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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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Biological Sensitivity to Context
Bruce J. Ellis,W. Thomas Boyce +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that the effects of high reactivity on behavior and health are bivalent rather than univalent in character, exerting both risk-augmenting and risk-protective effects depending on the context.
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Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy
Bruce J. Ellis,John E. Bates,Kenneth A. Dodge,David M. Fergusson,L. John Horwood,Gregory S. Pettit,Lianne J. Woodward +6 more
TL;DR: There was stronger and more consistent evidence of effects of father absence on early sexual activity and teenage pregnancy than on other behavioral or mental health problems or academic achievement.
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The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: Implications for science, policy, and practice
Bruce J. Ellis,Marco Del Giudice,Thomas J. Dishion,Aurelio José Figueredo,Peter Gray,Vladas Griskevicius,Patricia H. Hawley,W. Jake Jacobs,Jenée James,Anthony A. Volk,David Wilson +10 more
TL;DR: The evolutionary model contends that understanding the evolutionary functions of adolescence is critical to explaining why adolescents engage in risky behavior and that successful intervention depends on working with, instead of against, adolescent goals and motivations.
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Psychosocial antecedents of variation in girls' pubertal timing: maternal depression, stepfather presence, and marital and family stress.
Bruce J. Ellis,Judy Garber +1 more
TL;DR: It was found that a history of mood disorders in mothers predicted earlier pubertal timing in daughters, and this relation was fully mediated by dyadic stress and biological father absence.
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Beyond cumulative risk: Distinguishing harshness and unpredictability as determinants of parenting and early life history strategy.
TL;DR: Structural equation modeling provided empirical support for Ellis et al.'s (2009) theorizing, calling attention once again to the contribution of evolutionary analysis to understanding contemporary human parenting and development.