Publications

Selected Publications: *mentee (student, research assistant)

Lorenzo, N. E., *Bui, H. N. T., Degnan, K. A., McDermott, J. M., Henderson, H. A., Fox, N. A., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2024). The developmental unfolding of ADHD symptoms from early childhood through adolescence: Early effects of exuberant temperament, parenting, and executive functioning. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52 (4), 621-634.

Poole, K. L.*, Degnan, K. A., Harrewijn, A., Almas, A. N., Fox, N. A., & Henderson, H. A. (2022). Trajectories of socially anxious behavior from age 5 to 13: Temperamental and socio-cognitive pathways. Child Development, 93, 1334-1346.

Kravitz, S. B. R.*, Walker, O., & Degnan, K. A. (2022). Toddler exuberance as an influence on positive social behavior in a high-intensity context in middle childhood. Social Development, 1-16. 

Karam, M.* & Degnan, K. A. (2021). Parenting and the development of social competence in early childhood. International Social Science Review, 97. https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/issr/vol97/iss4/

Nozadi, S.S., Henderson, H.A., Degnan, K.A., & Fox, N.A. (2020). Longitudinal Patterns of Anger Reactivity and Risk-Taking: The Role of Peer-Context. Social Development, 29, 600-614. 

Lavin, K.*, Goeke-Morey, M.C., & Degnan, K.A. (2020). The role of self-compassion in college students’ perceived social support. Journal of Positive Psychology and Well-Being, 4(11), 41-48. 

Miller, N.V., Degnan, K.A., Hane, A.A., Fox, N.A., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2019). Infant temperament reactivity and early maternal caregiving: Independent and interactive links to later childhood ADHD symptoms. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 43-53. 

Degnan, K.A. (2017). Temperament. In B. Hopkins, E. Geangu, & S. Linkenauger (Eds.) Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (2nded.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 

Hinnant, J.B., Forman-Alberti, A.*, Freeman, A.*, & Degnan, K.A. (2016). Approach behavior and sympathetic nervous system reactivity predict substance use in young adults. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 105, 35-38.

Degnan, K.A., Hane, A.A., Henderson, H.A., Walker, O.L., Ghera, M., & Fox, N.A. (2015). Emergent patterns of risk for psychopathology: The influence of infant temperament and maternal caregiving on trajectories of social reticence. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 1163-1178.

Degnan, K.A., Almas, A.N., Henderson, H.A., Hane, A.A., Walker, O.L., & Fox, N.A. (2014). Longitudinal trajectories of social reticence with unfamiliar peers across early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 50, 2311-2323. PMCID: PMC4172493

He, J.**, Hane, A.A., Degnan, K.A., Henderson, H.A., & Fox, N.A. (2013). Anger and positive reactivity in infancy: Effects on maternal report of surgency and attention focusing in early childhood. Infancy, 18, 184-201. PMCID: PMC4331069

Walker, O.L., Degnan, K.A., Fox, N.A., & Henderson, H.A. (2013). Social Problem Solving Skills in Early Childhood: Developmental Change and the Influence of Shyness. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 34, 185-193. PMCID: PMC3768023

Lahat, A., Degnan, K.A., White, L.K.*, McDermott, J.M., Henderson, H.A., Lejeuz, C.W., & Fox, N.A. (2012). Temperamental exuberance and executive function predict propensity for risk-taking in childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 24, 847-856. PMCID: PMC4469334

Lahat, A., Perez-Edgar, K.E., Degnan, K.A., Guyer, A. E., Lejeuz, C.W., Ernst, M. Pine, D.S., & Fox, N.A. (2012). Temperament in early childhood and striatal brain function in adolescence predict substance use in young adults. Translational Psychiatry, 2, e157. PMCID: PMC3565209

Degnan, K.A., Hane, A.A., Henderson, H.A., Moas, O.L.*, Reeb-Sutherland, B.C., & Fox, N.A. (2011). Longitudinal stability of temperamental exuberance and social-emotional outcomes in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 47, 765-780. PMCID: PMC3984462

He, J.*, Degnan, K.A., McDermott, J.M., Henderson, H.A., Hane, A.A., & Fox, N.A. (2010). Anger and Approach Motivation in Infancy: Relations to Early Childhood Inhibitory Control and Behavior Problems. Infancy, 15, 246-269. PMCID: PMC4334138

Degnan, K.A., Almas, A.N., & Fox, N.A. (2010). Temperament and the environment in the etiology of anxiety. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51, 497-517. PMCID: PMC2884043

Calkins, S.D., Graziano, P., Berdan, L., Keane, S.P., & Degnan, K.A. (2008).  Predicting cardiac vagal regulation in early childhood from maternal-child relationship quality during toddlerhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 751-766. PMCID: PMC2860183

Degnan, K.A., Calkins, S.D., Keane, S.P., & Hill, A.L. (2008). Profiles of disruptive behavior across early childhood: Contributions of frustration reactivity, physiological regulation, and maternal behavior. Child Development, 79, 1357-1376. PMCID: PMC2823572

Hill, A.L., Degnan, K.A., Calkins, S.D., & Keane, S.P. (2006). Profiles of externalizing behavior problems for boys and girls across preschool: The roles of emotion regulation and inattention. Developmental Psychology, 42, 913-928. PMCID: N/A