In Press
Mark, K. M., Pike, A., Latham, R. M., & Oliver B.R. (2017). Longitudinal associations between sibling relationship quality, marital quality and the parent-child relationship: A cross-lagged analysis. Journal of Family Psychology.
2017
Latham, R. M., Mark, K. M., & Oliver, B. R. (2017). A harsh parenting team? Maternal reports of coparenting and coercive parenting interact in association with children's disruptive behaviour. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(5), 603-611.
Mark, K. M., Pike, A., Latham, R. M., & Oliver, B. R. (2017). Using twins to better understand sibling relationships. Behavior Genetics, 47, 202-214.
Mark, K. M., Pike, A., Latham, R. M., & Oliver B. R. (2017). The maternal emotional climate predicts twin sibling relationship quality. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 20(2), 150-160.
Oliver, B. R. (2017). Editorial: Genetically-informed approaches to the study of psychopathology. Psychopathology Review, 4(1), 1-3.
Pike, A., & Oliver, B.R. (2017). Child behavior and sibling relationship quality: a cross-lagged analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 31 (2), 250-255.
2016
Dawson, A., Pike, A., & Bird, L. (2016). Associations between parental gendered attitudes and behaviours and children's gender development across middle childhood. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13(4), 452-471.
Mark, K. M., & Pike, A. (2016). Links between marital quality, the mother-child relationship and child behavior: A multi-level modeling approach. International Journal of Behavioral Development, Epub ahead of print.
Oliver, B. R., & Pike, A. (2016). The importance of behavioural genetic approaches for intervention. Early Intervention Foundation. http://www.eif.org.uk/genetics-and-the-environment/
2015
Atzaba-Poria, N., & Pike, A. (2015). Through a cultural lens: links between maternal and paternal negativity and children's self-esteem. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 46, 702-712.
Aviram, I., Atzaba-Poria, N., Pike, A., Meiri, G., & Yerushalmi, B. (2015). Mealtime dynamics in child feeding disorder: The role of child temperament, parental sense of competence, and paternal involvement. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40, 45-54.
Dawson, A., Pike, A., & Bird, L. (2015). Parental division of household labour and sibling relationship quality: Family relationship mediators. Infant and Child Development, 24(4), 379-393.
Oliver, B.R. (2015). Unpacking externalising problems: negative parenting associations for conduct problems and irritability. British Journal of Psychiatry (Open), 1(1), 42-47.
Pike, A., & Oliver, B.R. (2015). Parenting in childhood. In Neiderhiser, J. M., & Horwitz, B. N. (Eds.), Behavioral Genetics of Interpersonal Relationships Across the Lifespan. New York: Springer.
2014
Ayers, S., Jessop, D., Pike, A., Parfitt, Y., & Ford, E. (2014). The role of adult attachment style, birth intervention and support in posttraumatic stress after childbirth: A prospective study. Journal of Affective DIsorders, 155, 295-298.
Kretschmer, T., Oliver, B.R., & Maughan, B. (2014). Pubertal development, spare time activities, and adolescent delinquency: Testing the contextual amplification hypothesis. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42(8), 1346-1360. doi:10.1007/s10964-013-0074-7.
Oliver, B.R., Trzaskowski, M., & Plomin, R. (2014). Genetics of parenting: The power of the dark side. Developmental Psychology, 50(4), 1233-1240. doi: doi:10.1037/a0035388.
Oliver, B.R., Kretschmer, T. & Maughan, B. (2014). Configurations of early risk and their association with academic, cognitive, emotional and behavioural outcomes in middle childhood. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 49(5),723-732. doi:10.1007/s00127-013-0756-1.
Parfitt, Y., Pike, A., & Ayers, S. (2014). Infant developmental outcomes: A family systems perspective. Infant and Child Development, 23, 353-373.
Parfitt, Y., Ayers, S., Pike, A., Jessop, D. C., & Ford, E. (2014). A prospective study of the parent-baby bond in men and women 15 months after birth. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 32, 441-456.
2013
Mandy, W., Skuse, D., Steer, C., St Pourcain, B., & Oliver, B.R. (2013) Oppositionality and socio-emotional competence: interacting risk factors in the development of childhood conduct disorder symptoms. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52 (7), 718-727. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2013.04.011.
Oliver, B.R., & Hodgins, S. (2013). Understanding violence in girls with substance misuse problems. In Andershed, A-K. (Ed.), Girls at risk: Swedish longitudinal research on adjustment. Springer, New York, pp. 79-104. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4130-4_5.
Parfitt, Y., Pike, A., & Ayers, S. (2013). The impact of parents' mental health on parent-baby interaction: A prospective study. Infant Behavior and Development, 36, 599-608.
2012
Carr, A., & Pike, A. (2012). Maternal scaffolding behavior: Links with parenting style and maternal education. Developmental Psychology, 48, 543-551.
Dadds, M.R., Allen, J.L., Oliver, B.R., Faulkner, N., Legge, K., Moul, C. (2012). Love, eye contact, and the developmental origins of empathy versus psychopathy. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200(3), 191-196. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.085720.
Pike, A. (2012), Commentary: Are siblings birds of a feather? – reflections on Jenkins et al. (2012). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53, 630-631. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02536.x
Pike, A. (2012). The importance of behavioural genetics for developmental science. International Journal of Developmental Science, 6, 1-3.
2011
Barker, E.D., Oliver, B.R., Viding, E., Salekin, R.T., & Maughan, B. (2011). The impact of prenatal maternal risk, fearless temperament and early parenting on adolescent callous-unemotional traits: a 14-year longitudinal investigation. Journal of Child Psychology & Child Psychiatry, 52(8), 878–888. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02397.x
Oliver, B.R., Barker, E.D., Mandy, W.P.L., Skuse, D.H., & Maughan, B. (2011). Social cognition and conduct problems: a developmental approach. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 50(4), 385-94. doi:10.1016/j.jaac.2011.01.006
2010
Barker, E.D., Oliver, B.R., & Maughan., B. (2010). Co-occurring problems of early onset persistent, childhood limited & adolescent onset conduct problem youth. Journal of Child Psychology & Child Psychiatry, 51(11), 1217-1226. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02240.x
Dawson, A., & Pike, A. (2010). Sex differences in academic self-concepts in middle childhood. The Psychology of Education Review, 34 (2), 43- 46.
Hodgins, S., Oliver, B.R., Tengström, A., & Larsson, A. (2010). Adolescents who consulted for substance misuse problems: outcomes 1 year later. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 64(3), 189-195.
Kretschmer, T., & Pike, A. (2010). Links between nonshared friendship experiences and adolescent siblings' differences in aspirations. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 101-110.
Kretschmer, T., & Pike, A. (2010). Associations between adolescent siblings’ relationship quality and similarity and differences in values. Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 411-418.
2009
Kretschmer, T., & Pike, A. (2009). Young children’s sibling relationship quality: Distal and proximal correlates. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 581-589.
Pike, A., & Eley, T. (2009). Relations among parenting and extra-familial relationships: Nature or nurture? Journal of Adolescence, 32, 519-533.
Pike, A. & Kretschmer, T. (2009). Shared versus Nonshared Effects: Parenting and Children’s Adjustment. European Journal of Developmental Science, 3, 115-130.
Pike, A., Kretschmer, T., & Dunn, J. (2009). Siblings: Friends or foes? The Psychologist, 22, 494-497.
Viding, E., Fontaine, N.M., Oliver, B.R., & Plomin, R. (2009). Negative parental discipline, conduct problems and callous-unemotional traits: a monozygotic twin differences study. British Journal of Psychiatry, 195(5), 414-419. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.108.061192
2008
Atzaba-Poria, N., & Pike, A. (2008). Determinants of parental differential treatment: Parental and contextual factors during middle childhood. Child Development, 79, 217-232.
Atzaba-Poria, N., & Pike, A. (2008). Determinants of parenting for mothers and fathers from different cultural backgrounds. Parenting: Science & Practice, 8, 17-40.
Coldwell, J., Pike, A., & Dunn, J. (2008). Maternal differential treatment and child adjustment: A multi-informant approach. Social Development, 17, 596-612.
Oliver, B.R., Pike, A., & Plomin, R. (2008). Nonshared environmental influences on teacher-reported behaviour problems: Monozygotic twin differences in perceptions of the classroom. Journal of Child Psychology & Child Psychiatry, 49(6), 646-653. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01891.x
2007
Atzaba-Poria, N., & Pike, A. (2007). Are ethnic minority adolescents at risk for problem behavior? Acculturation and intergenerational acculturation discrepancies in early adolescence. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25, 527-541.
Cahill, K. R., Deater-Deckard, K., Pike, A., & Hughes, C. (2007). Theory of mind, self-worth, and the mother-child relationship. Social Development, 16, 45-56.
Haworth, C., Harlaar, N., Kovas, Y., Davis, O., Oliver, B.R., Hayiou-Thomas, M.E., et al. (2007). Internet cognitive testing of large samples needed in genetic research. Twin Research & Human Genetics, 10(4), 554-563. doi:10.1375/twin.10.4.554
Oliver, B.R., & Plomin, R. (2007). Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): A multivariate, longitudinal genetic investigation of language, cognition and behavior problems from childhood through adolescence. Twin Research & Human Genetics, 10, 96-105. doi:10.1375/twin.10.1.96
Oliver, B.R., Dale, P.S., & Plomin, R. (2007). Writing and reading skills as assessed by teachers in seven-year olds: a behavioral genetic approach. Cognitive Development, 22(1), 77-95.
2006
Coldwell, J., Pike, A., & Dunn, J. (2006). Household chaos – Links with parenting and child behaviour. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 1116-1122.
Pike, A., Iervolino, A., Eley, T. C., Price, T. S., & Plomin, R. (2006). Environmental risk and young children’s cognitive and behavioral development. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30, 55-66.
Pike, A., Coldwell, J., & Dunn, J. (2006). Family relationships in middle childhood. York, UK: York Publishing Services/Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
2005
Atzaba-Poria, N. & Pike, A. (2005). Why do ethnic minority (Indian) children living in Britain display more internalizing problems than their English peers? The role of social support and parental style as mediators. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 532-540.
Hayiou-Thomas, M.E., Oliver, B., & Plomin, R. (2005). Genetic influences on specific vs. non-specific language impairment in four-year-old twins. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(3), 222-232.
Kovas, Y., Hayiou-Thomas, M.E., Oliver, B., Dale, P.S., Bishop, D.V.M., & Plomin, R. (2005). Genetic influences in different aspects of language development: the etiology of language skills in four-and-a-half-year-old twins. Child Development, 76(3), 632-651. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00868.x
Oliver, B.R., Dale, P.S., & Plomin, R. (2005). Predicting literacy at age 7 from preliteracy at age 4: a longitudinal genetic analysis. Psychological Science, 16(11), 861-865.
Pike, A., Coldwell, J., & Dunn, J. (2005). Sibling Relationships in Early/Middle Childhood: Children’s Perspectives and Links with Individual Adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 523-532.
Previous selected publications
Atzaba-Poria, N., Pike, A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2004). Do risk factors for problem behaviour act in a cumulative manner? An examination of ethnic minority and majority children through an ecological perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 707-718.
Deater-Deckard, K., Atzaba-Poria, N., & Pike, A. (2004). Mother-child and father-child mutuality in Anglo and Indian British families: A link with lower externalizing problems in middle childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 609-620.
Oliver, B., Dale, P.S., & Plomin, R. (2004). Verbal & nonverbal predictors of early language problems: An analysis of twins in early childhood back to infancy. Journal of Child Language, 31(3), 609-631.
Oliver, B., Harlaar, N., Hayiou-Thomas, M.E., Kovas, Y., Walker, S.O., Petrill, S.A., et al. (2004). A twin study of teacher-reported mathematics performance and low performance in seven-year-olds. Journal of Educational Psychology, 96(3), 504-517. doi:10.1037/0022-0663.96.3.504
Pike, A., & Atzaba-Poria, N. (2003). Do sibling and friend relationships share the same temperamental origins? A twin study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 44, 598-611.
Oliver, B., Dale, P.S., Saudino, K.J., Petrill, S.A., Pike, A., & Plomin, R. (2002). The validity of a parent-based assessment of cognitive abilities in 3-year olds. Early Child Development & Care, 172(4), 337-348. doi:10.1080/03004430212713
Pike, A., Manke, B., Reiss, D., Hetherington, E. M., & Plomin, R. (2000). A genetic analysis of differential experiences of adolescent siblings across three years. Social Development, 9, 96-114.