Marilyn J. Essex

TL;DR: A theory is proposed to explain observed patterns of interinformant discordance and a new approach to using data from multiple informants to measure characteristics of interest is suggested.

TL;DR: It is shown that exposure to early maternal stress may sensitize children's pituitary-adrenal responses to subsequent stress exposure, and found that preschoolers with high cortisol levels exhibited greater mental health symptoms in first grade.

TL;DR: Researchers may find modifications introduced in the MacArthur approach more appropriate to their research objectives, particularly if their research might have a direct influence on decision making.

TL;DR: This article found that conflict in the teacher-child relationship during the school transition contributed to faster rates of increase in externalizing behavior from kindergarten through third grade above and beyond negative parenting and initial levels of externalizing behaviour.

TL;DR: Microarray technology applied to 28,000 cytosine-guanine dinucleotide sites within DNA derived from buccal epithelial cells showed differential methylation among adolescents whose parents reported high levels of stress during their children's early lives.