Publications

2025

Kotelnikova, Y., Stanton, K.J., & Hayden, E.P. (in press). Temperament/personality and depression. In J.W. Pettit, T.M. Olino, & E.P. Hayden (Eds.), American Psychological Association (APA) Handbook of Depression.

Alves Vieira, A.P., Georgiou, G.K., & Kotelnikova, Y. (2025). Do children with comorbid reading and mathematics difficulties experience more internalizing problems? Journal of Learning Disabilities.1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/00222194251335313 

Scalco, M.D., Kotelnikova, Y., Evans, M., Harshaw, C., Webre, N., Lengua, L.J., & Colder, C.R. (2025). Structure of internalizing and externalizing symptoms in early adolescence: A comparison of a bifactor and a two-factor model over time and across reporters. Development & Psychopathology. 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942400107X 

2024

Green, H.E., Gabel, L.N., Stewart, E.K., Kotelnikova, Y., & Hayden, E.P. (2024). Latent structure and measurement invariance of the Depression Self-Rating Scale for children across sex and age. Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001327 

Iddiols, B.A., Daoust, A. R., Mullen, J.N., Kotelnikova, Y., & Hayden, E. P. (2024). Automated coding of children’s spoken language is associated with internalizing symptoms and cortisol reactivity to stress. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.46, 524-534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-024-10124-5 

Kotelnikova, Y., Mackrell, S.V.M., Clark, L.A., & Hayden, E.P. (2024). A longitudinal, multimethod study of children’s early emerging maladaptive personality traits: Stress sensitivity as a protective factor. Journal of Research in Personality, 109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2023.104448 

2023

Slater, K. & Kotelnikova, Y. (2023). Child maltreatment: Personal traits. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. New York: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85493-5_1874-1 

Mulholland, J., Santarossa, A., & Kotelnikova, Y. (2023). Supporting immigrant survivors of domestic violence. In: Shackelford, T. K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. New York: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85493-5_1618-1 

Mulholland, J. & Kotelnikova, Y. (2023). Childhood Maltreatment, Resilience After. In: Shackelford, T.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Domestic Violence. New York: Springer, Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85493-5_1875-1 

Stewart, E. K., Kotelnikova, Y., Olino, T. M., & Hayden, E. P. (2023). Early childhood impulsivity and parenting predict children’s trajectories of externalizing psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology.1-13.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000482 

Gabel, L.N., Ali, O.M., Kotelnikova,Y., Tremblay, P.F., Stanton, K.J., Durbin, C.E., & Hayden, E.P. (2023). Predicting children’s internalizing and externalizing symptoms across development from early emotional reactivity. Social Development, 32, 868-888. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12673 

Mullen, J.N., Liu, P., McDonnell, C.G., Stanton, K. J., Kotelnikova, Y., Johnson, S.L., & Hayden, E.P. (2023). Assessing the dominance behavioral system in early childhood using observational methods. Current Issues in Personality Psychology. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp/156767 

Ringwald, W.R., Emery, L., Khoo, S., Clark, L.A., Kotelnikova, Y., Scalco, M.D., Watson, D., Wright, A.G.C., & Simms, L.J. (2023). Structure of pathological personality traits through the lens of the CAT-PD model. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kuefm 

2022

Watson, D., Forbes, M.K., Levin-Aspenson, H.F., Ruggero, C.J., Kotelnikova, Y., Khoo, S., Bagby, M.R., Sunderland, M., Patalay, P., & Kotov, R. (2022). The development of preliminary HiTOP internalizing spectrum scales. Assessment, 29(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191121100397 

2021

Daoust, A. R., Thakur, A., Kotelnikova, Y., Kleiber, M.L., Singh, S. M., & Hayden, E. P. (2021). Associations between children’s telomere length, caregiving, and the development of early externalizing symptoms. Child Psychiatry & Human Development. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-021-01279-3 

Kotelnikova, Y., LeFebvre, C., Campbell, M. A., Canales, D., & Stewart, C. (2021).

Intersection Between Justice-Involved Youth Personality Cluster Profiles and Criminal Risk-Need Patterns. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 21(3), 256-272. https://doi.org/10.1080/14999013.2021.1972061 

Clark, L.A., Corona-Espinosa, A., Khoo, S., Kotelnikova, Y., Levin-Aspenson, H.F., Serapio-Garcia, G., & Watson, D. (2021). Preliminary scales for ICD-11 personality disorder: Self and interpersonal dysfunction plus five personality disorder trait domains. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 668724. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.668724 

Watson, D., Forbes, M.K., Levin-Aspenson, H.F., Ruggero, C.J., Kotelnikova, Y., Khoo, S., Bagby, M.R., Sunderland, M., Patalay, P., & Kotov, R. (2021). The development of preliminary HiTOP internalizing spectrum scales. Assessment. doi:10.1177/1073191121100397.

Ali, O.M., Kotelnikova, Y., Kryski, K.R., Durbin, C.E., & Hayden, E.P. (2021). Parent personality and children’s externalizing problems are related via early caregiving. Infant and Child Development, 30(3), e2220. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2220 

2020

Liu, P., Kryski, K. R., Smith, H. J., Kotelnikova, Y., Singh, S., & Hayden, E. P. (2020). Dynamic associations between children’s lower- and higher-order regulation predict change in attention problems. Social Development, 30, 274-292. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12469 

2019

Kotelnikova, Y., Weaver, C. A., & Clark, L. A. (2019). Assessing the joint structure of maladaptive personality traits and psychopathology. Journal of Research in Personality, 81, 64-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.05.007 

Levin-Aspenson, H. F., Khoo, S., & Kotelnikova, Y. (2019). Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology across development: Associations with personality. Journal of Research in Personality, 81,72-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.05.006 

Kotelnikova Y., Clark, L. A., & Hayden, E. P. (2019). Development and initial validation of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality Brief Other-Description Rating Form. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 41, 470-484. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-019-09729-y 

2018

Daoust, A. R., Kotelnikova, Y., Kryski, K. R., Sheikh, H. I., Singh, S. M., & Hayden, E. P. (2018). Child sex moderates the relationship between cortisol stress reactivity and symptoms over time. Comprehensive psychiatry, 87, 161-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.10.009 

Vandermeer, M. R., Kotelnikova, Y., Simms, L. J., & Hayden, E. P. (2018). Spousal agreement on partner personality ratings is moderated by relationship satisfaction. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2018.07.005 

Amicarelli, A., Kotelnikova, Y., Smith, H. J., Kryski, K. R., & Hayden, E. P. (2018). Longitudinal associations between parenting, child sex and effortful control. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 36, 371-383. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12220 

2017

Kotelnikova, Y. & Hayden, E.P. (2017). Child temperament. In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_2267-1 

Sheikh, H. I., Kryski, K. R., Kotelnikova, Y., Hayden, E. P., & Singh, S. M. (2017). Catechol-O-Methyltransferase gene (val158met) polymorphisms and anxiety symptoms in early childhood: The role of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis reactivity and stress. Neuroscience Letters, 659, 86-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2017.08.060 

Kotelnikova, Y., Olino, T. M., Klein, D. N., Mackrell, S. V. M., & Hayden, E. P. (2017). Higher and lower order factor analyses of the temperament in middle childhood questionnaire. Assessment, 24, 1050-1061. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191116639376 

2016

Kotelnikova, Y., LeMoult, J., Mackrell, S. V. M., Sheikh, H. I., Singh, S. M., Joormann, J., . . . Hayden, E. P. (2016). The serotonin transporter promoter variant, stress, and attentional biases in middle childhood. Personality and Individual Differences, 101, 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.06.004 

Mackrell, S. V. M., Kotelnikova, Y., Jordan, P. L., & Hayden, E. P. (2016). The role of pubertal development in emerging depression risk in middle childhood. Personality and Individual Differences, 98, 315-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.035 

Kotelnikova, Y., Olino, T. M., Klein, D. N., Kryski, K. R., & Hayden, E. P. (2016). Higher- and lower-order factor analyses of the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire in early and middle childhood. Psychological Assessment, 28, 92-108. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000153 

2013-2015

Kotelnikova Y., Vernon, P. A., Clark, L. A., & Hayden, E. P. (2015). Development and validation of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality Brief Self-Description Rating Form (SNAP–BSRF). Assessment, 22, 3-16. https://doi.org/1073191114534959 

Kotelnikova, Y., Mackrell, S. V. M., Jordan, P. L., & Hayden, E. P. (2015). Longitudinal associations between reactive and regulatory temperament traits and depressive symptoms in middle childhood. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 44, 775-786. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2014.893517 

Mackrell, S. V. M., Sheikh, H. I., Kotelnikova, Y., Kryski, K. R., Jordan, P. L., Singh, S. M., & Hayden, E. P. (2014). Child temperament and parent depression predict cortisol reactivity to stress in middle childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 123, 106-116. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0035612 

Kotelnikova, Y., Olino, T. M., Mackrell, S. V. M., Jordan, P. L., & Hayden, E. P. (2013). Structure of observed temperament in middle childhood. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 524-532, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2013.04.013 

Kotelnikova, Y. (2011). Review of personality science: Three approaches and their applications to the causes and treatment of depression. Personality and Individual Differences, 51(7), 877-878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2011.07.016 

Kotelnikova, Y. & Tackett, J. L. (2009). Personality and cultural correlates of childhood psychopathology. Journal of Undergraduate Life Sciences, 3, 26-30.  

Selected Presentations

2025

Alves Vieira, A.P., Georgiou, G.K., Kotelnikova, Y. (July, 2025). Do Children With Comorbid Reading and Mathematics Difficulties Experience More Internalizing Problems? Panel: Mental Health Problems in Children With Specific Learning Disabilities. Accepted for presentation at the 32nd annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Ghag, K., Fassbender, S., & Kotelnikova, Y. (May, 2025). Checking-in! A job satisfaction survey for library workers in Canada: A measure development project. Presented the Annual University of Alberta Graduate Conference in Education, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Ghag, K., Fassbender, S., & Kotelnikova, Y. (April, 2025). Checking-in! A job satisfaction survey for library workers in Canada: A measure development project. Presented at the 39th Annual Royce Conference in Psychology, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Ghag, K., Santarossa, A., & Kotelnikova, Y. (March, 2025). Understanding the Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Neurocognitive Functioning Among Geriatric Populations: A Narrative Literature Review. Presented at the Inaugural Professional Psychology Graduate Students' Association (PPGSA) Research Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 

2024

Slater, K., & Kotelnikova, Y. (November, 2024). Risk for Child Psychopathology Across Development: The Role of Paternal Internalizing Symptoms and Child Self-Regulation. Poster presented at the Women & Children’s Health Research Institute 2024 Research Day, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Fassbender, S., Ghag, K., Wujcik, K., & Kotelnikova, Y. (October, 2024). Checking-In: The Development and Validation of Library Employees’ Job Satisfaction Survey. Poster presented at the 2024 Undergraduate Student Research Award Ceremony, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-4v7m-8a50 

Wujcik, K., Kerboua, S., Santarossa, A., Ghag, K. Slater, K., & Kotelnikova, Y. (October, 2024). Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Early and Middle Childhood. Poster presented at the 2024 Undergraduate Student Research Award Ceremony, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-0d4p-9c78 

Easterly, J.E., Whitlock, E., Kotelnikova, Y., & Harshaw, C. (October, 2024). Facial Thermography as a Non-invasive Measure of Anxiety and Temperament in Young Adults: A Pilot Study. Poster presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Chicago, IL, USA.

Ghag, K., Santarossa, A., & Kotelnikova, Y. (October, 2024). Understanding the Relationship Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Neurocognitive Functioning Among Geriatric Populations: A Narrative Literature Review. Poster presented at the Canadian Association on Gerontology Conference 2024 (CAG2024), Edmonton, AB, Canada.  

Ghag, K., Kotelnikova, Y., Clark, L.A., & Hayden, E.P. (October, 2024). A Multi-method, Longitudinal Study of the Origins of Maladaptive Personality Traits in Youth: The Role of Early Temperament and Negative Parenting. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Iddiols, B.A., Kotelnikova, Y., Gabel, L., & Hayden, E. P. (October, 2024). Structure of Children’s Temperament at Age 5 Measured Using Observational Methods. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Santarossa, A., Kotelnikova, Y., Mullen, J., Clark, L.A., & Hayden, E.P. (October, 2024). Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality-Youth Version: Construct Validity and Latent Profiles in Middle Childhood. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Santarossa, A., Gagnon, D., & Kotelnikova, Y. (July, 2024). Decolonizing and Repurposing Psycholegal Practice in a Child Protective Environment. Presented at the International Academy of Law and Mental Health Bi-annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain.

Ghag, K. & Kotelnikova, Y. (March, 2024). Checking-In: The Development and Validation of Library Employees’ Job Satisfaction Survey. Presented at the 15th Annual G.M. Dunlop Educational Psychology Research Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada

2023

Kerboua, S., Slater, K., & Kotelnikova, Y. (October, 2023). Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers. Poster presented at the Undergraduate Student Research Award Ceremony, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Santarossa, A., Slater, K., Kotelnikova, Y., Mullen, J., Clark, L.A., & Hayden, E.P. (October, 2023). Construct Validity of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality-Youth Version in Middle Childhood. Poster presented at the Women & Children’s Health Research Institute 2023 Research Day, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Green, H. E., Gabel, L., Kotelnikova, Y., & Hayden, E.P. (September, 2023). Latent Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Depression Self-Rating Scale for Children. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. St. Louis, MO, USA.

Iddiols, B.A., Daoust, A. R., Ye, Leo, Kotelnikova, Y., & Hayden, E. P. (September, 2023). Children’s Temperament and Personality Measured via Automated Language Coding, Observational Coding, and Self-Report. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. St. Louis, MO, USA.

Wisell, C., Scalco, M.D., Kotelnikova, Y. Carpenter, A, Meisel, S. N., & Colder, C. G. (September, 2023). The Interaction of Social Contextual and Temperamental Constructs on Later Initiation and Escalation of Adolescent Alcohol Use and Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder. Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. St. Louis, MO, USA.

Santarossa, A., Kotelnikova, Y., Mullen, J., Clark, L.A., & Hayden, E.P. (July, 2023). Construct Validity of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality-Youth Version in Middle Childhood. Poster presented at the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP) Future Directions Forum. Regina, SK, Canada.

Slater, K., Webre, N., & Kotelnikova, Y. (July, 2023). Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers: A Measure Development Project. Poster presented at the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP) Future Directions Forum. Regina, SK, Canada.

Scalco, M.D., Wisell, C., Carpenter, A, & Kotelnikova, Y. (March, 2023). The Interaction of Social Contextual and Temperamental Constructs on Later Initiation and Escalation of Adolescent Alcohol Use and Onset of Alcohol Use Disorder. Talk presented at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM, USA.

2022

Damsgard, E., Kotelnikova, Y., Mackrell, S., Clark, L. A., & Hayden, E. P. (2022, June). A Longitudinal, Multi-Method Study of Children's Emerging Maladaptive Personality Traits. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference. Calgary, AB, CA. 

Slater, K., Webre, N. M., Damsgard, E., Bruyer, K., Easterly, J., Maughon, K., & Kotelnikova, Y. (2022, June). Evidence-Based Assessment of Temperament in Preschoolers: A Measurement Development Project. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference. Calgary, AB, CA. 

2019

Kotelnikova, Y., Nuzum, H., Ro, E., & Clark, L. A. (2019, October). Conceptual and measurement challenges in dimensional personality disorder research. Kotelnikova, Y., & Clark, L. A. (Co-Chairs), Embracing New Horizons: Theory, Measurement, and Applications of Dimensional Models of Personality Pathology. Symposium presented at the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD) 2019 Congress. Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Watson, D., Levin-Aspenson, H., Khoo, S., & Kotelnikova, Y. (2019, September). The scope and structure of internalizing. In Clark, L. A. (Chair), The Nature of Internalizing Psychopathology, Talk presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. Buffalo, NY, USA.

Kotelnikova, Y., Nuzum, H., Ro, E., & Clark, L. A. (2019, June). A measurement-based exploration of personality-functioning–personality-trait overlap. In Kotelnikova, Y., & Clark, L. A. (Co-Chairs), Personality Dysfunction: Theory, Measurement, and Use in Substantive Research, Talk presented at the 2019 Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality. Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

2018

Khoo, S., Kotelnikova, Y., Perlman, G., Kotov, R., Klein, D.N., & Watson, D. (2018, September). Cross-Lagged Panel Design Using Big Five Personality and the Tripartite Model. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Indianapolis, IN.

Daoust, A. R., Kotelnikova, Y., Kryski, K. R., Sheikh, H. I., Singh, S. M. & Hayden, E. P. (2018, September).  The role of child sex in the stability of cortisol stress reactivity and its associations with symptoms. Poster presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Indianapolis, IN.

Kotelnikova, Y., Vanderbleek, E., Williams, T. F., Stanton, K., Simms, L. J., Zimmerman, M., & Clark, L. A. (2018, April). Does DSM PD Criterion Structure Replicate Across Samples and Measures OR Do Things Fall Apart? Talk presented at North American Association for the Study of Personality Disorders Annual Meeting, New York, NY, USA.

2015-2016

Kotelnikova, Y., Kryski, K.R., Sheikh, H.I., Singh, S.M., & Hayden, E.P. (2016, October). HPA Axis Activity Interacts with Maternal Depression History to Predict Change in Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms Across Early Childhood. Poster presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology. Baltimore, MD, USA.

Kotelnikova, Y., Kryski, K.R., & Hayden, E.P. (2015, October). Structure of Observed Temperament in Preschoolers and Associations with Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms. Poster presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, New Orleans, LA, USA.

Kotelnikova, Y., Olino, T. M., Klein, D. N., & Hayden, E. P. (2015, August). Nature and Structure of Temperament in Early and Middle Childhood: A Multi-Method Approach. Talk presented at the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Conference, London, ON, Canada.

2012-2014

Kotelnikova, Y., Mackrell, S.V.M., Sheikh, H.I., Singh, S.M., & Hayden, E.P. (2014, October). The Serotonin Transporter Gene and Stress Interact to Predict Children’s Attentional Biases for Positive Stimuli. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Evanston, IL, USA.

Mackrell, S.V.M., Kotelnikova, Y., Jordan, P., & Hayden, E.P. (2014, October). Pubertal Status Moderates Associations between Depression Risks and Children’s Depressive Symptoms. Poster presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Evanston, IL, USA.

Kotelnikova, Y., Mackrell, S.V.M., Jordan, P.L., & Hayden, E.P. (2012, October). Effortful control and cognitive vulnerability to depression in middle childhood: A multi-method, longitudinal study. Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Psychopathology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.