Publications

Michigan Longitudinal Study

Ip, K.I., Jester, J., Sameroff, A.J., & Olson, S.L. (2019). Linking Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) constructs to developmental psychopathology: The role of early self-regulation and emotion knowledge in the development of internalizing and externalizing growth trajectories from ages 3 to 10. Development and Psychopathology.

Lunkenheimer, E.L., Panlillo, C., Lobo, F.M., Olson, S.L., & Hanby, C.M.  (2019). Preschoolers’ self- regulation in context: Task persistence profiles with mothers and fathers and later attention problems in kindergarten. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47 (6), 947-960.

Lee, S., Chang, H.C., Ip, K.I., & Olson, S.L. (2019). Early socialization of hostile attribution bias: The roles of parental attribution, parental discipline, and child attributes. Social Development, 28, 549-563.

Zulauf, C.A., Sokolovsky, A.W., Grabell, A.S., & Olson, S.L. (2018). Early risk pathways to physical versus relational peer aggression: The interplay of externalizing behavior and corporal punishment varies by child sex. Aggressive Behavior, 44, 209-20.

Gach, E. J., Ip, KI., Sameroff, A. J., & Olson, S. L. (2019). Early cumulative risk predicts externalizing behavior at age 10: The mediating role of adverse parenting. Journal of Family Psychology.

Olson, S.L., Choe, D.E., & Sameroff, A.J. (2017). Trajectories of Child Externalizing Problems between Ages 3 and 10 Years: Contributions of Children’s Early Effortful Control, Theory of Mind, and Parenting Experiences. Development and Psychopathology26(4), 1333-1351.

Waller, R.E, Hyde, L.H., Baskin-Sommers, A., & Olson, S.L. (2017). Interactions between callous-unemotional behaviors and executive function in early childhood predict later socioemotional functioningJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 45(3), 597-609.

Olson, S.L. & Ip, K.I. (2017). Developmental pathways to aggression and violence. In: P. Sturmey (Ed.), The Wiley Handbook of Violence and Aggression. NY: John Wiley and Sons.

Song, J.-H., Waller, R., Hyde, L.W., & Olson, S.L. (2016). Early callous-unemotional behavior, theory of mind, and fearful/inhibited temperament predict externalizing problems in middle and late childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44:1205–1215. DOI 10.1007/s10802-015-0099-3.

Chang, H. & Olson, S.L. (2016). Examining early behavioral persistence as a dynamic process: Correlates and consequences spanning ages 3-10 yearsJournal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44:799–810. DOI 10.1007/s10802-015-0063-2.

Olson, S.L., & Grabell, A.S. (2015). Defiant behavior during infancy and early childhood.  In: J.D.Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Ed., V.6 (pp. 12-18). Oxford: Elsevier.

Waller, R.E., Hyde, L.H., Grabell, A.S., Alves, M., & Olson, S.L. (2015). Differential associations of early callous-unemotional, oppositional and ADHD behaviors: Multiple domains within early starting conduct problems? Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 56:6, 657-66. Doi:10.1111/jcpp.12326.

Olson, S.L., & Grabell, A.S. (2015). Defiant behavior during infancy and early childhood. In: J.D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of social and behavioral sciences. Oxford: Elsevier.

Kuhlman, K., Olson, S.L., & Lopez-Duran, N.L. (2014). Predicting developmental changes in internalizing symptoms: Examining the interplay between parenting and neuroendrocrine stress reactivity. Developmental Psychobiology, 56(5), 908-923.

Choe, D.E., Olson, S.L. & Sameroff, A.J. (2014). Effortful control moderates bidirectional effects between children’s externalizing behavior and their mothers’ depressive symptoms. Child Development, 85(2), 643-658.

Choe, D.E., Lane, J.D., Grabell, A.S., & Olson, S.L. (2013). Developmental precursors of young school-age children’s hostile attribution bias Developmental Psychology, 49(12), 2245-2256.

Olson, S.L., Sameroff, A.J., Lansford, J., Sexton, H., Davis-Kean, P., Pettit, G., Bates, & J.E., Dodge, K. (2013). Deconstructing the externalizing spectrum: Growth patterns in oppositional behavior, physical aggression and covert aggression between school entry and early adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 25(3), 817-842.

Choe, D., Olson, S.L., & Sameroff, A.J. (2013). The interplay of externalizing problems and physical and inductive discipline during childhood. Developmental Psychology, 49(11), 2029-2039.

Choe, D., Olson, S.L., & Sameroff, A.J. (2013). Effects of early maternal distress on parenting and the development of children’s self-regulation and externalizing behavior problems. Development and Psychopathology. 25(2), 437-53.

Callender, K., Olson, S.L., Choe, D., & Sameroff, A. J. (2012). The effects of parental depression, appraisals, and discipline on later externalizing behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40(3), 471-483.

Lunkenheimer, E.L., Olson, S.L., Hollenstein, T., & Sameroff, A.J. (2011). Dyadic flexibility and positive affect in parent-child coregulation and the development of child behavior problems: A dynamic systems analysis. Development and Psychopathology. 23(2), 577-591.

Olson, S.L., Lopez-Duran, N.L., Chang, H., & Lunkenheimer, E.S. (2011). Individual differences in the development of early peer aggression: Integrating contributions of self-regulation, theory of mind, and parenting. Development and Psychopathology, 23(1), 253-266.

Chang, H., Olson, S.L., Sameroff, A.J., & Sexton, H. (2011). Child effortful control as a mediator of parenting practices on externalizing behavior: Evidence for a sex-differentiated pathway across the transition from preschool to school. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 39(1), 71-81.

Callender, K., Olson, S.L., Kerr, D.C.R., & Sameroff, A.J. (2010). Assessment of cheating behavior in young school-age children: Distinguishing normative behaviors from risk markers of externalizing psychopathology. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39(6), 776-788.

Wellman, H., Lane, J., Olson, S.L., & LaBounty, J. (2010). Observant, nonaggressive temperament predicts theory of mind developmentDevelopmental Science, 1, 1-8.

Lane, J., Wellman, H.M, Olson, S.L., LaBounty, J., & Kerr, D.C.R. (2010). Theory of mind and emotion understanding predict moral development in early childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 28(4), 871-889.

Combs-Ronto, L., Olson, S.L., Lunkenheimer, E.S., & Sameroff, A.J. (2009). Interactions between maternal parenting and children’s early disruptive behavior: Bidirectional associations across the transition from preschool to school. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 1151-1163.

Lopez-Duran, N.L., Hajal, N., Olson, S.L., Felt, B., & Vazquez, D. (2009). Individual differences in cortisol responses to fear and frustration during middle childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 103, 285-295.

Lopez-Duran, N.L., Olson, S.L., Hajal, N.J., Felt, B., & Vazquez, D. (2009). Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis functioning in reactive and proactive aggression in children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 169-182.

Olson, S.L. & Lunkenheimer, E. (2009). Expanding Concepts of Self-Regulation to Social Relationships: Transactional Processes in the Development of Early Behavioral Adjustment. In A.J. Sameroff (Ed.),Transactional processes in development. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.

S.L. Olson & A.J. Sameroff, (Eds.) (2009). Regulatory processes in the development of childhood behavior problems: Biological, Behavioral, and Social-Ecological Interactions. NY: Cambridge University Press.

Lopez, N.L., Vazquez, D., & Olson, S.L. (2009). An integrative approach to the neurophysiology of emotion regulation: The case of social withdrawal. In: S.L. Olson & A.J. Sameroff (Eds.) Regulatory processes in the development of childhood behavior problems: Biological, Behavioral, and Social-Ecological Interactions. NY: Cambridge University Press.

Olson, S.L., Sameroff, A.J., Kerr, D.C.R., & Lunkenheimer, E.S. (2009). Self- regulatory processes in early disruptive behavior: the preschool to school transition. In: S.L. Olson & A.J. Sameroff (Eds.) Regulatory processes in the development of childhood behavior problems: Biological, Behavioral, and Social-Ecological Interactions. NY: Cambridge University Press.

LaBounty, J., Wellman, H.M., & Olson, S.L., Lagatutta, K., & Liu, D. (2008). Mothers’ and fathers’ use of internal state talk with their young children. Social Development, 17, 757-75.

Kerr, D.C.R., Lunkenheimer, E.S., & Olson, S.L. (2007). Multi-informant assessment of behavior problems in preschool children: A longitudinal study. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology.

Lunkenheimer, E., Kittler, J., Olson, S.L., & Kleinberg, F. (2006). The intergenerational transmission of physical punishment: Differing mechanisms in mothers’ and fathers’ endorsement? Journal of Family Violence. 21(8), 509-519.

Olson, S.L., Sameroff, A.J., Kerr, D., Lopez, N., & Wellman, H. (2005). Developmental foundations of externalizing problems in young children: The role of effortful control. Development and Psychopathology, 17,1-21.

Kerr, D.C.R, Lopez, N., Olson, S.L., & Sameroff, A.J. (2004). Parental discipline and externalizing behavior problems in early childhood: The roles of moral regulation and child gender. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 369-383.

Culture, Early Child Development, and Psychopathology


Olson, S.L., Lansford, J.E., Evans, M.E., Blumstein, K.P., & Ip, K. (In press). Parents’ ethnotheories of maladaptive behavior in young children. Child Development Perspectives

Doan, S.D., Miller, A., Kessler, D., Olson, S.L., Felt, B., Wang, L., & Tardif, T. (2017). Consequences of “tiger” parenting: A cross-cultural study of maternal psychological control and children’s cortisol stress responsesDevelopmental Science, 20(3), 1-9.

Grabell, A.S., Olson, S.L., Miller, A.L., Kessler, D.A., Felt, B., Kaciroti, N., Wang, L., Tardif, T. (2015).The impact of culture on physiological processes of emotion regulation: A comparison of U.S. and Chinese preschoolers. Developmental Science.18:3, 420-435.

Kokko, K., Simonton, S., Dubow, E., Lansford, J.E., Olson, S.L., Huesmann, R.L., Boxer, P., Pulkkinen, L., Bates, J.E., Dodge, K.A., & Pettit, G.S. (2014). Country, sex, and parent occupational status: Moderators of the continuity of aggression from childhood to adulthood. Aggressive Behavior, 40(6), 552-567.

Kazama, M., Hirabayashi., H., Karasawa, M., Tardif, T., & Olson, S. (2013). Ambiguous parenting and four-year-olds’ understanding of others: A comparison between mothers in Japan and the U.S. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24(2), 138-149.

Lane, J.D., Wellman, H.M., Olson, S.L., Miller, A.L., Wang, L., & Tardif, T. (2013). Relations between temperament and theory of mind development in the U.S. and China: Biological and behavioral correlates of preschoolers’ false belief understanding. Developmental Psychology, 49(5), 825-36.

Olson, S.L., Tardif, T., Miller, A., Felt, B., Grabell, A., Kessler, D., Wang, L., Karasawa, M., & Hirabayashi, H. (2011). Executive Function and Parenting as Predictors of Externalizing Problems in Young Children: A cross-national study of U.S., Chinese and Japanese Preschoolers. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 39(8), 1163-75.

Tardif, T., Wang, L., & Olson, S.L. (2009). Culture and self-regulation: How parents and preschoolers work towards emotion regulation in China and the U.S.. In: S.L. Olson & A.J. Sameroff (Eds.). Regulatory processes in the development of childhood behavior problems: Biological, Behavioral, and Social-Ecological Interactions. NY: Cambridge University Press.