Recent LIFE-Related Publications
A Selection of Recent Articles, Books, and Chapters by LIFE Fellows and Alumni
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Publications 2025, advance online, and in press
Adolf, J. K., & Ceulemans, E. (2025). Improved estimation of autoregressive models through contextual impulses and robust modeling. Psychological Methods. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000761
Aikins, M.*, Willems, Y.*, Fraemke, D., Mitchell, C., Goosby, B., & Raffington, L. (2025). Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence. Molecular Psychiatry, 30, 4296–4306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-025-03010-3
* Equal contributions
Allen, J. P., Costello, M. A., Pettit, C., Bailey, N. A., & Stern, J. A. (2025). Unique roles of adolescents’ friends and fathers in predicting verbal aggression in future adult romantic relationships. Development and Psychopathology, 37(1), 393–402. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001670
Ascigil, E., Gunaydin, G., Selcuk, E., Sandstrom, G. M., & Aydin, E. (2025). Minimal social interactions and life satisfaction: The role of greeting, thanking, and conversing. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 16(2), 202–213. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506231209793
Barde, W., Renner, J., Emery, B., Khanzada, S., Hu, X., Garthe, A., Rünker, A. E., Amin, H., & Kempermann, G. (2025). Beyond nature, nurture, and chance: Individual agency shapes divergent learning biographies and brain connectome. Science Advances, 11(2), Article eads7297. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.ads7297
Bechtiger, L., Steinhoff, A., Dollar, J., Keane, S., Calkins, S., & Shanahan, L. (2025). Developmental cascades from maternal depressive symptoms in childhood to adolescents’ friendship quality. Developmental Psychology, 61(8), 1531–1546. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001834
Bell, S. A., Beam, C. R., Zandi, E., Kam, A., Andrews, E., Becker, J., Finkel, D., Davis, D. W., & Turkheimer, E. (2025). Second generation DNA methylation age predicts cognitive change in midlife: The moderating role of childhood socioeconomic status. Aging, 17(7), 1702–1720. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.206284
Berger, J., Lindenberg, S., Heumann, J., & Bakker, D. (2025). Constructive competition: An experimental study on calibrating competitive intensity and winner selection rules. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(7), Article 1483. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251325021
Bosshart, N., Bearth, A., Stutz, S. E., Wermelinger, S., Daum, M. M., & Siegrist, M. (2025). Avoiding unintentional injuries from household chemicals: Comparing the appeal to children from the perspectives of children, caregivers, and experts. Applied Ergonomics, 122, Article 104401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2024.104401
Bruckner, R., Nassar, M. R., Li, S.-C., & Eppinger, B. (2025). Differences in learning across the lifespan emerge via resource-rational computations. Psychological Review, 132(3), 556–580. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000526
Buchberger, E. S., Brandmaier, A. M., Lindenberger, U., Werkle-Bergner, M., & Ngo, C. T. (in press). The process structure of memory abilities in early and middle childhood [Registered report]. Developmental Science.
Burger, K., Mele, F., Kirkpatrick Johnson, M., Mortimer, J., & Han, X. (2025). The intergenerational reproduction of self-direction at work: Revisiting Class and Conformity. Social Forces, 104(1), 320–340. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf016
Costello, M. A., Pascale, M., Potter, K., Knoll, S. J., Bodolay, A., Kaur, J., Du, R., Greenspan, L., Gray, C. A., McIntyre, J., & Schuster, R. M. (2025). Understanding adolescent mental health symptom progression in school-based settings: The Substance Use and Risk Factors (SURF) longitudinal survey. School Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000681
Dolan, P., Krekel, C., & Swanke, S. (2024). Affective paternalism. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.24
Drewelies, J., Fiedler, A., Brick, T. R., & Kühn, S. (2025). Investigating associations between the physical living environment and hippocampus in adulthood and older age. Environmental Research, 267, Article 120728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120728
Driver, C. C. (2025). Inference with cross-lagged effects—Problems in time. Psychological Methods, 30(1), 174–202. https://doi.org/10.1037/met0000665
Ebright-Jones, B. D., Cortina, K. S., Mahler, N., & Miller, K. F. (2025). Racialized reprimands: A mobile eye-tracking study on teachers’ responses to students’ norm-violating behaviors. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 80, Article 102351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2025.102351
Elmer, S., Frei, V., Ockelmann, J., & Giroud, N. (2025). Breaking down the ear-brain dichotomy: The effects of age-related hearing loss on the cortical language system. NeuroImage, 322, Article 121563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121563
Fraemke, D., Willems, Y. E., Okbay, A., Lindenberger, U., Zinn, S., Wagner, G. G., Richter, D., Harden, K. P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Hertwig, R., Koellinger, P., & Raffington, L. (2025). Polygenic associations with educational attainment in East versus West Germany: Differences emerge after reunification. Psychological Science, 36(7), 559–573. https://doi.org/10.1177/095679762513509
Frank, C. C., Mottola, G. R., Chen, M., Yu, L., Boyle, P. A., Samanez-Larkin, G. R., & Seaman, K. L. (2025). Overconfidence and financial risk tolerance in older age. Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 80(6), Article gbaf032. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf032
Frank, C. C., & Pachur, T. (2025). The affect gap in risky choice is similar for younger and older adults. Psychology and Aging, 40(5), 575–582. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000889
Frei, V., & Giroud, N. (2025). Immersive auditory-cognitive training improves speech-in-noise perception in older adults with varying hearing and working memory. npj Science of Learning, 10(1), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00306-5
Frei, V., & Giroud, N. (2025). Presenting natural continuous speech in a multisensory immersive environment improves speech comprehension and reflects the allocation of processing resources in neural speech tracking. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 37(11), 2126–2144. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02306
From, A., Diamond, E., Kafaee, N., Reynaga, M., Edelstein, R. S., & Gordon, A. M. (2025). Does similarity matter? A scoping review of perceived and actual similarity in romantic couples. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42(10), 2780–2802. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251349720
Ghose, U., Krämer, M., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Infurna, F., Ram, N., & Gerstorf, D. (2025). How spousal bereavement shapes life satisfaction: Stability and change across historical time. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251336534
Hecht, M., Schulze, C., & Pachur, T. (in press). Models of social sampling. In T. Reimer, L. van Swol, & A. Florack (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of communication and social cognition. Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
Heumann, J., Cole, S. W., Eisner, M., Ribeaud, D., Grünblatt, E., & Shanahan, M. J. (2025). Peer victimization in adolescence alters gene expression and cytokine profiles during transition to adulthood. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 48, Article 101025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101025
Isaacowitz, D. M., Ebright-Jones, B. D., & Polk, R. J. (2025). A new frame on emotion regulation in aging: The adaptive positive tactic shift. Current Directions in Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09637214251349777
Jager, J., Xia, Y., Putnick, D. L., & Bornstein, M. H. (2025). Improving generalizability of developmental research through increased use of homogeneous convenience samples. Developmental Psychology, 61(10), 1991–2007. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001890
Janousch, C., Eggenberger, L., Steinhoff, A., Johnson-Ferguson, L., Bechtiger, L., Loher, M., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Baumgartner, M. R., Binz, T. M., Shanahan, L., & Quednow, B. B. (2025). Words versus strands: Reliability and stability of concordance rates of self-reported and hair-analyzed substance use of young adults over time. European Addiction Research, 31(1), 60–74. https://doi.org/10.1159/000541713
Johnson-Ferguson, L., Loher, M., Bechtiger, L., Janousch, C., Baumgartner, M. R., Binz, T. M., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M., Quednow, B. B., & Shanahan, L. (2025). Cannabis use is associated with changes in psychological and functional well-being during young adulthood: Evidence from self-reports and hair analyses. Psychological Medicine, 55, Article e246. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329172510144X
Kelly, D. P., Dzera, J., Demidenko, M. I., Weigard, A., Foster, K. T., & Beltz, A. M. (2025). Pubertal timing and daily alcohol use in adulthood: Insights into the experiences of late maturers. Applied Developmental Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2025.2468254
Kelso, L. E., Dobolyi, D. G., Grabman, J. H., & Dodson, C. S. (2025). AI assistance improves people’s ability to distinguish correct from incorrect eyewitness lineup identifications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 122(21), Article e2503971122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2503971122
Kerbl, L., Rahwan, Z., Hertwig, R., & Ciranka, S. (2025). More than incurious: The development of deliberate ignorance. Trends in Cognitive Neuroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.09.015
Krämer, M. D., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). Informal care and personality: Selection and socialization effects. Personality Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.1177/27000710251321820
Krämer, M. D., Hopwood, C. J., Miller, T. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). What explains personality change intervention effects? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 129(5), 972–1005. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000565
Krämer, M. D., Kretzschmar, A., Hopwood, C. J., & Bleidorn, W. (2025). A replication attempt of personality change through randomized peer groups. European Journal of Personality. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070251331355
Krämer, M. D., Rohrer, J. M., Lucas, R. E., & Richter, D. (2025). Life events and life satisfaction: Estimating effects of multiple life events in combined models. European Journal of Personality, 39(1), 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241231017
Lalwani, P., Polk, T. A., & Garrett, D. D. (2025). Modulation of brain signal variability in visual cortex reflects aging, GABA, and behavior. eLife, 14, Article e83865. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.83865
Lawes, M., & Eid, M. (2025). Longitudinal associations between well-being, hair cortisol, and self-reported health. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12628
Lawes, M., Hetschko, C., Schöb, R., Stephan, G., & Eid, M. (2025). Examining interindividual differences in unemployment-related changes in subjective well-being: The role of psychological well-being and re-employment expectations. European Journal of Personality, 39(1), 24–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070241231315
Lawes, M., West, S. G., & Eid, M. (2025). A guide to causal inference in life-event studies. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459241302015
Lee, M., & Gonzalez, M. Z. (2025). Asymmetric access to social vs. economic resources during development calibrates socio-cognitive pathways to risk-taking in emerging adults. Cerebral Cortex, 35(7), Article bhaf169. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf169
Li, C., Ybarra, O., Lee, D. S., Adams, S., & Bi, C. (2025). Worse than a braggart: Interpersonal costs of humblebragging in China. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 28(1), Article e12671. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12671
Liu, S. R., Bailey, N. A., Romero-González, S., Moors, A., Campos, B., Davis, E. P., & Glynn, L. M. (2025) The QUIC-SP: A Spanish language tool assessing unpredictability in early life is linked to physical and mental health. PLoS ONE, 20(1), Article e0298296. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298296
Loeffler, M. T., Daikeler, J., Wagner, L., Natalucci, G., & Daum, M. M. (2025). Early expressive and receptive language development in preterm vs full-term children: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 2025, Article e2024070477. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2024-070477
Loher, M., Steinhoff, A., Bechtiger, L., Ribeaud, D., Eisner, M. P., Shanahan, L., & Quednow, B. B. (2025). Disentangling the effects of self-control and the use of tobacco and cannabis on violence perpetration from childhood to early adulthood. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 34, 1063–1074. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-024-02536-1
Lucca, K., ... Daum, M. M., ... Grossmann, T., ... Loeffler, M. T., ... Schlegelmilch, K., ... Stutz, S. E., ... Wertz, A. E., ... Hamlin, J. K. (2025). Infants’ social evaluation of helpers and hinderers: A large-scale, multi-lab, coordinated replication study [Registered Report]. Developmental Science, 28(1), Article e13581. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.1358
Luo, M., Weber, E., Pauly, T., Kolodziejczak-Krupp, K., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., Hülür, G., & Röcke, C. (2025). Leisure activities and working memory in older age: The mediating roles of affect and cortisol. Psychology and Aging. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000935
Mascherek, A., Luong, G., Wrzus, C., Riediger, M., & Kühn, S. (2025). Meadows or asphalt road — Does momentary affective well-being vary with immediate physical environment? Results from a geographic ecological momentary assessment study in three metropolitan areas in Germany. Environmental Research, 264 (Part 1), Article 1202283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.120283
Mayer, Z., & Freund, A. M. (2025). Goal shelving can both undermine and support prioritized goals: The role of opportunity costs. Motivation Science, 11(3), 337–348. https://doi.org/10.1037/mot0000383
Mayer, Z., & Freund, A. M. (2025). To let go for now or for good? Goal shelving and goal disengagement across adulthood. Psychology and Aging, 40(4), 391–412. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000892
Meier, T., Geller, A. M., Chen, K.-H., Haase, C. M. (2025). Connected at heart? Socioeconomic status and physiological linkage during marital interactions. Biological Psychology, 201, Article 109134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2025.109134
Merrell, W. N., & Ackerman, J. M. (2025). Flaunting Porsches or Paris? Comparing the social signaling value of experiential and material conspicuous consumption. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251331658
Merrell, W. N., Vossoughi, N., Kteily, N. S., & Ho, A. K. (2024). Looking White but feeling Asian: The role of physical permeability and perceived discrimination in multiracial-monoracial alliances. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241267332
Metzner, O., Wang, Y., de Melo, G., Symes, W., Huang, Y., & Lazarides, R. (2025). The potential and limitations of large language models for automatic classification of teachers' motivational messages in educational research. British Journal of Educational Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.70013
Metzner, O., Wang, Y., Symes, W., Huang, Y., Keller, L., de Melo, G., & Lazarides, R. (2025). A process-oriented perspective on pre-service teachers' self-efficacy and their motivational messages: Using large language models to classify teachers' speech. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(S1), S73–S97. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12779
Michon, K. J., Zhou, Q., Osborne, J. B., Beltz, A. M., Jonides, J., Simmonite, M., & Polk, T. (2025). Brain activation during cognitive control tasks differs substantially between people but is reliable within individuals. Imaging Neuroscience, 3, Article IMAG.a.995. https://doi.org/10.1162/IMAG.a.995
Mintz, E. H., Toner, E. R., Skolnik, A. M., Pan, A., Frumkin, M. R., Baker, A. W., Simon, N. M., & Robinaugh, D. J. (2024). Ecological momentary assessment in prolonged grief research: Feasibility, acceptability, and measurement reactivity. Death Studies. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2433109
Möhring, W., & Newcombe, N. S. (2025). Pre-service teachers' views about spatial skills and associations with their own spatial skills, emotions, and confidence. Mind, Brain, and Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.70021
Moore, I. L., Smith, D. E., & Long, N. M. (2025). Mnemonic brain state engagement is diminished in healthy aging. Neurobiology of Aging, 151, 76–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2025.03.012
Moulder, R., & Tong, X. (2025). A data permutation method for testing random slopes of Bayesian growth curves. Journal of Behavioral Data Science, 5(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.35566/jbds/moulder
Naganuma, S., & Xu, R. (2024). Characterising high school students’ interest trajectory profiles. International Journal of Science Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2394706
Nigro, L., & Ward-Seidel, A. (2024). Reimagining early childhood education and school readiness through the perspectives of historically marginalized families living in a rural community. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14639491241293479
Ockelmann, J., Scherpiet, S., Stropahl, M., & Giroud, N. (in press). Personalized and gamified auditory-cognitive training improves naturalistic speech-in-noise comprehension in older adults with hearing loss. Science of Learning. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6880058/v1 (Preprint)
Papadaki, E., Lin, Z., Werner, A., Brandmaier, A. M., Lindenberger, U., Kühn, S., & Wenger, E. (in press). Expertise-dependent brain network organization during classical music perception. Human Brain Mapping.
Papenberg, G., Karalija, N., Salami, A., Johansson, J., Wahlin, A., Andersson, M., Axelsson, J., Garrett, D. D., Riklund, K., Lindenberger, U., Nyberg, L., & Bäckman, L. (2025). Aging-related losses in dopamine D2/3 receptor availability are linked to working-memory decline across five years. Cerebral Cortex, 35(2), Article bhae481. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae481
Pauley, C., & Sander, M. C. (2025). The role of age differences in neural representations for memory performance. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 176, Article 106262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106262
Petz, K., Toner, E., Rucker, M., Leventhal, E., Livermon, S., Davidson, B., Boukhechba, M., Barnes, L., & Teachman, B. A. (2025). Examining state affective and cognitive outcomes following brief mobile phone-based training sessions to reduce anxious interpretations. Cognitive Therapy and Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-025-10623-z
Potter, S., Bridger, E., & Drewelies, J. (2025). Daily health and well-being in adulthood and old age: The role of adverse childhood experiences. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(1), Article e12637. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12637
Potter, S., Bridger, E., Piotrowska, P. J., & Drewelies, J. (2025). Emotional reactivity to daily positive and negative events in adulthood: The role of adverse childhood experiences. Emotion, 25(6), 1502–1515. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001512
Reed, L. A., Brown, M. L., Kappas Mazzio, A., Messing, J. T., Grimm, K., Wachter, K., Jiwatram-Negrón, T., & Gonzalez-Pons, K. (2024). Patterns of technology-based abuse among adult intimate partner violence survivors and associations with offline abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 40(13–14), 3284–3306. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605241268782
Satti, M. H., Wille, K., Nassar, M. R., Cichy, R. M., Schuck, N. W., Dayan, P., & Bruckner, R. (2025). Absence of systematic effects of internalizing psychopathology on learning under uncertainty. eLife, 14, Article RP107611. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.107611.1
Savell, S. M., Niguse, M., Caluori, N., Brown-Iannuzzi, J. L., Wilson, M. N., Lemery-Chalfant, K., & Shaw, D. S. (2024). Cascading influences of caregiver experiences of discrimination and adolescent antisocial behavior. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2024.230177
Schoon, I., Mele, F., & Burger, K. (2025). Academic agency and educational attainment: The intersection of SES, ethnicity and sex. Learning and Individual Differences, 120, Article 102689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102689
Schwarze, S. A., Bonati, S., Cichy, R. M., Lindenberger, U., Bunge, S. A., & Fandakova, Y. (2025). Task-switch related reductions in neural distinctiveness in children and adults: Commonalities and differences. Journal of Neuroscience, 45(26), Article e2358232025. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2358-23.2025
Schwarze, S. A., Laube, C., Khosravani, N., Lindenberger, U., Bunge, S. A., & Fandakova, Y. (2025). Intensive task-switching training and single-task training differentially affect behavioral and neural manifestations of cognitive control in children. Cerebral Cortex, 35(5), Article bhaf103. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf103
Sengewald, E., Hardt, K., & Sengewald, M. A. (2025). A causal view on bias in missing data imputation: The impact of evil auxiliary variables on norming of test scores. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 60(2), 258–274. https://doi.org/10.1080/00273171.2024.2412682
Skowron, A., Kosciessa, J. Q., Lorenz, R., Hertwig, R., van den Bos, W., & Garrett, D. D. (2025). Neural variability in the default mode network compresses with increasing belief precision during Bayesian inference. Cerebral Cortex, 35(9), Article bhaf219. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhaf219
Suarez, G. L., Bezek, J. L., Westerman, H. B., Hanson, J. L., Klump, K. L., Burt, S. A., & Hyde, L. W. (2025). Structural brain correlates of multidomain resilience among youth exposed to neighborhood disadvantage. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 5(5), Article 100550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100550
Thoma, A. I., Newell, B. R., & Schulze, C. (2025). Emerging adaptivity in probability learning: How young minds and the environment interact. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154(6), 1523–1544. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001747
Thoma, A. I., & Schulze, C. (2025). Do children match described probabilities? The sampling hypothesis applied to repeated risky choice. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 251, Article 106126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2024.106126
Toner, E. R.*, Rucker, M.*, Wang, Z., Larrazabal, M. A., Cai, L., Datta, D., Thompson, E., Lone, H., Boukhechba, M., Teachman, B. A., & Barnes, L. E. (2025). Wearable sensor-based multimodal physiological responses of socially anxious individuals across social contexts. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 16(3), 2428–2439. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2025.356278
Trauernicht, M., Anders, Y., Oppermann, E., & Klusmann, U. (2025). Emotional exhaustion in German preschool teachers: The role of personal, structural, and social conditions at the workplace. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 39(1), 78–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2024.2325466
Trauernicht, M., & Lazarides, R. (2025). The flip side of teacher enthusiasm? Relations between teaching enthusiasm and socio-emotional support under consideration of different perceptions of teachers and students. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 28, 327–347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-024-01259-y
Ward-Seidel, A. R., & Bentley, L. (2025). Teacher preparation needs critical consciousness. Social and Emotional Learning: Research, Practice, and Policy, 5, Article 100119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sel.2025.100119
Ward-Seidel, A. R., Rimm-Kaufman, S. E., Bell, B. A., & Sandilos, L. E. (2025). Belonging contributes to compassion: A longitudinal study of middle school students' prosocial competencies. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 99, Article 101834. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101834
Ward-Seidel, A. R., Rimm-Kaufman, S. E., & Sandilos, L. E. (2024). Schoolwork with purpose: A mixed methods study on youths’ perspective on what makes learning meaningful. Journal of Adolescent Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584241280266
Weber, E., Hopwood, C. J., Denissen, J. J. A., & Bleidorn, W. (2024). Self-esteem and sexual experiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241257355
Wermelinger, S., Moersdorf, L., Baldenweg, C, & Daum, M. M. (2025). Do facial masks impact infants' joint attention? A within‐participant laboratory study. Infancy, 30(1), Article e12640. https://doi.org/10.1111/infa.12640
Williams-Butler, A., Ludeke, R., Ghanem, N., Matthews, M., & Kawaii-Bogue, B. (2025). Theoretical considerations for engaging Black youth and families in child-serving systems: Strengths-based approaches, intersectionality, and culturally responsive trauma-informed care. Families in Society, 106(2), 427–446. https://doi.org/10.1177/10443894241304614
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