Peer-Reviewed Publications

Aviv, E. C., Cardenás, S. I., León, G., Waizman, Y. H., Gonzales, C., Flores, G., Martínez-García, M., & Saxbe, D. E. (2023). Prenatal prolactin predicts postnatal parenting attitudes and brain structure remodeling in first-time fathers. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 156, 106332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2023.106332

Aviv, E. C., Preston, E. G., Waizman, Y. H., Dews, A. A., Flores, G., & Saxbe, D. E. (2023). Fathers’ subjective childbirth stress predicts depressive symptoms at six months postpartum. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, 593–600. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.064

Cárdenas, S. I., Tse, W., León, G., Kim, A., Tureson, K., Lai, M., & Saxbe, D. E. (2023). Prenatal testosterone synchrony in first-time parents predicts fathers’ postpartum relationship quality. Hormones and Behavior, 156, 105440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105440

Corner, G. W., Rasmussen, H. F., Khaled, M., Morris, A. R., Khoddam, H., Barbee, N., Herzig, S., Brasby, Y., Seibert, E., Sellery, P. E., Margolin, G., & Saxbe, D. (2023). The birth of a story: Childbirth experiences, meaning-making, and postpartum adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(5), 667–679. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001062

Martínez-García, M., Paternina-Die, M., Cardenas, S. I., Vilarroya, O., Desco, M., Carmona, S., & Saxbe, D. E. (2023). First-time fathers show longitudinal gray matter cortical volume reductions: Evidence from two international samples. Cerebral Cortex, 33(7), 4156–4163. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhac333

Morris, A. R., & Saxbe, D. E. (2023). Differences in infant negative affectivity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(4), 466–479. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22061

Saxbe, D., Martínez-Garcia, M., Cardenas, S. I., Waizman, Y., & Carmona, S. (2023). Changes in left hippocampal volume in first-time fathers: Associations with oxytocin, testosterone, and adaptation to parenthood. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 35(7), e13270. https://doi.org/10.1111/jne.13270

Bastain, T. M., Knapp, E. A., Law, A., Algermissen, M., Avalos, L. A., Birnhak, Z., Blackwell, C., Breton, C. V., Duarte, C., Frazier, J., Ganiban, J., Greenwood, P., Herbstman, J., Hernandez-Castro, I., Hofheimer, J., Karagas, M. R., Lewis, J., Pagliaccio, D., Ramphal, B., … For the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes Program Collaborators. (2022). COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences and Symptoms of Pandemic-Associated Traumatic Stress Among Mothers in the US. JAMA Network Open, 5(12), e2247330. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.47330

Cardenas, S. I., Morris, A. R., Marshall, N., Aviv, E. C., Martínez García, M., Sellery, P., & Saxbe, D. E. (2022). Fathers matter from the start: The role of expectant fathers in child development. Child Development Perspectives, 16(1), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12436

Liu, C. H., Rodebaugh, T. L., & Saxbe, D. E. (2022). New Insights in Psychological Processes: Introduction to the Special Issue on COVID-19 and Mental Health. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(6), 1019–1026. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026221129815

Marshall, N. A., Kaplan, J., Stoycos, S. A., Goldenberg, D., Khoddam, H., Cárdenas, S. I., Sellery, P., & Saxbe, D. (2022). Stronger mentalizing network connectivity in expectant fathers predicts postpartum father-infant bonding and parenting behavior. Social Neuroscience, 17(1), 21–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2022.2029559

Monk, C., Dimidjian, S., Galinsky, E., Gregory, K. D., Hoffman, M. C., Howell, E. A., Miller, E. S., Osborne, C., Rogers, C. E., Saxbe, D. E., & D’Alton, M. E. (2022). The transition to parenthood in obstetrics: Enhancing prenatal care for 2-generation impact. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM, 4(5), 100678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajogmf.2022.100678

Morris, A. R., Aviv, E. C., Khaled, M., Corner, G. W., & Saxbe, D. E. (2022). Prenatal romantic relationship satisfaction predicts parent–infant bonding for fathers, but not mothers. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 11(3), 244–253. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000225

Morris, A. R., Herzig, S. E., Orozco, M., Truong, V., Campuzano, V., Sridhara, S., Sellery, P., & Saxbe, D. E. (2022). Delivering alone in a pandemic: Anticipated changes to partner presence at birth are associated with prenatal distress. Families, Systems, & Health, 40(1), 126–131. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000679

Morris, A. R., & Saxbe, D. E. (2022). Mental Health and Prenatal Bonding in Pregnant Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence for Heightened Risk Compared With a Prepandemic Sample. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(5), 846–855. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211049430

Cardenas, S. I., Corbisiero, M. F., Morris, A. R., & Saxbe, D. E. (2021). Associations between Paid Paternity Leave and Parental Mental Health Across the Transition to Parenthood: Evidence from a Repeated-Measure Study of First-Time Parents in California. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30(12), 3080–3094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02139-3

Naya, C. H., Saxbe, D. E., & Dunton, G. F. (2021). Early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility preferences in the United States: an exploratory study. Fertility and sterility, 116(4), 1128–1138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2021.05.092

Cardenas, S. I., Stoycos, S. A., Sellery, P., Marshall, N., Khoddam, H., Kaplan, J., Goldenberg, D., & Saxbe, D. E. (2021). Theory of mind processing in expectant fathers: Associations with prenatal oxytocin and parental attunement. Developmental Psychobiology.

Khaled, M., Corner, W, G., Morris, A., Havaldar, S., Luo, E., Saxbe, D. (2021). Physiological linkage in pregnancy: Couples’ cortisol, negative conflict behavior, and postpartum depression. Biological Psychology.

Morris, A., Turner, A., Gilbertson, H, C., Corner, G., Mendez, J, A., Saxbe, E., D. Physical touch during father-infant interactions is associated with paternal oxytocin levels. Infant Behavior and Development.

Naya, H, C., Saxbe, D., & Dunton, F, G. (2021). The disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fertility preferences of people trying to conceive. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Gruber, J., Mendle, J., Lindquist, K. A., Schmader, T., Clark, L. A., Bliss-Moreau, E., Akinola, M., Atlas, L., Barch, D. M., Barrett, L. F., Borelli, J. L., Brannon, T. N., Bunge, S. A., Campos, B., Cantlon, J., Carter, R., Carter-Sowell, A. R., Chen, S., Craske, M. G., … Williams, L. A. (2020). The Future of Women in Psychological Science. Perspectives on Psychological Science.

Goldenberg, D., Marshall, N., Cardenas, S., Saxbe, D. (2020). 6 The Development of the Social Brain within a Family Context. The Social Brain: A Developmental Perspective.

Joel, S., Eastwick, P., Allison, C., Arriaga, X., Baker, Z., Bar-Kalifa, E., Bergeron, S., Birnbaum, G., Brock, R., Brumbaugh, C., Carmichael, C., Chenl, S., Clarke, J., Cobb, R., Coolsen, M., Davis, J., Jong, D., Debrot, A., DeHaas, E., … Faureu, R. (2020). Machine learning uncovers the most robust self-report predictors of relationship quality across 43 longitudinal couples studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – PNAS, 117(32), 19061–19071.

Khoddam, H., Rasumussen, H., Corner, G., Saxbe, D., (2020). Sexual Satisfaction, Relationship Satisfaction, and the Role of the Testosterone Across the Transition to Parenthood. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Han, S.C., Han, S.C., Corner, G., Kim, Y., Kazmierski, K.F., Saxbe, D. (2020). High quality romantic relationships and good health: An in-depth look at physiological pathways. Psychosomatic Medicine.

Corner, G., Rasmussen, H., Pettit, C., Arbel, R., Daspe, M.E., Saxbe, D. (2020). The Physiology of Dyadic Meaning-Making in Couples’ Discussions About Loss. Psychosomatic Medicine., 82(6).

Bierstetel, S. J., Farrell, A. K., Briskin, J. L., Harvey, M. W., Gable, S. L., Ha, T., Ickes, W., Lin, W.-F., Orina, M. M., Saxbe, D., Simpson, J. A., Ta, V. P., & Slatcher, R. B. (2020). Associations between language style matching and relationship commitment and satisfaction: An integrative data analysis. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(8–9), 2459–2481.

Naya, C. H., Saxbe, D., Dunton, G. F., Belcher, B. (2020). Psychological and Biological Stress Synchrony in Mother-Child Dyads: Effect Modification by Financial Hardship. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Sandman, C., Young, K., Burklund, L., Saxbe, D., Lieberman, M., & Craske, M. (2020). Changes in functional connectivity with cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety disorder predict outcomes at follow-up. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 129, 103612–.

Corner, G., Stoycos, S., Khaled, M., & Saxbe, D. (2020). Interpersonal Processes and the Development of Emotion Dysregulation. In The Oxford Handbook of Emotion Dysregulation (1st ed.). Oxford University Press.

Saxbe, D. E., Beckes, L., Stoycos, S. A., & Coan, J. A. (2020). Social Allostasis and Social Allostatic Load: A New Model for Research in Social Dynamics, Stress, and Health. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15(2), 469–482.

Sewart, A., Niles, A., Burklund, L., Saxbe, D., Lieberman, M., & Craske, M. (2020). Corrigendum to “Examining Positive and Negative Affect as Outcomes and Moderators of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder” [Behav. Ther. 50(6) (2019) 1112–1124]. Behavior Therapy, 51(1), 203–203.

Weinstock, L. et al, (2020). Best practices in research mentoring in clinical science. Journal of Abnormal Psychology., 129(1), 70–81. https://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000478

Khoddam, H., Goldenberg, D., Stoycos, S.A., Horton, K.T., Marshall, N., Cardenas, S., Kaplan, J., & Saxbe, D.E (2020). How do expectant fathers respond to infant cry? Examining brain and behavioral responses and the moderating role of testosterone. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN)

Khaled, M., Corner, G. W., Horton, K., Stoycos, S., Khoddam, H., & Saxbe, D. E. (2020). Prenatal relationship conflict behavior predicts childbirth experiences and birth outcomes. Journal of Family Psychology

Saxbe, D.E., Beckes, L., Stoycos, S.A., & Coan, J.A. (2020). Social allostasis and social allostatic load: A new model for research in social dynamics, emotion, and stress. Perspectives on Psychologial Science

Cardenas, S., Khaled, M., & Saxbe, D. (2019). Commentary on translational impact: From individual to dyad to triad to social group: Applying the group actor–partner interdependence model to research on the transition to parenthood. Translational Issues in Psychological Science., 5(4), 402–404.

Incollingo Rodriguez, R. (2019). The buddy system: A randomized controlled experiment of the benefits and costs of dieting in pairs. Journal of Health Psychology, 24(14), 1945–1954. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317709514

Morris, A., Beam, Christopher., Saxbe, D., Lichtenstein, P., Reiss, D., Spotts, E., Ganiban, J., & Neiderhiser, J. (2019). Does parents’ level of depressive symptomatology moderate cousins’ similarity in depressive symptomatology? Behavior Genetics.

Sewart, N., Niles, A., Burklund, L., Saxbe, D., Lieberman, M., & Craske, M. (2019). Examining Positive and Negative Affect as Outcomes and Moderators of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Social Anxiety Disorder. Behavior Therapy, 50(6), 1112–1124.

Saxbe, D.E., Khaled, M., Horton, K., & Mendez, A.J. (2019). Maternal prenatal plasma oxytocin is positively associated with prenatal psychological symptoms, but method of immunoassay extraction may affect results. Biological Psychology, 147: Special Issue on Biopsychosocial Predictors of Perinatal Depressive Symptoms; Eds.. Drs. IIona Yim and Christine Dunkel Schetter

Saxbe, D., Khaled, M., & Horton, K. (2019). Plasma oxytocin is positively associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety in expectant mothers. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 100, S15–S15.

Naya, C., Lopez, N., Saxbe, D., Yang, C., Belcher, B., & Dunton, G. (2019). Like parent, like child: The real-time psychological and biological synchrony of stress in families in naturalistic settings. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 107, 26–26.

Hahn-Holbrook, S., Saxbe, D., Bixby, C., Steele, C., & Glynn, L. (2019). Human milk as “chrononutrition”: implications for child health and development. Pediatric Research, 85(7), 936–942.

Repetti, R. L., & Saxbe, D. E. (2019). The influence of chronic family stressors on adult health. In B. H. Fiese, M. Celano, K. Deater-Deckard, E. N. Jouriles, & M. A. Whisman (Eds.), APA handbooks in psychology®. APA handbook of contemporary family psychology: Applications and broad impact of family psychology (p. 121–136). American Psychological Association.

Corner, S., Saxbe, D., Chaspari, T., Rasmussen, H., Perrone, L., Pettit, C., Friendly, M., Timmons, A., & Margolin, G (2019). Compassion in a heartbeat: Physiology during couples’ loss discussions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(6), 1671–1694.

Brown, Y., Brown, L., Goldin, P., Torre, J., Burklund, L., Davies, C., Niles, A., Lieberman, M., Saxbe, D., & Craske, M (2019). Self-referential processing during observation of a speech performance task in social anxiety disorder from pre- to post-treatment: Evidence of disrupted neural activation. Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging, 284, 13–20.

Ha, R., Rogers, A., Hibel, L., Saxbe, D., Laurent, H., & Granger, D. (2019). Interpersonal attunement in the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: A review and meta-analysis. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 100, S7–S7.

Gruber, S., Saxbe, D., Brushman, B., McNamara, T., & Rhodes, M (2019). How Can Psychological Science Contribute to a Healthier, Happier, and More Sustainable World? Perspectives on Psychological Science, 14(1), 3–6.

Young, L., LeBeau, R., Niles, A., Hsu, K., Burklund, L., Mesri, B., Saxbe, D., Lieberman, M., & Craske, M (2019). Neural connectivity during affect labeling predicts treatment response to psychological therapies for social anxiety disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 242, 105–110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.08.016

Saxbe, D.E., Rossin-Slater, M., & Goldenberg, D. (2018). The transition to parenthood as a critical window for health. American Psychologist, 73 (9), 1190-1200

Saxbe, D., Khoddam, H., Piero, L., Stoycos, S., Gimbel, S., Margolin, G., & Kaplan, J (2018). Community violence exposure in early adolescence: Longitudinal associations with hippocampal and amygdala volume and resting state connectivity. Developmental Science, 21(6)

Saxbe, D., Khoddam, H., Corner, G., Stoycos, S., & Khaled, M. (2018). Physiological correlates associated with interpersonal emotion dynamics. In Interpersonal Emotion Dynamics in Close Relationships (pp. 110–128). Cambridge University Press.

Saxbe, D.E., Corner, G., Khaled, M., Horton, K., Wu, B., & Lyden, H.A (2018). The weight of fatherhood: Identifying mechanisms to explain paternal perinatal weight gain. Health Psychology Review, 12(3), 294-311

Corner, G.W., Saxbe, D.E., Chaspari, T., Rasmussen, H.F., Perrone, L., Pettit, C., Friendly, M., Timmons, A.C., Margolin, G. (2018). Compassion in a heartbeat: Physiology during couples’ loss discussions. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(6), 1671-1694

Saxbe, D.E., Horton, K., & Tsai, B.A., (2018). The Birth Experiences Questionnaire: A brief measure assessing psychosocial dimensions of childbirth. Journal of Family Psychology, 32 (2), 262-268

Saxbe, D., Lyden, H., Bimbel, S., Sachs, M., Del Piero, L., Margolin, G., & Kaplan, J. (2018). Longitudinal Associations Between Family Aggression, Externalizing Behavior, and the Structure and Function of the Amygdala. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28(1), 134–149. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12349

Stoycos, D., Del Piero, L., Margolin, G., Kaplan, J., & Saxbe, D. (2017). Neural correlates of inhibitory spillover in adolescence: associations with internalizing symptoms. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 12(10), 1637–1646.

Saxbe, D., Schetter, C., Dimon, C., Adam, E., & Shalowitz, M. (2017). High paternal testosterone may protect against postpartum depressive symptoms in fathers, but confer risk to mothers and children. Hormones and Behavior, 95, 103–112.

Saxbe, D., Golan, O., Ostfeld-Etzion, S., Hirschler‐Guttenberg, Y., Zagoory‐Sharon, O., & Feldman, R. (2017). HPA axis linkage in parent–child dyads: Effects of parent sex, autism spectrum diagnosis, and dyadic relationship behavior. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(6), 776–786.

Lyden, H., Gimbel, S., Del Piero, L., Tsai, B., Sachs, M., Kaplan, J., Margolin, G., & Saxbe, D (2017). Corrigendum: Associations between Family Adversity and Brain Volume in Adolescence: Manual vs. Automated Brain Segmentation Yields Different Results. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 11, 458–458.

Saxbe, D., Edelstein, R., Lyden, H., Wardecker, B., Chopik, W, & Moors, A. (2017). Fathers’ decline in testosterone and synchrony with partner testosterone during pregnancy predicts greater postpartum relationship investment. Hormones and Behavior, 90, 39–47.

Young, B., Burklund, L., Torre, J., Saxbe, D., Lieberman, M., & Craske, M. (2017). Treatment for social anxiety disorder alters functional connectivity in emotion regulation neural circuitry. Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging, 261, 44–51.

Saxbe, D. (2017). Birth of a New Perspective? A Call for Biopsychosocial Research on Childbirth. Current Directions in Psychological Science : a Journal of the American Psychological Society, 26(1), 81–86.

Edelstein, R., Chopik, W., Saxbe, D., Wardecker, B., Moors, A., & LaBelle, O (2017). Prospective and dyadic associations between expectant parents’ prenatal hormone changes and postpartum parenting outcomes. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(1), 77–90.

Saxbe, D.E., Dunkel Schetter, C., Guardino, C.M., Ramey, S.L., Shalowitz, M.U., Thorp, J.M., Vance, M., & Community Child Health Network (CCHN) (2016). Sleep quality predicts persistence of parental postpartum depressive symptoms and transmission of depressive symptoms from mothers to fathers. Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Saxbe, D.E., & Edelstein, R.S., Lyden, H.A., Wardecker, B.M., Chopik, W.J., & Moors, A.C. (2016). Fathers’ prenatal testosterone decline and synchrony with partner testosterone predicts greater postpartum relationship investment. Hormones & Behavior