The following are selected publications from the lab over the past several years. 

* Asterisks indicate student authors.

 

Weires, E.M.*, de la Paz. L.M.*, Whitney, B.M.*, & Nikolas, M.A. (2025). Emotion dysregulation in college students: Contributions of maladaptive personality traits. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-025-10243-7

Eadeh, H.M.*, & Nikolas, M.A. (2025). Multi-method assessment of self-regulation as a moderator of the associations between social support and service use with mental health in LGBTQ+ emerging adults.  Emerging Adulthood, 14, 1013-1026. https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968251341600 

de la Paz, L.*, Whitney, B. M.*, Weires, E. M.*, & Nikolas, M. A. (2025). A meta-analytic evaluation of cognitive
endophenotypes for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Comparisons of unaffected relatives and
controls. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, 134, 319-338. https://dx.doi.org/
10.1037/abn0000985

de la Paz, L.*, Mooney, M. A., Ryabinin, P., Neighbor, C., Antovich, D., Nigg, J. T., & Nikolas, M. A. (2023). Youth Polygenic Scores, Youth ADHD Symptoms, and Parenting Dimensions: An Evocative Gene-Environment Correlation Study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 665-677. DOI: 10.1007/s10802-023-01024-5

Momany, A.M.*, Jasper, E., Markon, K.E., Nikolas, M.A., & Ryckman, K. (2023). Latent class analysis to characterize neonatal risk for neurodevelopmental differences. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64, 100-109.  DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13671

Eadeh, H.-M.*, Breaux, R., Boyd-Rogers, C., Priest, J. B., & Nikolas, M. A. (2023). Self-regulation in gender and sexual orientation diverse adults: Exploring patterns of risk and resilience using a person-centered approach. Journal of LGBTQ Issues in Counseling, 17, 22–39. https://doi.org/10.1080/26924951.2022.2093310 

Mooney, M. A., Neighbor, C., Karalunas, S., Dieckmann, N. F., Nikolas, M., Nousen, E., Tipsord, J., Song, X., & Nigg, J. T. (2022). Prediction of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Diagnosis Using Brief, Low-Cost Clinical Measures: A Competitive Model Evaluation. Clinical Psychological Science, 11, 458-475. DOI: 10.1177/21677026221120236

O’Neal, E. E., Rahimian, P., Jiang, Y., Zhou, S., Nikolas, M., Kearney, J. K., & Plumert, J. M. (2022). How do child ADHD symptoms and oppositionality impact parent-child interactions when crossing virtual roads? Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 47, 337–349. DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsab102

Kamradt, J. M.*, Eadeh, H.-M.*, & Nikolas, M. A. (2022). Sluggish cognitive tempo as a transdiagnostic link between adult ADHD and internalizing Symptoms. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44, 699–712. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-021-09926-8

*Eadeh, H.-M., Breaux, R., & Nikolas, M. A. (2021). A meta-analytic review of emotion regulation focused psychosocial interventions for adolescents. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24, 684–706. DOI: 10.1007/s10567-021-00362-4

Eadeh, H.-M*., Markon, K. E., Nigg, J. T., & Nikolas, M. A. (2021). Evaluating the viability of neurocognition as a transdiagnostic construct using both latent variable models and network analysis. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 697–710. DOI: 10.1007/s10802-021-00770-8

Marshall, P., Hoelzle, J., & Nikolas, M. (2021). Diagnosing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in young adults: A qualitative review of the utility of assessment measures and recommendations for improving the diagnostic process. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 35, 165–198. DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2019.1696409

Mooney, M. A., Bhatt, P., Hermosillo, R. J. M., Ryabinin, P., Nikolas, M., Faraone, S. V., Fair, D. A., Wilmot, B., & Nigg, J. T. (2021). Smaller total brain volume but not subcortical structure volume related to common genetic risk for ADHD. Psychological Medicine, 51(8), 1279–1288. DOI: 10.1017/S0033291719004148

Momany, A.M.,* Lussier, S., Nikolas, M.A., & Stevens, H. (2021). Telomere length and ADHD symptoms in young adults.  Journal of Attention Disorders, 25, 906-919.  DOI: 10.1177/1087054719865776

Eadeh, H.-M.*, Breaux, R., Langberg, J. M., Nikolas, M. A., & Becker, S. P. (2020). Multigroup multilevel structure of the child and parent versions of the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) in adolescents with and without ADHD. Psychological Assessment, 32(4), 374–382. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000796

Nikolas, M.A., Marshall, P., & Hoelzle, J. (2019). The role of neurocognitive measures in the diagnosis of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults. Psychological Assessment, 31, 685-698. DOI: 10.1037/pas0000688

Kamradt, J.M.*, Nikolas, M.A., Burns, G.L., Garner, A.A., Jarrett, M.A., Luebbe, A.M., & Becker, S.P. (2019). Barkley Deficits in Executive Function Scale: Validation in a large multi-site college sample. Assessment, 28, 964-976. DOI: 10.1177/1073191119869823

Kamradt, J.M*., Momany, A.M.*, & Nikolas, M.A. (2018).  Sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms contribute to heterogeneity in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 40, 206-223. DOI: 10.1007/s10862-017-9631-9

Momany, A.M.*, Kamradt, J.M.*, & Nikolas, M.A. (2018).  A meta-analysis of the association between birth weight and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46, 1409-1426. DOI: 10.1007/s10802-017-0371-9

Kamradt, J.M.*, Momany, A.M.*, & Nikolas, M.A. (2018).  A meta-analytic review of the association between cortisol reactivity in response to a stressor and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 10, 99-111. DOI: 10.1007/s12402-017-0238-5

Elmore, A.L.*, Nikolas, M.A., & Canu, W. (2017). Cognitive expectancies and valuations mediate links between ADHD behaviors and problematic alcohol use.  ADHD: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, 10, 65-75.

Ullsperger, J.M.*, & Nikolas, M.A. (2017). A meta-analytic review of the association between pubertal timing and psychopathology in adolescence: Are there sex differences in risk? Psychological Bulletin, 143, 903-938.  DOI: 10.1037/bul0000106

Nikolas, M.A. & Momany, A.M.* (2017).  DRD4 variants moderate the impact of parental characteristics on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Evidence from a multiplex family design. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 429-442.  DOI: 10.1007/s10802-017-0264-y 

*Momany, A.M., Kamradt, J.M.*, Ullsperger, J.M.*, Elmore, A.L.*, Nigg, J.T., & Nikolas, M.A. (2017). Sex moderates the impact of birth weight on child externalizing psychopathology.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126, 244-256. DOI: 10.1037/abn0000238