PUBLICATIONS

2022

Zhang, W. & Velez, D. (2022). Effects of COVID-19 on physical activity and its relationship with mental health in a US community sample: cross-sectional, convenience sampling–based online survey. JMIR Formative Research. 2022;6(4):e32387. doi: 10.2196/32387. PMID: 35302509.

Kofler, L., Zhang, W., & Gao, Y. (2022). Psychopathic Traits and Conduct Problems in Children: Effects of Collective Efficacy, Heart Rate, and Sex. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 1-17.

2021

Aushev, V., Li, Q., Deyssenroth, M., Zhang, W., Finik, J., Hurd, Y., Nomura, Y., & Chen, J., (2021). Placental gene network modules are associated with maternal stress during pregnancy and infant temperament. The FASEB Journal. doi: 10.1096/fj.202100144RRR.

Nomura, Y., Zhang, W. & Hurd, Y. (2021). Stress in Pregnancy: Clinical and Adaptive Behavior of Offspring Following Superstorm Sandy. Development and Psychopathology. 1-11. doi:10.1017/S09545794210003042020.

Zia, M., Chaudry, M., Zhang, X., & Zhang, W. (2021, April). Identifying twitter sentiment surrounding pregnancy during COVID-19. Council on Undergraduate Research. https://apps.cur.org/ncur2021/search/display_ncur.aspx?id=112979

2020

Gao, Y., & Zhang, W. (2020). Reward processing and psychopathic traits in children. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment. doi: 10.1037/per0000430.

Finik, J., Buthmann, J., Zhang, W., Go, K., & Nomura, Y. (2020). Placental gene expression and offspring temperament trajectories: Predicting negative affect in early childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(6), 783-795. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00632-9.

Zhang, W., Ham, J. +, Li, Q., Deyssenroth, M., Lambertini L., Huang, Y., Tsuchiya, K., Chen J., Nomura, Y., (2020) Moderate prenatal stress may buffer the impact of Superstorm Sandy on placental genes, PloS one, 15(1), e0226605. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226605/.

Huang, Y., Zhang, W., Go, K., Tsuchiya, K. J., Hu, J., Hao, K., Skupski, D. W. Nomura, Y. (2020). Altered growth trajectory in children born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 301(1), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00404-020-05436-2.

2019

Hu, J., Ly,J., Zhang, W., Huang, Y., Glover, V., Peter, I., … Nomura, Y. (2019). Microbiota of newborn meconium is associated with maternal anxiety experienced during pregnancy. Developmental Psychobiology, 61(5), 640-649. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21837

Buthmann, J., Finik, J., Ventura, G., Zhang, W., Shereen, A. D., & Nomura, Y. (2019). The children of Superstorm Sandy: Maternal prenatal depression blunts offspring electrodermal activity. Biological Psychology, 107716. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.107716.

Dana, K., Finik. J., Koenig, S., Motter, J. N., Zhang, W., Linaris, M., Brumberg, J. C., & Nomura, Y., (2019) Prenatal exposure to famine and risk for development of psychopathology in adulthood: A meta-analysis, Journal of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Disorders. doi: 10.26502/jppd.2572-519X0077

Nomura, Y., Davey, K., Pehme, P. M., Finik, J., Glover, V., Zhang, W., … Ham, J. (2019). Influence of in utero exposure to maternal depression and natural disaster-related stress on infant temperament at 6 months: The children of Superstorm Sandy. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(2), imhj.21766. doi: 10.1002/imhj.21766

Buthmann, J., Ham, J., Davey, K., Finik, J., Dana, K., Pehme, P., Zhang, W., Glover, V., & Nomura, Y. (2019). Infant temperament: Repercussions of Superstorm Sandy-related maternal stress. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 50(1), 150-162.

Lambertini, L., Li, Q., Ma, Y., Zhang, W., Hao, K., Marsit, C., ... & Nomura, Y. (2019). Placental imprinted gene expression mediates the effects of maternal psychosocial stress during pregnancy on fetal growth. Journal of developmental origins of health and disease, 10(2), 196-205. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2040174418000545

2018

Hazan, B., Zhang, W., Olcum, E., Bergdoll, R, Grandoit, E., Mandelbaum, F., Wilson-Doenges, G., & Rabin, L. (2018). Gamification of an undergraduate psychology statistics lab: Benefits to perceived competence. Statistics Education Research Journal, 17 (2), 255-265. 

Zhang, W., Rajendran, K., Ham, J., Buthmann, J., Davey, K., Finik, J., Pehme, P., Dana, K., Prichett, A., & Nomura, Y. (2018). Prenatal exposure to disaster-related traumatic stress and developmental trajectories of temperament in early childhood: Superstorm Sandy pregnancy study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 234, 334-345. 

Zhang, W., Li, Q., Deyssenroth, M., Lambertini, L., Finik, J., Ham, J., Huang, Y., Tsuchiya, K. J., Pehme, P., Buthmann, J., Yoshida, S., Chen, J., & Nomura, Y. (2018). Timing of prenatal exposure to trauma and altered placental expressions of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis genes and genes driving neurodevelopment. Journal of neuroendocrinology, 30(4), e12581. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12581

Zhang, W., Finik, J., Dana, K., Glover V., Ham J., & Nomura, Y. (2018). Prenatal depression and infant temperament: The moderating role of placental gene expression. Infancy, 23(2), 211-231.

Pehme, P., Zhang, W., Finik, J., Pritchett, A., Buthmann, J., Dana, K., Hao, K., & Nomura, Y. (in press). Placental MAOA expression mediates prenatal stress effects on temperament in 12-month-olds. Infant and Child Development. doi: 10.1002/icd.2094.

Gao, Y., Zhang, W., Eisenbarth, H., Fung, A. L., Lu, M., Raine, A., … Li, X. (2018). Personality and individual differences P3 amplitude and psychopathic traits in youths: Distinct contributions of the grandiose-manipulative and daring-impulsivity traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 120, 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.017.

Buthmann, J., Ham, J., Davey, K., Finik, J., Dana, K., Pehme, P., Zhang, W., Glover, V., & Nomura, Y. (2018). Infant Temperament: Repercussions of Superstorm Sandy-Related Maternal Stress. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 1 -13. https://europepmc.org/abstract/med/30030653. 

2017

Zhang, W., Shawn, F., & Gao Y. (2017). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia activity predicts internalizing and externalizing behaviors in non-referred boys. Frontiers in Psychology, 8. http://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01496 

Finik, J., Buthmann, J., Zhang, W., & Nomura, Y. (2017). Impact of maternal depression and exposure to natural disaster on placental gene expression. Placenta, 57, 302-303. 

Fagan, S., Zhang, W., & Gao, Y. (2017). Social adversity and antisocial behavior: Mediating effects of autonomic nervous system activity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45 (8), 1553-1564. 

Before 2016

Gao, Y., & Zhang, W. (2016). Callous and unemotional traits in 8-to 9-year-old children: Confirmatory factor analyses of self- and parent- report inventory of callous-unemotional traits. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 38(3), 331-340. 

Zhang, W., & Gao, Y. (2015). The interactive effects of social adversity and respiratory sinus arrhythmia activity on reactive and proactive aggression. Psychophysiology, 52(10), 1343-350. 

Gao, Y., Borlam, D., & Zhang, W. (2015). The association between heart rate reactivity and fluid intelligence in children. Biological Psychology, 107, 69-75.

Gao, Y., Zhang, W., & Fung, A. L. C. (2014). The associations between parenting styles and proactive and reactive aggression in Hong Kong children and adolescents. International Journal of Psychology, 50(6), 463-471. 

Zhang, W., & Niu, W. (2013). Creativity in the later life: Factors associated with the creativity of the Chinese elderly. Journal of Creative Behavior, 47(1), 60-76.