Publications

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2024

Fleece, H., Wagner, N.J., Smith, K., Shakiba, N., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Novick, D., Druskin, L., Danko, C.,& Rubin, K. (2024). Can Behaviorally Inhibited Preschoolers Make Friends? Developmental Psychology.

Paz, Y., Perkins, E.R., Colins, O., Perlstein, S., Wagner, N.J., Hawes, S.W., Byrd, A., Viding, E. & Waller, R. (2024). Evaluating the Sensitivity to Threat and Affiliative Reward (STAR) Model in the ABCD Study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Lynch, S.F., Perlstein, S., Ordway, C., Jones, C., Lembcke, H., Waller, R., Wagner, N.J. (2024). Parasympathetic nervous system functioning moderates the associations between callous-unemotional traits and emotion understanding difficulties in late-childhood. Children. doi: 10.3390/children11020184

2023

Plate, R.C., Powell, T., Bedford, R., Smith, T.J., Bamezai, A., Wedderburn, Q., Broussard, A., Soesanto, N., Swetlitz, C., Waller, R., & Wagner, N.J. (2023). Social threat processing in adults and children: Faster orienting to, but shorter dwell time on, angry faces during visual search. Developmental Science. doi: 10.1111/desc.13461

Wagner, N.J., Perkins, E., Rodriguez, Y., Ordway, C., Flum, M., Hernandez-Pena, L., Perelstein, P., Sem, K., Paz, Y., Plate, R., Popoola, A., Astone, K., Goldstein, E., Njoroge, W.F.M, Raine, A., Pincus, D., Pérez-Edgar, K., & Waller, R. (2023). Promoting Empathy and Affiliation in Relationships (PEAR) Study: Protocol for a Longitudinal Study Investigating the Development of Early Childhood Callous-Unemotional Traits. BMJ Open. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072742

Novick, D. R., Meyer, C.T., Wagner, N.J., Danko, C.M., Dougherty, L.R., Druskin, L. R., Smith, K.A., Rubin, K. H., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2023). Testing reciprocal associations between child anxiety and parenting across early interventions for inhibited preschoolers. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Psychology. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13879

Holochwost, S., Gomes, L., Coffman, J., Wagner, N., & Propper, C. (2023). Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity During Self-Regulatory Tasks Predicts Subsequent School Readiness. Mind, Brain, and Education. doi: 10.1111/mbe.12376

Druskin, L., Novick, D., Smith, K., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Wagner, N., Pham, S., Fleece, H., Danko, C., & Rubin, K. (2023). Comparison of Behaviorally Inhibited and Typically Developing Children’s Play Behaviors in the Preschool Classroom. Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1193915

Shakiba, N., Lynch, S.F., Propper, C. B., Mills-Koonce, W. R., & Wagner, N. J. (2023). Vagal flexibility moderates the links between observed sensitive caregiving in infancy and externalizing behavior problems in middle childhood. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-023-01088-3

Powell, T., Plate, R.C., Miron, C.D., Wagner, N.J., Waller., R. (2023) Callous-unemotional Traits and Emotion Recognition Difficulties: Do Stimulus Characteristics Play a Role? Child Psychiatry & Human Development. doi: 10.1007/s10578-023-01510-3

Wagner, N.J., Shakiba, N., Bui, H., Sem, K., Novick, D.R., Danko, C.M., Dougherty, L.R., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Rubin, K. (2023). Examining the Relations Between Children’s Vagal Flexibility Across Social Stressor Tasks and Parent- and Clinician-Rated Anxiety Using Baseline Data from an Early Intervention for Inhibited Preschoolers. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-023-01050-3

Shakiba, N., Doron, G., Gordon-Hacke, A., Egotubo, A., Wagner, N. J., & Gueron-Sela, N. (2023). Mother-infant emotional availability through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Examining continuity, stability and bidirectional associations. Infancy. doi: 10.1111/infa.12517

Waldman, I., King, C., Poore, H., Luningham, J., Zinbarg, R., Krueger, R., …Wagner, N.J., Watts, A., Wilson, S., Wright, Aidan, & Zald, D. (2023). Recommendations for Adjudicating Among Alternative Structural Models of Psychopathology. Clinical Psychological Science. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/bksm7

Holochwost, S.J., Winebrake, D.A., Brown, E., Happaney, K., Wagner, N.J., & Mills-Koonce, R. (2023). An Ecological Systems Perspective on Individual Differences in Children’s Performance on Measures of Executive Function. Journal of Cognition and Development. doi: 10.1080/15248372.2022.2160721

Chester, M., Plate, R.C., Powell, T., Rodriguez, Y., ^Wagner, N.J., & ^Waller, R. (2023). The COVID-19 Pandemic, Mask-Wearing, and Emotion Recognition During Late-Childhood. Social Development. doi: 10.1111/sode.12631

Shakiba, N., Perlstein, S., Powell, T., Rodriguez, Y., Waller, R., &  Wagner, N. J. (2023). Prospective associations between pandemic-related adversity, harsh parenting, and the development of prosociality across middle- to late-childhood. Developmental Psychology. doi: 10.1037/dev0001475

Perlstein, S., Wagner, N.J., Dominguez, B., Romero, L., Romero, E., & Waller, R. (2023). Psychometric properties, factor structure, and construct validity of the sensitivity to threat and affiliative reward scale (STARS) in children and adults. Assessment. doi: 10.1177/10731911221128946

Levine, R.S., Smith, K.S., & Wagner, N.J. (2023). The impact of callous-unemotional traits on academics, behaviors, and relationships in school: A systematic review. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. doi: 10.1007/s10578-022-01344-5

2022

Propper, C., Camerota, M, Tully, K., Gueron-Sela, N., & ^Wagner, N.J. (2022). Parenting and maternal reported child sleep problems in infancy predict school-age aggression and inattention. Sleep Health. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.11.010

Chronis-Tuscano, A., Novick, D.R., Danko, C.M., Smith, K., Wagner, N.J., Wang, C.H., Druskin, L., Dougherty, L.R., & Rubin, K.H. (2022). Early Intervention for Inhibited Young Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing The Turtle Program and Cool Little Kids. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13475

Lynch, S.F., Bedford, R., Propper, C., & Wagner, N.J. (2022). Examining links between infant parasympathetic regulation during the still-face paradigm and later callous-unemotional traits. Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 1-15. doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00860-7

2021

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Domínguez-Álvarez, B., Romero, E., Lopez-Romero, L., Isdahl-Troye, A., Wagner, N.J., & Waller, R. (2021). A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Test of the Low Sensitivity to Threat and Affiliative Reward (STAR) Model of Callous-Unemotional Traits among Spanish Preschoolers. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00785-1

Swetlitz, C., Lynch, S., Propper, C., Coffman, J., & Wagner, N.J. (2021). Examining maternal reminiscing style as a protective factor in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-021-00790-4

Wagner, N.J., Holochwost, S., Danko, C., Propper, C., & Coffman, J. (2021). Observed Peer Competence Moderates Links between Children’s Observed Self-Regulation Skills and Academic Performance. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 54, 286-293. doi: 10.1016/j.ecrces.2020.10.001

Waller, R., Powell, T., Rodriguez, Y., Corbett, N., Perlstein, S., White, L., Barzilay, R., & Wagner, N.J. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01109-y

2020

Wagner, N. J., & Waller, R. (2020). Leveraging parasympathetic nervous system activity to study risk for psychopathology: The special case of callous-unemotional traits. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/vcfx5

Waller, R., Corbett, N., Raine, A, Wagner, N.J., Broussard, A., Edmonds, D., Reardon, S., Jones, C., Itkin-Ofer, M., Schell, T., & Neumann, C.S. (2020). Reduced Sensitivity to Affiliation and the Affective Core of Psychopathy. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. doi: 10.1037/per0000423

^Wagner, N.J., ^Waller, R., Flom, M., Ronfard, S., Fenstermacher, S., & Saudino, K.J. (2020). Less imitation of arbitrary actions is a specific developmental precursor to callous-unemotional traits in early childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13182

Wagner, N.J., Bowker, J., & Rubin, K. (2020). Associations between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Peer-Rated Social Behaviors in Elementary and Middle School. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00636-5

Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., Willoughby, M.T., Zvara., B.J., & the Family Life Project Key Investigators (2020). Attachment Quality Assessed from Children’s Family Drawings Predicts to Child Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Attachment and Human Development.  doi: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1714676

Waller, R., Wagner, N.J., Barstead, M.S., Subar, A., Petersen, J.L., Hyde, J.S., & Hyde, L.W. (2019). A Meta-Analysis of the Associations between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Empathy, Prosociality, and Guilt. Clinical Psychology Review. doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2019.101809

2019

^Waller, R., ^Wagner, N.J., Flom, M., Ganiban, J., & Saudino, K.J. (2019). Fearlessness and low social affiliation as unique developmental precursors of callous-unemotional behaviors in preschoolers. Psychological Medicine. 1–9. doi: 10.1017/S003329171900374X

Waller, R., & Wagner, N. J. (2019). The Sensitivity to Threat and Affiliative Reward (STAR) model and the development of callous-unemotional traits. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 107, 656–671. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.10.005 

Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., Willoughby, M.T., Zvara., B.J., & the Family Life Project Key Investigators (2019). Attachment Quality Assessed from Children’s Family Drawings Predicts to Child Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Attachment and Human Development.

Wagner. N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Cox, M. & Family Life Project Key Investigators (2019). Parenting and cortisol in infancy interactively predict conduct problems and callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood. Child Development, 90(1), 279-297.

Holochwost, S. J., Propper, C. B., Rehder, P. D., Wang, G., Wagner, N. J., & Coffman, J. L. (2019). Parasympathetic Function: Relevance and Methodology for Early Education Research. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. 

2018

Wagner, N.J., Hastings, P., & Rubin, K. (2018). Children’s autonomic functioning moderates links between maternal rejecting attitudes and preschool aggressive behaviors. Developmental Psychobiology. Link

Wagner, N.J., Gueron-Sela, N., Bedford, R., & Propper, C. (2018). Maternal attributions of infant behavior and parenting behaviors predict teacher-rated internalizing problems in childhood. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Link

2017

Wagner, N.J., Hastings, P., & Rubin, K. (2017). Callous-Unemotional Traits and Autonomic Functioning in Toddlerhood Interactively Predict Externalizing Behaviors in Preschool. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Link

Gueron-Sela, N, Bedford, R., Wagner, N.J., & Propper, C. (2017). Children’s Executive Function Buffers the Effects of Maternal Harsh-Intrusiveness on Internalizing Behaviors in the Transition to School. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Link

Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Garrett-Peters, P., & Wagner, N.J.(2017). Emotion recognition deficits among children with conduct problems and callous-unemotional behaviors: Differences by child race. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Link

Wagner. N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Cox, M. & Family Life Project Key Investigators (2017). Parenting and cortisol in infancy interactively predict conduct problems and callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood. Child Development. DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12900 Link

^Bedford, R., ^Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., & Willoughby, M. (2017). The role of infants’ mother-directed gaze, maternal sensitivity, and emotion recognition in childhood callous unemotional behaviours. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Link

Wagner, N.J., Camerota, M., & Propper, C. (2017). Prevalence and perceptions of electronic cigarette use during pregnancy. Maternal and Child Health Journal. DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2257-9 Link

2016

Gueron-Sela, N., Propper, C. B., Wagner, N. J., Camerota, M., Tully, K. P., & Moore, G. (2016). Infant respiratory sinus arrhythmia and maternal depressive symptoms predict toddler sleep problems. Developmental Psychobiology. Link

Gueron-Sela, N., Wagner, N.J., Propper, C.B., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Moore, G.A., & Cox, M.J. (2016). The interaction between child respiratory sinus arrhythmia and early sensitive parenting in the prediction of children’s executive functions. Infancy. DOI: 10.1111/infa.12152 Link

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Propper, C., Willoughby, M.T., *Rehder, P.D., Moore, G., & Cox, M. (2016). Associations between infant behaviors during the face-to-face still-face paradigm and oppositional defiant and callous-unemotional behaviors in early childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0141-0 Link

Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Garrett-Peters, Wagner, N.J., P., Vernon-Feagans, L., & the Family Life Project Key Investigators (2016). The interplay among socioeconomic status, household chaos, and parenting in the prediction of child conduct problems and callous-unemotional behaviors. Development and Psychopathology. doi:10.1017/S0954579416000298 Link

2015

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M.T., Propper, C., *Rehder, P.D., & Gueron-Sela, N. (2015). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and heart period in infancy as correlates of later oppositional defiant behaviors and callous-unemotional behaviors. International Journal of Behavioral Development. doi:10.1177/0165025415605391 Link

Wagner, N.J., Propper, C., Gueron-Sela, N., & Mills-Koonce, W.R. (2015). Dimensions of maternal parenting and infants’ autonomic functioning interactively predict early internalizing behavior problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0039-2 Link

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M.T., Zvara, B., Cox, M., & the Family Life Project Key Investigators (2015). Parenting and children’s representations of family predict disruptive and callous-unemotional behaviors. Developmental Psychology, doi: 10.1037/a0039353 Link

Mills‐Koonce, W. R., Wagner, N. J., Willoughby, M. T., Stifter, C., Blair, C., & Granger, D. A. (2015). Greater fear reactivity and psychophysiological hyperactivity among infants with later conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry, 56(2), 147–154. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12289 Link

2014

Zvara, B.J., Mills-Koonce W.R., Garrett-Peters, P., Wagner, N.J., Vernon-Feagans, L., Cox, M. & the Family Life Project Key Contributors. (2014). The Mediating Role of Parenting in the Associations between Household Chaos and Children’s Representations of Family Dysfunction, Attachment and Human Development, doi: 10.1080/14616734.2014.966124 Link

Willoughby, M. T., Mills-Koonce, W., Gottfredson, N. C., & Wagner, N. J. (2014). Measuring callous unemotional behaviors in early childhood: Factor structure and the prediction of stable aggression in middle childhood. Journal Of Psychopathology And Behavioral Assessment, doi:10.1007/s10862-013-9379-9 Link

BOOK CHAPTERS

Hastings, Pl., Rubin, K.H., Smith, K. & Wagner, N.J. (in press). Parents of behaviorally inhibited and socially withdrawn children. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of Parenting. 3rd edition. New York: Routledge.

POPULAR MEDIA

Levine, R. & Wagner, N.J. (2019) Callous-unemotional Traits: Differentiating early risk for aggressive behaviors. International Society for Research on Aggression Blog. Link

MEASURES

Waller, R., Chester, M., Rodriguez, Y., & Wagner, N. J. (2020). Development of the Parenting In a Pandemic Scale (PIPS). PsyArXiv, doi: 10.31234/osf.io/vcfx5

SYMPOSIA PRESENTATIONS

Wagner, N.J., & Mills-Koonce, R. (2019). The role of maternal social support and depression in the emergence of CU traits across infancy and early childhood: A test of intergenerational moderation by polymorphisms of the serotonin 5-HT2A receptor gene. In Development of psychopathic traits and Early Interventions. Symposium presented at the 2019 Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

Wagner, N.J., Danko, C., Coffman, J., & Propper, C. (2019). Observed Peer Problems Moderate Links between Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement in Preschool. In S. Holochwost (Chair), Self-Regulation and Early School Success: New Perspectives and Methodologies. Symposium presented at the 2019 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

Wagner, N.J. & Rubin, K. (2019). Associations between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Peer-Rated Social Behaviors in Elementary and Middle School. In M. Flom (Chair), Elucidating the Correlates, Course, and Consequences of Early Callous-Unemotional Traits: A Developmental Science Perspective. Symposium presented at the 2019 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

Danko, C.M., Felton, J.W., Woods, K.E.,Wagner, N.J., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2018, November). Integrated parenting intervention for mothers of children with ADHD: Moderating effects of maternal psychopathology. In A. Garcia (Chair), As if parenting wasn’t hard enough: The attenuating role of parental psychopathology on behavioral parent training. Symposium presented at the 2018 annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Washington, DC.

Wagner, N., Hastings, P., & Rubin, K. (2018) Children’s autonomic functioning moderates links between maternal rejecting attitudes and preschool aggressive behaviors. In Early Childhood Aggression symposium conducted at the International Society for Research on Aggression conference in Paris, France.

Chronis-Tuscano, A., Danko, C.M., Wagner, N.J.,   Barstead,   M.G., Novick, D.R., Smith, K.A., Teetsel, R.N., Dougherty, L.R.,  O’Brien, K.A., & Rubin, K.H.(2017, November).   Multi-Modal Early Intervention Program for Behaviorally Inhibited Preschoolers. In D. Sloan (Chair), New advances in Group CBT: Expanding the reach and context of interventions. Symposium conducted at the annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Diego, CA.

Barstead, M. G., Danko, C. M., Wagner, N. J., Novick, D. R., Teetsel, R. N., Smith, K. A., Wang, C. W., Dougherty, L. R., Rubin, K. H., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. Response to early intervention for behavioral inhibition is moderated by parental anxiety. In C. Danko and N. Wagner (Co-chairs), Innovative interventions for young behaviorally inhibited children. Symposium submitted to present at the meeting of the International Society for Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W., Willoughby, M., & Cox, M (2017) Caregiving and HPA axis functioning interactively predict conduct problems and callous-unemotional behaviors in childhood. In N. Wagner and W.R. Mills-Koonce (Co-Chairs), Biopsychosocial Examinations of Emerging Conduct Problems and Callous Unemotional Behaviors: Multi-method, multi-system analyses. Symposium presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, TX.

Wagner, N.J. (2016). Early Biopsychosocial Correlates of Later Externalizing Behavior Problems. Invited presentation at the Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture, Developmental Science Field Committee Co-Sponsored Colloquium Series, University of Maryland, College Park.

Wagner, N.J. (2015). Biopsychosocial Correlates of Early Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Invited presentation given at Developmental Psychology’s Lunch Consortium, UNC-Chapel Hill.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Waschbusch, D., Zvara, B., & Cox, M (2015). Parenting and children’s representations of family predictor disruptive behaviors and callous-unemotional traits. Paper presented at symposium entitled “Genetic and environment factors associated with early callous-unemotional behaviors and their associations with later development” at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Wagner, N.J., Cole, V., Propper, C., & Mills-Koonce, W.R. (2015). Longitudinal Latent Profile Analysis: An Innovative Approach to Modeling Trajectories of RSA in Early Childhood. Paper presented at symposium entitled “Innovative Approaches to Unresolved Questions in the Study of Early Psychophysiological Development” at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Cox, M.J., Wagner, N.J., & Mills-Koonce, W.R. (2015). Moderating pathways in the Associations between Maternal Support, Maternal Depressive Symptoms, and Child Psychopathology. Paper presented at symposium entitled “Development of Developmental Psychopathology: The Legacy of Susan B. Campbell” at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Wagner, N.J. (2010). Differences in Parenting Behaviors across Family Structures among African American Mothers of Young Children. Paper presented at the 2010 Lantina(o) Graduate Student Alliance’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Symposium, Tempe, AZ.

Garrett-Peters, P.T., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., Cox, M.J., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators (2009).  Contextual correlates of parenting behaviors among poor, rural, African American mothers.  Paper presented at the meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Druskin, L. R., Smith, K. A., Novick, D. R., Barstead, M. G., Danko, C. M., Badders, R., Wagner, N. J., Dougherty, L. R., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Rubin, K. H. (2019, November).The moderating effects of parent and child anxiety on the association between physiological regulation and parental accommodation. Poster presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA.

Novick, D.R., Barstead, M.G.,  Smith, K.A., Danko, C.M., Rubin, K.H., Badders, R.N., Druskin, L., Wagner, N. J., Dougherty, L., Coplan, R.J., Chronis-Tuscano, A. (November, 2019). Predictors and moderators of parent engagement in early intervention programs for behaviorally inhibited preschool age children. Poster presented at the 53rd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA.

Soesanto, N., Levine, R., Darling, L.N., & Wagner, N.J. (October, 2019). An investigation into the relations between peer-to-peer interactions and parasympathetic activity in pre-kindergarten classrooms. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program research symposium, Boston, MA.

Antonides-Jensen, N., Levine, R., Soesanto, N., & Wagner, N.J. (2019, August). Methods of Computing Physiological Data. Poster presented at the RISE program research day, Boston, MA.

Druskin, L. R., Barstead, M. G., Novick, D. R., Smith, K. A., Fleece, H. M., Wagner, N. J., Danko, C. M., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Rubin, K. H. (2019, May). Parasympathetic control moderates inhibited children’s susceptibility to parental influences on play behaviors. Poster to be presented at the 31st Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Washington, D.C.

Rehder, P. D., Mills-Koonce, W. R., Wagner, N. J., Willoughby, M. T., & The Family Life Project Key Investigators (2019). Profiles of Infant Behavioral Reactivity, Cortisol Reactivity, and Emotion Regulation and Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors in 1^st Grade. Poster to be presented at the 8th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy.

Delinski, E., Smith, K., Rubin, K., Danko, C., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Wagner, N.J. (2019).  Parenting of Behaviorally Inhibited Children: A Comparison of Perceived Parenting Values and Observed Parenting Behaviors. Poster presented at the 2019 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, MD.

Novick, D.R., Danko, C.M., Barstead, M.G., Badders, R.N., Clinton, R., Wang, C.H., Smith, K.A., Wagner, N.J., Dougherty, L., Coplan, R.J., Rubin, K.H., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2018). Predictors and Moderators of Treatment Attendance in Early Intervention Programs for Behaviorally Inhibited Preschool Children. Poster presented at the 52nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Washington, DC.

Wang, C.H., Danko, C., Teetsel, R.N., Clinton, R., Novick, D.R., Andrea, A., Feeney, K., Miller, K., Barstead, M.G., Wagner, N.J., PhD, Smith, K.A., Dougherty, L., Rubin, K.H., and Chronis-Tuscano, A. (submitted) Maternal and Paternal Anxiety Disorders and Early Intervention Outcomes for Behaviorally Inhibited Preschool Children. Poster submitted to the 51st  annual meeting of Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Meeting of the Parenting and Families Special Interest Group (SIG), San Diego, CA.

Wagner, N.J.,  & Rubin, K. (2017) Callous-Unemotional Features and Autonomic Functioning in Toddlerhood Interactively Predict Externalizing Behaviors in Preschool. Poster presented at the 2017 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Future Directions Forum in College Park, MD.

Danko, C. M., Wagner, N. J., Barstead, M., Novick, D. R., Teetsel, R. N., Smith, K. A., Wang, C. W., Dougherty, L. R., Rubin, K. H., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. Response to early intervention for behavioral inhibition is moderated by parental anxiety. Poster presented at the 2017 Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Future Directions Forum in College Park, MD.

*Hamburger, S., Barstead, M., Smith, K., Wagner, N.J., Danko, C., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Rubin, K. (2017, May). Influence of baseline physiology of behaviorally inhibited preschool children involved in early intervention. Poster to be presented at the 29th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention. Boston, MA.

Wagner, N.J., Danko, C., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Rubin, K., Coffman, J., & Propper, C. (2017) Observed Peer Problems Moderate Links between Self-Regulation and Academic Achievement in Preschool. Poster presented at the 2017 American Psychological Annual Convention in Washington D.C.

Wagner, N.J., Hastings, P., & Rubin, K. (2017) Callous-Unemotional Features and Autonomic Functioning in Toddlerhood Interactively Predict Externalizing Behaviors in Preschool. Poster presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, TX.

Wagner, N.J., Hastings, P., & Rubin, K. (2017) Children’s Autonomic Suppression Moderates Links between Maternal Rejecting Attitudes and Preschool Aggression. Poster presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, TX.

Gueron-Sela, N., Propper, C., Wagner, N.J., Camerota, M., Tully, K, & Moore, G. (2017) Infant Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Maternal Depressive Symptoms Predict Toddler Sleep Problems. Poster presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, TX.

*Novick, D., Wagner, N.J., Gueron-Sela, N., Bedford, R., & Propper, C. (2017) Parental Attributions of Infant Behavior, Intrusive Parenting and Internalizing in Toddlerhood. Poster presented at the 2017 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting in Austin, TX.

Wagner, N.J., Propper, C., *Camerota, M., & Gueron-Sela, N. (2016). Low Birth Weight, Parenting in Infancy, and Trajectories of Children’s Sleep Problems Predict Teacher-Rated Attention and Aggression Problems. Poster presented at the 2016 International Conference on Infant Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M.T., & Cole, V. (2016). Non-linear trajectories of psychobiological functioning across infancy and later externalizing psychopathology. Poster presented at the 2016 International Conference on Infant Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana.

*Camerota, M., Wagner, N.J., & Propper, C. (2016). Electronic Cigarette Use among Pregnant Women: Prevalence, Perceptions, and Implications for Infant Birth Weight. Poster presented at the 2016 International Conference on Infant Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Cole, V., & *Rehder P. (2015) Associations Between Developmental Patterns of Psychobiological Functioning and Later Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Propper, C., Willoughby, M., Moore, G., & *Rehder P. (2015). Associations Between Infant Behaviors During the Face-To-Face Still-Face Paradigm and Behavioral and Emotional Deviancy in Early Childhood. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting in Chicago, IL.

*Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., Garrett-Peters, P., & Willoughby, M. (2015). Lower Emotion Identification Accuracy among Young Children with Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting in Chicago, IL.

*Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., & Willoughby, M. (2015). Atypical Maternal Behaviors in Infancy Predict Early Measures of Oppositional Defiant Behaviors and Callous- Unemotional Behaviors at 3 years of Age. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting in Chicago, IL.

Wagner, N.J., & Camerota, M. (2015). Prevalence, patterns, and perceptions of electronic cigarette use in pregnant women. Poster presented at the 2015 Center for Regulatory Research on Tobacco Communication Retreat, Chapel Hill, NC.

Propper, C., Chardon, M., Palmer, K., Poteat, J., Thomas, M., Wagner, N.J., & Coffman, J. (2015) Relations among child regulation, the Pre-K classroom, and aspects of kindergarten readiness. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

*Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., Garrett-Peters, P., & Willoughby, M. (2015) Lower Emotion Identification Accuracy among Young Children with Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

*Rehder, P., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Wagner, N.J., Zvara, B., & Willoughby, M. (2015) Attachment Quality Assessed from Children’s Family Drawings Predicts Child Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Behaviors. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Propper, C., Lewis, G., Iannotte, L., Murphy, M., Feeny, V., Wagner, N.J., & Coffman, L. (2015). School readiness associated with child RSA patterns during emotion and cognitive regulation tasks in preschool. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Willoughby, M., Propper, C., Moore, G., & Rehder, P., (2014). Infant regulatory behaviors inform conduct problem and callous-unemotional symptomology in early childhood. Poster presented at the 2014 International Conference on Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.

Wagner, N.J., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Propper, C., & Cox, M.J. (2013). The Emergence of Physiological Differences in Youth High on Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits.  Poster presented at the 2013 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Wagner, N.J., & Mills-Koonce, W.R., (2013). Patterns of Infant Autonomic and HPA Functioning among Children with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional Traits in 1st Grade..  Poster presented at the 2013 Society of the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting, Washington, DC.

Willoughby, M., Mills-Koonce, W.R., & Wagner, N.J., (2013) The Structure and Stability of Parent-Reported Callous Unemotional, Oppositional Defiant/Conduct, and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Behaviors from Age 4 Years to 1st Grade. Poster presented at the 2013 Society of the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Biennial Meeting, Washington, DC.

Wagner, N.J. (2009) Differences in Parenting Behaviors across Family Structures among African American Mothers of Young Children. Poster presented at the 2009 UNC Honor’s in Psychology Poster Day, Chapel Hill, NC.