Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.
Adjunct rank detailsEssi Viding, PhD
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2025
Successful Evidence-Based Parenting Programs are Associated With Brain Changes and Improved Reward Processing in Boys With Conduct Problems
Sethi A, O’Brien S, Blair J, Viding E, Shani D, Robinson O, Mehta M, Ecker C, Petrinovic M, Catani M, Blackwood N, Doolan M, Murphy D, Scott S, Craig M. Successful Evidence-Based Parenting Programs are Associated With Brain Changes and Improved Reward Processing in Boys With Conduct Problems. Biological Psychiatry 2025 PMID: 40541593, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.06.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVentromedial prefrontal cortexAntisocial behaviorConduct problemsParenting behaviorsParenting interventionsAssociated with brain changesReward processing regionsReward learning taskPosterior cingulate cortexIncreased neural activityTask-based fMRIReinforcement learning parametersEarly interventionGroup parenting interventionEarly parenting interventionsReduce antisocial behaviorPersistent CPReward/punishment sensitivityInsula activationNeurocognitive mechanismsReward processingPrefrontal cortexCingulate cortexBrain changesAction biasBeyond Increasing Sample Sizes: Optimizing Effect Sizes in Neuroimaging Research on Individual Differences
DeYoung C, Hilger K, Hanson J, Abend R, Allen T, Beaty R, Blain S, Chavez R, Engel S, Feilong M, Fornito A, Genç E, Goghari V, Grazioplene R, Homan P, Joyner K, Kaczkurkin A, Latzman R, Martin E, Nikolaidis A, Pickering A, Safron A, Sassenberg T, Servaas M, Smillie L, Spreng R, Viding E, Wacker J. Beyond Increasing Sample Sizes: Optimizing Effect Sizes in Neuroimaging Research on Individual Differences. Journal Of Cognitive Neuroscience 2025, 37: 1023-1034. PMID: 39792657, DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_02297.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIndividual differencesNeuroimaging researchEffect sizeStable individual differencesBetween-person effectsNeuroimaging tasksNeuroimaging studiesFocal hypothesisIncreased effect sizePsychological measuresBehavioral constructsSample sizeTheoretical matchingMultivariate approachUnivariate approachNeurobiologyCognitionNeuroimagingEmotionsIndividualsNeuroscienceBrainDifferencesTaskParticipantsThe Nature and Nurture of Primary and Secondary Callous-Unemotional Traits: Evidence From Two Independent Twin Samples
Tomlinson R, Pezzoli P, Viding E, de Brito S, Klump K, Burt S, Hyde L. The Nature and Nurture of Primary and Secondary Callous-Unemotional Traits: Evidence From Two Independent Twin Samples. Biological Psychiatry 2025, 97: s61. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.02.161.Peer-Reviewed Original Research“Suhteissa rakentuvien aivojen” lähestymistapa epäsosiaalisen käyttäytymisen ymmärtämisessä
Viding E, McCrory E, Baskin-Sommers A, De Brito S, Frick P. “Suhteissa rakentuvien aivojen” lähestymistapa epäsosiaalisen käyttäytymisen ymmärtämisessä. Kriminologia 2025, 5: 97-122. DOI: 10.54332/krim.161309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA feasibility study of a preventative, transdiagnostic intervention for mental health problems in adolescence: building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET)
Lloyd A, Law R, Midgley N, Wu T, Lucas L, Atkinson E, Steinbeis N, Martin P, Veenstra R, Smith J, Ly L, Bird G, Murphy J, Plans D, Munafò M, Penton-Voak I, Deighton J, Richards K, Richards M, Fearon P, Viding E. A feasibility study of a preventative, transdiagnostic intervention for mental health problems in adolescence: building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET). Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2025, 19: 29. PMID: 40121508, PMCID: PMC11929178, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-025-00870-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMental health problemsEmotional processingSchool-based interventionsGroup-based psychotherapyResearch measuresSocial relationshipsInterpersonal psychotherapyTransdiagnostic interventionEmotion regulationEmotion perceptionPost-intervention assessmentSchool-based settingsHealth problemsMethodsThe feasibility studyDevelopmental periodMental healthEmotionsPsychotherapyCohesion interventionSchool settingsAdolescentsIntervention participantsParticipantsRetention of participantsRandomised controlled trialsUsing twin-pairs to assess potential bias in polygenic prediction of externalising behaviours across development
Bright J, Rayner C, Freeman Z, Zavos H, Ahmadzadeh Y, Viding E, McAdams T. Using twin-pairs to assess potential bias in polygenic prediction of externalising behaviours across development. Molecular Psychiatry 2025, 30: 3129-3137. PMID: 39972057, PMCID: PMC12185310, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-02920-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolygenic scoresTwin pairsGenetic influencesPassive gene-environment correlationConduct problemsCallous-unemotional traitsGene-environment correlationADHD-related symptomsGenome-wide association studiesIndirect genetic effectsCU traitsADHD symptomologyExternalising behaviourPost Hoc AnalysisGenomic dataAssociation studiesPolygenic predictionEnvironmental influencesWithin-familyGenetic effectsPost-hocTraitsScoresADHDRGEThe Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients
Maguire K, Barnoux M, Collins J, Melvin C, Inkson I, Alexander R, Devapriam J, Duggan C, Shepstone L, Staufenburg E, Thompson P, Turner D, Viding E, Langdon P. The Factor Structure and Validity of the Psychopathy Checklist‐Short Version When Used With Autistic Psychiatric Inpatients. Autism Research 2025, 18: 614-631. PMID: 39963077, PMCID: PMC11928917, DOI: 10.1002/aur.70004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAntisocial Personality DisorderAutistic DisorderChecklistEnglandFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleHospitals, PsychiatricHumansInpatientsIntellectual DisabilityMaleMiddle AgedPersonality TestsPrisonersProspective StudiesPsychometricsRegression AnalysisReproducibility of ResultsROC CurveWalesYoung AdultConceptsMental Health ActPCL:SVPersonality disorder diagnosisForensic historyHealth ActIntellectual disabilityAutistic adultsDisorder diagnosisHistory of violent offendingPCL:SV scoresMeasures of psychopathyInpatient psychiatric hospitalizationPart IIInpatient psychiatric carePCL-SVCriminal offendingHCR-20Violent offendersSV scoresPsychiatric inpatientsFactor structurePsychiatric hospitalPsychopathyPsychiatric careLesser securityUnderstanding the Etiology of Externalizing Problems in Young Children: The Roles of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Irritability
Hung I, Viding E, Stringaris A, Ganiban J, Saudino K. Understanding the Etiology of Externalizing Problems in Young Children: The Roles of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Irritability. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2025 PMID: 39824381, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2025.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCallous-unemotional traitsNonshared Environmental FactorsExternalizing problemsYoung childrenNonshared environmental influencesExternalizing behavior problemsChild Behavior ChecklistLack of guiltCholesky modelEtiological influencesBehavior ChecklistBehavior problemsTwin ProjectEnvironmental associationsEnvironmental linksEtiological pathwaysStudy preregistrationEnvironmental influencesPrimary caregiversEnvironmental varianceTraitsChildrenEnvironmental factorsIrritationAnger
2024
Examining longitudinal associations between interpersonal outcomes and general psychopathology factors across preadolescence using random intercept cross‐lagged panel model
Wu T, Lloyd A, Viding E, Fearon P. Examining longitudinal associations between interpersonal outcomes and general psychopathology factors across preadolescence using random intercept cross‐lagged panel model. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024, 66: 932-945. PMID: 39731442, PMCID: PMC12198929, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRandom intercept cross-lagged panel modelCross-lagged panel modelWithin-person levelInterpersonal outcomesFriendship qualityMental health problemsFactor scoresRI-CLPMNICHD Study of Early Child CareStudy of Early Child CareP factor’ scoresBetween-person levelNegative cross-lagged effectCross-lagged effectsEarly Child CareNegative bidirectional associationFriendship Quality QuestionnaireAged 9Panel modelPsychopathological factorsUnique varianceNICHD StudyBetween-personAttention problemsChecklist symptomsChildhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments
Armbruster‐Genç D, Neil L, Valton V, Phillips H, Rankin G, Sharp M, Rapley J, Viding E, Roiser J, McCrory E. Childhood maltreatment is associated with lower exploration and disrupted prefrontal activity and connectivity during reward learning in volatile environments. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024, 66: 846-856. PMID: 39665511, PMCID: PMC12062857, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14095.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional magnetic resonance imagingReward learningOrbitofrontal cortexChildhood maltreatmentProbabilistic reinforcement learning taskDocumented history of maltreatmentAtypical reward processingOrbitofrontal cortex connectivityNon-maltreated individualsLower exploratory behaviorMid-cingulate cortexDisrupt neural processingHistory of maltreatmentImpact of maltreatmentReinforcement learning taskPrefrontal activationReward processingReward contingenciesNeural indicesOutcome deliveryNeural signalsLatent vulnerabilityBehavioral measuresInternalising symptomsOutcome processing