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Bruce J. Ellis
Researcher at University of Utah
Publications - 96
Citations - 14636
Bruce J. Ellis is an academic researcher from University of Utah. The author has contributed to research in topics: Evolutionary psychology & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 91 publications receiving 12694 citations. Previous affiliations of Bruce J. Ellis include University of Canterbury & University of Michigan.
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Making Sense of Stress: An Evolutionary—Developmental Framework
TL;DR: This chapter argues that the core propositions of the ACM provide a context for the integrative biological analysis of the stress response system, exemplified by Tinbergen’s “four questions” of mechanism, ontogeny, phylogeny, and adaptation.
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Effects of family cohesion and heart rate reactivity on aggressive/rule-breaking behavior and prosocial behavior in adolescence: the Tracking Adolescents' Individual Lives Survey study.
Jelle J. Sijtsema,Esther Nederhof,René Veenstra,Johan Ormel,Albertine J. Oldehinkel,Bruce J. Ellis +5 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the interactive effects of family cohesion and heart rate reactivity to a public speaking task on aggressive/rule-breaking and prosocial behavior in a large sample of adolescents (N = 679; M age = 16.14).
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Adversity, Adaptive Calibration, and Health: The Case of Disadvantaged Families.
Tomás Cabeza de Baca,Richard A. Wahl,Melissa A. Barnett,Aurelio José Figueredo,Bruce J. Ellis +4 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that researchers interested in health disparities reframe chronic degenerative diseases as outcomes resulting from strategic calibration of physiological systems to best adapt, survive, and reproduce in response to demands of specific developmental contexts.
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Mother–Child Conflict and Sibling Relatedness: A Test of Hypotheses From Parent–Offspring Conflict Theory
TL;DR: This paper found that the presence of siblings will increase conflict in biological parent-child dyads, and that half-siblings will increase that conflict more than full siblings, and the entry of younger maternal half siblings into the home was uniquely associated with elevated conflict between mothers and their biological children.
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Why and how does early adversity influence development? Toward an integrated model of dimensions of environmental experience
TL;DR: In this article , an integrated model of dimensions of environmental experience, focusing on threat-based and deprivation-based forms of harshness, as well as unpredictability in those cues, is proposed.