W. R., Propper, C. B. & Waschbusch, D. A. (2013). Observed Parenting Behaviors Interact with a Polymorphism of the Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene to Predict the Emergence of Oppositional Defiant and Callous Unemotional Behaviors at Age 3 Years. Development & Psychopathology, 25(4), 903-917.

Propper, C. B., Shanahan, M. J., Russo, R., & Mills-Koonce, W. R. (2012) Evocative gene-parenting correlations and academic performance at first grade: An exploratory study. Development and Psychopathology, 24(4), 1265-1282.

Propper, C., Moore, G.A., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Halpern, C.T., Hill-Soderlund, A.L., Calkins, S.D., Carbone, M., & Cox, M. (2008). Gene-environment contributions to the development of infant vagal reactivity: The interaction of dopamine and maternal sensitivity. Child Development, 79, 1378-1395.

Mills-Koonce, W. R., Propper, C., Gariépy, J. L., Blair, C., Garrett-Peters, P., & Cox, M. J. (2007). Bi-Directional genetic and environmental influence on mother and child behavior: The family system as the unit of analyses. Development and Psychopathology, 19(4), 1073-87.