Publications

Aikins, M. A. N., Willems, Y. E., Fraemke, D., & Raffington, L. (2024). Beyond a shared history: A biosocial perspective on sociogenomics and racism in Germany. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 76, 573–602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-024-00934-6

Falck, J., Zhang, L., Raffington, L., Mohn, J. J., Triesch, J., Heim, C., & Shing, Y. L. (2024). Hippocampus and striatum show distinct contributions to longitudinal changes in value-based learning in middle childhood. eLife, 12, Article RP89483. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.89483.3

Malanchini, M., Allegrini, A. G., Nivard, M. G., Biroli, P., Rimfeld, K., Cheesman, R., von Stumm, S., Demange, P. A., van Bergen, E., Grotzinger, A. D., Raffington, L., de la Fuente, J., Pingault, J.-B., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Harden, K. P., & Plomin, R. (2024). Genetic associations between non-cognitive skills and academic achievement over development. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 2034–2046. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01967-9

Pavlíčková, K., Gärtner, J., Voulgaropoulou, S. D., Fraemke, D., Adams, E., Quaedflieg, C. W. E. M., Viechtbauer, W., & Hernaus, D. (2024). Acute stress promotes effort mobilization for safety-related goals. Communications Psychology, 2, Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00103-7

Raffington, L. (2024). Utilizing epigenetics to study the shared nature of development and biological aging across the lifespan. npj Science of Learning, 9, Article 24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00239-5

Raffington, L., Tanksley, P. T., Vinnik, L., Sabhlok, A., Patterson, M. W., Mallard, T., Malanchini, M., Ayorech, Z., Tucker-Drob, E. M., & Harden, K. P. (2024). Associations of DNA-methylation measures of biological aging with social disparities in child and adolescent mental health. Clinical Psychological Science, 12(4), 551–562. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026231186802

Tanksley, P. T., Brislin, S. J., Wertz, J., de Vlaming, R., Courchesne-Krak, N. S., Mallard, T. T., Raffington, L. L., Karlsson Linnér, R., Koellinger, P., Palmer, A. A., Sanchez-Roige, S., Waldman, I. D., Dick, D., Moffitt, T. E., Caspi, A., & Harden, K. P. (2024). Do polygenic indices capture "direct" effects on child externalizing behavior problems? Within-family analyses in two longitudinal birth cohorts. Clinical Psychological Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026241260260

Willems, Y. E., deSteiguer, A., Tanksley, P. T., Vinnik, L., Fraemke, D., Okbay, A., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Hertwig, R., Koellinger, P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Harden, K. P., & Raffington, L. (2024). Self-control is associated with health-relevant disparities in buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging in older adults. Clinical Epigenetics, 16, Article 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-024-01637-7

Willems, Y. E., Li, J.-B., Bartels, M., & Finkenauer, C. (2024). Individual differences in adolescent self-control: The role of gene-environment interplay. Current Opinion in Psychology, 60, Article 101897. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101897

Willems, Y. E., Raffington, L., Ligthart, L., Pool, R., Hottenga, J. J., Finkenauer, C., & Bartels, M. (2024). No gene by stressful life events interaction on individual differences in adults’ self-control. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, Article 1388264. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1388264

Raffington, L., Schneper, L., Mallard, T., Fisher, J., Vinnik, L., Hollis-Hansen, K., Notterman, D. A., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Mitchell, C., & Harden, K. P. (2023). Salivary epigenetic measures of body mass index and social determinants of health across childhood and adolescence. JAMA Pediatrics, 177(10), 1047–1054. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.3017

Raffington, L., Schwaba, T., Aikins, M., Richter, D., Wagner, G. G., Harden, K. P., Belsky, D. W., & Tucker-Drob, E. M. (2023). Associations of socioeconomic disparities with buccal DNA-methylation measures of biological aging. Clinical Epigenetics, 15, Article 70. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-023-01489-7

Raffington, L., Tanksley, P. T., Sabhlok, A., Vinnik, L., Mallard, T., King, L. S., Goosby, B., Harden, K. P., & Tucker-Drob, E. M. (2023). Socially stratified epigenetic profiles are associated with cognitive functioning in children and adolescents. Psychological Science, 34(2), 170–185. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221122760

Willems, Y. E., & Raffington, L. (2023). Trait correlations in human couples. Nature Human Behaviour, 7, 1420–1421. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01673-y

Aikins, M., Willems, Y., Mitchell, C., Goosby, B., & Raffington, L. (2024). Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence. BioRxiv, March 28, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.26.586786

Främke, D., Willems, Y. E., Okbay, A., Wagner, G., Tucker-Drob, E. M., Harden, K. P., Hertwig, R., Koellinger, P., & Raffington, L. (2024). Differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment between West and East Germany before and after reunification. BioRxiv, March 26, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.21.585839

deSteiguer, A. J., Raffington, L., Sabhlok, A., Tanksley, P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., & Harden, K. P. (2023). Stability of DNA-methylation profiles of biological aging in children and adolescents. BioRxiv, November 1, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.30.564766

Malanchini, M., Allegrini, A. G., Nivard, M. G., Biroli, P., Rimfeld, K., Cheesman, R., von Stumm, S., Demange, P. A., van Bergen, E., Grotzinger, A. D., Raffington, L., De la Fuente, J., Pingault, J.-B., Harden, K. P., Tucker-Drob, E. M., & Plomin, R. (2023). Genetic contributions of noncognitive skills to academic development. BioRxiv, April 5, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.03.535380