Publications

Journal Articles

Perry, K. J., Perhamus, G. R., Memba, G., Ostrov, J. M., & Murray-Close, D. (in press). A social-ecological model of preschoolers’ aggressive behavior: An Exploratory Analysis. School Psychology. (abstract)

Song, Q., Lent, M. C., Murray-Close, D., Suo, T., & Wang, Q. (in press). Narrative processing and the forms and functions of aggressive behavior: Exploring the roles of physiological reactivity and gender. Narrative Inquiry. (abstract)

Perry, K., Ostrov, J. M., Murray-Close, D., Blakely-McClure, S. J., Kiefer, J., DeJesus-Rodriguez, A., & Wesolowski, A. (in press). Measurement of aggressive behavior in early childhood: A critical analysis using five informants. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D., Lent, M. C., Sadri, A., Buck, C., & Yates, T. M. (2024). Autonomic nervous system reactivity to emotion and childhood trajectories of relational and physical aggression. Development and Psychopathology, 36(2), 691-709. (abstract)

Perhamus, G. R., Ostrov, J. M., & Murray-Close, D. (2024). Aggression and irritability in middle childhood: Between- and within-person associations. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 53(2), 184–198. (abstract)

Perry, K. J., Perhamus, G. R., Lent, M. C., Murray-Close, D., & Ostrov, J. M. (2023). The COVID-19 pandemic and measurement of preschoolers’ executive functions. Psychological Assessment, 35(11), 986–999. (abstract)

Godleski, S., & Murray-Close, D. (2023). Assessment of hostility intent attributions across escalating conflict stories. Aggressive Behavior, 49(3), 249-260. (abstract)

Perry, K., J., Ostrov, J. M., & Murray-Close, D. (2023). The role of autonomic system coordination in relations between peer factors and aggressive behavior in early childhood. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(5), 693-708.

Ostrov, J. M., Murray-Close, D., Perry, K. J., Blakely-McClure, S. J., Perhamus, G. R., Mutignani, L., Kesselring, S., Memba, G., & Probst, S. (2023). The development of forms and functions of aggression during early childhood: A temperament-based approach. Development & Psychopathology, 35(2), 941-957. (abstract)

Ostrov, J. M., Murray-Close, D., Perry, K. J., Perhamus, G., Memba, G., Rice, D., & Nowalis, S. (2023). Parenting and Adjustment Problems among Preschoolers during COVID-19. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 93-109.

Lent, M. C., Perry, K. J., Blakely-McClure, S. J., Buck, C., Murray-Close, D., & Ostrov, J. M. (2022). Autonomic nervous system reactivity and preschoolers’ social dominance. Developmental Psychobiology, 64(8), e22336.

Perhamus, G. R., Perry, K. J., Murray-Close, D., & Ostrov, J. M. (2022). Stress reactivity and social cognition in pure and co-occurring early childhood relational bullying and victimization. Development and Psychopathology, 34(4), 1300-1312. (abstract)

Lent, M. C., & Murray‐Close, D. (2022). Negative parenting and functions of relational aggression: The moderating roles of gender and physiological reactivity. Aggressive Behavior, 48(1), 17-29.

Song, Q., Lent, M. C., Suo, T., Murray-Close, D., & Wang, Q. (2021). Relational victimization and depressive symptoms: The interactive role of physiological reactivity and narrative processing. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 166, 92-102. (abstract)

Sibold, J., Edwards, E., O’Neil, L., Murray-Close, D., & Hudziak, J. (2020). Bullying environment moderates the relationship between exercise and mental health in bullied U.S. children. Journal of School Health, 90(3), 194-199. (abstract)

McQuade, J., D., Murray-Close, D., Breslend, N., Blada, K., Kim, M., & Marsh, N. (2019). Emotional underarousal and overarousal and engagement in relational aggression: Interactions between relational victimization, physiological reactivity, and emotional sensitivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(10), 1663–1676. (abstract)

Breslend, N. L., Shoulberg, E., McQuade, J., & Murray-Close, D. (2018). Social costs for Wannabes: Moderating effects of popularity and gender on the links between popularity goals and negative peer experiences. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(9), 1894-1906. (abstract)

Bresland, N. L., Shoulberg, E., Wagner, C., Murray-Close, D., & Holterman, L. A. (2018). Biosocial interactions between relational victimization and physiological stress reactivity in relation to anxious/depressive symptoms and cognitive biases in female adolescents. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 64(1), 41-69. (abstract)

Kawabata, Y., Tseng, W. L., & Murray-Close, D. (2017). Relational-interdependent self-construal and gender predicting blood pressure reactivity and recovery from stress in early adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27, 782-796.

Murray-Close, D., Holterman, L. A., Breslend, N. L., & Sullivan, A. D. (2017). Psychophysiology of proactive and reactive relational aggression. Biological Psychology, 130, 77-85. (abstract)

Nichols, J. Q., Shoulberg, E., Garner, A., Hoza, B., Burt, K. B., Murray-Close, D., & Arnold, L. E. (2017). Exploration of the factor structure of ADHD in adolescence through self, parent, and teacher reports of symptomatology. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 625-641. (abstract)

Holterman, L. A., Murray-Close, D., & Breslend, N. L. (2016). Relational victimization and depressive symptoms: The role of autonomic nervous system reactivity in emerging adults. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 110, 119-127. (abstract)

Sibold, J., Edwards, E. M., Murray-Close, D., & Hudziak, J. (2015). Physical activity, sadness, and suicidality in bullied U.S. adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 54, 808-815. (abstract)

Pitula, C., Murray-Close, D., Banny, A. M., & Crick, N. R. (2015). Prospective associations between peer aggression and victimization: The moderating roles of physiological stress reactivity and gender. Social Development, 24, 621-639. (abstract)

Lafko, N., Murray-Close, D., & Shoulberg, E.K. (2015). Negative peer status and relational victimization in children and adolescents: The role of stress physiology. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 44, 405-416. (abstract)

Foran, J. L., Hutchins, T. L., Prelock, P. A., & Murray-Close. D. (2014). Examining the
benefit of including a sibling in story-based interventions with a child with Asperger Syndrome. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 41, 179-195. Selected for the 2014 Editor’s Award.

McQuade, J., Achufusi, A., Shoulberg, E., & Murray-Close, D. (2014). Biased self-perceptions of social competence and engagement in physical and relational aggression: The moderating role of peer status and sex. Aggressive Behavior, 40, 512-525. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D., Crick, N. R., Tseng, W. L., Lafko, N., Burrows, C., Pitula, C., & Ralston, P. (2014). Physiological stress reactivity and physical and relational aggression: The moderating roles of victimization, type of task, and child gender. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 589-603. (abstract)

Banny, A. M., Tseng, W.-L., Murray-Close, D., Pitula, C., & Crick. N. R. (2014). Borderline personality features as a predictor of forms and functions of aggression during middle childhood: Examining the roles of gender and physiological reactivity. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 789-804. (abstract)

Cicchetti, D., & Murray-Close, D. (2014). The legacy of Nicki R. Crick’s contributions
to developmental psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 557-559.

McQuade, J.D., Vaughn, A. J., Hoza, B., Murray-Close, D., Molina, B.S.G., Arnold, L.E., & Hechtman, L. (2014). Perceived social acceptance and peer status differentially predict adjustment in youth with and without ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 18, 31-43. (abstract)

Hoza, B., McQuade, J. D., Murray-Close, D., Shoulberg, E., Molina, B. S. G., Arnold, L. E., Swanson, J., & Hechtman, L. (2013). Does childhood positive self-perceptual bias mediate adolescent risky behavior in youth from the MTA study? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 846-858.

McQuade, J. D., Murray-Close, D., Shoulberg, E., & Hoza, B. (2013). Working memory and social functioning in children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 115, 422-435. (abstract)

Ostrov, J. M., Murray-Close, D., Godleski, S. A., & Hart, E. J. (2013). Prospective associations between forms and functions of aggression and social and affective processes in early childhood. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 116, 19-36. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D. (2013). Psychophysiology of adolescent peer relations I: Theory and research findings. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 236-259. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D. (2013). Psychophysiology of adolescent peer relations II: Recent advances and future directions. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 260-273. (abstract)

Moore, C. C., Shoulberg, E. K., & Murray-Close, D. (2012). The protective role of teacher preference for at-risk children’s social status. Aggressive Behavior, 38, 481-493. (abstract)

Kawabata, Y., Tseng, W. L., Murray-Close, D., & Crick, N. R. (2012). Developmental trajectories of Chinese children’s relational and physical aggression: Associations with social-psychological adjustment problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 1087-1097. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D., Holland, A. S., & Roisman, G. I. (2012). Autonomic arousal and relational aggression in heterosexual dating couples. Personal Relationships, 19, 203-218. (abstract)

Hoza, B., Vaughn, A., Waschbusch, D. A., Murray-Close, D., & McCabe, G. (2012). Can children with ADHD be motivated to reduce bias in self-reports of competence? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 245-254. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D., & Rellini, A. H. (2012). Physiological reactivity to relational stress and proactive and reactive relational aggression among women with and without a history of sexual abuse. Biological Psychology, 89, 54-62. (abstract)

Mathieson, L. C., Murray-Close, D., Crick, N. R., Woods, K. E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M., Geiger, T. C., & Morales, J. (2011). Hostile intent attributions and relational aggression: The moderating roles of emotional sensitivity, gender, and victimization. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 977-987. (abstract)

Shoulberg, E. K., Sijtsema, J. J., & Murray-Close, D. (2011). The association between valuing popularity and relational aggression: The moderating effects of actual popularity and physiological reactivity to exclusion. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 110, 20-37. (abstract)

Sijtsema, J. J., Shoulberg, E. K., & Murray-Close, D. (2011). Physiological reactivity and different forms of aggression in girls: Moderating roles of peer rejection and rejection sensitivity. Biological Psychology, 86, 181-192. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D. (2011). Autonomic arousal and romantic relational aggression among female emerging adults: Moderating roles of social and cognitive risk. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 80, 28-35. (abstract)

McQuade, J., Hoza, B., Waschbusch, D. A., Murray-Close, D., & Owens, J. S. (2011). Changes in self-perceptions in children with ADHD: A longitudinal study of depressive symptoms and attributional style. Behavior Therapy, 42, 170-182.

Murray-Close, D., Hoza, B., Hinshaw, S. P., Arnold, L. E., Swanson, J., Jensen, P. S., Hechtman, L., Wells, K., & the MTA Cooperative Group. (2010). Developmental processes in peer problems of children with ADHD in the MTA study: Developmental cascades and vicious cycles. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 785-802.

Murray-Close, D., Ostrov, J. M., Nelson, D. A., Crick, N. R., & Coccaro, E. F. (2010). Proactive, reactive, and romantic relational aggression in adulthood: Measurement, predictive validity, gender differences, and association with Intermittent Explosive Disorder. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 44, 393-404.

Hoza, B., Murray-Close, D., Arnold, L. E., Hinshaw, S. P., Hechtman, L., & the MTA Cooperative Group. (2010). Time-dependent changes in positively biased self-perceptions of children with ADHD: A developmental psychopathology perspective. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 375-390.

Murray-Close, D., & Ostrov, J. M. (2009). A longitudinal study of forms and functions of aggressive behavior in early childhood. Child Development, 80, 828-842. (abstract)

Cullerton-Sen, C., Cassidy, A. R., Murray-Close, D., Cicchetti, D., Crick, N. R., & Rogosch, F. A. (2008). Childhood maltreatment and the development of relational and physical aggression: The importance of a gender-informed approach. Child Development, 79, 1736-1751. One of the top 10 Society for Research in Child Development downloaded articles in 2009.

Murray-Close, D., Han, G., Cicchetti, D., Crick. N. R., & Rogosch, F. A. (2008).
Neuroendocrine regulation and physical and relational aggression: The moderating roles of child maltreatment and gender. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1160-1176.

Murray-Close, D., & Crick, N. R. (2007). Gender differences in the association between cardiovascular reactivity and aggressive conduct. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 65, 103-113. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D., Ostrov, J. M., & Crick, N. R. (2007). A short-term longitudinal study of growth of relational aggression during middle childhood: Associations with gender, friendship intimacy, and internalizing problems. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 187-203. (abstract)
Reprinted In: Killen, M., & Coplan, R. (Eds). (2011). Social Development in Childhood and Adolescence: A Contemporary Reader. Wiley-Blackwell.

Murray-Close, D., & Crick, N. R. (2006). Mutual antipathy involvement: Gender and associations with aggression and victimization. School Psychology Review, 35, 472-492. (abstract)

Murray-Close, D., Crick, N. R., & Galotti, K. M. (2006). Children’s moral reasoning regarding physical and relational aggression. Social Development, 15, 345-372.

Crick, N. R., Murray-Close, D., & Woods, K. (2005). Toward a model of borderline personality in childhood: A developmental psychopathology approach. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1051–1070. (abstract)