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JOURNAL ARTICLES:

  1. McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Gruber, M.J., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Childhood adversities and first onset of psychiatric disorders in a national sample of adolescents. Archives of General Psychiatry.
  2. McLaughlin, K.A., Costello, E.J., LeBlanc, W., Sampson, N.A., & Kessler, R.C. (in press). Socioeconomic status and adolescent mental disorders. American Journal of Public Health.
  3. McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Hwang, I., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Kessler, R.C. (in press). Intermittent explosive disorder (IED) in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement. Archives of General Psychiatry.
  4. Sheridan, M.A., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., McLaughlin, K.A., & Nelson, C.A. (in press).  Variation in neural development as a result of exposure to institutionalization early in childhood. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
  5. McLaughlin, K.A. & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (in press). Interpersonal stress generation as a mechanism linking rumination to internalizing symptoms in early adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
  6. Slopen, N., Kubzansky, L.D., McLaughlin, K.A., Koenen, K.C. (in press).  Childhood Adversity and Inflammatory Processes in Youth: A Prospective Study. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
  7. McLaughlin, K.A., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., & Xuan, Z. (in press).  Disproportionate exposure to early-life adversity and sexual orientation disparities in psychiatric morbidity. Child Abuse and Neglect.
  8. Kessler, R.C., Avenevoli, A., McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Lakoma, M.D., Petukhova, M., Pine, D.S., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., Merikangas, K.R. (in press.) Lifetime comorbidity of DSM-IV disorders in the NCS-R Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Psychological Medicine.
  9. McLaughlin, K.A., Nandi, A., Keyes, K.M., Uddin, M., Aiello, A., Galea, S., & Koenen, K.C. (in press). Home foreclosure and risk of psychiatric morbidity during the recent financial crisis.  Psychological Medicine. (PDF)
  10. Green, J.G., Gruber, M.J., Kessler, R.C., Lin, J.Y., McLaughlin, K.A., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M. & Alegria, M. (in press) Diagnostic validity across racial and ethnic groups in the assessment of adolescent DSM-IV disorders. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research.
  11. Hatzenbuehler, M.L., McLaughlin, K.A., & Xuan, Z. (in press). Social networks and risk for depressive symptoms in a national sample of sexual minority youth. Social Science and Medicine.
  12. Herts, K., McLaughlin, K.A., & Hatzenbuehler, M.L. (in press). Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking stress exposure to adolescent aggressive behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
  13. Slopen, N., McLaughlin, K.A., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., & Nelson, C.A. (in press). Alternations in neural processing and psychopathology in children raised in institutions.  Archives of General Psychiatry.
  14. McLaughlin, K.A., Nelson, C.A., Fox, N.A., & Zeanah, C.H. (2012). Attachment security as a mechanism linking foster care placement with improved mental health outcomes in previously institutionalized children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 53, 46-55. (PDF)
  15. Kessler, R.C., McLaughlin, K.A., Koenen, K.C., Petukhova, M., Hill, E., & the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium. (2012). The importance of secondary trauma exposure for post-disaster mental disorder. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 21, 35-45. (PDF)
  16. Keyes, K.M., McLaughlin, K.A., Koenen, K.C., Goldman, E., Uddin, M., Galea, S. (2012). Child maltreatment increases vulnerability to adverse social contexts: Neighborhood physical disorder and binge drinking in Detroit. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 122, 77-85. (PDF)
  17. Scott, K.M., McLaughlin, K.A., Smith, D.A.R., & Ellis, P.M. (2012). Child maltreatment and DSM-IV adult mental disorders: A comparison of prospective and retrospective findings.  British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 469-475. (PDF)
  18. McLaughlin, K.A., Gadermann, A.M., Hwang, I., Sampson, N.A., the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium, & Kessler, R.C. (2012). Parent psychopathology and offspring mental disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 290-299. (PDF)
  19. Keyes, K.M., Eaton, N.R., Krueger, R.F., McLaughlin, K.A., Wall, M.M., Grant, B.F., & Hasin, D.S. (2012). Child maltreatment and the structure of common psychiatric disorders. British Journal of Psychiatry, 200, 107-115. (PDF)
  20. Behar, E., McGowan, S.K., McLaughlin, K.A., Borkovec, T.D., Goldwin, M., & Bjorkquist, O. (2012). Concreteness of positive, negative, and neutral repetitive thinking about the future. Behavior Therapy, 43, 300-312. (PDF)
  21. Kessler R.C., Avenevoli S., Costello E.J., Georgiades K., Green J.G., Gruber M.J., He J.-P., Koretz D., McLaughlin K.A., Petukhova M., Sampson N.A., Zaslavsky A.M., Merikangas K.R. (2012). Prevalence, persistence, and socio-demographic correlates of DSM-IV disorders in the NCS-R Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Archives of General Psychiatry, 69, 372-380.
  22. Kessler R.C., Avenevoli S., Costello E.J., Green J.G., Gruber M.J., McLaughlin K.A., Petukhova M., Sampson N.A., Zaslavsky A.M., Merikangas K.R. (2012). Severity of 12-month DSM-IV disorders in the NCS-R Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A). Archives of General Psychiatry, 69, 381-389.
  23. McLaughlin, K.A., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., & Nelson, C.A., (2011). Adverse rearing environments and neural development in children: The development of frontal electroencephalogram (EEG) asymmetry. Biological Psychiatry, 70, 1008-1015. (PDF)
  24. McLaughlin, K.A. (2011). The public health impact of major depression: A call for interdisciplinary prevention efforts. Prevention Science, 12, 361-371. (PDF)
  25. McLaughlin, K.A., Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2011). Rumination as a transdiagnostic factor in depression and anxiety. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 186-193. (PDF)
  26. McLaughlin, K.A., Breslau, J., Green, J.G., Lakoma, M.D., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., & Kessler, R.C. (2011). Childhood family socioeconomic status and the onset, persistence, and severity of DSM-IV disorders in a U.S. national sample. Social Science and Medicine, 73, 1088-1096. (PDF)
  27. McLaughlin, K.A., Berglund, P., Gruber, M.J., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A., & Kessler, R.C. (2011). Recovery from PTSD following Hurricane Katrina. Depression and Anxiety, 28, 439-446. (PDF)
  28. Roberts, A.L., McLaughlin, K.A., Conron, K.J., & Koenen, K.C. (2011). Adult stressors, history of childhood adversity, and risk of perpetration of intimate partner violence among men and women. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 40, 128-138.
  29. McLaughlin, K.A., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., Mennin, D.S., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2011). Emotion dysregulation and adolescent psychopathology: A prospective study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 49, 544-554. (PDF)
  30. Hatzenbuehler, M.L., Keyes, K.M., & McLaughlin, K.A. (2011). The protective effect of social/contextual factors on psychiatric morbidity in LGB populations. International Journal of Epidemiology, 40, 1071-1080.
  31. Kessler, R.C., Ormel, J., Petukhova, M., McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Russo, L.J., Stein, D.J., Zaslavsky, A.M., Üstün, T.B., & the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium. (2011).  Development of lifetime comorbidity in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 68, 90-100. (PDF)
  32. Kessler, R.C., Cox, B.J., Green, J.G., Ormel, J., McLaughlin, K.A., Merikangas, K.M., Petukhova, M., Pine, D.S., Russo, L.J., Swendsen, J., Wittchen, H.U., & Zaslavsky, A.M. (2011). The effects of latent variables in the development of comorbidity among common mental disorders. Depression and Anxiety, 28, 29-39.
  33. Shear, M.K., McLaughlin, K.A., Ghesquiere, A., Gruber, M.J., Sampson, N.A., & Kessler, R.C. (2011). Complicated grief associated with Hurricane Katrina. Depression and Anxiety, 28, 648-657. (PDF)
  34. McLaughlin, K.A., Xuan, Z., Subramanian, S.V., & Koenen, K.C. (2011). State-level women's status and psychiatric disorders among U.S. women.  Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 46, 1161-1171. (PDF)
  35. Miller, E., Breslau, J., Chung, J., Green, J.G., McLaughlin, K.A., & Kessler, R.C. (2011). Adverse childhood experiences and risk for physical violence in adolescent dating relationships. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65, 1006-1013. (PDF)
  36. Bos, K., Zeanah, C.H., Fox, N.A., Drury, S.S., McLaughlin, K.A, & Nelson, C.A. (2011). Psychiatric outcomes in young children with a history of institutionalization. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 19, 15-24. (PDF)
  37.  McLaughlin, K.A., Fox, N.A., Zeanah, C.H., Sheridan, M.A., Marshall, P.J., & Nelson, C.A. (2010). Delayed maturation in brain electrical activity partially explains the association between early environmental deprivation and symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Biological Psychiatry, 68, 329-336. (PDF)
  38. McLaughlin, K.A., Kubzansky, L.D., Dunn, E.C., Waldinger, R., Vaillant, G.E., & Koenen, K.C. (2010). Childhood social environment, emotional reactivity to stress, and mood and anxiety disorders across the life course. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 1087-1094. 
  39. Green, J.G., McLaughlin, K.A., Berglund, P., Gruber, M., Sampson, N., & Kessler, R.C. (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) I: Associations with first onset of DSM-IV disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 113-123. (PDF)
  40. McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Gruber, M., Sampson, N., & Kessler, R.C. (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) II: Associations with persistence of DSM-IV disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry, 62, 124-132. 
  41. McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Gruber, M., Sampson, N., & Kessler, R.C. (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R) III: Associations with functional impairment related to DSM-IV disorders. Psychological Medicine, 40, 847-859. (PDF)
  42. Keyes, K.M., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., McLaughlin, K.A., Link, B., Olfson, M., Grant, B.F., & Hasin, D. (2010).  Stigma and treatment for alcohol use disorders in the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172, 1364-1372. (PDF)
  43. McLaughlin, K.A., Conron, K.J., Koenen, K.C., & Gilman, S.E. (2010). Childhood adversity, adult stressful life events, and risk of past-year psychiatric disorder: A test of the stress sensitization hypothesis in a population-based sample of adults. Psychological Medicine, 40, 1647-1658. (PDF)
  44. Sheridan, M.A., Drury, S., McLaughlin, K.A., & Almas, A. (2010). Early exposure to institutionalization: Neural effects and modification by genetic predisposition. Neuropsychology Review, 20, 414-429. (PDF)
  45. McLaughlin, K.A., Fairbanks, J.A., Gruber, M., Jones, R.T., Osofsky, J.D., Pfefferbaum, B., Sampson, N., & Kessler, R.C. (2010). Trends in serious emotional disturbance among youths exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 49, 990-1000. (PDF)
  46. Kessler, R.C., McLaughlin, K.A., Green, J.G., Gruber, M.J., Sampson, N.A., Zaslavsky, A.M., & the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium. (2010). Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. British Journal of Psychiatry, 197, 378-385. (PDF)
  47. McLaughlin, K.A., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., & Keyes, K.M. (2010). Responses to discrimination and psychiatric disorders in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 1477-1484. (PDF)
  48. Hilt, L., McLaughlin, K.A., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2010). Examination of the response styles theory in a community sample of young adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 545-556. (PDF)
  49. Kessler, R.C., Birnbaum, H., Shahly, V., Bromet, E., Hwang, I., McLaughlin, K.A., Sampson, N.A., & the WHO World Mental Health Survey Consortium. (2010). Age differences in the prevalence and comorbidity of DSM-IV major depressive episodes: Results from the WHO World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Depression and Anxiety, 27, 351-364. (PDF)
  50. Hatzenbuehler, M.L., McLaughlin, K.A., Keyes, K.M., & Hasin, D.S. (2010). The impact of discriminatory laws on psychiatric disorders in LGB populations: A prospective study. American Journal of Public Health, 100, 452-459.
  51. McLaughlin, K.A., Fairbanks, J.A., Gruber, M., Jones, R.T., Pfefferbaum, B., Sampson, N., & Kessler, R.C. (2009). Serious emotional disturbance among youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina two years post-disaster. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 48, 1069-1078. (PDF)
  52.  McLaughlin, K.A., Hatzenbuehler, M.L., & Hilt, L.M. (2009). Emotion dysregulation as a mechanism linking peer victimization to internalizing symptoms in adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 894-904. (PDF)
  53.  McLaughlin, K.A., & Hatzenbuehler, M.L. (2009). Stress, anxiety sensitivity, and internalizing symptoms in adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 659-669. (PDF)
  54.  McLaughlin, K.A., & Hatzenbuehler, M. (2009). Mechanisms linking stressful life events and mental health problems in a prospective, community-based sample of adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 153-160. (PDF)
  55. Mennin, D.S., McLaughlin, K.A., & Flanagan, T. (2009). Emotion regulation deficits in generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, and their co-occurrence. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 866-871. (PDF)
  56. Hatzenbuehler, M., McLaughlin, K.A., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2008). Emotion regulation and the development of internalizing symptoms in a longitudinal study of LGB adolescents and their heterosexual peers. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 1270-1278. (PDF)
  57.  McLaughlin, K.A., Behar, E., & Borkovec, T.D. (2008).  Family history of psychiatric problems in generalized anxiety disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 64, 905-918. (PDF)
  58.  McLaughlin, K.A., Hilt, L., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2007). Racial/ethnic differences in internalizing and externalizing symptoms in adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 801-806. (PDF)
  59.  McLaughlin, K.A., Mennin, D.S, & Farach, F. (2007). The contributory role of worry to emotion regulation deficits in generalized anxiety disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45, 1735-1752. (PDF)
  60. McLaughlin, K.A., Borkovec, T.D., Sibrava, N.J. (2007).  The effect of worry and rumination on affect states and cognitive activity. Behavior Therapy, 38, 23-38. (PDF)
  61. McLaughlin, K.A., & Mennin, D.S. (2005).  Clarifying the relationship between dependent personality disorder and anxiety disorders.  Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 12, 417-420.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

  1. McLaughlin, K.A. (forthcoming invited chapter). Developmental Epidemiology.  In Lewis, M., & Rudolph, K.D. (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology – 3rd Edition. New York, NY: Springer.
  2. McLaughlin, K.A. (in press). The developmental psychopathology of major depression.  In Power, M. (Ed.), Mood Disorders: A Handbook of Science and Practice – 2nd Edition. New York, NY: Wiley-Blackwell.
  3. Kessler, R.C., Coccaro, E.F., Fava, M., & McLaughlin, K.A. (2012). The phenomenology and epidemiology of Intermittent Explosive Disorder.  In Grant, J.E. & Potenza, M.N. (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Impulse Control Disorders (pp. 149-164). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  4. McLaughlin, K.A., & Nolen-Hoeksema, S. (2011). The role of rumination in promoting and preventing depression in adolescent girls. In: T. Strauman, Costanzo, Garber, & Abramson (Eds.). Depression in Adolescent Girls, (pp. 112-129). New York: Guilford Press.
  5. McLaughlin, K.A. (2008). Universal prevention of adolescent depression.  In: S. Nolen-Hoeksema & L.M. Hilt (Eds.), Handbook of Depression in Adolescents, (pp. 661-683). New York: Routledge.
  6. Rivers, S.E., McLaughlin, K.A., & Carpenter, M. (2008). Promoting academic, social, and personal competence through emotional literacy.  In: M.A. Brackett, & J.P. Kremenitzer, (Eds.), Emotional literacy in the elementary school. Porchester, NY: National Professional Resources.
  7. McLaughlin, K.A., Sibrava, N.J., Behar, E., & Borkovec, T.D. (2006). Recurrent negative thinking: Worry, rumination, and trauma recall.  In S. Sassaroli & G. Riogerio (Eds.). Worry, need for control, and other cognitive constructs in anxiety and eating disorders, (p. 37-67). Milan: Raphael Cortina Publishers.

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