Awards

Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis  July 2025

Grants

Effects of early-life nutritional supplementation on the brains, bodies, and behaviors of Ghanaian youths in middle adolescence. PIs Paul D. Hastings, Seth Adu-Afarwuah. 08/2025 – 06/2030 Lego Foundation.

Conceived, Gestated, Born, and Raised amidst Conflict and Displacement: A Longitudinal Prenatal and Early Years Cohorts Study of Intergenerational Risk and Resilience of Rohingya in Displacement (iRRRd). PI Alice Wuermli. 07/2025-12/2027

2024-2026 publications

Nti, H., Hastings, P. D., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Adjetey, E., Amponsah, B., Arnold, C. D., Aryee, L. M. D., Ayete Labi, F. B., Bentil, H. J., Dewey, K. G., Guyer, A. E., Manu, A., Mensah, M. O., Prado, E. L., Shirtcliff, E., Tan, X., & Oaks, B. M. (2024). Effect of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementation on children's cortisol concentration. Maternal & Child Nutrition.

Ugarte, E., Hossain, E., Ahamed, M. S., Rahim, AK., Elahi, M., Rahman, M. S., Tofail, F., Hastings, P. D., & Wuermli, A. J. (in press). A protocol to acquire infant heart rate variability in the Rohingya camps and surrounding communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Psychophysiology.

Wuermli, A. J., Haque, A., Hiott, C. M., Ugarte, E., Sanin, K. I., Tofail, F., & Hastings, P. D. (in press). 
Conducting ethically responsible and culturally responsive biomarker research on human development in the Majority World. Child Development Perspectives.

Bonar, A. S.,+ Carolus, A. E.,+ Alvarez, G. M., Miller, A. B., Rodriguez-Thompson, A., Martin, S., Patel, K. K., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Slavich, G., Rudolph, K. D., Prinstein, M. J., Lindquist, K. A., & Sheridan, M. A. (in press). Childhood threat exposure and poor emotional awareness predict neural correlates of emotion regulation in adolescent girls. Emotion.

Pollak, O. H., Rudolph, K. D., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Prinstein, M. J., & Calhoun, C. D. (2026). Hopelessness appraisals of stressors and suicidal ideation: The moderating role of girls’ expressed vulnerability to a close friend following stressor exposure. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 54:58, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-026-01455-w

Mensah, M. O., Adjetey, E. Aryee, L. M. D., Arnold, C. D., Prado, E. L., Hastings, P. D., Guyer, A. E., Oaks, B. M., Nti, H., Bentil, H., Fajardo, J., & Adu-Afarwuah, S. (2026, in press). Economic, socio-emotional, and food security conditions during COVID-19 pandemic among caregivers of young adolescents aged 10-12yrs in a semi-urban setting in Ghana. BMC Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/ s12889-026-26873-9

Pandey, P., Sahadevan, K G, & Hastings, P. D. (2026). Teacher stress and engagement: Implications for student learning in India. Teaching and Teacher Education, 176, e105504, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2026.105504

Frazier, M. R., Guyer, A. E., Hastings, P. D., Robins, R., & Swartz, J. R. (2026). Associations between adolescent adversity and young adult depression symptoms and allostatic load in Mexican-origin individuals. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 2026, e107832, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2026.107832

Ayete Labi, F. B., * Midrigan-Ciochina, L., Prado, E. L., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Dewey, K. G., Arnold, C. D., Manu, A., Angmorterh, S., Arko-Mensah, J., Mensah, M. O., Nti, H., Aryee, L. M. D., Mensah, Y. B., Appiah, B. A., Atawone, D., Azantilow, N., Oaks, B., Amponsah, B., Hastings, P. D., & Guyer, A. E. (2026). Randomized prenatal and postnatal nutrient supplementation shows no long-term impact on cortical gray matter in Ghanaian children. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 19:1672317, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1672317

Wuermli, A. J., Hiott, C. M., Ugarte, E., Rahman, M. S., Elahi, M., Rahim, AK., Dutta, G. K., Ahamed, M. S., Roy, B., Akhter, R. M., Hossain, E., Michael, D., Ayrin, T. K., Hasneen, S. H., Alam, R. B., Ratul, T. I., Horaira, M. A., Gladstone, M., Sanin, K. I., Raqib, R., Hamadani, J., Yoshikawa, H., Hastings, P. D. , & Tofail, F. (2025). Cohort profile: A prenatal birth cohort study of intergenerational risk and resilience after conflict and forced displacement. BMJ Open; 15:e099052, 1-12. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2025-099052

Ugarte, E., Hiott, M. C., Elahi, M., Hossain, E., Ahamed, M. S., Rahman, M. S., Tofail, F., Hastings, P. D., & Wuermli, A. J. (2025). Maternal mental health and infant parasympathetic activity in the context of forced displacement: Insights from the Rohingya camps and surrounding communities in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Developmental Psychobiology, 67:e70102, 1-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dev.70102

Carranza, A. F., McMillan, S. J., Guyer, A. E., Hastings, P. D., Robins, R. W., & Schwartz, J. R. (2025). Identifying neural mediators and cultural moderators in the role of discrimination and depression in Mexican-American youth. Scientific Reports, 15:38924, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-22900-8

Hodge, R. T., Partington, L. C., Knapp, M. E., Ugarte, E., & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Associations of emotion regulation and distress with altruistic and egoistic prosociality during COVID-19. Emotion, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001604

Fajardo, J., Arnold, C. D., Mensah, M. O., Adjetey, E., Demuyakor, M. E., Tan, X., Oaks, B. M., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Guyer, A. E., Dewey, K. G., Hastings, P. D., Prado, E. L., & Stewart, C. P. (2025). The effects of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on adolescent physical activity and sedentary behavior: a follow-up of the iLiNS-DYAD Ghana trial. British Journal of Nutrition, 1-10. doi: 10.1017/S0007114525105126

Pandey, P., Sahadevan, K G, & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Association of affirmative action with health and education outcomes and services in India. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), 122 (41), e2502290122, 1-10. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2502290122 

* Partington, L. C., & * Mashash, M. & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Children’s problems predicted parents’ mental health via parental burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic in a sample of predominantly White, partnered mothers. Developmental Psychology.

* Partington, L. C., Yuan, H., Demuyakor, M. E., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Guyer, A. E., Dewey, K. G., Kumordzie, S. M., Oaks, B. M., Arnold, C. D., Prado, E. L., Hastings, P. D. (2025). Early-life nutritional supplementation protects against home environmental risks in Ghanaian children’s social-emotional development. Frontiers in Nutrition.

* Hodge, R. T., Klimes-Dougan, B., Marceau, K., Matsuaki, M. N., Shirtcliff, E. A., Zahn-Waxler, C., & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Parasympathetic reactivity to recalled emotional experiences and adolescent prosociality. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70033

* Ugarte, E. & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Caregiver unpredictability and the development of biobehavioral regulation during early childhood. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251349755

Parra, L. A., Helm, J. L., & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Lifetime heterosexist victimization and diurnal cortisol predict depression trajectories among sexual minority emerging adults. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 178: e107476, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107476

Li, F. H., Froidevaux, N. M., Kerr, M. L., Smiley, P. A., Hastings, P. D., & Borelli, J. L. (2025). Maternal emotion regulation and parenting: A physiological perspective. Developmental Psychobiology, 67:e70044, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70044

Elahi, H., Son, H. M., Calub, C. A., Borden, J., Nasiri, N., Shapiro, D., Isbister, K., Hastings, P. D., Liu, X., & Schweitzer, J. B. (2025). Impact of fidget devices on anxiety and physiological responses in adults with ADHD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 158, 104944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2025.104944

Clayton, M., Giletta, M., Rudolph, K., Hastings, P. D., Slavich, G., Cole, S., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. (2025). Proinflammatory gene expression is associated with prospective risk for adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors over twelve months. Development and Psychopathology, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942400186X

⁺ Her, H., * Ugarte, E., ⁺ Weissman, D. G., Robins, R. W., Guyer, A. E., & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Warm parenting throughout adolescence predicts basal parasympathetic activity among Mexican-origin youths. Developmental Psychobiology, 67, e70012, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.70012

⁺ Aryee, L. M. D., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Prado, E. L., Guyer, A. E., Arnold, C. D., Dewey, K. G., Amponsah, B., Manu, A., Oaks, B. M., ⁺ Bentil, H. J., ⁺ Nti, H., ⁺ Ayete Labi, F. B., Mensah, M. O., Adjetey, E., & Hastings, P. D. (2025). Effects of early-life lipid-based nutrient supplement and home environment on autonomic nervous system regulation at 9-11 years: Follow-up of a randomized controlled trial. Maternal & Child Nutrition, 21: e13789, 1-12. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13789

Hastings, P. D. (2025). Utilizing the study of prosocial development to support the well-being of children and youths with pediatric health conditions. In M. Bornstein & P. E. Shah (Eds.), Handbook of pediatric psychology, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, and developmental science, Vol. 1 (pp. 226-246). Washington DC: American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000413-011

Garrisi, K., Tsai, A., Patel, K., Gruhn, M., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M., Rudolph, K., Slavich, G., Prinstein, M., Miller, A., & Sheridan, M. (2024). Early exposure to deprivation or threat moderates expected associations between neural structure and age in adolescent girls. Child Maltreatment, 1-15. DOI: 10.1177/10775595241301746

Clapham, R. B., Ye, Z., Somerville, L. H, Miller, A. B., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Slavich, G. M., Nock, M. K., Prinstein, M. J., & Rudolph, K. D.  (2024). Risk and protective effects of need for approval on self-injury in adolescent girls. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-024-01779-y

* Partington, L. C., * Mashash, M., & Hastings, P. D. (2024). Pandemic-induced economic hardship in an otherwise-privileged sample predicts parents’ socialization of child prosociality and parent coping. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1-15. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01650254241293996

⁺ Nti, H., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Oaks, B. M., Prado, E. L., Arnold, C. D., Hastings, P. D., Guyer, A. E., Dewey, K. G., Amponsah, B., ⁺ Bentil, H. J., Mensah, M. O., Adjetey, E., Tan, X., ⁺ Aryee, L. M. D., ⁺ Ayete Labi, F. B., & Manu, A. (2024). Impact of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements on pubertal status of 9–13-year-olds: A follow-up study of the iLiNS-DYAD Ghana trial. Current Developments in Nutrition, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104458

⁺ Risbud, R. D., Guyer, A. E., Robins, R. W., & Hastings, P. D. (2024). Development of comorbid alcohol use and depression problems during late adolescence: Examining the role of emotion regulation and sex differences. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 1931–1943. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-024-01251-4

Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Sheridan, M. A., Rudolph, M. D., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Martin, S. M, Srabani, E. M., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Slavich, G. M., Rudolph, K. D., Prinstein, M. J., Miller, A. B. (2024). Brain network connectivity during peer evaluation in adolescent females: Associations with age, pubertal hormones, timing, and status. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 66, e101357, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101357  

⁺ Bentil, H. J., ⁺ Daang, E. M., Guyer, A. E. Yuan, H., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Amponsah, B., Manu, A., Mensah, M., Demuyakor, M. E., Arnold, C. D., Oaks, B., Prado, E., & Hastings, P. D. (2024). Assessing children’s autonomic nervous system activity during structured tasks: A feasibility and reliability study in Ghana. Developmental Psychobiology, 66(6), e22535. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22535  

Hastings, P. D., ⁺ Miller, J. G., ⁺ Weissman, D. G., * Hodge, R. T., Robins, R. W., Carlo, G., & Guyer, A. E. (2024). Parasympathetic regulation and support from family and friends predict prosocial development in U.S. Mexican-origin adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 60(8), 1384-1400. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001780

⁺ Bentil, H. J., Adu-Afarwuah, S., Prado, E. K., Arnold, C. D., Hastings, P. D., Guyer, A. E., Mensah, M. O., Manu, A., Tan, X., Adjetey, E., Amponsah, B., Demuyakor, M. E., Dewey, K. G., & Oaks, B. M. (2024). Sustained effects of small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements provided during the first 1000 days on child growth at 9-11 years in a randomized controlled trial in Ghana. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 119, 425-432. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2023.10.033

⁺ Hang, S., ⁺ Jost, G. M., Guyer, A. E., Robins, R. W., Hastings, P. D., & Hostinar, C. E. (2024). Understanding the development of chronic loneliness in youth. Child Development Perspectives, 18, 44-53. DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12496

                       Received Top Cited Article Award for 2023 publications in this journal

Paré-Ruel, M-P., Stack, D. M., Hastings, P. D., & Serbin, L. A. (2024). Specialized and versatile antisocial behavioral profiles in preschoolers: Associations with persistent behavioral problems. Child Development, 95, 1142-1160. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14060

Miller, A. B., Jenness, J., Elton, A., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Patel, K. P., Bonar, A. S., Martin, S., Dichter, G., Giletta, M., Slavich, G. M., Rudolph, K., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Prinstein, M. J., & Sheridan, M. A. (2024). Neural markers of emotion reactivity and regulation before and after a targeted social rejection: Differences among girls with and without suicidal ideation and behavior histories. Biological Psychiatry, 95, 1110-1109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.10.015

Kirkpatrick, A., Serbin, L. A., Hastings, P. D., & Stack, D. M. (2024). As I see or do? Exploring parental perceptions of and magnifying responses to children’s anxiety symptoms. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 2170-2184. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02676-z

* Partington, L. & Hastings, P. D. (2024). Mother-child bidirectional influences in the development of concern for others: Disentangling positive parenting in two predominantly White, North American samples. Social Development, 33, e12721:1-23. DOI: 10.1111/sode.12721

Gruhn, M., Miller, A. B., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Martin, S., Clayton, M. G., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Rudolph, K. D., Slavich, G. M., Prinstein, M. J., & Sheridan, M. A. (2024). Threat exposure moderates associations between neural and physiological indices of emotion reactivity in adolescent females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 159, e106405:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106405