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MSUTR Publications

For more information on MSUTR publications, please see the department websites for the MSUTR Directors: Dr. S. Alexandra Burt and Dr. Kelly Klump.


Burt, S.A., Pearson, A.L., Carroll, S., Klump, K.L., & Neiderhiser, J.M. (2020). Child antisocial behavior is more environmental in origin in disadvantaged neighborhoods: Evidence across residents’ perceptions and geographic scales in two samples. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology48(2), 265-276.

Hawes, S.W., Waller, R., Thompson, W.K., Hyde, L.W., Byrd, A.L., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., & Gonzalez, R. (2020). Assessing callous-unemotional traits: Development of a brief, reliable measure in a large and diverse sample of preadolescent youth. Psychological Medicine50(3), 456-464.

O'Connor, S.M., Culbert, K.M., Mayhall, L.A., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2020). Differences in genetic and environmental influences on body weight and shape concerns across pubertal development in females. Journal of Psychiatric Research121, 39-46.

Tomlinson, R.C., Burt, S.A., Waller, R., Jonides, J., Miller, A.L., Gearhardt, A.N., Peltier, S.J., Klump, K.L., Lumeng, J.C., & Hyde, L.W. (2020). Neighborhood poverty predicts altered neural and behavioral response inhibition. NeuroImage, 116536.

Slawinski, B.L., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2019). The etiology of social aggression: a nuclear twin family study. Psychological Medicine49(1), 162-169.

Slawinski, B.L., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2019). No sex differences in the origins of covariation between social and physical aggression. Psychological Medicine49(15), 2515-2523. 

Sypher, I., Hyde, L., Peckins, M., Waller, R., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2019). Effects of parenting and community violence on aggression-related social goals: A monozygotic twin differences study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology47(6), 1001-1012.

Vo, P.T., Racine, S.E., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2019). Convergence in maternal and child reports of impulsivity, depressive symptoms, and trait anxiety, and their predictive utility for binge‐eating behaviors. International Journal of Eating Disorders52(9), 1058–1064. 

Wildey, M.N., Donnellan, M.B., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2019). Using multiple methods to evaluate associations among externalizing psychopathology, personality, and relationship quality: A replication and extension. Journal of Personality Disorders, 48-66.

Mikhail, M.E., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Boker, S., & Klump, K.L. (2019). Low emotion differentiation: An affective correlate of binge eating? International Journal of Eating Disorders.

O'Connor, S.M., Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W., & Klump, K.L. (2019). Elucidating factors underlying parent-offspring similarity in eating pathology in pre-and early puberty: Exploring the possibility of passive gene-environment correlation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology128(7), 658-670.

Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Latvala, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., and the CODATwins investigative team (including Burt, S.A. and Klump, K.L.) (2019). Parental education and genetics of body mass index from infancy to old age: A pooled analysis of 29 twin cohorts. Obesity, 27(5), 855-865. (Abstract)

Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Sugawara, M., and the CODATwins investigative team (including Burt, S.A. & Klump, K.L.) (2019). The CODATwins Project: The current status and recent findings of COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 1-9. 

Madrid Valero, Juan & Ordoñana, Juan & Klump, Kelly & Burt, S. Alexandra. (2019). Children Sleep and Antisocial Behavior: Differential Association of Sleep with Aggression and Rule-Breaking. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. (Abstract)

Sypher, Isaiah & Hyde, Luke & Peckins, Melissa & Waller, Rebecca & Klump, Kelly & Burt, S. Alexandra. (2019). Effects of Parenting and Community Violence on Aggression-Related Social Goals: a Monozygotic Twin Differences Study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. (Full Article)

Fowler, N., Keel, P. K., Burt, S. A., Neale, M., Boker, S., Sisk, C. L., & Klump, K. L. (2019). Associations between ovarian hormones and emotional eating across the menstrual cycle: Do ovulatory shifts in hormones matter?. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 52(2), 195-199. (Abstract)

Burt, S. Alexandra & Slawinski, Brooke & Elisa Carsten, E & Harden, K & Hyde, Luke & Klump, Kelly. (2019). How should we understand the absence of sex differences in the genetic and environmental origins of antisocial behavior?. Psychological Medicine. 1-8. (Abstract)

Beltz, Adriene & Moser, Jason & Zhu, David & Burt, S. Alexandra & Klump, Kelly. (2018). Using person-specific neural networks to characterize heterogeneity in eating disorders: Illustrative links between emotional eating and ovarian hormones. International Journal of Eating Disorders. (Abstract)

Forney, Jean & K. Keel, Pamela & O'Connor, Shannon & Sisk, Cheryl & Burt, S. Alexandra & Klump, Kelly. (2018). Interaction of hormonal and social environments in understanding body image concerns in adolescent girls. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 109. (Full Article)

Slawinski, Brooke & Klump, Kelly & Burt, S. Alexandra. (2018). No sex differences in the origins of covariation between social and physical aggression. Psychological Medicine. 1-9. (Abstract)

Waller, R., Hyde, L. W., Klump, K. L., & Burt, S. A. (2018). Parenting Is an Environmental Predictor of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Aggression: A Monozygotic Twin Differences Study.  Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 57(12), 955-963. (Full Article)

Clark, D. A., Klump, K. L., & Burt, S. A. (2018). Parent depressive symptomatology moderates the etiology of externalizing behavior in childhood: An examination of gene-environment interaction effects. Developmental Psychology, 54(7), 1277-1289. (Abstract)

Burt, S., Pearson, A., Rzotkiewicz, A., Klump, K., & Neiderhiser, J. (2018). It really does take a village: The role of neighbors in the etiology of nonaggressive rule-breaking behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 1-13. (Abstract)

Klump, Kelly & Fowler, Natasha & Mayhall, Laura & L. Sisk, Cheryl & Culbert, Kristen & Burt, S. Alexandra. (2018). Estrogen Moderates Genetic Influences on Binge Eating During Puberty: Disruption of Normative Processes?. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 127. (Abstract)

Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Yokoyama, Y., Hur, Y.M.,  Ullemar, V., Almqvist, C., Magnusson, P.K.E., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveldt, C.E.M., Bogl, L.H., Pietiläinen, K.H., Vuoksimaa, E., Ji, F., Ning, F., Pang, Z., Nelson, T.L., Whitfield, K.E., Rebato, E., Llewellyn, C.H., Fisher, A., Bayasgalan, G., Narandalai, D., Bjerregaard-Andersen, M., Beck-Nielsen, H., Sodemann, M., Tarnoki, A.D., Tarnoki, D.L., Ooki, S., Stazi, M.A., Fagnani, C., Brescianini, S., Dubois, L., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Cutler, T.L., Hopper, J.L., Krueger, R.F., McGue, M., Pahlen, S., Craig, J.M., Saffery, R., Haworth, C.M.A., Plomin, R., Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., Vlietinck, R.F., Derom, C.A., Loos, R.J.F., Boomsma, D.I., Sørensen, T.I.A., Kaprio, J., & Silventoinen, K. (2018).  Birth size and gestational age in opposite-sex twins as compared to same-sex twins: An individual-based pooled analysis of 21 cohorts.  Scientific Reports, 8, 6300 (Full Article)

Mantilla, L.B., & Terpstra, J.T. (2018) Means, medians, and multivariate mixed design data. American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences, 37(1), 56-65. (Full Article)

Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Hur, Y.M., Harris, J.R., Brandt, I., Nilsen, T.S., Ooki, S., Ullemar, V., Almqvist, C., Magnusson, P.K.E., Saudino, K.J., Stazi, M.A., Fagnani, C., Brescianini, S., Nelson, T.L., Whitfield, K.E., Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L., Cutler, T.L., Hopper, J.L., Llewellyn, C.H., Fisher, A., Corley, R.P., Huibregtse, B.M., Derom, C.A., Vlietinck, R.F., Bjerregaard-Andersen, M., Beck-Nielsen, H., Sodemann, M., Krueger, R.F., McGue, M., Pahlen, S., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., Dubois, L., Boivin, M., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., Vitaro, F., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., van Beijsterveld, C.E.M., Craig, J.M., Saffery, R., Rasmussen, F., Tynelius, P., Heikkilä, K., Pietiläinen, K.H., Bayasgalan, G., Narandalai, D., Haworth, C.M.A., Plomin, R., Ji, F., Ning, F., Pang, Z., Rebato, E., Tarnoki, A.D., Tarnoki, D.L., Kim, J., Lee, J., Lee, S., Sung, J., Loos, R.J.F., Boomsma, D.I., Sørensen, T.I.A., Kaprio, J., & Silventoinen,K. (2018). Associations between birth size and later height from infancy through adulthood: An individual based pooled analysis of 28 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project.  Early Human Development, 120, 53-60. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., Slawinski, B., & Klump, K.L. (2018). Are there sex differences in the etiology of youth antisocial behavior? Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 127(1), 66-78. (Abstract)

Wen, Y., Burt, A., & Lu, Q. (2017). Risk prediction modeling on family-based sequencing data using a random field method. Genetics, 207(1), 63-73. (Abstract)

Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Yokoyama, Y., Hur, Y.-M., Cozen, W., Hwang, A. E., Mack, T. M., Honda, C., Inui, F., Iwatani, Y., Watanabe, M., Tomizawa, R., Pietiläinen, K. H., Rissanen, A., Siribaddana, S. H., Hotopf, M., Sumathipala, A., Rijsdijk, F., Tan, Q., Zhang, D., Pang, Z., Piirtola, M., Aaltonen, S., Öncel, S. Y., Aliev, F., Rebato, E., Hjelmborg, J. V. B., Christensen, K., Skytthe, A., Kyvik, K. O., Silberg, J. L., Eaves, L. J., Cutler, T. L., Ordoñana, J. R., Sánchez-Romera, J. F., Colodro-Conde, L., Song, Y.-M., Yang, S., Lee, K., Franz, C. E., Kremen, W. S., Lyons, M. J., Busjahn, A., Nelson, T. L., Whitfield, K. E., Kandler, C., Jang, K. L., Gatz, M., Butler, D. A., Stazi, M. A., Fagnani, C., D'Ippolito, C., Duncan, G. E., Buchwald, D., Martin, N. G., Medland, S. E., Montgomery, G. W., Jeong, H.-U., Swan, G. E., Krasnow, R., Magnusson, P. K. E., Pedersen, N. L., Dahl Aslan, A. K., McAdams, T. A., Eley, T. C., Gregory, A. M., Tynelius, P., Baker, L. A., Tuvblad, C., Bayasgalan, G., Narandalai, D., Lichtenstein, P., Spector, T., Mangino, M., Lachance, G., Burt, S. A., Klump, K. L., . . . Kaprio, J.  (2017).  Differences in genetic and environmental variation in adult BMI by sex, age, time period and region: An individual-based pooled analysis of 40 twin cohorts.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. (Full Article)

Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Latvala, A., Sund, R., Yokoyama, and the CODATwins investigative team (including Burt, S.A., and Klump, K.L.) (2017).  Education in twins and their parents across birth cohorts over 100 years: An individual-level pooled analysis of 42-twin cohorts.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 20(5), 395-405. (Full Article

Racine, S.E., Van Huysse, J.L., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M.C., Boker, S., & Klump, K.L. (2017).  Eating-disorder specific risk factors moderate the relationship between negative urgency and binge eating: A behavioral genetic investigation. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(5), 481-494. (Abstract)

Li, I., Clark, D.A., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2017). Parental involvement as an etiological moderator of middle childhood oppositional defiant disorder. Journal of Family Psychology, 31(6), 659-667. (Full Article)

Klump, K.L., Culbert, K.M., & Sisk, C.L. (2017). Sex differences in binge eating: Gonadal hormone effects across development.  Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 13, 183-207. (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Culbert, K.M., O’Connor, S., Fowler, N., & Burt, S.A. (2017).  The significant effects of puberty on the genetic diathesis of binge eating in girls. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(8), 984-989. (Abstract)

Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Pietiläinen, K., Hur, Y.-M., and the CODATwins investigative team (including Burt, S.A., and Klump, K.L.) (2017).  Association between birth weight and later body mass index: An individual-based pooled analysis of 27 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project. International Journal of Epidemiology, 46(5), 1488-1498. (Full Article)

Culbert, K.M., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2017). Expanding the developmental boundaries of etiologic effects: The role of adrenarche in genetic influences on disordered eating in males. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(5), 593-606. (Abstract)

O’Connor, S.M., Beam, C.R., Luo, X., Cohen, L.A., Van Huysse, J.L., Emery, R.E., Turkheimer, E., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Boker, S., & Klump, K.L. (2017). Genetic and environmental associations between body dissatisfaction, weight preoccupation, and binge eating: Evidence for a common factor with differential loadings across symptom type. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 50(2), 157-161. (Abstract)

Hu, Y., Nesselroade, J.R., Erbacher, M.K., Boker, S.M., Burt, S.A., Keel, P.K., Neale, M.C., Sisk, C.L., & Klump, K.L. (2016).  Test reliability at the individual level.  Structural Equation Modeling, 23, 532-543. (Full Article)

Jelenkovic, A., Hur, Y-M., Sund, R., Yokoyama, Y., Siribaddana, S. H., Hotopf, M., and the CODATwins investigative team (including Burt, S.A., and Klump, K. L.) (2016).  Genetic and environmental influences on adult human height across birth cohorts from 1886 to 1994.  eLife, 5, e20320. (Full Article)

Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Hur, Y.-M., Yokoyama, Y., Hjelmborg, B., … Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., … & Silventoinen, K.  (2016).  Genetic and environmental influences on height from infancy to early adulthood: An individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts.  Scientific Reports, 6, 28496. (Full Article)

Luo, X., Donnellan, M.B., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2016). The dimensional nature of eating pathology: Evidence from a direct comparison of categorical, dimensional, and hybrid models. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(5), 715-726. (Full Article)

Klump, K.L., O’Connor, S.M., Hildebrandt, B.A., Keel, P.K., Neale, M., Sisk, C.L., Boker, S., & Burt, S.A. (2016).  Differential effects of estrogen and progesterone on genetic and environmental risk for emotional eating in women.  Clinical Psychological Science, 4(5), 895-908. (Full Article)

O’Connor, S.M., Burt, S.A., Van Huysse, J., & Klump, K.L. (2016). What drives the association between weight-conscious peer groups and disordered eating? Disentangling genetic and environmental selection from pure socialization effects. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125(3), 356-368. (Full Article)

Van Huysse, J., Burt, S.A., O'Connor, s., Thompson, K., & Klump, K.L. (2016).  Socialization and selection effects in the association between weight conscious peer groups and thin-ideal internalization: A co-twin control study.  Body Image, 17, 1-9. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., Donnellan, M.B., Slawinski, B.L, & Klump, K.L. (2016).  The phenomenology of non-aggressive antisocial behavior during childhood.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(4), 651-661. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., Gorman-Smith, D., & Neiderhiser, J.M. (2016).  Neighborhood disadvantage alters the origins of children’s non-aggressive conduct problems.  Clinical Psychological Science. (Abstract)

Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Honda, C., Aaltonen, S., Yokoyama, Y., Tarnoki, A.D., Tarnoki, D.L., Ning, F., Ji, F., Pang, Z., Ordoñana, J.R., Sánchez-Romera, J., Colodro-Conde, L., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., . . . Kaprio, J. (2016).  Genetic and environmental effects on body mass index from infancy to the onset of adulthood: an individual-based pooled analysis of 45 twin cohorts participating in the COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins (CODATwins) study.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 104(2), 371-379. (Full Article)

Yokoyama, Y., Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Sung, R., Hopper, J.L., Ooki, S., Heikkila, K., Aaltonen, S., Tarnoki, A.D., Tarnoki, D.L., Willemsen, G., Bartels, M., van Beijstervedlt, T., Saudino, K.J., Cutler, T.L., Nelson, T.L., Whitfield, K.E., Wardle, J., Llewellyn, C.H., Fisher, A., He, M., Ding, X., Bjerregaard-Anderson, M., Beck-Nelson, H., Sodemann, M., Song, Y-M., Yang, S., Lee, K., Jeong, H-U., Knafo-Noam, A., Mankuta, D., Abramson, L., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., . . . Silventoinen, K.  (2016).  Twin’s birth-order differences in height and body mass index from birth to old age: A pooled study of 26 twin cohorts participating in the CODATwins project.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 19, 112-124. (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Hildebrandt, B.A., O’Connor, S.M., Keel, P.K., Neale, M., Sisk, C., Boker, S. & Burt, S.A. (2015).  Changes in genetic risk for emotional eating across the menstrual cycle:  A longitudinal study.  Psychological Medicine, 45, 3227-3237. (Full Article)

Jelenkovic, A., Yokoyama, Y., Sund, R., Honda, C., Bogl, L.H., Aaltonen, S., Ji, F., Ning, F., Pang, Z., Ordoñana, J.R., Sánchez-Romera, J., Colodro-Conde, L., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., …, Silventoinen, K.  (2015).  Zygosity differences in height and body mass index of twins from infancy to old age: A study of the CODATwins project.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18, 557-570. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A. (2015).  Evidence that the Gene-Environment Interactions underlying youth conduct problems vary across development.  Child Development Perspectives, 9, 217-221. (Abstract)

Burt, S.A., Wildey, M., & Klump, K.L. (2015).  The quality of the inter-parental relationship does not moderate the etiology of child conduct problems.  Psychological Medicine, 45(2), 319-332. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., Klahr, A., & Klump, K.L. (2015).  Do non-shared environmental influences persist over time?  An examination of days and minutes.  Behavior Genetics, 45, 24-34. (Full Article)

Silventoinen, K., Jelenkovic, A., Sund, R., Honda, C., Aaltonen, S., Yokoyama, Y., Tarnoki, A.D., Tarnoki, D.L., Ning, F., Ji, F., Pang, Z., Ordoñana, J.R., Sánchez-Romera, J., Colodro-Conde, L., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., . . . Kaprio, J.  (2015).  The CODAtwins project: The cohort description of COllaborative project of Development of Anthropometrical measures in Twins to study macro-environmental variation in genetic and environmental effects on anthropometric traits.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 18, 348-360. (Full Article)

Culbert, K.M., Breedlove, S.M., Sisk, C.L., Keel, P.K., Neale, M.C., Boker, S.M., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2015). Age differences in prenatal testosterone’s protective effects on disordered eating symptoms: Developmental windows of expression?  Behavioral Neuroscience, 129(1), 18-36. (Full Article)

Hildebrandt, B.A., Racine, S.A., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Boker, S., Sisk, C.L., & Klump, K.L. (2015).  The effects of ovarian hormones and emotional eating on changes in weight preoccupation across the menstrual cycle. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48(5), 477-486. (Abstract)

Racine, S.A., Burt, S.A., Keel, P.K., Sisk, C.L., Neale, M.C., Boker, S., & Klump, K.L. (2015). Examining associations between negative urgency and key components of objective binge episodes. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 48(5), 527-531. (Abstract)

Klahr, A.M., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2015).  A constructive replication of the association between the oxytocin receptor genotype and parenting.  Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 91-99. (Full Article)

Nikolas, M.A., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2015).  Parental involvement moderates etiological influences on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behaviors in child twins.  Child Development, 86(1), 224-240. (Full Article)

Markey, P.M., Racine, S.E., Markey, C.N., Hopwood, C.J., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M.C., Sisk, C.L., Boker, S.M., & Klump, K.L. (2014).  Behavior genetics and the within-person variability of daily interpersonal styles: The heritability of flux, spin, and pulse.  Social Psychology and Personality Science, 6(3), 300-308. (Full Article)

Culbert, K.M., Burt, S.A., Sisk, C.L., Nigg, J.T., & Klump, K.L. (2014).  The effects of circulating testosterone and pubertal maturation on risk for disordered eating symptoms in adolescent males.  Psychological Medicine, 44(11), 2271-2286. (Full Article)

White, E., Slane, J.D., Klump, K.L., Burt, S.A., Pivarnik, J.M. (2014). Sex differences in adolescent twins’ body composition and physical activity.  Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 11(6), 1187-1193. (Abstract)

Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2014).  Prosocial peer affiliation suppresses genetic influences on non-aggressive antisocial behaviors during childhood.  Psychological Medicine, 44(4), 821-830. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A. & Klump, K.L. (2014).  Parent-child conflict as an etiological moderator of childhood conduct problems: An example of “bioecological” gene-environment interaction.  Psychological Medicine, 44(5), 1065-1076. (Abstract)

Haedt-Matt, A.A., Keel, P.K., Racine, S.E., Burt, S.A., Hu, J.Y., Boker, S., Neale, M., Sisk, C., & Klump, K.L. (2014).  Do emotional eating urges regulate affect?  Concurrent and prospective associations and implications for risk models of binge eating.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(8), 874-877. (Full Article)

Hu, Y., Boker, S., Neale, M., & Klump, K. L. (2014). Coupled latent differential equation with moderators: Simulation and application. Psychological Methods, 19(1), 56-71. (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Racine, S.E., Hildebrandt, B., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Sisk, C.L., Boker, S., & Keel, P.K. (2014).  Ovarian hormone influences on dysregulated eating: A comparison of associations between women with versus without binge episodes.  Clinical Psychological Science, 2(5), 545-559. (Full Article)

Rojas, E., E., Cummings, J., R., Bornovalova, M. A., Hopwood, C. J., Racine, S. E., Keel, P. K., … Klump, K. L. (2014). A Further Validation of the Minnesota Borderline Personality Disorder Scale. Personality Disorders5(2), 146–153.  (Full Article)

Racine, S.E., Culbert, K.M., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2014).  Advanced paternal age at birth: Phenotypic and etiologic associations with eating disorder risk in offspring. Psychological Medicine, 44(5), 1029-1041. (Full Article)

Suisman, J.L., Thompson, J.K., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Boker, S., Sisk, C.L., & Klump, K.L. (2014).  Genetic and environmental influences on thin-ideal internalization across puberty and pre-adolescent, adolescent, and young adult development.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47(7), 773-783. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2013). The Michigan State University Twin Registry (MSUTR): An update.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 16(1), 344-350. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2013). Delinquent peer affiliation as an etiological moderator of childhood delinquency. Psychological Medicine, 43(6), 1269-1278.  (Abstract)

Nikolas, M.A., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2013). Etiological contributions to the covariation between children’s perceptions of inter-parental conflict and child behavior problems.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41, 239-251. (Full Article)

Culbert, K. M., Breedlove, S. M., Sisk, C. L., Burt, S. A., & Klump, K. L. (2013).  The emergence of sex differences in risk for disordered eating attitudes during puberty: A role for prenatal testosterone exposure.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(2), 420-432. (Abstract)

Hopwood, C.J., Burt, S.A., Keel, P., Neale, M.C., Boker, S.M., & Klump, K.L. (2013). Interpersonal problems associated with Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire traits in women during the transition to adulthood. Assessment, 20(1), 60-67.  (Full Article)  

Klahr, A.M., Thomas, K.M., Hopwood, C.J., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2013). Evocative gene-environment correlation in the mother-child relationship: A twin study of interpersonal processes.  Development and Psychopathology, 25, 105-118.  (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Keel, P.K., Racine, S.E., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Sisk, C.L., Boker, S., & Hu, J.Y. (2013). The interactive effects of estrogen and progesterone on changes in emotional eating across the menstrual cycle. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(1), 131-137.  (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Racine, S.E., Neale, M.C., Sisk, C.L., & Boker, S. (2013).  Ovarian hormones and emotional eating across the menstrual cycle: An examination of the potential moderating effects of body mass index and dietary restraint. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 46(3), 256-263. (Abstract)

Munn-Chernoff, M.A., von Ranson, K.M., Culbert, K.M., Larson, C.L., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2013). An examination of the representativeness assumption for twin studies of eating pathology and internalizing symptoms.  Behavior Genetics, 43(5), 427-435. (Full Article)

Racine, S.A., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Sisk, C.L., Neale, M., Boker, S., & Klump, K.L. (2013).  Individual differences in the relationship between ovarian hormones and emotional eating across the menstrual cycle: A role for personality?  Eating Behaviors, 14(2), 161-166. (Abstract)

Racine, S.A., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Sisk, C.L., Neale, M., Boker, S., & Klump, K.L. (2013).  Exploring the relationship between negative urgency and dysregulated eating: Etiologic associations and the role of negative affect.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 122(2), 433-444. (Abstract)

Burt, S.A., Klahr, A., Neale, M., & Klump, K.L. (2013).  Maternal warmth and directiveness jointly moderate the etiology of conduct problems.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(10), 1030-1037. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2012).  Etiologic distinctions between aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behavior: Results from a nuclear twin family model.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40(7), 1059-1071. (Full Article)

Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2012). How does the inclusion of twins conceived via fertility treatments influence the results of twin studies? Twin Research and Human Genetics, 15(6), 746-752.  (Abstract)

Burt, S.A., Larsson, H., Lichtenstein, P., & Klump, K.L. (2012). Additional evidence against shared environmental contributions to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems. Behavior Genetics, 42(5), 711-721.  (Abstract) 

Humbad, M.N., Donnellan, M.B., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2012). Validation of the Brief Romantic Relationship Interaction Coding Scheme (BRRICS). Journal of Family Psychology25(5), 759-769.

Klump, K.L., Culbert, K.M., Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., Sisk, C.L., & Nigg, J.T. (2012). The effects of puberty on genetic risk for disordered eating: Evidence for a sex difference. Psychological Medicine, 42(3), 627-637.  (Abstract)

Marceau, K., Humbad, M.N., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., Leve, L.D., & Neiderhiser, J.M. (2012).  Observed externalizing behavior: A developmental comparison of genetic and environmental influences across three samples.  Behavior Genetics, 42(1), 30-39. (Full Article)

Moser, J.S., Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., and Klump, K.L. (2012). Etiologic relationships between anxiety and dimensions of maladaptive perfectionism in young adult female twins. Depression and Anxiety, 29, 47–53.  (Abstract) 

Nikolas, M., Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2012). Youth appraisals of inter-parental conflict and genetic and environmental contributions to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Examination of GxE effects in a twin sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40(4), 543-554.  (Abstract) 

Racine, S.E., Culbert, K.M., Keel, P.K., Sisk, C.L., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2012). Differential associations between ovarian hormones and disordered eating symptoms across the menstrual cycle in women.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45(3), 333-344.  (Full Article)

Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2012). Bulimic behaviors and alcohol use: Shared genetic influences. Behavior Genetics, 42, 603-613  (Abstract) 

Suisman, J.L., O’Connor, S.M., Sperry, S., Thompson, J.K., Keel, P.K., Burt, S.A., Neale, M., Boker, S., Sisk, C., & Klump, K.L. (2012). Genetic and environmental influences on thin-ideal internalization. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 45(8), 942-948.  (Abstract)

Moore M., Slane J.D., Mindell, J.A., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2011).  Sleep problems and temperament in adolescents. Child: Health, Care and Development, 37, 559-562. (Full Article)

Moore, M., Slane, J., Mindell, J.A., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2011). Genetic and environmental influences on sleep problems: A study of preadolescent and adolescent twins. Child: Care, Health and Development, 37, 638–641.  (Full Article)

Racine, S., Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., & Klump, K.L. (2011). Dietary restraint moderates genetic risk for binge eating. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 119-128.  (Full Article) 

Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2011). Genetic and environmental influences on disordered eating and depressive symptoms.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 44(7), 605-611. (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Burt, S.A., Spanos, A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G., & Wade, T.M. (2010). Age differences in genetic and environmental influences on weight and shape concerns. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 43(8), 679-688.  (Full Article)

Klump, K.L., Keel, P.K., Sisk, C.L., & Burt, S.A. (2010). Preliminary evidence that estradiol moderates genetic influences on disordered eating attitudes and behaviors during puberty. Psychological Medicine, 40(10), 1745-1753.  (Full Article)

Spanos, A., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2010).  Do weight and shape concerns exhibit genetic effects?  Investigating discrepant findings.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 43, 29-34. (Abstract)

Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2010).  The road less traveled: Associations between externalizing behaviors on eating pathology.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 43(2), 149-160.  (Abstract)

Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2009).  The etiological moderation of aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behavior by age.  Twin Research and Human Genetics, 12(4), 343-350.  (Full Article)

Culbert, K.M., Burt, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.I., & Klump, K.L. (2009).  Puberty and the genetic diathesis of disordered eating attitudes and behaviors.  Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118(4), 788-796. (Full Article)  

Kuffel, E.E., Klump, K.L., Burt, S.A., & Pivarnik, J.M. (2009). A description of adolescent twins' body composition and physical activity. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 41 (Supplement), S507.

Nigg, J.T., Nikolas, M., Burt, S.A., Klump, K.L., & von Eye, A. (2009).  Factor structure of the children's perception of interparental conflict scale for studies of youth with externalizing behavior problems.  Psychological Assessment, 21(3), 450-456. (Full Article)

Culbert, K.M., Breedlove, S.M., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2008).  Prenatal hormone exposure and risk for eating disorders: A comparison of opposite- and same-sex twins. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(3), 329-336.  (Full Article)

Donnellan, M.B., Burt, S.A., Levendosky, A.A., & Klump, K.L. (2008). Genes, personality, and attachment in adults: A multivariate behavioral genetic analysis.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34(1), 3-16. (Abstract)

Gobrogge, K.L., Breedlove, S.M., & Klump, K.L. (2008). Genetic and environmental influences on 2D:4D finger length ratios: a study of monozygotic and dizygotic male and female twins. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 37, 112-118. (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., Culbert, K.M., Edler, C., & Keel, P.K. (2008).  Ovarian hormones and binge eating: Exploring associations in community samples. Psychological Medicine, 38(12), 1749-1757.  (Full Article)

Suisman, J.L., Slane, J.D., Burt, S.A., & Klump, K.L. (2008).  Negative affect as a mediator of the relationship between weight-based teasing and binge eating in adolescent girls. Eating Behaviors, 9(4), 493-496.  (Full Article) 

Eggert, J., Levendosky, A.A., & Klump, K.L. (2007).  Relationships among attachment styles, personality, and disordered eating.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40(2), 149-155. (Abstract)

Klump, K.L., & Burt, S.A. (2006). The Michigan State University Twin Registry (MSUTR): Genetic, environmental, and neurobiological influences on behavior across development. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 9, 971-977.  (Full Article)

Klump, K.L., Gobrogge, K.L., Perkins, P., Thorne, D., Sisk, C.L., & Breedlove, S.M. (2006).  Preliminary evidence that gonadal hormones organize and activate disordered eating.  Psychological Medicine, 36(4), 539-546.  (Full Article)

Munn, M.A., Stavro, G., & Klump, K.L. (2005).  Lack of seasonal variation in eating attitudes and behaviors among female college students.  European Eating Disorders Review, 13(2), 101-105. (Abstract)

Culbert, K., & Klump, K.L. (2005).  Impulsivity as an underlying factor in the relationship between disordered eating and sexual behaviors.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 38(4), 361-366. (Abstract)


MSUTR Grants

Currently Funded

American Heart Association, Hypertension Research Center: “Epigenomics of Hypertension in Monozygotic Twins and Effect of Salt Intake”; Kidambi (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $522,799 (total costs for subcontract); 4/01/2015 – 3/31/2019.

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R01-HD093334: “Neurobiological pathways underlying maladaptive behaviors in youth”; Burt/Hyde (Multiple PI); Klump (Co-Investigator); $3,081,989 (total costs); 8/18/2017 – 5/31/2022.

 National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), UG3/UH3-MH114249: “Mechanisms underlying resilience to neighborhood disadvantage”; Burt/Hyde (Multiple PI); Klump (Co-Investigator); $3,492,751 (total costs); 9/01/2017 – 8/31/2022. 

 The Templeton Foundation, The Genetics and Human Agency Initiative: “Understanding “what could be”: Heritability in a randomized twin design”; Burt (Principal Investigator); Hambrick (Principal Investigator); $425,000 (total costs); 2/15/2017 – 2/15/2020. 

NIMH, R01: “A Twin Study of Exogenous Hormone Exposure and Risk for Binge Eating”; Klump (Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $3,778,891 (total costs); 3/01/2017-2/28/2022.

NIMH, Administrative Supplement to Increase Diversity in the Workforce; “A Twin Study of Exogenous Hormone Exposure and Risk for Binge Eating”; Fowler (Mentee); Klump (Principal Investigator); $138,594 (total costs); 8/01/2017-7/30/2019.

 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), R21: “Imaging Genetics Study of Twins who Stutter”; Chang (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $67,596 (total costs for subcontract); 12/01/2016-11/30/2018.

Global Foundation for Eating Disorders (GFED): “Ovarian Hormones and Risk for Binge Eating: Brain Reward Pathways as Mechanisms of Effects”; Fowler, Mayhall (Trainees); Klump (PI/Mentor); $57,995 (total costs); 8/15/2016-8/16/2018.


Past Funding

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R01; “Integrating Contextual, Proximal, and Individual Risks for Child Conduct Problems”; Burt (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $2,780,998 (total costs); 7/25/10 – 5/31/2016.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), R01 Administrative Supplement; “Integrating Contextual, Proximal, and Individual Risks for Child Conduct Problems”; Burt (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $99,998 (total costs); 6/01/2013 – 5/31/16.

Michigan State University (MSU), Strategic Partnership Grant (SPG); “The Children of Twins Registry”; Klump (Co-Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Principal Investigator); $400,000 (total costs); 7/01/2012 – 6/30/2016.

The Avielle Foundation; “Elucidating Neurodevelopmental Pathways to Violence and Antisocial Behavior”; Burt (Co-Principal Investigator); Hyde (Co-Principal Investigator); $80,000 (total costs); 11/01/2015 – 10/31/2017.

NINDS, R01; “New Paradigms of Cerebral Palsy Etiology: A Comprehensive Case-Control Study”; Paneth (Principal Investigator); $1,932,530 (total costs); 9/01/09 – 8/31/11.

NIMH, R01; “Gene-Environment Interactions in Childhood Conduct Problems”; Burt (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $1,573,200 (total costs); 7/01/08 – 6/30/14 (no cost extension).

NIMH, Administrative Supplement for R01; “Gene-Environment Interactions in Childhood Conduct Problems”; Burt (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $84,074 (total costs); 5/07/2013 – 11/05/13.

NIMH, R01; “A Twin Study of Ovarian Hormones and Disordered Eating”; Klump (Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $2,707,618 (total costs); 9/16/2008 – 6/30/2014 (no cost extension).

NIMH, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Administrative Supplement for R01; “A Twin Study of Ovarian Hormones and Disordered Eating”; Klump (Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $267,733 (total costs); 10/01/09 – 9/30/11.

NIMH, Administrative Supplement for R01; “A Twin Study of Ovarian Hormones and Disordered Eating”; Klump (Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $170,380 (total costs); 7/01/12 – 6/30/13.

NIMH, R01; “The Effects of Estradiol on Genetic Risk for Disordered Eating during Puberty”; Klump (Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); $2,674,949 (total costs); 9/30/10 – 4/30/16.

NIMH, R21; “Hormones in Sex-Different Developmental Psychopathology”; Nigg (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $475,420 (total costs); 9/01/2004 - 3/31/2007.

NIMH, Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition (B/START); “Familial Transmission of Eating Pathology and Sex Hormones”; Klump (Principal Investigator); $74,251 (total costs); 4/01/2002 - 3/31/2003.

Intramural Grants Program (IRGP), Michigan State University: “Phenotypic and Genetic Relationships between Ovarian Hormones and Disordered Eating During Puberty”; Klump (Principal Investigator); $50,000 (total costs).

NIMH, Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Pre-doctoral Individual Training Fellowship; “Prenatal Testosterone and Risk for Disordered Eating during Puberty”; Culbert (Trainee); Klump (Sponsor); $63,253 (total costs); 5/15/2008 - 5/14/2010.

Michigan State University, College of Social Science Faculty Initiatives Fund; “Prenatal Testosterone and Risk for Disordered Eating during Puberty”; Klump (Principal Investigator); $6,000 (total costs).

Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), Doctoral Research Award; “Impulsivity as a Moderator of Associations between Ovarian Hormones and Binge Eating”; Racine (Trainee); Klump (Sponsor); $81,000 (total costs).

Michigan Bloodspot Environmental Epidemiology Project (BLEEP), Pilot Project Program; “Confirming Uterine Influences on Adverse Health Outcomes in Childhood: A Twin-Sibling Study”; Burt (Principal Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $25,000 (total costs); 1/07/2013 – 1/06/2014.

BLEEP, Pilot Project Program; “Gene-environment interplay and young children’s executive functioning”; Trentacosta (Principal Investigator); Burt (Co-Investigator); Klump (Co-Investigator); $25,000 (total costs); 1/07/13 – 1/06/14.

Davis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Eating Disorders Research; “Organizational Effects of Testosterone on Sex Differences and Developmental Changes in Risk for Binge Eating”; Kristen Culbert (Postdoctoral Fellow); Klump (Co-Mentor); $106,000 (total costs); 7/01/2013 - 6/30/2016.

College of Social Science Faculty Initiatives Fund, Michigan State University, “Family context, genes, and childhood psychopathology: A pilot study”; Burt (Principal Investigator); $10,000 (total costs); 05/01/09 – 4/30/10.

Intramural Grants Program, Michigan State University, #04-IRGP-232: “Gene-environment interactions in childhood antisocial behavior”; Burt (Principal Investigator); $50,000 (total costs); 5/15/05 – 12/14/06.

Competitive Discretionary Funds Program, Michigan State University: “Etiology of adolescent personality development”; Christopher J. Hopwood (Principal Investigator), Burt (Co-Investigator), $37,672 (total costs); 6/01/10 – 5/31/12.

Global Foundation for Eating Disorders; “A Translational Approach to Examining Binge Eating and the Reward System: Early and Chronic Stages of Illness”; Britny Hildebrandt (Mentee); Klump (Mentor); $52,277 (total costs); 8/15/2014-12/31/2015.