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Bridgewater, J. M., & Yates, T. M. (2025). Adults’ perceptions of children’s age: A developmental approach. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 101, 101896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101896

Peplak, J., Klemfuss, J. Z., Zhu, D., Kamliot, D. Z., & Yates, T. M. (2025). Parent–adolescent conversations about mental health and well-being shaped adolescents’ anxiety/depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001895

Coulombe, B. R., Adiotomre, C. & Yates, T. M. (2025). Hostile caregiving, ADHD symptoms, and child behavior. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70025

Boullion, A., Linde-Krieger, L., Sher-Censor, E., & Yates, T. M. (2025). Narrative development among emerging adults who aged out of foster Care: Patterns and implications for adaptation. Children and Youth Services Review, 108268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108268

Tabilin, D., Rudd, K. L., & Yates, T. M. (2025). Child Maltreatment and Adolescent Dissociative Symptomatology: moderation by Autonomic regulation. Child Maltreatment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595251323218

Sadri, A., & Yates, T. M. (2024). Maternal support in preschool and child behavior problems: The mediating role of childhood emotion knowledge. Developmental Psychology.  https:// dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001859

Linde-Krieger, L. B., Rudd, K. L., Aringer, A. S., & Yates, T. M. (2024). A longitudinal investigation of caregiving and adolescent post-traumatic stress symptoms during COVID-19: evidence for high resting RSA as a susceptibility factor. Psychological Medicine, 1–11. doi:10.1017/S003329172400059X

Coulombe, B. R. & Yates, T. M. (2023). Children’s prosocial resilience in the face of adversity: The role of narrative coherence. Adversity and Resilience Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-023-00123-y

Bridgewater, J. M., Berzenski, S. R., Doan, S. N., & Yates, T. M. (2023). Early life adversity and adolescent sleep problems during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Stress and Health, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.3332

Boullion, A., Linde-Krieger, L. B., Doan, S. N., & Yates, T. M. (2023). Parental warmth, adolescent emotion regulation, and adolescents’ mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216502

Peplak, J., Klemfuss, J. Z., & Yates, T. M. (2023). Promoting Adolescents’ Social Responsibility Through Parent-Adolescent Conversations About the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.06.019

Coulombe, B., Cho, B., & Yates, T. M. (2023). Attachment and the COVID-19 Pandemic. In L. Ennis (Ed.), Are the Kids Alright?: The Impact of the Pandemic on Children and Their Families. Demeter Press.

Murray-Close, D., Lent, M. C., Sadri, A., Buck, C., & Yates, T. M. (2023). Autonomic nervous system reactivity to emotion and childhood trajectories of relational and physical aggression. Development and Psychopathology, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457942200150x

Trang, D. T., & Yates, T. M. (2023). Latina mothers’ cultural orientation and child self-esteem: The mediating role of cultural socialization. 62, 1114-1133.  https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12825

Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2022). Revisiting a multidimensional view of continuity in intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment. In J. Korbin & R. Krugman (Eds.), Handbook of Child Maltreatment (pp 351-370). Springer Netherlands.

Linde-Krieger, L. B., Yates, T. M., & Carlson, E. A. (2022). A developmental pathways model of dissociation. In Dorahy, M. J., Gold, S. N., & O’Neil, J. A. (Eds.), Dissociation and the dissociative disorders: Past, present, future (pp. 149-160). Taylor & Francis. 

Berzenski, S. R., LaSalle-Castro, R., Marcelo, A. K., & Yates, T. M. (2022). The development of divergent thinking despite poverty: Moderating factors. Cognitive Development, 64, 101244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2022.101244

Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2022). The development of empathy in child maltreatment contexts. Child Abuse & Neglect, 133, 105827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105827

Trang, D. T., & Yates, T. M. (2022). The Development of Maternal Psychological Control in Early Adolescence: Maternal, Youth, and Neighborhood Antecedents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01642-0

Coulombe, B. R., & Yates, T. M. (2021). Maternal caregiving, prosocial behavior, and self‐esteem in middle childhood. Social Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12576

Bridgewater, J. M., & Yates, T. M. (2021). Paternal incarceration and children’s reading achievement: The role of maternal caregiving quality. Journal of Marriage and Family. Published. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12812

Peplak, J., Klemfuss, J. Z., & Yates, T. M. (2021). Parent-Adolescent Conversations About COVID-19 Influence Adolescents’ Empathic Concern and Adherence to Health Protective Behaviors. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1-8. doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2021.08.013

Coulombe, B. R., & Yates, T. M. (2021). Attachment security predicts adolescents’ prosocial and health protective responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Child Development, 1-14. doi:10.1111/cdev.13639

Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2021). A Transactional Model of Expressive Control and Inhibitory Control across Childhood. Social Development, 1-19. doi:10.1111/sode.12507

Natsuaki, M. N., & Yates, T. M. (2021) Adolescent acne and disparities in mental health, Child Development Perspectives, 1-7.

Rudd, K. L., Doan, S. N., & Yates, T. M. (2021). The physical health costs of positive adaptation to childhood adversity. Journal of Health Psychology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319873961

Borelli, J. L., Yates, T. M., Hecht, H. K., Cervantes, B. R., Russo, L. N., Arreola, J., Leal, F., Torres, G., & Guerra, N. (2021). Confía en mí, Confío en ti: Applying Developmental Theory to Mitigate Sociocultural Risk in Latinx Families. Development and Psychopathology, 33(2), 581-597. doi:10.1017/S0954579420001364

Linde-Krieger, L. B., & Yates, T. M. (2021) A structural equation model of the etiology and developmental consequences of parent-child role confusion, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 72, 1-11. 10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101216

Rudd, K. L., & Yates, T. M. (2020). The health implications of resilience. The Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, 269–277. doi: 10.1002/9781119057840.ch76

Linde-Krieger, L. B., Moon. C. M., & Yates. T. M. (2020) The implications of self-definitions of child sexual abuse for understanding socioemotional adaptation in young adulthood, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

Bridgewater, J. M., & Yates, T. M. (2020). Academic implications of insensitive parenting: A mediating path through children’s relational representations. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 71, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101201

Rudd, K.L., & Yates, T. M. (2020). A Latent Change Score Approach to Understanding Dynamic Autonomic Coordination. Psychophysiology, 1-18. doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13648

Marcelo, A. K., & Yates, T. M. (2020). Prospective Relations of Preschoolers’ Prosocial and Aggressive Affect Themes in Pretend Play with Prosocial and Aggressive Behaviors across Contexts. Social Development, 1-19. doi:10.1111/sode.12470

Trang, D. T., & Yates, T. M. (2020). (In)Congruent Parent-Child Reports of Parental Behaviors and Later Child Outcomes. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(7), 1845-1860. doi.org/10.1007/s10826-020-01733-1.

Gonzalez-Blanks, A., Bridgewater, J. M., & Yates, T. M. (2020). Statistical approaches for highly skewed data: Evaluating relations between child maltreatment and young adults’ non-suicidal self-injury. Journal of Child Clinical and Adolescent Psychology, 49(2), 147-161. doi:10.1080/15374416.2020.1724543 .

Ruiz, S. K., Waters, T. E., & Yates, T. M. (2019). Children’s secure base script knowledge as a mediator between early life stress and later behavior problems. Attachment & Human Development, 1-16. doi:10.1080/14616734.2019.1672079

Doan, S. N., Marcelo, A. K., & Yates, T. M. (2019). Ethnic-racial discrimination, family ethnic socialization and Latinx children’s emotion competence. Culture and Brain, 7(2), 190-211. doi:10.1007/s40167-019-00079-w 

Coulombe, B. R., Rudd, K. L., & Yates, T. M. (2019). Children’s physiological reactivity in emotion contexts and prosocial behavior. Brain and Behavior, 9(10), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.1380. 

Tyrell, F. A., Marcelo, A. K., Trang, D. T., & Yates, T. M. (2019). Prospective associations between trauma, placement disruption, and ethnic-racial identity among newly emancipated foster youth. Journal of Adolescence, 76, 88-98. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.08.010.

Tyrell, F. A., Yates, T. M., Widaman, K. F., Reynolds, C. A., & Fabricius, W. V. (2019). Data harmonization: Establishing measurement invariance across different assessments of the same construct across adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 48(4), 555-567. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2019.1622124

Berzenski, S. R., Madden, A. R., & Yates, T. M. (2019). Childhood emotional abuse characteristics moderate associations with adult psychopathology and caregiving. Child Abuse & Neglect, 87, 77-87. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.06.004

Richardson, S. M., & Yates, T. M. (2019). Characterizing communication between transition-aged foster youth and their social workers. Journal of Social Work, 19(3), 372-396. doi:10.1177/1468017318762093

Khafi, T. Y., Borelli, J. L., & Yates, T. M. (2018). Prospective associations between maternal self-sacrifice/overprotection and child adjustment: Mediation by insensitive parenting. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(1), 202-217. doi:10.1007/s10826-018-1245-7

Tyrell, F. A., Yates, T. M., Reynolds, C. A., Fabricius, W. V., & Braver, S. L. (2018). The unique effects of maternal and paternal depressive symptoms on youth’s symptomatology: Moderation by family ethnicity, family structure, and child gender. Development and Psychopathology, 1-14. doi:10.1017/S0954579418000846

Rudd, K. L., & Yates, T. M. (2018). The implications of parasympathetic and sympathetic regulatory coherence for understanding child adjustment. Developmental Psychobiology. 60(8), 1023-1036. doi:10.1002/dev.21784

Coulombe, B. R., & Yates, T. M. (2018). Prosocial pathways to positive adaptation: The mediating role of teacher-child closeness. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 58, 9-17. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2018.08.003

Marcelo, A. K., & Yates, T. M. (2018). Young children’s ethnic-racial identity moderates the impact of early discrimination experiences on child behavior problems. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. doi: 10.1037/cdp0000220

Linde-Krieger, L., & Yates, T. M. (2018). Mothers’ history of child sexual abuse and child behavior problems: The mediating role of mothers’ helpless state of mind. Child Maltreatment,  23(4), 1-. doi:1077559518775536.

Tyrell, F. A., & Yates, T. M. (2018). Emancipated foster youth’s experiences and perceptions of the transition to adulthood. Journal of Youth Studies, 21(8), 1011-1028. doi:10.1080/13676261.2018.1441983

Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2017). The differential influences of parenting and child narrative coherence on the development of emotion recognition. Developmental Psychology, 53(10), 1912-1923. doi:10.1037/dev0000395

Rudd, K. L., Alkon, A., & Yates, T. M. (2017). Prospective relations between intrusive parenting and child behavior problems: Differential moderation by parasympathetic nervous system regulation and child sex. Physiology & Behavior, 180, 120-130. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2017.08.014

Tyrell, F.A., & Yates, T.M. (2017). A growth curve analysis of housing quality among transition-aged foster youth. Child Youth Care Forum, 46(1), 91-117. doi: 10.1007/s10566-016-9370-1

Rudd, K.L. & Yates, T.M. (in press). The health implications of resilience. Wiley Encyclopedia of Health Psychology. 

Sher-Censor, E., Khafi, T. Y., & Yates, T. M. (2016). Preschoolers’ self-regulation moderates relations between mothers’ representations and children’s adjustment to school. Developmental Psychology, 52(11), 1793-1804. doi:10.1037/dev0000178

Gonzalez-Blanks, A. G. & Yates, T. M. (2015). Sexual risk-taking among recently emancipated female foster youth: Sexual trauma and failed family reunification experiences. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26(4), 819-829. doi: 10.1111/jora.12232

Khafi, T. Y., Yates, T. M., & Sher-Censor, E. (2015). The meaning of emotional overinvolvement in early development: Prospective relations with child behavior problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 29(4), 585-594. doi:10.1037/fam0000111

Grey, I. K., Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2015). Coping in context: Associations between resource availability and coping effectiveness among emancipated foster youth. Emerging Adulthood, 3(5), 295-305. doi:10.1177/2167696815576457

Yates,T. M., Tyrell, F. A., & Masten, A. S. (2015). Resilience theory and the practice of positive psychology from individuals to societies. In S. Joseph (Ed.), Positive Psychology in Practice (2nd ed., pp. 773-788). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons.

Berzenski, S. R., Yates, T. M., & Egeland, B. (2014). A multidimensional view of continuity in intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment. In J.E. Korbin & R.D. Krugman (Eds.), Handbook of Child Maltreatment (pp. 115-129). New York, NY: Springer.

Grey, I. K., & Yates, T. M. (2014). Preschoolers’ narrative representations and childhood adaptation in an ethnoracially diverse sample. Attachment & Human Development, 16(6), 613-632. doi:10.1080/14616734.2014.962063

Richardson, S. M., & Yates, T. M., (2014). Siblings in foster care: A relational path to resilience for emancipated foster youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 47, 378-388. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.10.015

Khafi, T. Y., Yates, T. M., & Luthar, S. S. (2014). Ethnic differences in the developmental significance of parentification. Family Process, 53(2), 267-287. doi:10.1111/famp.12072

Marcelo, A. K., & Yates, T. M. (2014). Prospective relations among preschoolers’ play, coping, and adjustment as moderated by stressful events. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 35(3), 223-233. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2014.01.001

Sher-Censor, E., & Yates, T. M. (2014). Mothers’ expressed emotion and narrative coherence: Associations with preschoolers’ behavior problems in a multiethnic sample. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(5), 1392-1405. doi:10.1007/s10826-014-9946-z

Yates, T. M. & Marcelo, A. K. (2014). Through race-colored glasses: Preschoolers’ pretend play and teachers’ ratings of preschooler adjustment. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 29(1), 1-11. 10.1016/j.ecresq.2013.09.003

Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2013). Preschoolers’ emotion knowledge and the differential effects of harsh punishment. Journal of Family Psychology, 27(3), 463-472. doi:10.1037/a0032910

Peterson, S. M., & Yates, T. M. (2013). Early childhood relationships and the roots of resilience. In A. S. Masten (Ed.), Encyclopedia on early childhood development. Montreal, Quebec: Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.

Sher-Censor, E., Grey, I., & Yates, T. M. (2013). The intergenerational congruence of mothers’ and preschoolers’ narrative affective content and narrative coherence. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37(4), 340-348. doi:10.1177/0165025413482760

Yates, T. M., Gregor, M., & Haviland, M. (2012). Childhood trauma, alexithymia, and problematic internet use in young adulthood. Cyberpsychology, Social Behavior and Social Networking. 15(4), 219-225. doi:10.1089/cyber.2011.0427

Yates, T. M. & Grey, I. K. (2012). Adapting to aging out: Profiles of risk and resilience among emancipated foster youth. Development and Psychopathology, 24(2), 475-492. doi:10.1017/s0954579412000107

Khafi, T. Y. & Yates, T. M. (2012). Child abuse & neglect. In J. R. Rippe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of lifestyle medicine and health (pp. 222-225). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Berzenski, S. R., & Yates, T. M. (2011). Classes and consequences of multiple maltreatment: A person-centered analysis. Child Maltreatment, 16(4), 250-261. doi:10.1177/1077559511428353

Yates, T. M., Burt, K. B., & Troy, M. F. (2011). A developmental approach to clinical research, classification & practice. In D. Cicchetti & G. I. Roisman (Eds.), The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: The origins and organization of adaptation and maladaptation (Vol. 36, pp. 231-282). New York: Wiley.

Yates, T. M., Obradović, J., & Egeland, B. (2010). Transactional relations across contextual strain, parenting quality and early childhood regulation and adaptation in a high-risk sample. Development and Psychopathology, 22(3), 539-555. doi:10.1017/S095457941000026X

Berzenski, S. R. and Yates, T. M. (2010). A developmental process analysis of the contribution of childhood emotional abuse to relationship violence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 19(2), 180-203. doi:10.1080/10926770903539474

Shaffer, A. & Yates, T. M. (2010). Identifying and understanding risk factors and protective factors in clinical practice. In M. Compton (Ed.), Clinical Manual of Prevention Principles in Mental Health. (pp. 29-48). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

Carlson, E. A., Yates, T. M., & Sroufe, L. A. (2009). Dissociation and development of the self. In P. F. Dell, J. O’Neil & E. Somer (Eds.), Dissociation and the dissociative disorders: DSM-V and beyond, (pp. 39-52). New York, NY: Routledge.

Yates, T. M., & Wekerle, C. (2009). The long-term consequences of childhood emotional maltreatment on development: (Mal)adaptation in adolescence and young adulthood. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33(1), 19-21. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.12.002

Shaffer, A., Yates, T. M., & Egeland, B. (2009). The relation of emotional maltreatment to early adolescent competence: Developmental processes in a prospective study. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33(1), 36-44. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2008.12.005

Yates, T. M. (2009). Developmental pathways from child maltreatment to nonsuicidal self-injury. In M. Nock (Ed.), Understanding non-suicidal self-injury: Current science and practice (pp. 117-137). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Yates, T. M., & Luthar, S. S. (2009). Resilience. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Yates, T. M., Tracy, A. J., Luthar, S. S. (2008). Nonsuicidal self-injury among “privileged” youths: Longitudinal and cross-sectional approaches to developmental process. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,76(1). 52-62. doi:10.1037/0022-006X.76.1.52

Yates, T. M., Carlson, E. A., & Egeland, B. (2008). A prospective study of child maltreatment and self-injurious behavior in a community sample. Developmental and Psychopathology, 20(2). 651-671. doi:10.1017/S0954579408000321

Yates, T. M. (2007). The developmental consequences of child emotional abuse: A neurodevelopmental perspective. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 7(2). 9-34. doi:10.1300/J135v07n02_02

Obradovic, J., van Dulmen, M., Yates, T. M., Carlson, E. A., & Egeland, B. (2006). Developmental assessment of competence from early childhood to middle adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 29(6), 857-889. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.04.009

Yates, T. M. (2006). Resilience at an early age and its impact on development: Comments on Luthar and Sameroff. In R. E. Tremblay & R. G. Barr & R. D. Peters (Eds.), Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development (pp. 1-5). Montreal , Quebec : Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development.

Yates, T. M. (2004). The developmental psychopathology of self-injurious behavior: Compensatory regulation in posttraumatic adaptation. Clinical Psychology Review, 24(1), 35-78. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2003.10.001

Yates, T. M., & Masten, A. S. (2004). Fostering the future: Resilience theory and the practice of positive psychology. In P. A. Linley & S. Joseph (Eds.), Positive Psychology in Practice (pp. 521-539). Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Yates, T. M., & Peterson, C. A. (2004). The psychological assessment of abused and traumatized children. Journal of Personality Assessment, 83(2), 180-182. doi:10.1207/s15327752jpa8302_12

Yates, T. M., & Masten, A. S. (2004). The promise of resilience research for practice and policy. In T. Newman (Ed.), What works? Building resilience: Effective strategies for child care services (pp. 6-15). Ilford, UK : Barnardo’s.

Yates, T. M., Dodds, M. F., Sroufe, L. A., & Egeland, B. (2003). Exposure to partner violence and child behavior problems: A prospective study controlling for child physical abuse and neglect, child cognitive ability, socioeconomic status, and life stress. Development and Psychopathology, 15(1), 199-218. doi:10.1017/s0954579403000117

Yates, T. M., Egeland, B., & Sroufe, L. A. (2003). Rethinking resilience: A developmental process perspective. In S. S. Luthar (Ed.), Resilience and vulnerability: Adaptation in the context of childhood adversities (pp. 243-266). New York : Cambridge University Press.

Egeland, B., Yates, T., Appleyard, K., & van Dulmen, M. (2002). The long-term consequences of maltreatment in the early years: A developmental pathway model to antisocial behavior. Children’s Services: Social Policy, Research, and Practice, 5(4), 249-260. doi:10.1207/s15326918cs0504_2