Below are a selection of peer reviewed manuscripts. Please see my CV for a complete listing of all publications, and contact me directly if there is anything in particular I can provide.
Coffman, J.L., Westover, A.E., Cook, O.K., Curran, P.J., and Ornstein, P.A. (in press). Children’s strategic memory development: The delayed role of kindergarten teachers’ instructional language. Developmental Psychology.
Molina, B.S.G., Walther, C.A.P., Wang, F.L., Kennedy, T., Curran, P.J., Gnagy, E.M., Pedersen, S.L. (in press). Pathways to alcohol use and problems in adulthood for children with ADHD: The role of common impairments above and beyond ADHD symptom persistence. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.
Strauss, C.L., & Curran, P.J. (in press). An evaluation of aggregated and disaggregated approaches to multilevel factor scoring. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics.
McCormick, E.M., Curran, P.J., and Hancock, G.R. (2024). Latent growth factors as predictors of distal outcomes. Psychological Methods.
Baral, S., & Curran, P.J. (2023). Dynamic Structural Equation Models: Promising Yet Concerning. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 20, 69-79.
Cole, V. T., Hussong, A. M., Gottfredson, N. C., Bauer, D. J., and Curran, P.J. (2023). Informing harmonization decisions in Integrative Data Analysis: Exploring the measurement multiverse. Prevention Science, 24, 1595-1607.
Melsom, L., Ulvenes, P. G., Solbakken, O. A., Curran, P.J., Eielsen, M., & Wampold, B. E. (2023). Self-compassion and fear of compassion in the treatment of chronic depression: Mechanisms of change? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 91, 521.
Melsom, L., Ulvenes, P.G., , Solbakken, O.A., Curran, P.J., & Wampold, B.E. (2022). Emotional clarity and tolerance of emotional distress as mechanisms of change in short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy for chronic depression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 90, 289-302.
Punt, A.M., Judson, M.C., Sidorov, M.S., Williams, B.N., Johnson, N.S., Belder, S., den Hertog, D., Davis, C.R., Feygin, M.S., Lang, P.F., Jolfael, M.A., Curran, P.J., van Ijken, W.F.J., Elgersma, Y., & Philpot, B.D. (2022). Molecular and behavioral consequences of Ube3a gene overdosage in mice. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 7, 1-18.
Besson, E.K., Norris, A., Bin Ghouth, A.S., Freemantle, T., Al-Haffar, M., Vazquez, Y., Reeve, C., Curran, P.J., Checchi, F. (2021). Excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic: A geospatial and statistical analysis in Aden governorate, Yemen. BMJ Global Health, 6, e004564.
Hussong, A.H., Bauer, D.J., Giordano, M., and Curran, P.J. (in press). Harmonizing altered measures in Integrative Data Analysis: A methods analogue study. Behavior Research Methods. 10.3758/s13428-020-01472-7
Wang, F., Pedersen, S., Joseph, H., Gnagy, E. Curran, P.J., Pelham, W., and Molina, B. (in press). Role of ADHD in the co-occurrence between heavy alcohol use and depression trajectories in adulthood. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research. doi.org/10.1111/acer.13934
Curran, P. J., Georgeson, A. R., Bauer, D. J., & Hussong, A. M. (2021). Psychometric models for scoring multiple reporter assessments: Applications to integrative data analysis in prevention science and beyond. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45, 40-50. 10.1177/0165025419896620 [PDF]
Curran, P.J., and Hancock, G.R. (2021). The challenge of modeling co-developmental processes over time. Child Development Perspectives 15, 67-75. http://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12401 [PDF]
Yang, Y. C., Walsh, C. E., Johnson, M., Belsky, D. W., Reason, M., Curran, P.J., Aiello, A., Chanti-Ketterl, M., & Harris, K.M (2021). Life course trajectories of body mass index from adolescence to old age: Racial and educational disparities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118, 1-11. 10.1073/pnas.2020167118 [PDF]
Farrell, A.D., Thompson, E.L., Curran, P.J., & Sullivan T. N. (2020). Bidirectional relations between witnessing violence, victimization, life events, and physical aggression among adolescents in urban schools. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 1309-1327. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01204-2 [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Gottfredson, N., Bauer, D.J., Curran, P.J., Haroon, M., Chandler, R Delaney, J., Altice, F., Beckwith, C., Feaster, D., Flynn, P., Gordon, M., Knight, K., Kuo, I., Ouellet, L, Quan, V., Seal, D., Springer, S. (2019). Approaches for creating comparable measures of alcohol use symptoms: Harmonization with eight studies of criminal justice populations. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 194, 59-68. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Cole, V.T., Bauer, D.J., Rothenberg, A.W., & Hussong, A.M. (2018). Recovering predictor-criterion relations using covariate-informed factor score estimates. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal. [PDF] [Appendix 1] [Appendix 2]
Pearce, L.D., Hayward, G.M., Chassin, L., & Curran, P.J. (2018). The increasing diversity and complexity of family structures for adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 591-608. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Cole, V.T., Giordano, M., Georgeson, A.R., Hussong, A.M., & Bauer, D.J. (2018). Advancing the study of adolescent substance use through the use of integrative data analysis. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 41, 216-245. [PDF]
Burns, A.R., Hussong, A.M., Solis, J.M., Curran, P.J., McGinley, J.S., Bauer, D.J., Chassin, L., & Zucker, R.A. (2017). Examining Cohort Effects in Developmental Trajectories of Substance Use. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 41, 621-631. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Cole, V., Bauer, D.J., Hussong, A.M., & Gottfredson, N. (2016). Improving factor score estimation through the use of observed background characteristics. Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 23, 827-844. doi: 10.1080/10705511.2016.1220839. [PDF] [Appendix 1] [Appendix 2] [Appendix 3]
McGinley, J.S., Curran, P.J., Hedeker, D. (2015). A novel modeling framework for ordinal data defined by collapsed counts. Statistics in Medicine, 34, 2312-2324. [PDF]
Bainter, S.A., & Curran, P.J. (2015). Advantages of integrative data analysis for developmental research. Journal of Cognition and Development, 16, 1-10. [PDF]
Curran, P.J. (2014). The critical role of measurement (and space elevators) in the study of child development. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 39, 258-261. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., McGinley, J.S., Bauer, D.J., Hussong, A.M., Burns, A., Chassin, L., Sher, K., & Zucker, R. (2014). A moderated nonlinear factor model for the development of commensurate measures in integrative data analysis. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 49, 214-231. [PDF]
McGinley, J.S., & Curran, P.J. (2014). Validity concerns with multiplying ordinal items defined by binned counts: An application to a quantity-frequency measure of alcohol use. Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 10, 108-116. [PDF]
Bauer, D., Howard, A., Baldasaro, R., Curran, P.J., Hussong, A., Chassin, L., & Zucker, R. (2013). A trifactor model for integrating ratings across multiple informants. Psychological Methods, 18, 475-493. PMCID: PMC3964937 [PDF]
Chassin, L., Sher, K., Hussong, A.M., & Curran, P.J. (2013). The developmental psychopathology of alcohol use and alcohol disorders: Research achievements and future directions. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 1567-1584. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Howard, A.L., Bainter, S.A., Lane, S.T., & McGinley J.S. (2013). The separation of between-person and within-person components of individual change over time: A latent curve model with structured residuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 82, 879-894. [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Curran, P.J., & Bauer, D.J. (2013). Clinical applications of integrative data analysis. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 9, 61-89. [PDF]
Lane, S.L., Franklin, J.C., & Curran, P.J. (2013). Clarifying the nature of startle habituation using latent curve models. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 88, 55-63. [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Huang, W., Serrano, D., Curran, P.J., & Chassin, L. (2012). Testing whether and when parent alcoholism uniquely affects various forms of adolescent substance use. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 1265-1276. [PDF]
Molina, B., Pelham, W., Cheong, J-W., Marshal, M., Gnagy, E., & Curran, P.J. (2012). Childhood ADHD and growth in adolescent alcohol use: The roles of functional impairments, ADHD symptom persistence, and parental knowledge. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 922-935. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., & Bauer, D.J. (2011). The disaggregation of within-person and between-person effects in longitudinal models of change. Annual Review of Psychology, 62, 583-619. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Obeidat, K., & Losardo, D. (2010). Twelve frequently asked questions about growth curve modeling. Journal of Cognition and Development, 11, 121-136. PMCid: 3131138 [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Huang, W., Curran, P.J., Chassin, L., & Zucker, R.A. (2010). Parent alcoholism impacts the severity and timing of children’s externalizing symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 367-380. [PDF]
Curran, P.J. (2009). The seemingly quixotic pursuit of a cumulative psychological science: Introduction to the special issue. Psychological Methods, 14, 77-80. PMCid: 2766595 [PDF]
Curran, P.J., & Hussong, A.M. (2009). Integrative data analysis: The simultaneous analysis of multiple data sets. Psychological Methods, 14, 81-100. PMCid: 2777640 [PDF]
Chassin, L., Presson, C., Seo, D.-C., Sherman, S.J., Macy, J. Wirth, R.J., & Curran, P.J. (2008). Multiple trajectories of cigarette smoking and the intergenerational transmission of smoking: A multigenerational longitudinal study of a Midwestern community sample. Health Psychology, 27, 819-828. [PDF]
Chen, F., Curran, P.J., Bollen, K.A., Kirby, J., and Paxton, P. (2008). An empirical evaluation of the use of fixed cutoff points in RMSEA test statistic in structural equation models. Sociological Methods and Research, 36, 462-494. [PDF]
Coffman, J. L., Ornstein, P. A., McCall, L. E., & Curran, P. J. (2008). Linking teachers’ memory-relevant language and the development of children’s memory skills. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1640-1654. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Hussong, A.M., Cai, L., Huang, W., Chassin, L., Sher, K.J., & Zucker, R.A. (2008). Pooling data from multiple longitudinal studies: The role of item response theory in integrative data analysis. Developmental Psychology, 44, 365-380. PMCid: 2894156 [PDF]
Flora, D.B., Curran, P.J., Hussong, A.M., & Edwards, M.C. (2008). Incorporating measurement non-equivalence in a cross-study latent growth curve analysis. Structural Equation Modeling, 15, 676-704. PMCid: 2772080 [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Cai, L., Curran, P.J., Flora, D.B., Chassin, L., & Zucker, R.A. (2008). Disaggregating the distal, proximal, and time-varying effects of parent alcoholism on children’s internalizing symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 335-346. PMCid: 2785434 [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Flora, D.B., Curran, P.J., Chassin, L.A., Zucker, R.A. (2008). Defining risk heterogeneity for internalizing symptoms among children of alcoholic parents. Development and Psychopathology, 20, 165-193. PMCid: 2249558 [PDF]
Bollen, K.A., Kirby, J.B., Curran, P.J., Paxton, P.M., & Chen, F. (2007). Latent variable models under misspecification: A comparison of Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) to Full Information Maximum Likelihood estimators (FIML). Sociological Methods and Research, 36, 48-86. [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Wirth, R.J., Edwards, M.C., Curran, P.J., Zucker, R.A., & Chassin, L.A. (2007). Externalizing symptoms among children of alcoholic parents: Entry points for an antisocial pathway to alcoholism. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 116, 529-542. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., & Bauer, D.J. (2007). Building path diagrams for multilevel models. Psychological Methods, 12, 283-297. [PDF]
Preacher, K.J., Curran, P.J., & Bauer, D.J. (2006). Computational tools for probing interactions in multiple linear regression, multilevel modeling, and latent curve analysis. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 31, 437-448. [PDF]
Bauer, D.J., & Curran, P.J. (2005). Probing interactions in fixed and multilevel regression: Inferential and graphical techniques. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 40, 373-400. [PDF]
Bauer, D.J., & Curran, P.J. (2004). The integration of continuous and discrete latent variable models: Potential problems and promising opportunities. Psychological Methods, 9, 3-29. [PDF]
Biesanz, J.C., Deeb-Sossa, N., Aubrecht, A.M., Bollen, K.A., & Curran, P.J. (2004). The role of coding time in estimating and interpreting growth curve models. Psychological Methods, 9, 30-52. [PDF]
Bollen, K.A., & Curran, P.J. (2004). Autoregressive latent trajectory (ALT) models: A synthesis of two traditions. Sociological Methods and Research, 32, 336-383. [PDF]
Carrig, M., Wirth, R.J., & Curran, P.J. (2004). A SAS macro for estimating and visualizing individual growth curves. Structural Equation Modeling: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 11, 132-149. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Bauer, D.J., & Willoughby, M.T. (2004). Testing and probing main effects and interactions in latent curve analysis. Psychological Methods, 9, 220-237. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., & Wirth, R.J. (2004). Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variation: Balancing internal and external validity. Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2, 219-227. PMCID: PMC3131143 [PDF]
Flora, D.B., & Curran, P.J. (2004). An empirical evaluation of alternative methods of estimation for confirmatory factor analysis with ordinal data. Psychological Methods, 9, 466-491. PMCid: 3153362 [PDF]
Hipp, J., Bauer, D.J., Curran, P. J. & Bollen, K. A. (2004). Crimes of opportunity or crimes of emotion: Testing two explanations of seasonal change in crime. Social Forces, 82, 1333-1372. [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Curran, P.J., Moffitt, T.E., Caspi, A., & Carrig, M.M. (2004). Substance abuse hinders desistance in young adults’ antisocial behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 16, 1029-1046. [PDF]
Bauer, D.J., & Curran, P.J. (2003-a). Distributional assumptions of growth mixture models: Implications for overextraction of latent trajectory classes. Psychological Methods, 8, 338-363. [PDF]
Bauer, D.J., & Curran, P.J. (2003-b). Overextraction of latent trajectory classes: Much ado about nothing? Psychological Methods, 8, 384-393. [PDF]
Curran, P.J. (2003). Have multilevel models been structural equation models all along? Multivariate Behavioral Research, 38, 529-569. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Bollen, K.A., Chen, F., Paxton, P., & Kirby, J. (2003). The finite sampling properties of the RMSEA: Point estimates and confidence intervals. Sociological Methods and Research, 32, 208-252. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., and Hussong, A.M. (2003). The use of latent trajectory models in psychopathology research. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 112, 526-544. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., and Willoughby, M.J. (2003). Reconciling theoretical and statistical models of developmental processes. Development and Psychopathology, 15, 581-612. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Bollen, K.A., Paxton, P., Kirby, J., & Chen, F. (2002). The noncentral chi-square distribution in misspecified structural equation models: Finite sample results from a Monte Carlo simulation. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 37, 1-36. [PDF]
Kaplow, J.B., Curran, P.J., Dodge, K., and the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group (2002). Child, parent, and peer predictors of early-onset substance use: A multi-site longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 30, 199-216. PMCid: 2758661 [PDF]
Rodebaugh, T.L., Curran, P.J., & Chambless, D.L. (2002). Expectancy of panic in the maintenance of daily anxiety in panic disorder with agoraphobia: A longitudinal test of competing models. Behavior Therapy, 33, 315-336. [PDF]
Chen, F., Bollen, K.A., Paxton, P., Curran, P.J., & Kirby, J. (2001). Improper solutions in structural equation models: Causes, consequences, and strategies. Sociological Methods and Research, 29, 468-508. [PDF]
Hussong, A.M., Hicks, R.E., Levy, S.A., & Curran, P.J. (2001). Specifying the relations between affect and heavy alcohol use among young adults. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 110, 449-461. [PDF]
Kaplow, J.B., Curran, P.J., & Costello, E.J. (2001). The prospective relation between dimensions of anxiety and the initiation of adolescent alcohol use. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 316-326. [PDF]
Paxton, P., Curran, P.J., Bollen, K.A., Kirby, J., & Chen, F. (2001). Monte Carlo experiments: Design and implementation. Structural Equation Modeling, 8, 287-312. [PDF]
Willoughby, M.T., Curran, P.J., Costello, E.J. & Angold, A. (2000). Implications of early versus late onset of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptomatology. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 1512-1519. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., & Muthén, B.O. (1999). The application of latent curve analysis to testing developmental theories in intervention research. American Journal of Community Psychology, 27, 567-595. [PDF]
Lengua, L. J., Sandler, I. N., West, S. G., Wolchik, S. A. & Curran, P.J. (1999). Emotionality and self-regulation, threat appraisal and coping in children of divorce. Development and Psychopathology, 11, 15-37. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Muthén, B.O., & Harford, T.C. (1998). The influence of changes in marital status on developmental trajectories of alcohol use in young adults. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 59, 647-658. [PDF]
Hussong, A. M., Curran, P.J., & Chassin, L. (1998). Pathways of risk for children of alcoholics’ accelerated heavy alcohol use. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 453-466. [PDF]
Curran, P.J. (1997). Two shorts make a long. Popular Woodworking, 97, 28. [PDF]
(I’m pretty sure this is my most useful publication of the bunch)
Colder, C. R., Chassin, L., Stice, E. M., & Curran, P.J. (1997). Alcohol expectancies as potential mediators of parent alcoholism effects on the development of adolescent heavy drinking. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 7, 349-374. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Stice, E. & Chassin, L. (1997). The relation between adolescent and peer alcohol use: A longitudinal random coefficients model. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 130-140. [PDF]
Mueser, K., Curran, P.J., and McHugo, G. (1997). Factor structure of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale in schizophrenia. Psychological Assessment, 9, 196-204. [PDF]
Muthén, B.O., & Curran, P.J. (1997). General longitudinal modeling of individual differences in experimental designs: A latent variable framework for analysis and power estimation. Psychological Methods, 2, 371–402. [PDF]
Chassin, L., Curran, P.J., Hussong, A.M., & Colder, C.R. (1996). The relation of parent alcoholism to adolescent substance use: A longitudinal follow-up study. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 70-80. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., & Chassin, L. (1996). A longitudinal study of parenting as a protective factor for children of alcoholics. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 305-313. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., Harford, T.C., & Muthén, B.O. (1996). The relation between heavy alcohol use and bar patronage: A latent growth model. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 410-418. [PDF]
Curran, P.J., West, S.G., & Finch, J. (1996). The robustness of test statistics to non-normality and specification error in confirmatory factor analysis. Psychological Methods, 1, 16-29. [PDF]
Sayers, S., Curran, P.J., & Mueser, K. (1996). Factor structure and construct validity of the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms. Psychological Assessment, 8, 269-280. [PDF]
Molina, B., Chassin, L., & Curran, P.J. (1994). A comparison of mechanisms underlying substance use for early adolescent children of alcoholics and controls. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55, 269-275. [PDF]
Chassin, L., Pillow, D.R., Curran, P.J., Molina, B.G., & Barrera, M. (1993). The relation of parent alcoholism to adolescent substance use: A test of three mediating mechanisms. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 102, 3-19. [PDF]
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