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Stephen Petrill
PEA326
(614) 292-2769
spetrill@ehe.osu.edu
Professor
View Stephen Petrill's curriculum vitae.
Ph.D. (Psychology) 1995, Case Western Reserve University
M.A. (Psychology) 1992, Case Western Reserve University
B.A. (Psychology), 1990, University of Notre Dame
Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Ohio State University, Oct 2006 to present
Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2006.
Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2003 to 2006.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2001 to 2003.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1997 to 2001.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Center for Developmental and Health Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Grant HD07454, 1995 to 1997.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London, 1995 to 1997.
Gene-environment transactions and the development of early reading and math skills
Autism/developmental disabilities
International adoption
Peer Reviewed, last 2 years:
Deater-Deckard, K., Petrill, S. A., Thompson, L., & DeThorne, L. S. (in press). A longitudinal behavioral genetic analysis of task persistence. Developmental Science.
Deater-Deckard, K., Petrill, S. A., & Thompson, L. (in press) Task persistence, anger/frustration, and externalizing problems in childhood: A behavioral genetic analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
Kovas, Y., Haworth, C.M.A., Petrill, S.A., & Plomin, R. (in press). Mathematical ability of 10-year-old children: Genetic and environmental etiology of normal and low performance. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Petrill, S. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Thompson, L., Schatschneider, C., & DeThorne, L. (in press). Longitudinal genetic analysis of early reading: The Western Reserve Reading Project. Reading and Writing.
Petrill, S. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Schatschnedier, C., & Davis, C. A. (in press). Explaining parental influences on reading-related outcomes: An adoption study. Infant and Child Development
Deater-Deckard, K., Ivy, L., & Petrill. S. A. (2006). Maternal warmth moderates the link between physical punishment and child externalizing problems: A shared environmental mechanism. Parenting, Science, and Practice. 6(1), 59-78.
Peters, K. F., Saltsman, B. M., & Petrill, S. A. (2006). Twin pregnancies: Genetic counseling and testing experience. Journal of Genetic Counseling, Pages 1 - 9. (online)
Petrill. S. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Thompson, L. A., & DeThorne, L. S. (2006). Reading skills in early readers: Genetic AND shared environmental influences. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 39(1), 48-55.
Petrill. S. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Thompson, L. A., DeThorne, L. S., & Schatschneider, C. (2006). Genetic and Environmental Effects of Serial Naming and Phonological Awareness on Early Reading Outcomes, Journal of Educational Psychology. 98(1), 112-121.
Deater-Deckard, K., Petrill, S. A., Thompson, L. A., & DeThorne, L. S. (2005). A cross-sectional behavioral genetic analysis of task persistence in the transition to middle childhood. Developmental Science, 8(3), F21-F26.
Deater-Deckard, K., Smith, J., Ivy, L., & Petrill, S. A. (2005). Differential perceptions of and feelings about sibling children: Implications for theories of parenting stress. Infant and Child Development, 14(2), 211-225.
DeThorne, L., Petrill, S. A., Hayiou-Thomas, E. & Plomin, R. (2005). Differences in the Etiology of Low Expressive Vocabulary: A Function of General Cognitive Ability or Severity of Language Delay? Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 48(4). 792-804.
Kovas, Y., Harlaar, N, Petrill, S.A., & Plomin, R. (2005). ‘Generalist genes’ and mathematics in 7-year-old twins. Intelligence, 33(5), 473-490.
Petrill. S. A. (2005). Genes, environment and the development of reading skills. Scientific Studies of Reading, 9,(3), 189-196.
Petrill, S. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Schatschneider, C., & Davis, C. (2005). Measured Environmental influences on early reading: Evidence from an Adoption Study. Scientific Studies of Reading, 9,(3), 237-260.
Walker, S. A., Petrill, S. A., & Plomin, R. (2005). A genetically sensitive investigation of the effects of the school environment and socio-economic status on academic achievement in 7-year-olds. Educational Psychology, 25(1), 55-73
Deater-Deckard & Petrill, S. A. (2004). Parent-child dyadic mutuality and child behavior problems: An investigation of gene-environment processes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 1171-1179.
Oliver, B., Harlaar, N., Hayiou Thomas, M. E., Walker, S. O., Petrill. S. A., Spinath, F. M., Dale,, P. S., & Plomin, R. (2004). A twin study of mathematics disabilities and abilities in 7-year-olds. Journal of Educational Psychology, 56(3), 504-517.
Petrill, S. A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2004). The heritability of general cognitive Ability: A within family adoption design. Intelligence, 32(4), 403-409.
Petrill, S. A, & Deater-Deckard, K. (2004). Task orientation, parental warmth and SES account for a significant proportion of the shared environmental variance in general cognitive ability in early childhood: Evidence from a twin study. Developmental Science, 7(1), 25-32.
Petrill, S. A., Lipton, P. A., Hewitt, J. K., Plomin, R., Cherny, S. S., Corley, R., & DeFries, J. C. (2004). Genetic and environmental contributions to general cognitive ability through the first 16 years of life. Developmental Psychology, 40(5) 805-812.
Petrill, S. A., Pike, A., Price, T., & Plomin, R. (2004). Chaos in the home and socioeconomic status are associated with cognitive development in early childhood: Environmental risks identified in a genetic design, Intelligence, 32(5), 445-460.
Walker, S. A., Petrill, S. A., Spinath, F. M., & Plomin, R. (2004). Nature, nurture and academic achievement: A twin study of teacher ratings of 7 year-olds. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 323-342.
Treasurer: Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, 2005 -
Regular Member: Behavioral Genetics and Epidemiology Study Section, National Institutes of Health: 2005 -
Editorial Board Member:
Intelligence: 2002 –
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: 2003 –
Journal of Learning Disabilities: 2006 -
July 1999: International Society for the Study of Individual Differences Early Career Award.
July 1998: Award for Excellence in Research. American MENSA Education and Research Foundation and International MENSA Limited.
HD38075, "Environmental Influences on Early Reading: A Twin Study"
HD46167, "Genetics of General and Specific Math Disabilities"
Health, Biobehavioral Perspectives (graduate), Penn State University, 2005 (co-taught)
JumpStart (first year seminar, undergraduate), Penn State University, 2003, 2004 (by invitation of the Dean of the College of Health and Human Development)
Research Applications in Biobehavioral Health, (Undergraduate), 2002, 2003
Research Strategies for Studying Biobehavioral Health, (Undergraduate), 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006
Statistical Genetics (Graduate, co-taught with G. Vogler), Penn State University, 2002
Graduate Seminar (Graduate), Wesleyan University, 1999, 2000
Developmental Psychology (Undergraduate), Wesleyan University, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
Research Methods in Developmental Psychology (Undergraduate), Wesleyan University, 1998, 1999
Developmental Behavioral Genetics (Undergraduate), Wesleyan University, 1998, 1999
Lifespan Development (Undergraduate), Wesleyan University, 1998
Behavioral Genetics Methodology (Graduate), Institute of Psychiatry, 1995
Behavioral Genetics (Undergraduate), Case Western Reserve University, 1995
Quantitative Methods (Undergraduate), Case Western Reserve University, 1995
Cognitive Psychology (Undergraduate), Case Western Reserve University, 1994
Psychology of Adjustment (Undergraduate), Case Western Reserve University, 1994
Introductory Psychology (AP High School), Hawken Upper Preparatory, 1994
Psychology of Adjustment (Undergraduate), Ashland University, Ashland, OH, 1994
Exploring Gender Differences (Undergraduate), Case Western Reserve University, 1993
Peer Reviewed, last 2 years
Petrill, S. A., & Hart. S. (2006, June). Genes, environments, and the links between reading and math skills, evidence from a longitudinal twin study. Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, BC.
Hart, S., & Petrill, S. A. (2006, June). Understanding the links between measured environments, reading, and math outcomes: Evidence from a twin study. Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Vancouver, BC.
Petrill, S. A. (2006, February). Mathematics disability: Definition, etiology, and comorbidity. Chaired symposium to be presented the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.
DeThorne, L. S., & Petrill, S. A. (2005, June). Parent report of children’s difficulty with language: A twin study. Poster presented at the annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
Deater-Deckard, K., & Petrill, S. A. (2005, April). Externalizing and internalizing problems in childhood: Gene-environment processes. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Deater-Deckard, D., Ivy, L., & Petrill, S. A. (2005, April). Maternal Warmth Moderates the Link between Physical Punishment and Child Externalizing Problems. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
DeThorne, L. S., Petrill, S. A., Thompson, L. A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2005, April). Genetic influences on spontaneous language use in twins. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Holtz, F., Deater-Deckard, K., & Petrill, S. A. (2005, April). An examination of negativity in dyadic and triadic family interactions: Predicting behavior problems from triads. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Petrill, S. A. (2005, June) Environmental influences on early reading: A Twin Study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Toronto, Canada.
Petrill, S. A. (2005, April). Gene-environment processes and the overlap between reading, math, language, and general cognitive skills. Chaired paper symposium accepted to the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Petrill, S. A. (2005, February). Phonological awareness, fluency, and reading outcomes: Gene-environment processes. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Research Conference, San Diego, CA.
Petrill, S. A., Deater-Deckard, K., & Thompson, L. A. (2005, April). Environmental influences on early reading: A twin study. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Petrill, S. A., Thompson, L. A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2005, April). Examining the Double Deficit Hypothesis in Emergent Literacy: A Behavioral Genetic Perspective. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
Zack, S. E., & Petrill, S. A. (2005, April). Parental perception of risk in adopted children. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.
DeThorne, L. S., & Petrill, S. A. (2004, October). Etiological factors of language ability. Poster presented at the American Speech Language Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.
DeThorne, L. S., Petrill, S. A., Hayiou-Thomas, E., & Plomin, R. (2004, March). Etiological differences of low expressive vocabulary skill as a function of IQ. Poster presented at Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, State College, PA.
Saltsman, B. M., Petrill, S. A., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2004, March). Relationship between adopted sibling age of placement and post-adoptive behavioral outcomes. Poster submitted to the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Member: TwinsDays Research Development Steering Committee: Twinsburg, Ohio.