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Esther M Leerkes

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Girod S, Leerkes E, Chen Y, Buehler C, Shriver L, Wideman L
Infant Child Dev . 2025 Feb; 33(6). PMID: 40017999
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Shriver L, Dollar J, Hosseinzadeh M, Buehler C, Wideman L, Leerkes E
Nutrients . 2025 Feb; 17(4). PMID: 40005067
: Fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is critical for optimizing pregnancy outcomes. Several socio-demographic factors are associated with FV intake, but less is known about behavioral and mental health correlates....
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Girod S, Leerkes E, Buehler C, Shriver L, Wideman L
J Fam Psychol . 2025 Jan; PMID: 39818870
Childhood experiences shape later parenting behaviors; however, few studies have examined the mechanisms that explain how parenting is transmitted across generations. The present study examined direct and indirect effects of...
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Huffhines L, Bailes L, Coe J, Leerkes E, Parade S
Fam Relat . 2024 Nov; 73(3):1949-1967. PMID: 39545098
Objective: Using a family network approach, we examined patterns of remembered parental rearing by both parents and associations with maternal and infant outcomes. Background: Women's memories of how they were...
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Seamon E, Mattera J, Keim S, Leerkes E, Rennels J, Kayl A, et al.
Glob Pediatr . 2024 Sep; 9. PMID: 39301448
Background: Preterm birth (birth at <37 completed weeks gestation) is a significant public heatlh concern worldwide. Important health, and developmental consequences of preterm birth include altered temperament development, with greater...
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Leerkes E, Buehler C, Wideman L, Chen Y, Shriver L
Pediatr Obes . 2024 Aug; 19(12):e13170. PMID: 39209424
Background: Childhood obesity remains a public health crisis and identification of unique prenatal and early infancy predictors of obesity risk are critically needed. Objectives: We test a comprehensive biopsychosocial model...
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Modde Epstein C, Lustermans H, McCoy T, Beijers R, Leerkes E, de Weerth C
J Sleep Res . 2024 Mar; 33(6):e14201. PMID: 38531641
This study sought to examine the effects of childhood adversity on the longitudinal associations between perinatal sleep quality and depressive symptoms, and to determine the prospective associations between these constructs...
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Leerkes E, Negi S, Buehler C, Shriver L, Wideman L
J Fam Psychol . 2024 Feb; 38(5):786-796. PMID: 38358719
The extent to which mother and infant sleep predict maternal sensitivity as (a) main effects and (b) moderate the association between social cognition about infant crying (i.e., cry processing) and...
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Peters A, Zeytinoglu S, Leerkes E, Isbell E
Dev Cogn Neurosci . 2023 Oct; 64():101319. PMID: 37907010
Early childhood is characterized by robust developmental changes in cognitive control. However, our understanding of intra-individual change in neural indices of cognitive control during this period remains limited. Here, we...
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Avorgbedor F, McCoy T, Wideman L, Shriver L, Buehler C, Leerkes E
AJPM Focus . 2023 Oct; 1(2):100029. PMID: 37791241
Introduction: Structural racism leads to neighborhood-level socioeconomic disadvantage, which determines adverse birth outcomes. Individual socioeconomic disadvantage is associated with compromised healthy pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the pathways...