Kirby Deater-Deckard

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Professor Kirby Deater-Deckard is a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. His research areas include adolescent mental health, family dynamics, and the impact of environmental factors on child development, as evidenced by his recent work on topics such as aggression, depression, and the effects of COVID-19 on adolescents across various cultures. He is particularly focused on longitudinal studies that examine the interplay between household regulation, parenting, and adolescent executive function.

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Neurobehavioral Determinants of Adolescent Substance Use and HIV/STD Behavior

Open Date: 2013-07-01

Close Date: 2018-03-01

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Psychobiology of Cognitive Development

Open Date: 2013-04-01

Close Date: 2018-03-01

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Origins and Implications of Sleep Deficits in Mothers of Toddlers

Open Date: 2012-08-01

Close Date: 2016-07-31

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Gateways to Algebraic Motivation, Engagement and Success (GAMES): Supporting and Assessing Fraction Proficiency with Game-Based, Mobile Applications and Devices

Open Date: 2011-08-15

Close Date: 2015-07-31

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Maternal Self-Regulation and Harsh Parenting

Open Date: 2009-08-01

Close Date: 2012-07-31

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Diana Whalen

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Washington University in St. Louis

UNITED STATES

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Alexis Brieant

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University of Vermont

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Kathleen Rudasill

Virginia Commonwealth University

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Jeremy D. W. Clifton

University of Pennsylvania

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Maja Dekovic

Utrecht University

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Natasha Duell

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California Polytechnic State University

UNITED STATES

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William Rothenberg

Duke University

UNITED STATES

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Yelim Hong

University of Texas at Austin

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Kenneth Dodge

Duke University

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Sonya Krutikova

The University of Manchester

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Dario Bacchini

ITALY

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Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries

Child and Household Regulation: Influences on the Bidirectional Link between Harsh Parenting and Behavior Problems in Middle To Late Childhood

The interaction among household chaos, parental rejection, and parental control in predicting adolescent executive function.

A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent‐to‐Young Adult Executive Function Development in Seven Countries

Do child and household regulation moderate the bidirectional relation between harsh parenting and externalizing problems in the transition to adolescence?

The relations among depressive symptoms, self-esteem, and optimism during adolescence: Longitudinal evidence from nine countries

Longitudinal Associations Between Aggression and Depression Across Late-Childhood to Mid-Adolescence

Physical activity and two-year change in adolescent well-being in nine countries

How adolescents’ lives were disrupted over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal investigation in 12 cultural groups in 9 nations from March 2020 to July 2022

Attachment security, environmental adversity, and fast life history behavioral profiles in human adolescents

Negative Affect, Sensation Seeking, and Adolescent Substance Use Development: The Moderating Role of Executive Function

Longitudinal links from attachment with mothers and fathers to adolescent substance use: Internalizing and externalizing pathways

Psychopathology as long-term sequelae of maltreatment and socioeconomic disadvantage: Neurocognitive development perspectives

The role of mother’s and child’s self-regulation on bidirectional links between harsh parenting and child externalizing problems.

Mother-Child Similarity During Observed Interactions: Links with Mother and Child Effortful Control

The physical home environment and sleep: What matters most for sleep in early childhood.

The Future of Parenting Programs: I Design

A 1-year longitudinal study of the stress, sleep, and parenting of mothers of toddlers

The Family Context of Toddler Sleep: Routines, Sleep Environment, and Emotional Security Induction in the Hour before Bedtime

Parent–adolescent relationship quality as a moderator of links between COVID-19 disruption and reported changes in mothers’ and young adults’ adjustment in five countries.

Bidirectional links between adolescent brain function and substance use moderated by cognitive control

The role of parental self-regulation and household chaos in parent-toddler interactions: A time-series study.

Inhibitory Control Across the Preschool Years: Developmental Changes and Associations with Parenting

Examining effects of parent warmth and control on internalizing behavior clusters from age 8 to 12 in 12 cultural groups in nine countries

Maternal Executive Function and Sleep Interact in the Prediction of Negative Parenting

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Diana Whalen

Alexis Brieant

Kathleen Rudasill

Jeremy D. W. Clifton

Maja Dekovic

Natasha Duell

William Rothenberg

Yelim Hong

Kenneth Dodge

Sonya Krutikova

Dario Bacchini

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