2024-2025 publications

* represents Human Development student; ⁺ represents Psychology or Nutrition student

* Partington, L. C., & * Mashash, M. & Hastings, P. D. (in press). 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. (in press). 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