2026
Costello, M.A., Evohr, B., Iroegbulem, V., Dufour, J., Casottana, K., Cather, C., Pachas, G., Schuster, R.M.*, & Evins, A.E.* (In Press). Peer Vaped Nicotine Use in Adolescents and Young Adults: Associations with Abstinence and Intervention Adherence During a Quit Attempt. Substance Use: Research and Treatment.
Costello, M.A.*, Hunt, G.L.*, & Allen, J.P. (In Press). Adolescent Friendship Instability and Associated Attachment Insecurity as Precursors to Relative Declines in Adult Physical and Relational Health. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
Cohen, K.A.*, Costello, M.A.*, Schleider, J.**, & Schuster, R.M.** (In Press). A Roadmap for Leveraging Schools for Population Mental Health: The Case for an Integrated Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Framework. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice.
Costello, M.A. (In Press). Emotion Socialization in Adolescent Romantic Relationships. In C.A. Erdley & J.L. Zemen (Eds.), Emotion Socialization in Children and Adolescents: The Importance of Social Context.
Tankersley, M.*, Costello, M.A.*, Nagel, A.G., & Allen, J.P. (2026). Supporting the Mental Health of Peer Support Workers Following a Lethal Shooting on Campus. College Student Affairs Journal, 44(1), 78-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/csj.2026.a995237
Bailey, N.A., Blake, A.J., Johansson, A., Stern, J.A., Costello, M.A., Chassin, L., & Allen, J.P. (2026). The Intergenerational Sequelae of Family Conflict and Psychological Control: Evidence from Two Cohorts. Development and Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101710
Field, N., Costello, M.A., Breeden, L., & Allen, J.P. (2026). Dual Peer Processes in Adolescent Smoking Initiation and Frequency: Close-Friend Modeling and Anti-Smoking Influence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 1-12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2026.101952
Allen, J.P., Hunt, G.L., Costello, M.A., & Uchino, B.N. (2026). Calling Home: Adolescent Family Roots of Adult Resilience During the COVID Pandemic. Development and Psychopathology, 1–12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579426101448
Costello, M.A., Crocker, J., Kaur, J., Du, R., Oxendine, E., Greenspan, L., Butler, R., & Schuster, R.M. (2026). Exploring a Low Burden, Universally Administered Strategy to Connect Adolescents to School-Based Mental Health Supports. School Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000719
Allen, J.P., Costello, M.A., Hunt, G.L., Uchino, B.N., & Sugden, K. (2026). Predictions from Early Adolescent Interpersonal Aggression to Accelerated Aging in Adulthood: Relational and Biological Mechanisms of Linkage. Health Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001576
Costello, M.A.*, Austin, L.J.*, Parnes, M., Conroy, K., Albright, M.G., Spurrell, W., Schwartz, S.E.O.**, & Schuster, R.M.** (2026). Personal Mental Health Treatment Stigma, Perceived Caregiver and Peer Treatment Stigma, and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 183(108836). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2026.108836
2025
Schuster, R.M.*, Costello, M.A.*, Potter, K., Torquati, M., Gilman, J., & Evins, A.E. (2025). Neurocognitive Outcomes in Adolescents with and without Four Weeks of Cannabis Abstinence: A Randomized Clinical Trial Using Contingency Management. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 16(1723633). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1723633
Feibus, I., Borrego Mahiques, M., Costello, M.A., Potter, K., Bentley, K., Hoeppner, B., Luwei, L., Yan, L., Gilman, J. Evins, A.E., Kossowsky, J., & Schuster, R.M. (2025). Characterizing Proximal Risk for Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation with Acute Cannabis Use and Withdrawal Among Adolescents Using Ecological Momentary Assessment: Study Protocol. PLOS One, 20(12): e0338790. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0338790
Costello, M.A., Brehm, M., Rivens, A.J., Hunt, G.L., Nagel, A.G., & Allen, J.P. (2025). Support-seeking About Social Relationships with Friends is Associated with Friendship Quality, Emotional Support, and Self-Disclosure in Adolescence. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42(12). https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251371391
Vargas, T., Costello, M.A., Tiemeier, H., Lam, P., Bollman-Dodd, T., Kaur, J., & Schuster, R.M. (2025). Neighborhood Deprivation and Mental Health of Youth in Schools: The Protective Role of School Staffing Patterns. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2025.06.003
Allen, J.P., Costello, M.A., Pettit, C., Bailey, N.A., & Stern, J.A. (2025). Unique Roles of Adolescents’ Friends and Fathers in Predicting Verbal Aggression in Future Adult Romantic Relationships. Development and Psychopathology, 37, 393-402. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001670
Allen, J.P, Costello, M.A., Hellwig, A.F., & Stern, J.A. (2025). Pathways from Adolescent Close Friendship Struggles to Adult Negative Affectivity. Development and Psychopathology, 37, 241-250. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001542
Evins, A.E., Cather, C., Reeder, H.T., Evohr, B., Potter, K., Pachas, G.N., Gray, K.M., Levy, S., Rigotti, N.A., Iroegbulem, V., Dufour, J., Cassotana, K., Costello, M.A., Gilman, J.M., & Schuster, R.M. (2025). Varenicline for Youth Nicotine Vaping Cessation: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA, 333(21). https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2025.3810
Costello, M.A., Pascale, M., Potter, K., Knoll, S.J., Bodolay, A., Kaur, J., Du, R., Greenspan, L., Gray, C.A., McIntyre, J., & Schuster, R.M. (2025). Understanding Adolescent Mental Health Symptom Progression in School-Based Settings: The Substance Use and Risk Factors (SURF) Survey. School Psychology, 40(6), 666-679. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000681
Costello, M.A., Schuster, R.M., Gilman, J.M., & Evins, A.E. (2025) Cannabis Use and Psychiatric Symptoms in Adolescence. In H. Marusek (Ed.), Cannabis and the Developing Brain, pp. 385-404. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-87990-6_16
2024
Allen. J.P., Costello, M.A., Stern, J.A., & Bailey, N.A. (2024). Beyond Delinquency and Drug Use: Links of Peer Pressure to Long-term Adolescent Psychosocial Development. Development and Psychopathology, 37(4) 1930-1940. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424001482
Pettit, C., Hellwig, A.F., Costello, M.A., Hunt, G., & Allen, J.P. (2024). “You”-Talk in Young Adult Couples’ Conflict: Family-of-Origin Roots and Adult Relational Aggression Sequelae. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(12), 3641-3664. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241270998.
Stern, J.A., Bailey, N.A., Costello, M.A., Hazelwood, O.A., & Allen, J.P. (2024). Father Contributions to Attachment in Adolescence and Adulthood: The Role of Race, Gender, Income, and Father Residential Status. Attachment and Human Development, 26(4), 325–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2024.2366391
Stern, J.A., Bailey, N.A., Costello, M.A., Hellwig, A.F., Mitchell, J.J., & Allen, J.P. (2024). Empathy Across Three Generations: From Maternal and Peer Support in Adolescence to Adult Parenting and Child Outcomes. Child Development, 95(5), 1628-1640. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14109
Costello, M.A., Pettit, C., Hellwig, A.F., Hunt, G.L., Bailey, N.A., & Allen, J.P. (2024). Adolescent Social Learning Within Supportive Friendships: Self-Disclosure and Relationship Quality from Adolescence to Adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(3), 805-817. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12947
Bailey, N.A., Costello, M.A., Stern, J.A., Davis, A.A., & Allen, J.P. (2024). Adolescent Responses to Paternal Verbal Aggression: Assessing Spillover and Compensatory Processes Using Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models. Journal of Adolescence, 96(6), 1224-1238. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12332
Costello, M.A., Bailey, N.A., Stern, J.A., & Allen, J.P. (2024). Vulnerable Self-Disclosure Co-Develops in Adolescent Friendships: Developmental Foundations of Emotional Intimacy. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 41(9), 2432-2454. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241244821
Allen, J.P., Pettit, C., Costello, M.A., Hunt, G.L., & Stern. J.A. (2024). A Social-development Model of the Evolution of Depressive Symptoms from Age 13 to 30. Development and Psychopathology, 36(1), 280-290. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001183
2023
Lin, J., Namaky, N., Costello, M.A., Uchino, R., Allen, J., & Coan, J. (2023). Social Regulation of Neural Threat Response Predicts Subsequent Markers of Physical Health. Psychosomatic Medicine, 85(9), 763-771. https://doi/org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000001238
Allen, J.P., Costello, M.A., Hellwig, A.F., Pettit, C., Stern, J.A., & Uchino, B.N. (2023). Adolescent Caregiving Success as a Predictor of Social Relationship Qualities from Age 13 to 33. Child Development, 94(6), 1610-1624. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13936
Costello, M.A., Allen, J.P., Womack, S.R., Stern, J.A., Loeb, E.L., & Pettit, C. (2023). Characterizing Emotional Support Development from Adolescent Best Friendships to Adult Romantic Relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 33(2), 389-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12809
2022
Allen, J.P., Loeb, E., Davis, A., Costello, M.A., & Uchino, B.N. (2022). Getting Under the Skin: Long-term Links of Adolescent Peer Relationship Difficulties to Adult Vagal Tone. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 45, 690-701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-022-00334-1
Costello, M.A., Nagel, A.G., Hunt, G.L., Rivens, A.J., Hazelwood, O.A., Pettit, C., & Allen, J.P. (2022) Facilitating Connection to Enhance College Student Well-Being: Evaluation of an Experiential Group Intervention. American Journal of Community Psychology, 70(3-4), 314-326. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12601
Allen, J.P., Danoff, J.S., Costello, M.A., Loeb, E.L., Davis, A.D., Hunt, G.L., Gregory, S.G., Giamberardino, S.N., & Connelly, J.J. (2022). Adolescent Peer Struggles Predict Accelerated Epigenetic Aging in Midlife. Development and Psychopathology, 35(2), 912-925. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000153
Costello, M.A., Nagel, A.G., Hunt, G., & Allen, J.P. (2022). Randomized Evaluation of an Intervention to Enhance a Sense of Belongingness Among Entering College Students. College Student Affairs Journal, 40(1), 63-66. https://doi.org/10.1353/csj.2022.0002
Allen, J.P., Danoff, J.S., Costello, M.A., Hunt, G.L., Hellwig, A.F., Krol, K.M., Gregory, S.G., Giamberardino, S.N., Sugden, K., & Connelly, J.J. (2022). Lifetime Marijuana Use and Epigenetic Age Acceleration: A 17-year Prospective Examination. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 233, e109363. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109363
2021
Allen, J.P., Costello, M.A., Kansky, J., & Loeb, E.L. (2021). When Friendships Surpass Parental Relationships As Predictors of Long-term Outcomes: Adolescent Relationship Qualities and Adult Psychosocial Functioning. Child Development, 93(3), 760-777. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13713
Stern, J.A., Costello, M.A., Kansky, J., Fowler, C.K., Loeb, E.L., & Allen, J.P. (2021). Here for You: Attachment and the Growth of Empathic Support in Adolescent Friendships. Child Development, 92(6), e1326-e1341. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13630
Loeb, E.L., Kansky, J.K., Tan, J.S., Costello, M.A., & Allen, J.P. (2021). Perceived Psychological Control in Early Adolescence Predicts Lower Levels of Adaptation into Mid-Adulthood. Child Development, 92(2), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13377
Allen, J.P., Narr, R.K., Nagel, A.G., Costello, M.A., & Guskin, K. (2021). The Connection Project: Changing the Peer Environment to Enhance Functioning in Marginalized Adolescents. Development and Psychopathology Special Issue Honoring the Legacy of Ed Zigler, 33(2), 647-657. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419001731
2020
Yan, F., Costello, M.A., & Allen, J.P. (2020). Self-Perception and Relative Increases in Problems Due to Substance Use from Adolescence to Early Adulthood. Journal of Drug Issues, 50(4), 538-549. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022042620941812
Loeb, E.L., Stern, J., Costello, M.A., & Allen, J.P. (2020). With(out) a Little Help from My Friends: Insecure Attachment in Adolescence, Support-Seeking, and Adult Negativity and Hostility. Attachment & Human Development, 23(5), 624-642. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2020.1821722
Costello, M.A., Narr, R.K., Tan, J.S., & Allen, J.P. (2020). The Intensity Effect in Adolescent Close Friendships: Implications for Aggressive and Depressive Symptomatology. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(1), 158-169. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12508
Allen, J.P., Loeb, E.L., Narr, R.K., & Costello, M.A. (2020). Different Factors Predict Adolescent Substance Use Versus Adult Substance Use: Lessons from a Social-Developmental Approach. Development and Psychopathology, 33(3), 792-802. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095457942000005X
2019
Loeb, E.L., Davis, A., Costello, M.A., & Allen, J.P. (2019). Autonomy and Relatedness in Early Adolescent Friendships as Predictors of Short- and Long-term Academic Success. Social Development, 29(3), 818-836. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12424