Selected Publications
Gurka, K.K., Burris, H.H., Ciciolla, L., Coles, C.D., Massey, S.H., Newman, S., Rajagopalan, V., Smith, L.M., Zilverstand, A., Bandoli, G., & the HBCD Pregnancy Exposures, Including Substances Workgroup. Assessment of maternal health and behavior during pregnancy in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study: Rationale and approach. Dev Cogn Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101494
Kable, J.A., Potter, A.S., Akshoomoff, N., Blasco, P.M., Bodison, S.C., Ciciolla, L., DeGray, S., Hulce, Z., Kuschner, E.S., Learnard, B., Luciana, M., Novack, M.A., Perez, A., Riggins, T., Shin, S.Y., Smith, S., Vannest, J., Zimak, E.H., & the HBCD Neurocognitive and Language (NCL) Workgroup. WG-NCL Measurement of Emerging Neurocognitive and Language Skills in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development Study. Dev Cogn Neurosci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101461
Creech, K.F., *Addante, S., *Hinckley, E., Ciciolla, L., & Shreffler, K.M. Satisfaction with perinatal care providers and the childbirth experience: The moderating role of body mass index. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-024-06866-5
Edwards, R.C., Planalp, E.M., Enlow, M.B., Akshoomoff, N., Bodison, S., Brennan, M., Ciciolla, L., Eiden, R.D., Fillipi, C., Gahagan, S., Gustafsson, H., Leonard, B., McKelvey, L., Morris, A., Nelson, C., Peralta-Carcelen, M., Poehlmann-Tynan, J., Wakschlag, L., Wilson, S., & the HBCD Child Behavior and Caregiver-Child Interactions Workgroup. Capturing the complexity of child behavior and caregiver-child relationships in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study using a rigorous and equitable approach. Dev Cogn Neurosci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101422
Traino, K.A., Ciciolla, L.M., Perez, M.N., Chaney, J.M., Welch, G., Baskin, L.S., Buchanan, C.L., Chan, Y.M., Cheng, E.Y., Coplen, D.E., Wisniewski, A.B., & Mullins, L.L. Trajectories of illness uncertainty among parents of children with atypical genital appearance due to differences of sex development. J Pediatr Psychol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsae043
*Addante, S., *Kraft, J.D., *Clement, D., *Erato, G., *Quigley, A., *Armans, M., *Fields, K., *Oliphant, V., Wingate, L., & Ciciolla, L. Assessing Childhood Community Experiences. Child Youth Serv Rev (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2024.107851
Ratliff, E.L., Jespersen, J.E., Addante, S., Watrous, J.N.H., Morris, M., Beasley, L.O., Ciciolla, L., Hays-Grudo, J., & Morris, A.S. Promotive and Buffering Effects of Protective and Compensatory Experiences on Mental Health and Adjustment in Young Adults. Emerg Adulthood (2024). https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968241237558
Smith, C.E., *Sinclair, K.L., *Erinosho, T., *Pickett, A.C., *Kercher, V.M., Ciciolla, L., & Hawkins, M.A.W. Associations between adverse childhood experiences and history of weight cycling. Obes Sci Pract (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/osp4.736
Ciciolla, L., Shreffler, K., *Quigley, A., Price, J.R., & Gold, K.P. The protective role of maternal-fetal bonding for postpartum bonding following a NICU admission. Matern Child Health J (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03873-4
Ciciolla, L., Shreffler, K.M., & Jones, E.J. Mindfulness interventions during pregnancy reduce depressive symptoms among healthy pregnant women. Evid Based Nurs (2023). https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103752
*Traino, K.A., *Fisher, R.S., *Basile, N.L., *Dattilo, T.M., Baskin, L.S., Buchanan, C.L., Chan, Y.-M., Cheng, E.Y., Coplen, D.E., Kolon, T.F., Lakshmanan, Y., Palmer, B.W., Mullins, L.L., Ciciolla, L., & Wisniewski, A.B. Adverse birth experiences and parent adjustment associated with atypical genital appearance due to differences of sex development. J Pediatr Psychol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad042
Fields, K., Ciciolla, L., Addante, S. et al. Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Perceived Stress During Pregnancy: The Role of Personality. Journ Child Adol Trauma (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-023-00525-1
Ciciolla, L., *Addante, S., & Shreffler, K.M. (2023). Effect of a mindfulness-based pilot intervention on prenatal distress via maternal-fetal bonding. Journal of Women’s Health, 4:1, 78-83. doi.org/10.1089/whr.2022.0090
*Fields, K., Shreffler, K.M., Ciciolla, L., Baraldi, A.N., & Anderson, M. (2023). Maternal childhood adversity and prenatal depression: The protective role of father support. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 26(1), 89– 97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-022-01278-w2
*Walters, C., *Komakech, J., Rakotomanana, H., Kabahenda, M., Joyce, J., Hildebrand, D., Ciciolla, L., & Stoecker, B. (2022). Perinatal depression and breastfeeding: A mixed methods study among South Sudanese refugees in the West Nile Region in Uganda. Current Developments in Nutrition, 6, 613. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzac060.071
*Erato, G., *Addante, *Quigley, A., Ciciolla, L., & Shreffler, K.M. (2022). Maternal childhood adversity, pregnancy intentions, and pregnancy happiness. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, published online. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2022.2097208
Shreffler, K.M., Joachims, C., Ciciolla, L., Croff, J.M., & *Machelle, A. (2022). Maternal adverse and protective childhood experiences and prenatal smoking. Health Behavior Research, Vol. 5, No. 4. https://doi.org/10.4148/2572-1836.1126
Ciciolla, L., *Addante, S., *Quigley, A., *Erato, G., & *Fields, K. (2022). Infant sleep and negative reactivity: The role of maternal adversity and perinatal sleep. Infant Behavior and Development, 66, 101664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2021.101664
*Erato, G., Ciciolla, L., Greil, L., & Shreffler, K. (2022). Changes in importance of motherhood following pregnancy loss. Journal of Family Issues, 43, 741-751. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X21994138
Ciciolla, L., Tiemeyer, S., & Shreffler, K. (2021). Maternal childhood adversity as a risk for perinatal complications and NICU hospitalization. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46, Invited Special Issue on Young Children, 801-813. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsab027
*Keirns, N.G., *Stout, M.E., *Smith, C.E. *Layman, H.M., Cole, K.L., Ciciolla, L., Hawkins, M.A.W. (2021). Mindful acceptance, not awareness, associated with lower food susceptibility. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01288-0
Kent, M., Mardian, A.S., Regalado-Hustead, M.L., Gress-Smith, J.L., Ciciolla, L., Kim, J.L., & Scott, B.A. (2021). Adaptive homeostatic strategies of resilient intrinsic self-regulation in extremes (RISE): A randomized controlled trial of a novel behavioral treatment for chronic pain. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.613341
Hawkins, M.A.W., *Layman, H., Ganson, K.T., Tabler, J., Ciciolla, L., *Tsotsoros, C., & Nagata, J.M. (2021). Adverse childhood events and cognitive function among young adults: Prospective results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. Child Abuse & Neglect, 115:105008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105008
Luthar, S.S., Ciciolla, L., & Suh, B. (2021). ACEs among a newly identified “at-risk” group: Youth at high achieving schools. American Psychologist Special Issue: Adverse Childhood Experiences: Translating Research to Action, 76, 300-313. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000754
Hays-Grudo, J., Morris, A.S., Shreffler, K., Croff, J., Ciciolla, L., & Beasley, L. (2021). Integrating and synthesizing adversity and resilience knowledge and action: The ICARE model. American Psychologist, 76, 203-215. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000766
Beasley, L.O., Ciciolla, L., *Jespersen, J.E., *Chiaf, A.L., Schmidt, M., Shreffler, K.M., Breslin, F.J., Bakhireva, L.N., Sanjuan, P.M., Stephen, J.M., Coles, C.D., Chambers, C.D., Kable, J.A., Leeman, L., Singer, L.T., Zellner, J., Morris, A.S., & Croff, J.M. (2020). Best practices for engaging pregnant and postpartum women at risk of substance use in longitudinal research studies: a qualitative examination of participant preferences. Adversity and Resilience Science, 1, 235-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-020-00019-1
*Armans, M.A., *Addante, S., Ciciolla, L., Shreffler, K., & Tiemeyer, S. (2020). Resilience during pregnancy: How early life experiences are associated with pregnancy-specific stress. Adversity and Resilience Science, 1, 295-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-020-00017-33
Hawkins, M.A.W., Ciciolla, L., Colaizzi, J., *Keirns, N., *Smith, C., *Stout, M.E., *Addante, S.M., *Armans, M., & *Erato, G. (2020). Adverse childhood experiences and cognitive function among adults with excess adiposity. Obesity Science and Practice, 6(1), 47–56. doi: 10.1002/osp4.385
*Cherry, K.E., Gerstein, E.D., & Ciciolla, L. (2019). Parenting stress and children’s behavior: Transactional family models during Early Head Start. Family Psychology, 33(8), 916-926. doi: 10.1037/fam0000574
Shreffler, K.M., Tiemeyer, S., Ciciolla, L., & Croff, J. (2019). Effect of a mindfulness-based pilot intervention on maternal-fetal bonding. International Journal of Women’s Health, 11, 377-380. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S203836
Ciciolla, L. & Luthar, S.S. (2019). Invisible household labor and ramifications for adjustment: Mothers as captains of households. Sex Roles, 81, 467-486. doi: 10.1007/s11199-018-1001-x
*Wyatt, T., Shreffler, K., & Ciciolla, L. (2019). Neonatal intensive care unit admission and maternal postpartum depression. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 37, 267-276. doi: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1548756
Hawkins, M.A.W., Vrany, E.A., Cyders, M.A., Ciciolla, L., Wells, T.T., & Stewart, J.C. (2018). Association between depressive symptom clusters and food attentional bias. Eating Behavior, published early online. doi:10.1016/j.eatbeh.2018.07.002
Ciciolla, L., *Curlee, A.S., & Luthar, S.S. (2017). What women want: Employment preference and adjustment among well-educated mothers. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 38(4), 494-513. doi: 10.1007/s10834- 017-9534-7
Luthar, S.S., *Small, P.J., & Ciciolla, L. (2017). Adolescents from upper middle class communities: Substance misuse and addiction across early adulthood. Development and Psychopathology, 30(1), 315-335. doi: 10.1017/S0954579417000645
Ciciolla, L., *Curlee, A.S., Karageorge, J., & Luthar, S.S. (2017). When mothers and fathers are seen as disproportionately valuing achievements: Implications for adjustment among upper middle class youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 1057-1075. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0596-x
Luthar, S.S., & Ciciolla, L. (2016). What it feels like to be a mother: Variations by children’s developmental stages. Developmental Psychology, 52(1):143-54. DOI: 10.1037/dev0000062
Luthar, S.S., & Ciciolla, L. (2015). Who mothers Mommy? Factors that contribute to mothers’ well-being. Developmental Psychology, 51(12), 1812-23. DOI: 10.1037/dev0000051
Ciciolla, L., Gerstein, E.D., & Crnic, K.A. (2014) Reciprocity among maternal distress, child behavior, and parenting: Transactional processes and early childhood risk. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 43, 751-764, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.812038
Newland, R.P., Ciciolla, L., & Crnic, K.A. (2014). Crossover effects among parental hostility and parent-child relationships during the preschool period. Journal of Child and Family Studies, published online, 1-15, DOI: 10.1007/s10826-014-0012-7
Jackson, C.L., Ciciolla, L., Crnic, K.A., Luecken, L.J., Gonzales, N.A., & Coonrod, D.V. (2014). Intimate partner violence before and during pregnancy: Related demographic and psychosocial factors, and postpartum depressive symptoms among Mexican American Women. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, published online, 1-21, DOI: 10.1177/0886260514535262
Ciciolla, L., Crnic, K.A., & West, S.G. (2013) Determinants of change in maternal sensitivity: Contributions of context, temperament, and developmental risk. Parenting: Science and Practice, 13, 178-195, DOI: 10.1080/15295192.2013.756354
Plesa-Skwerer, D., Ammerman, E., André, M-C, Ciciolla, L., Fine, A.B., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2011). A multi- measure approach to investigating the social phenotype in Williams Syndrome. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 3, 325-334. DOI:10.1007/s11689-011-9100-94
Plesa Skwerer, D., Borum, L., Verbalis, A., Schofield, C., Crawford, N., Ciciolla, L., & Tager-Flusberg, H. (2009). Autonomic responses to dynamic displays of facial expressions in adolescents and adults with Williams syndrome. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 4, 93-100. DOI:10.1093/scan/nsn041
Wink, P., Ciciolla, L, Dillon, M., & Tracy, A. (2007). Religiousness, spiritual seeking, and personality: Findings from a longitudinal study. Journal of Personality, 75(5), 1051-1070. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-6494.2007.00466.x