Publications                                                                   

  in press
   
   
   
  2017
   
 

Assary, E., & Pluess, M. (2017). Differential Susceptibility in Minority Children: Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity. In N. J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Positive Development of Minority Children. Springer Netherland.   LINK   

   
  Pluess, M. (2017). Vantage Sensitivity: Environmental Sensitivity to Positive Experiences as a Function of Genetic Differences. Journal of Personality, 85(1), 38-50. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12218   PDF 
   
  2016
   
  Mutschler, I., Ball, T., Kirmse, U., Wieckhorst, B., Pluess, M., Klarhofer, M., . . . Seifritz, E. (2016). The Role of the Subgenual Anterior Cingulate Cortex and Amygdala in Environmental Sensitivity to Infant Crying. PloS One, 11(8), e0161181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161181.    PDF
   
 

Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2016). Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences. In D. Cicchetti (Ed.), Developmental Psychopathology (3rd ed., Vol. 3, pp. 59). New York: Wiley.   LINK   

   
  2015
   
  Bouvette-Turcot, A.-A., Pluess, M., Pennestri, M.-H., Bernier, A., Levitan, R., Wazana, A., Sokolowski, M. B., Kennedy, J. L., Minde, K., Steiner, M., Meaney, M. J., Gaudreau, H. (in press). Longitudinal effects of sleep and 5-HTTLPR on temperament: Support for differential susceptibility. Pediatrics.   PDF 
   
 

Pluess, M. (2015). Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: The Role of Heritability and Genetics in Positive Psychology. Oxford University Press.   LINK   

   
 

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2015). Vantage Sensitivity: Genetic Susceptibility to Positive Experiences. In M. Pluess (Eds.). Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: The Role of Heritability and Genetics in Positive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   LINK 

   
 

Pluess, M., & Meaney, M. (2015). Genes, Environment and Psychological Well-Being. In M. Pluess (Eds.). Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: The Role of Heritability and Genetics in Positive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   LINK

   
 

Szyf, M., & Pluess, M. (2015). Epigenetics and Well-Being: Optimal Adaptation to the Environment. In M. Pluess (Eds.). Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: The Role of Heritability and Genetics in Positive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   LINK 

   
 

Pluess, M. (2015). Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: Current State and Future Directions. In M. Pluess (Eds.). Genetics of Psychological Well-Being: The Role of Heritability and Genetics in Positive Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.   LINK  

   
 

Power, R., & Pluess, M. (2015). Heritability Estimates of the Big Five Personality Traits Based on Common Genetic Variants. Translational Psychiatry, 5, e604.   PDF 

   
  Pluess, M. (2015). Individual Differences in Environmental Sensitivity. Child Development Perspectives, 9(3), 138-143.   PDF
   
 

Pluess, M., & Boniwell, I. (2015). Sensory-Processing Sensitivity predicts treatment response to a school-based depression prevention program: Evidence of Vantage Sensitivity. Personality and Individual Differences, 82(0), 40-45.   PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., & Bartley, M. (2015). Childhood Conscientiousness predicts the Social Gradient of Smoking in Adulthood: A Life Course Analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 69(4), 330-338.   PDF

   

Jaekel, J., Pluess, M., Belsky, J., Wolke, D. (2015). Effects of maternal sensitivity on low birth weight children's academic achievement: a test of differential susceptibility versus diathesis stress. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 56(6), 693-701.  PDF 

   
  2014
   
 

Belsky, J., Newman, D.A., Widaman, K.F., Rodkin, P., Pluess, M., Fraley, R.C., Berry, D., Helm, J. L., & Roisman (2014). Differential Susceptibility to Effects of Maternal Sensitivity? A Study of Candidate Plasticity Genes. Development and Psychopathology.   PDF 

   
 

Lionetti, F, Pluess, M., Barone, L. (2014). Vulnerabilità, resilienza o differente permeabilità?  Un confronto tra modelli per lo studio dell’interazione individuo-ambiente. Psicologia Clinica dello Sviluppo, 18(2), 163-182.   PDF   

   
  2013
   
 

Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2013). Beyond Risk, Resilience and Dysregulation: Phenotypic Plasticity and Human Development. Development and Psychopathology, 25(25th Anniversary Special Issue 4pt2), 1243-1261.  PDF

   
  Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2013). Vantage Sensitivity: Individual Differences in Response to Positive Experiences. Psychological Bulletin, 139(4), 901-916.  PDF
   
 

Hefferon, K., & Pluess, M. (2013). Genetics and Wellbeing. In Hefferon, K., Positive psychology and the body: the somatopsychic side of flourishing. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

   
  Pluess, M., Stevens, S.E., & Belsky, J. (2013). Differential Susceptibility: Developmental and Evolutionary Mechanisms of Gene-Environment Interactions. In M. Legerstee, D. W. Haley, M. H. Bornstein (Eds.), The Infant Mind: Origins of the Social Brain. New York: Guilford.  LINK
   
  Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2013). Genetic Moderation of Early Child Care Effects on Behavior Problems and Social Competence Across Childhood: A Developmental Analysis. Child Development, 84(4), 1209-1225.  PDF
   
  Belsky, J., Pluess, M., & Widaman, K.F. (2013). Confirmatory and Comparative Testing of Alternative Gene-Environment Interaction Hypotheses. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(10), 1135-1143.  PDF
   
  2012
   

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2012).Parenting Effects in the Context of Child Genetic Differences. ISSBD Bulletin, 62(2), 3-6. Supplement to International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(6).  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., Wurmser, H., Buske-Kirschbaum, A., Papousek, M., Pirke, K.M., Hellhammer D. & Bolten, M. (2012). Positive Life Events Predict Salivary Cortisol in Pregnant Women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 37(8), 1336-1340.  PDF

   
  Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2012). Conceptual issues in psychiatric gene-environment interaction research. American Journal of Psychiatry, 169(2), 222-223.  PDF
   

 Belsky, J, & Pluess, M. (2012). Differential susceptibility to long-term effects of quality of child care on externalizing behavior in adolescence? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36(1), 2-10.  PDF

   
  Widaman, K. F., Helm, J. L., Castro-Schilo, L., Pluess, M., Stallings, M. C., & Belsky, J. (in press). Distinguishing Ordinal and Disordinal Interactions. Psychological Methods, 17(4), 615-622.  PDF
   
  2011
   
 

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2011). Differential Susceptibility to Maternal Sensitivity. In D. Winders Davis & M. Cynthia Logsdon (Eds.), Maternal Sensitivity: A critical review for practitioners (pp. 95-107). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.  PDF

   
  Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2011). Beyond Adversity, Vulnerability and Resilience: Individual Differences in Developmental Plasticity. In D. Cicchetti & G. I. Roisman (Eds.), Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, Vol.36: The Origins and Organization of Adaptation and Maladaptation (pp. 379-422). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.  PDF
   
 

Pluess, M., Velders, F.P., Belsky, J., van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Jaddoe, V.W., Hofman, A., Arp, P.P., Verhulst, F., & Tiemeier, H. (2011). Serotonin transporter polymorphism moderates effects of prenatal maternal anxiety on infant negative emotionality. Biological Psychiatry, 69(6), 520-525.  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2011). Prenatal Programming of Postnatal Plasticity? Development and Psychopathology, 23(1), 29-38.  PDF

   
  2010
 

Pluess, M., Belsky, J., Way, B., & Taylor, S. (2010). 5-HTTLPR Moderates Effects of Current Life Events on Neuroticism: Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry, 34, 1070-1074.  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2010). Children’s Differential Susceptibility to Effects of Parenting. Family Science, 1(1), 14-25.  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., Bolten, M., Pirke, K.M., & Hellhammer D. (2010). Maternal Trait Anxiety is Associated with Emotional Distress and Salivary Cortisol in Pregnancy. Biological Psychology, 83(3), 169-175.  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2010). Differential Susceptibility to Parenting and Quality Child Care. Developmental Psychology, 46(2), 379-390.  PDF

   
  2009
   
 

Pluess, M., Belsky, J., & Neuman, R.J. (2009). Prenatal smoking and ADHD: DRD4-7R as a plasticity gene. Biological Psychiatry, 66, e5-e6.  PDF

   
 

Belsky, J. & Pluess, M. (2009). Beyond Diathesis-Stress: Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences. Psychological Bulletin, 135(6), 885-908.  PDF

   
 

Belsky, J., Jonassaint, Ch., Pluess, M., Stanton, M., Brummett, B., & Williams, R. (2009). Vulnerability Genes or Plasticity Genes? Molecular Psychiatry, 14, 746-754.  PDF

   
 

Belsky, J., & Pluess, M. (2009). Why Therapy Should Fail (Sometimes): Differential Susceptibility to Environmental Influences. New Therapist, 62(July/August), 18-27.  PDF

   
 

Belsky, J. & Pluess, M. (2009). The Nature (and Nurture?) of Plasticity in Early Human Development. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(4), 345-351.  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., & Belsky, J. (2009). Differential Susceptibility to Rearing Experience: The Case of Childcare. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 50(4), 396-404.  PDF

   
 

Pluess, M., Conrad, A., & Wilhelm, F. H. (2009). Muscle tension in generalized anxiety disorder: A critical review of the literature. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23(1), 1-11.  PDF