Publications

(a indicates first co-authorship; * indicates student author)

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In press​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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• *Debra, G., Michels, N., & Giletta, M. (2026). The power of friendships in adolescents' daily lives: Bi‐directional within‐person associations between friendship interaction quality and affect. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 36, e70245.​

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• *Braet, J., Giletta, M., Wante, L., Volkaert, B., & Braet, C. (in press). Becoming my own best friend: The influence of self-compassion on acute affective and physiological stress responses in adolescents. Cognitive Therapy and Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-026-10754-x

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• Bonar, A. S., Carolus, A. E., Miller, A. B., Alvarez, G., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Patel, K. K., Martin, S., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Slavich, G. M., Rudolph, K. D., Prinstein, M. J., Lindquist, K. A., & Sheridan, M. A. (in press). Childhood threat exposure and poor emotional awareness predict neural correlates of emotion regulation in adolescent girls. Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001681

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• Clapham, R. B., Ye, Z., Somerville, L. H, Miller, A. B., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Slavich, G. M., Nock, M. K., Prinstein, M. J., & Rudolph, K. D.  (in press). Risk and protective effects of need for approval on self-injury in adolescent girls. Child Psychiatry & Human Development.

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2026 ​

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• Giletta, M., Michels, N., Slavich, G. M., & Cole, S. W. (2026). Peer victimization, pro-inflammatory, and antiviral gene expression pathways in adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 188, 107858.

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• *Lorenz, T., Michels, N., Neubauer, A.B., Soenens, B., & Giletta, M. (2026). From basic psychological need frustration to stress responses: Examining how bullying victimization sensitizes daily-life experiences in adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 55, 1236–1250. 

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• *Lorenz, T., Michels, N., & Giletta, M. (2026). Examining diurnal cortisol changes as a pathway linking childhood adversity to depressive symptoms during adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 38(2), 974-985. 

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• *Braet, J., Debra, G., Rein, M.T., Gross, J.J., Werner, K.M., Giletta, M. (2026). Handling the ups and downs of adolescence: The role of emotion regulation repertoires. Affective Science, 7, 197-212. 

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• Michels, N., Vanderhasselt, M.A., Braet, J., Vreye, J., Vergauwe, R., Depoorter, J., & Giletta, M. (2026). The immediate effects of a resonant breathing exercise on adolescents’ stress responses: A randomized trial. Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine, 88 (2), 166-178.

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• *Braet, J., Giletta, M., Desmedt, O., Wante, L., Rapp, L., Pollatos, O., & Braet, C. (2026). Should adolescents listen to their hearts? A closer look at the associations between interoception, emotional awareness and emotion regulation in adolescents. Psychological Reports, 129(4), 3237-3254.​

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2025​

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• Clayton, M. G., Cole, S. W., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Rudolph, K. D., ... & Prinstein, M. J. (2025). Proinflammatory gene expression is associated with prospective risk for adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors over twelve months. Development and Psychopathology, 37, 1676–1684.

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• Schmengler, H., Hartman, C. A., Marceau, K., Giletta, M., & Peeters, M. (2025). The associations between traumatic experiences and trajectories of substance use in adolescence and young adulthood–the role of acute neuroendocrine and subjective stress reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 182, 107642.

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• *Verbiest, I., Giletta, M., Naets, T., Vermeiren, E., Van Eyck, A., Bruyndonckx, L., De Winter, B.Y., Van De Maele, K., van Hoorenbeeck, K., Verhulst, S., Tanghe, A., Braet, C., & Michels, N. (2025).  Inflammatory markers and self-regulation improvements in children and adolescents with obesity during inpatient treatment. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 106129.

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• Michels, N., McDade, T.W., Krause, K.C., Miller, A.A., & Giletta, M. (2025). A history of social adversity is associated with adolescents’ ex vivo inflammatory response. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 182, 107620.

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• *Debra, G., Braet, J., Michels, N., Schreuders, E., & Giletta, M. (2025). Within-person associations between emotion regulation and negative affect in adolescents’ daily life. Emotion, 25(6), 1429–1446.

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• *Braet, J., Debra, G., & Giletta, M. (2025). I’ve got a friend in me: The effect of self-compassion on affect via emotion regulation in adolescents using ecological momentary assessment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 193, 104807.

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• *Lorenz, T., Michels, N., Slavich, G. M., & Giletta, M. (2025). Examining systemic inflammation as a pathway linking peer victimization to depressive symptoms in adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(3), 311-321.​​​​​​​

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 2024

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• Garrisi, K., Tsai, A. P.-T., Patel, K. K., Gruhn, M. A., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Rudolph, K. D., Slavich, G. M., Prinstein, M. J., Miller, A. B., & Sheridan, M. A. (2024). Early exposure to deprivation or threat moderates expected associations between neural structure and age in adolescent girls. Child Maltreatment, 30(4), 623-637.

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• Miller, A. B., Jenness, J. L., Elton, A. L., Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Patel, K., Bonar, A., Martin, S., Dichter, G., Giletta, M.,... & Sheridan, M. A. (2024). Neural markers of emotion reactivity and regulation before and after a targeted social rejection: differences among girls with and without suicidal ideation and behavior histories. Biological Psychiatry, 95(12), 1100-1109.

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• Michels, N., De Henauw, S., Klosowska, J., Wijnant, K., Braet, C., & Giletta, M. (2024). Interpersonal stressors predicting inflammation in adolescents: Moderation by emotion regulation and heart rate variability?. Biological Psychology, 193, 108900.

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• *Debra, G., Michels, N., & Giletta, M. (2024). Cognitive control processes and emotion regulation in adolescence: Examining the impact of affective inhibition and heart-rate-variability on emotion regulation dynamics in daily life. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 70, 101454.

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• Laninga‐Wijnen, L., Pouwels, J. L., Giletta, M., & Salmivalli, C. (2024). Feeling better now? Being defended diminishes daily mood problems and self‐blame in victims of bullying. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 94(4), 1294-1322.

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• *Braet, J., Giletta, M., Wante, L., & Braet, C. (2024). Under pressure: Effects of distraction and reappraisal on adolescents' psychophysiological stress responses. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 94, 101693.

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• McDade, T. W., Giletta, M., Miller, A. A., Krause, K. C., & Michels, N. (2024). Implementation of a minimally invasive cell culture system to measure the regulation of inflammation in a school‐based sample of adolescents. American Journal of Human Biology, e24077.

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• Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Sheridan, M. A., Rudolph, M. D., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Martin, S., Srabani, E. M., Giletta, M. ... & Miller, A. B. (2024). Brain network connectivity during peer evaluation in adolescent females: Associations with age, pubertal hormones, timing, and status. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 66, 101357.

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• *Lorenz, T. I., Schreuders, E., Stuldreher, I. V., Thammasan, N., Brouwer, A.-M., & Giletta, M. (2024). The interplay of peer victimization and parasympathetic nervous system activity on acute inflammatory stress responses in adolescence. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 52, 757–771.

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• Field, N., Choukas-Bradley, S., Giletta, M., Telzer, E., Cohen, G., Prinstein, M. (2024). Why adolescents conform to high-status peers: Associations among conformity, identity alignment, and self-esteem. Child Development, 95(3), 879-894. 

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• Rodriguez-Thompson, A.M., Miller, A.B., Wade, M., Meyer, K.N., Machlin, L., Bonar, A., Patel, K.P., Giletta, M., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., Rudolph, K.D., Slavich, G.M., Prinstein, M.J., & Sheridan, M.A. (2024). Neural correlates of p-factor in adolescence: Cognitive control with and without enhanced affective demands. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 9(1), 30-40.

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• Kellij, S., Lodder, G., Giletta, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M.J., Güroğlu, B., & Veenstra, R. (2024) Are there negative cycles of peer victimization and rejection sensitivity? Testing ri-CLPMs in two longitudinal samples of young adolescents. Development and Psychopathology, 36(2), 844 - 856.​​​​

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2023 

 

• Patel, K.K., Sheridan, M.A., Bonar, A.S., Giletta, M., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., Rudolph K.D., Slavich, G.M., Prinstein, M.J., Miller, A.B. (2023). A preliminary investigation into cortical structural alterations in adolescents with nonsuicidal self-injury. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 336, 111725.

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• Gruhn, M., Miller, A. B., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Martin, S., Clayton, M. G., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M. K., Rudolph, K. D., Slavich, G. M., Prinstein, M. J., & Sheridan, M. A. (2023). Threat exposure moderate associations between neural and physiological indices of emotion reactivity in adolescent females. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 106405.

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• Pelletier-Baldelli, A., Sheridan, M. A., Glier, Sarah R., Rodriguez-Thompson, A., Gates, K. M., Martin, S. M, Dichter, G. S., Patel, K. K., Bonar, A. S., Giletta, M., Hastings, M., Nock, M. K., Slavich, G. M., Rudolph, K. D., Prinstein, M. J., Miller, A. B. (2023). Social goals in girls transitioning to adolescence: Associations with psychopathology and brain network connectivity. Social Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, 18(1), nsac058.

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• Clayton, M.G., Nelson, B.A., Giletta, M., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., Rudolph, K.D., Slavich, G.M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2023). Interpersonal life stress and inflammatory reactivity as prospective predictors of suicide attempts in adolescent females. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(7), 977-987.

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• Franssens, R., Giletta, M., Vanwoerden, S., & De Clercq, B. (2023). Bullying perpetration and victimization as social mechanisms in the development of borderline personality traits during adolescence: A longitudinal study. Psychopathology, 56(1-2), 102-108.​

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2022

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• *Braet J., Giletta, M., Wante, L., Van Beveren, M.L., Verbeken, S., Goossens, L., Lomeo, B., Anslot, E., & Braet, C. (2022). The relationship between perceived stress and depressive symptoms in adolescents during high stress: The moderating role of emotion regulation. Journal of Adolescence, 94(8), 1179-1187.

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• *De Luca, L., Giletta, M., Nocentini, A., & Menesini, E. (2022). Non-suicidal self-injury in adolescence: The role of pre-existing vulnerabilities and COVID-19 related stress. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51(12), 2383-2395.

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• *De Luca, L., Giletta, M., Menesini, E., & Prinstein, M. J. (2022). Reciprocal associations between peer problems and non-suicidal self-injury throughout adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(12), 1486–1495.

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• Bendezú, J. J., Calhoun, C. D., Vinograd, M., Patterson, M. W., Rudolph, K. D., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Nock, M., Slavich, G. M., & Prinstein, M. J. (2022). Exploring joint HPA-inflammatory stress response profiles in adolescent girls: Implications for developmental models of neuroendocrine dysregulation. Developmental Psychobiology, 64(3), e22247

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• *de Bruine, M., Giletta, M., Denissen, J.J.A. (2022). Disentangling the effects of peer status and peer victimization on perceived physical health in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 94(3), 435–447.

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2021

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• Giletta, M.a, Choukas-Bradley, S., Maes, M., Linthicum, K. P., Card, N. A., & Prinstein, M. J. (2021). A meta-analysis of longitudinal peer influence effects in childhood and adolescence. Psychological Bulletin, 147(7), 719–747.

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• Prinstein, M.J. & Giletta, M. (2021). Five priorities for future research on child and adolescent peer influence. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 67(4), 367-389.

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• Clayton, M.G., Giletta, M., Boettiger, C.A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2021). Determinants of excessive reassurance-seeking: Adolescents’ internalized distress, friendship conflict, and behavioral inhibition as prospective predictors. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 50, 88-96.

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2020

 

• Thammasan, N., Stuldreher, I. V., Schreuders, E., Giletta, M., & Brouwer, A. M. (2020). A usability study of physiological measurement in school using wearable sensors. Sensors, 20(18), 5380.

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• Prinstein, M.J. & Giletta, M. (2020). Future directions in peer relations research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49, 556-572.

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• Slavich, G.M., Giletta, M., Helms, S.W., Hastings, P.D., Rudolph, K.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2020).  Interpersonal life stress, inflammation, and depression in adolescence: Testing social signal transduction theory of depression. Depression and Anxiety, 37, 179-193

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2019

 

• *de Bruine, M., Giletta, M., Denissen, J.J.A., Sijtsema, J.J., & Oldehinkel, A.J. (2019). A healthy peer status: Peer preference, not popularity, predicts lower systemic inflammation in adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 109, 104402.

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• Massing-Schaffer, M., Helms, S.W., Rudolph, K.D., Slavich, G.M., Hastings, P.D., Giletta, M., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2019). Preliminary associations among relational victimization, targeted rejection, and suicidality in adolescents: A prospective study. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 288-295.

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• Sheppard, C.S., Giletta, M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2019) Peer victimization trajectories at the adolescent transition: Associations among chronic victimization, peer-reported status, and adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 218-227.

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2018

 

• Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Miller, A. B., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Rudolph, K. D., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2018). HPA axis response and psychosocial stress as interactive predictors of suicidal ideation and behavior in adolescent females: A multilevel diathesis-stress framework. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43, 2564-2571.

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• Miller, A. B., Linthicum, K. P., Helms, S. W., Giletta, M., Rudolph, K. D., Hastings, P. D., ... & Prinstein, M. J. (2018). Reciprocal Associations Between Adolescent Girls’ Chronic Interpersonal Stress and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: A Multi-wave Prospective Investigation. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63, 694-700.

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• Giletta, M., Slavich G.M., Rudolph, K.D., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2018). Peer victimization predicts heightened inflammatory reactivity to social stress in cognitively vulnerable adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59, 129–139.

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2017

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• Giletta, M., Hastings, P.D., Rudolph, K.D., Bauer, D.J., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Suicide ideation among high-risk adolescent females: Examining the interplay between parasympathetic regulation and friendship support. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 1161–1175.

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• Miller, A. B., Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Rudolph, K. D., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2017). A within-person approach to risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior: Examining the roles of depression, stress, and abuse exposure.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 712-722.

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2016

 

• Payne, K., Lee, K., Giletta, M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2016). Implicit attitudes predict drinking onset: Social norms shape implicit associations among adolescents with no drinking experience. Health Psychology, 35, 829-836.​

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• Lodder, G. M. A., Scholte, R. H. J., Cillessen, A. H. N., & Giletta M. (2016). Bully victimization: Selection and influence within adolescent friendship networks and cliques. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 132-144.

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2015

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• Choukas-Bradley, S., Giletta, M., Cohen, G. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (2015). Peer influence, peer status, and prosocial behavior: An experimental investigation of peer socialization of adolescents’ intentions to volunteer. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2197-2210.

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• Giletta, M., Prinstein, M. J., Abela, J. R. Z., Gibb, B. E., Barrocas, A. L., & Hankin, B. L. (2015). Trajectories of suicide ideation and nonsuicidal self-injury among adolescents in mainland China: Peer predictors, joint development and risk for suicide attempts. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 265-279.

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• Giletta, M., Calhoun, C.D., Hastings, P.D., Rudolph, K.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2015). Multi-level risk factors for suicidal ideation among at-risk adolescent females: The role of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 807-820.

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• Barrocas, A. L. a, Giletta, M., Hankin, B. L., Prinstein, M. J., & Abela, J. R. (2015). Nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: longitudinal course, trajectories, and intrapersonal predictors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 369-380.

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• Choukas-Bradley, S., Giletta, M., Neblett, E. W., Prinstein, M. J. (2015). Ethnic differences in associations among popularity, likeability, and trajectories of adolescents’ alcohol use and frequency. Child Development, 86, 519-535.

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2014

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• Helms, S.W., Choukas-Bradley, S., Widman, L., Giletta, M., Cohen, G.L., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Adolescents misperceive and are influenced by high status peers' health risk, deviant, and adaptive behavior. Developmental Psychology, 50, 2697-2714.

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• Choukas-Bradley, S., Giletta, M., Widman, L., Cohen, G. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Experimentally-measured susceptibility to peer influence and adolescent sexual behavior trajectories: A preliminary study. Developmental Psychology, 50, 2221-2227.

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2013

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• Giletta, M., Burk, W.J., Scholte, R.H.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., & Prinstein, M. (2013). Direct and indirect peer socialization of adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 450-463.

 

• van Workum, N., Scholte, R. H. J., Cillessen, A.H. N., Lodder, G.M.A., & Giletta, M. (2013). Selection, deselection, and socialization processes of happiness in adolescent friendship networks. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 563-573.

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• Duriez, B., Giletta, M., Kuppens, P., & Vansteenkiste, M. (2013). Extrinsic relative to intrinsic goal pursuits and peer dynamics: Selection and influence processes among adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 36, 925-933.

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• Stone, L.L., Giletta, M., Brendgen, M., Otten, R., Engels, R.C.M.E., & Janssens, J.M.A.M. (2013). Friendship similarities in internalizing problems in early childhood. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 28, 210-217.

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2012

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• Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Prinstein, M., Engels, R.C.M.E., Rabaglietti, E., & Burk, W.J. (2012). Friendship context matters: Examining the domain specificity of alcohol and depression socialization among adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 1027-1043.

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• Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., Ciairano, S., & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: A cross-national study of community samples from Italy, the Netherlands and the United States. Psychiatry Research, 197, 66-72.​

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• Rabaglietti, E., Burk, W. J., & Giletta, M. (2012). Regulatory self-efficacy as a moderator of peer socialization relating to Italian adolescents' alcohol intoxication. Social Development, 21, 522-536.

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2011

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• Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Burk, W.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., Larsen, J.K., Prinstein, M.J., & Ciairano, S. (2011). Similarity in depressive symptoms in adolescents' friendship dyads: Selection or socialization? Developmental Psychology, 47, 1804-1814.

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• Vacirca, M., Giletta, M., Rabaglietti, E., & Ciairano, S. (2011). Physical and relational aggression in friend dyads from primary Italian schools: Gender differences and the contribute of socialization processes. Cognition, Brain, Behavior, 15, 39-55.

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2010

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• Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., & Larsen, J.K. (2010). Body mass index and victimization during adolescence: the mediation role of depressive symptoms and self-esteem. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 69, 541-547.

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2008 

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• Ciairano, S., Rabaglietti, E., Demartini, R., & Giletta, M. (2008). Older people’s sense of coherence: Relationships with education, former occupation and living arrangements. Ageing & Society, 28, 1075-1091.