
Development of antisocial behavior; gene-environment interplay
I am a developmental psychopathologist who conducts research on at-risk families and children. I am interested in how stressful environments exacerbate underlying genetic vulnerabilities to affect children’s development, with a special interest in children’s antisocial behavior. My work combines longitudinal, epidemiological methods with genetically-informative research designs to better understand how risk and protective factors operate in children’s development.
******FOR PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS
I am accepting graduate students for fall 2023. Success in the application process is about finding a lab that is a good fit with your interests. You will find a lot of information on my lab website about active projects in the lab and the qualities I am looking for in graduate students. Because of a family emergency that is placing significant demands on my time, I am not replying to individual emails from prospective applicants about my research group, nor am I arranging phone calls to discuss on-going research in my lab. If you have a question about the lab’s research that isn’t answered by the information on our lab webpage or the department webpage, please do reach out and I will get back to you. Relevant links are here:
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Price, T. S., Grosser, T., Plomin, R., & Jaffee, S. R. (2010). Fetal genotype for the xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme NQO1 influences intrauterine growth among infants whose mothers smoked during pregnancy. Child Development, 81, 101-114.
Jaffee, S. R., & Price, T. S. (2007). Gene-environment correlations: A review of the evidence and implications for prevention of mental illness. Molecular Psychiatry, 12, 432-442.
Jaffee, S. R., Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., & Taylor, A. (2003). Life with (or without) father: The benefits of living with two biological parents depend on the father’s antisocial behavior. Child Development, 74, 109-126.
Advisees:
Izabela Milaniak [Psychology Graduate Student]
Bethany Watson [Psychology Graduate Student]
Anika Khan [Psychology Graduate Student]
Samiha Islam [Psychology Graduate Student]