Research Interest

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  Physiological risk factors for substance use disorders; genetic and environmental factors associated with individual differences in antisocial behavior and substance use problems (using data on twins).

  
  

Current Research

• Examining contributions of physiological, cognitive, and environmental risk factors to substance use disorders and personality disorders in adults; examining critical properties of electrodermal response modulation, a putative biomarker for substance dependence; examining genetic and environmental influence on personality in adult twins and reading ability and disability in young twins.

  
  

  
  

Selected Publications

• *Bobadilla, L., *Wampler, M. M., & Taylor, J. (in press). Proactive and reactive aggression are associated with different physiological and personality profiles. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology.

  
  

  *Mikolajewski, A. J., *Pizzarello, S., & Taylor, J. (2011). Borderline personality disorder symptom clusters predict substance use disorder symptoms in a nonclinical sample. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 722-731.

  
  

  Neumann, C., *Wampler, M., Taylor, J., Blonigen, D. M., & Iacono, W. G. (2011). Stability and invariance of psychopathic traits from late adolescence to young adulthood. Journal of Research in Personality, 45, 145-152.

  
  

  *Pizzarello, S., & Taylor, J. (2011). Peer substance use associated with the co-occurrence of borderline personality disorder features and drug use problems in college students. American Journal of College Health, 59, 408-414.

  
  

  *O’Leary, M. M., Taylor, J., & Eckel, L. (2010). Psychopathic personality traits and cortisol response to stress: The role of sex, type of stressor, and menstrual phase. Hormones and Behavior, 58, 250-256.

  
  

  Taylor, J., Roehrig, A. D., *Soden Hensler, B., Connor, C. M., & Schatschneider, C. (2010). Teacher quality moderates the genetic effects on early reading. Science, 328, 512-514.

  
  

  *Reeves, M. D., *James, L. M., *Pizzarello, S., & Taylor, J. (2010). Support for Linehan's biosocial theory from a non-clinical sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 24, 312-326.

  
  

  (*student or recent graduate)