Nick Allen

Altered resting functional connectivity patterns associated with problematic substance use and substance use disorders during adolescence.

Divyangana Rakesh, Jinglei Lv, Andrew Zalesky, Nicholas B Allen, Dan I Lubman, Murat Yücel, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

BACKGROUND: Adolescence is typified by increasing rates of substance use and the development of substance use disorders (SUD). Abe..

A longitudinal analysis of puberty-related cortical development.

Nandita Vijayakumar, George Youssef, Nicholas B Allen, Vicki Anderson, Daryl Efron, Philip Hazell, Lisa Mundy, Jan M Nicholson, George Patton, Marc L Seal, Julian G Simmons, Sarah Whittle, Tim Silk

Journal article  |  2020  |  NeuroImage

The brain undergoes extensive structural changes during adolescence, concurrent to puberty-related physical and hormonal changes. ..

Guidelines for wrist-worn consumer wearable assessment of heart rate in biobehavioral research

BW Nelson, CA Low, N Jacobson, P Areán, J Torous, NB Allen

Journal article  |  2020  |  npj Digital Medicine

Exploratory Factor Analysis of Observational Parent-Child Interaction Data

Sally Richmond, Orli Schwartz, Katherine A Johnson, Marc L Seal, Katherine Bray, Camille Deane, Lisa B Sheeber, Nicholas B Allen, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2020  |  Assessment

The majority of studies using observational coding systems for family interaction data derive scales describing family members' be..

A meta-analysis of the association between adolescent social media use and depressive symptoms.

Elizabeth J Ivie, Adam Pettitt, Louis J Moses, Nicholas B Allen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Affective Disorders

BACKGROUND: The association of adolescent social media use with mental health symptoms, especially depression, has recently attrac..

Acute phase protein and cytokine levels in serum and saliva: A comparison of detectable levels and correlations in a depressed and healthy adolescent sample (vol 34, pg 164, 2013)

Michelle L Byrne, Neil M O'Brien-Simpson, Eric C Reynolds, Katrina A Walsh, Katrina Laughton, Joanna M Waloszek, Michael J Woods, John Trinder, Nicholas B Allen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Factor Structure of the Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised

Melissa D Latham, Paul Dudgeon, Marie BH Yap, Julian G Simmons, Michelle L Byrne, Orli S Schwartz, Elizabeth Ivie, Sarah Whittle, Nicholas B Allen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Assessment

Early adolescence (typically aged 9-15 years) is a period of dramatic developmental change, and individual differences in temperam..

Prevention of internalizing disorders and suicide via adolescent sleep interventions

Matthew J Blake, Nicholas B Allen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Current Opinion in Psychology

Sleep problems are major risk factors for the development of internalizing disorders and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adoles..

Neural correlates of self-evaluation in relation to age and pubertal development in early adolescent girls

Marjolein EA Barendse, Danielle Cosme, John C Flournoy, Nandita Vijayakumar, Theresa W Cheng, Nicholas B Allen, Jennifer H Pfeifer

Journal article  |  2020  |  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Early adolescence is marked by puberty, and is also a time of flux in self-perception. However, there is limited research on the n..

The quality of early infant-caregiver relational attachment and longitudinal changes in infant inflammation across 6 months.

Benjamin W Nelson, Rosemary Bernstein, Nicholas B Allen, Heidemarie K Laurent

Journal article  |  2020  |  Developmental Psychobiology

The quality of early caregiver-infant relationships has powerful implications for health trajectories across the lifespan, includi..