Peer-reviewed research & writing

The lasting impact of youth bullying exposure on adult labor-market outcomes: An interdisciplinary review

Martinez, M., Hu, Q., Schaefer, J. D. · Developmental Review, 80, 101269

Socioeconomic consequences of childhood ADHD: A longitudinal twin study

Mohan, A., Iacono, W. G., McGue, M., … Schaefer, J. D. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Challenges with measuring emerging mental-health symptoms during the transition to adolescence (ABCD Study)

Martinez, M., Mittal, V. A., Haase, C. M., Schaefer, J. D., Damme, K. S. · JCPP Advances

Distinct ERP biomarkers of broad versus specific dimensions of the HiTOP externalizing spectrum

Patrick, C. J., Ribes-Guardiola, P., … Schaefer, J., et al. · Clinical Psychological Science

Predicting externalizing symptom trajectories in National Guard recruits: The role of adverse childhood experiences

Sloan, A. F., Bron, T., Marquardt, C. A., … Schaefer, J. D. · Journal of Traumatic Stress, 39, 282-294

A case for change in policy: Leveraging psychological science to promote more conversations about ethnicity-race in school contexts

Del Toro, J., Luciana, M., Schaefer, J. D., Wilson, S., Lee, R. M. · American Psychologist, 81, 344-359

Associations between cannabis use and suicidal thoughts and behaviors: A clinical longitudinal sibling study

Stern, E. F., Ellingson, J. M., Schaefer, J. D., et al. · Addictive Behaviors Reports, 22, 100620

Can a warm, supportive adult protect against mental-health problems among children with experience of adversity? A twin-difference study

Stock, S. E., Lacey, R. E., Arseneault, L., … Schaefer, J. D., Baldwin, J. R. · Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 66(5), 650–658

Clarifying the place of P300 in the empirical structure of psychopathology over development

Perkins, E. R., Harper, J., Schaefer, J. D., et al. · Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(8), 733–744

Limited psychological and social effects of lifetime cannabis use frequency

Zellers, S., Alexander, J., Ellingson, J. M., et al. · Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 133(1), 115–128

Adaptation in young military recruits: Protocol for the ARMOR prospective longitudinal study

Polusny, M. A., Marquardt, C. A., Hubbling, M., … Schaefer, J. D., et al. · JMIR Research Protocols, 12(1), e51235

Pubertal timing and adolescent outcomes: Investigating explanations

Padrutt, E. R., Harper, J., Schaefer, J. D., et al. · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64(8), 1232–1241

The effects of adolescent cannabis use on psychosocial functioning

Schaefer, J. D., Nelson, K., Wilson, S. · Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(6), 43–55

Sensitive periods in development and risk for psychiatric disorders

Schaefer, J. D., Cheng, T., Dunn, E. C. · The Lancet Psychiatry, 9(12), 978–991

Alcohol and nicotine polygenic scores associated with development

Deak, J., Clark, D., Liu, M., et al. · Addiction, 117, 1117–1127

Parental educational attainment and frequency of marijuana use in youth

Assari, S. & Schaefer, J. D. · Journal of Educational and Cultural Studies, 5(6), 47–60

Associations between polygenic risk of substance use and use disorder

Schaefer, J. D., Jang, S., Clark, D. A., et al. · Psychological Medicine, 1–11

Advancing Research on Mechanisms of Resilience (ARMOR)

Polusny, M. A., Marquadt, C. A., Campbell, E. H., et al. · Research in Human Development, 18(3), 212–229

Polygenic scores for smoking and educational attainment

Hicks, B. M., Clark, D. A., Deak, J. D., et al. · PLOS ONE, 16(8), e0255348

Adolescent cannabis use and adult psychoticism

Schaefer, J. D., Jang, S., Vrieze, S., et al. · Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130(7), 691–701

Air pollution exposure in childhood and adolescence and psychopathology

Reuben, A., Arseneault, L., Beddows, A., et al. · JAMA Network Open, 4(4), e217508

Associations between adolescent cannabis use and young-adult functioning in a national twin sample

Schaefer, J. D., Hamdi, N. R., Malone, S., et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(14), e2013180118

Polygenic score for smoking associated with externalizing psychopathology

Hicks, B. M., Clark, D. A., Deak, J. D., et al. · Clinical Psychological Science, 9(6), 1205–1213

Enduring mental health: The high lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorder

Schaefer, J. D. · Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 60(8), 955–957

Difficulties with emotion regulation as a transdiagnostic mechanism

Weissman, D. G., Bitran, D., Miller, A. B., et al. · Development and Psychopathology, 31(3), 899–915

Association of childhood lead exposure with adult personality traits

Reuben, A., Schaefer, J. D., Moffitt, T. E., et al. · JAMA Psychiatry, 76(4), 418–425

Use of hierarchical measures of psychopathology to capture early deprivation

Schaefer, J. D. · JAMA Psychiatry, 75(11), 1101–1102

Adolescent victimization and early-adult psychopathology

Schaefer, J. D., Moffitt, T. E., Arseneault, L., et al. · Clinical Psychological Science, 6(3), 352–371

Eleven telomere, epigenetic clock, and biomarker-composite quantifications

Belsky, D. W., Moffitt, T. E., Cohen, A. A., et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology, 187(6), 1220–1230

Is low cognitive functioning a predictor or consequence of major depressive disorder?

Schaefer, J. D., Scult, M. A., Caspi, A., et al. · Development and Psychopathology, 1–15

Enduring mental health: Prevalence and prediction

Schaefer, J. D., Caspi, A., Belsky, D. W., et al. · Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(2), 212–224

Quantification of biological aging in young adults

Belsky, D. W., Caspi, A., Houts, R., et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(30), E4104–E4110

Early-life intelligence predicts midlife biological age

Schaefer, J. D., Caspi, A., Belsky, D., et al. · The Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 1–8

The global cognitive impairment in schizophrenia

Schaefer, J., Giangrande, E., Weinberger, D. R., Dickinson, D. · Schizophrenia Research, 150(1), 42–50

The multi-faceted 'global' cognitive impairment profile in schizophrenia

Dickinson, D., Schaefer, J., Weinberger, D. R. · In P. D. Harvey (Ed.), Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia. Cambridge University Press