Recent LIFE-Related Publications
A Selection of Recent Articles, Books, and Chapters by LIFE Fellows and Alumni
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Publications 2026, advance online, and in press
Aalders, E. M., Daum, M. M., & Wermelinger, S. (2025). Diversity in monolingual and multilingual communicative environments and its relation to vocabulary in early childhood. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728925100758
Adams, S., & Ybarra, O. (2026) Separate and unequal: Moral domains differ in corresponding social judgments of others. PLoS One, 21(1), Article e0338026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338026
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
Bailey, N. A., Golino, H. F., & Allen, J. P. (2026). Autonomy and relatedness in mother-adolescent interactions: An investigation using exploratory graph analysis. Family Process, 65(1), Article e70116. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70116
Bell, S. A., Womack, S. R., Kam, A., Gonnene, M., Beam, C. R., Giangrande, E. J., Finkel, D., Turkheimer, E., & Davis, D. W. (2026). Nonlinear decline in the association between birth weight and cognitive ability from infancy to midlife in a community sample of twins. Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 81(2), Article gbaf247. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf247
Bezek, J. L., Shewark, E., Suarez, G. L., Klump, K. L., Burt, S. A., & Hyde, L. W. (2025). A person-centered and genetically-informed approach toward characterizing profiles of multi-domain resilience to neighborhood disadvantage in youth. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70068
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.
Dolan, P., Krekel, C., & Swanke, S. (2024). Affective paternalism. Behavioural Public Policy. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2024.24
Ehret, F., Doludda, B., Liu, H., Nexhipi, S., Huang, H., Rost, F., Overall, R. W., Barde, W., Rünker, A. E., Sieweke, M., Dahl, A., Schmidt, M. H. H., & Kempermann, G. (2025). Lifestyle shapes preclinical social and microglial deficits in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Molecular Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-025-03368-4
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
Hall-McMaster, S., Wittkuhn, L., Verra, L., Hedrich, N. L., Irie, K., Dayan, P., Gershman, S. J., & Schuck, N. W. (2026). Entorhinal cortex signals dimensions of past experience that can be generalised in a novel environment. Journal of Neuroscience. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1492-25.2025
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.
Hepp, J., Heine, C., Schliebener, M., & Dufner, M. (2025). The price of fame? Mortality risk among famous singers. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2025-224589
Hyde, L. W., Trentacosta, C., & Bezek, J. L. (2025). Annual research review: Early conduct problems – precursors, outcomes, and etiology. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70031
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
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
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., Stern, J., Buchinger, L., MacDonald, G., & Bleidorn, W. (2026). Life satisfaction, loneliness, and depressivity in consistently single young adults in Germany and the UK. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000595
Loher, M., Jang, J. B., Quednow, B. B., Shanahan, L., & Patrick, M. E. (2025). Concurrent alcohol and marijuana use patterns among high school seniors in the United States. Journal of Drug Issues. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220426251394640
Luo, M., Weber, E., Pauly, T., Kolodziejczak-Krupp, K., Gerstorf, D., Hoppmann, C. A., Ram, N., Hülür, G., & Röcke, C. (2026). Leisure activities and working memory in older age: The mediating roles of affect and cortisol. Psychology and Aging, 41(1), 36–50. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000935
Shah, L., Marzoratti, A., Hofkens, T. L., Nevill, R., Pianta, R. C., Pelphrey, K. A., Krafnick, A. J., & Evans, T. M. (2025). Child-parent interaction quality shows opposite relationships with language comprehension skill and autism symptomatology. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-07095-1
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. (2026). Looking White but feeling Asian: The role of physical permeability and perceived discrimination in multiracial-monoracial alliances. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 52(1), 141–160. 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
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
Naganuma, S., & Xu, R. (2026). Characterising high school students’ interest trajectory profiles. International Journal of Science Education, 48(1), 24–44. 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
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
Soland, J., Rispoli, M. J., Saina, C., Omollo, M., Mwendwa, E., Boke, C., Xu, R., McNally Keehn, R., Pearson, J. N., Hassinger, T., Stauffer, C., & McHenry, M. S. (2025). Developing culturally responsive surveys on neurodevelopmental disabilities: Lessons from the Kenyan context. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41252-025-00468-8
Susperreguy, M. I. , Aldoney, D. & Narea, M. (2026). Conducting parenting research in Chile. Developmental Psychology, 62(1), 108–115. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001873
Vitiello, V. E., Hutchins, N., Krissinger, A., Jirout, J., & Scoville, J. (2026). How early educators make emergent curricula work: A qualitative analysis with an eye toward scale. Early Education and Development, 37(1), 44–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2025.2517401
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. (2026). Self-esteem and sexual experiences. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 52(2), 293–312. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241257355