Jeffrey R. Gagne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Room 415, Life Sciences Bldg.
Phone: (817) 272-0922
Email: jgagne@uta.edu

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General Interests:

• Temperament and Emotion
• Behavior Problems and Psychopathology
• Quantitative and Molecular Genetics
• Behavioral Assessment

Research Program:

I study individual differences in early temperament and emotion and links to concurrent and later behavior problems and psychopathology. Although much of my work focuses on children in infancy, toddlerhood and preschool, I am also interested in how early development in these areas extends longitudinally into middle childhood and adolescence. Substantive interests include etiology (quantitative and molecular genetics), temperament theory, behavioral assessment, and child development broadly defined. Currently, I am beginning a toddler study of temperament and psychopathology at UTA as well as analyzing secondary data on related projects with colleagues from Boston University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition, I manage the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB) and Toddler Behavior Questionnaire (TBAQ) assessments online at UTA. All Lab-TAB and TBAQ manual requests, training and consultation is handled by me and my staff.

Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB) and Toddler Behavior Questionnaire (TBAQ) website: http://www.uta.edu/faculty/jgagne/labtab/

Representative Publications

Goldsmith, H.H. & Gagne, J.R. (in press). Behavioral Assessment of Temperament. In M. Zentner & R. Shiner (Eds.), Handbook of Temperament. New York: Guilford Press.

Gagne, J.R., Saudino, K.J., & Asherson, P. (2011). The genetic etiology of inhibitory control and behavior problems at 24 months of age. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 1155-1163.

Gagne, J.R., Van Hulle, C.A., Aksan, N., Essex, M.J., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2011). Deriving childhood temperament measures from emotion-eliciting behavioral episodes: Scale construction and initial validation. Psychological Assessment, 23, 337-353. PMID: 21480723.

Gagne, J.R. & Goldsmith, H.H. (2011). A longitudinal analysis of anger and inhibitory control in twins from 12-36 months of age. Developmental Science, 14, 112-124. PMID: 21159093.

Gagne, J.R. & Saudino, K.J. (2010). Wait for it! The etiology of inhibitory control in early childhood. Behavior Genetics, 40, 327-337. PMID: 19936910.

Gagne, J.R., Vendlinski, M.K., & Goldsmith, H.H. (2009). The genetics of childhood temperament. In Y-K Kim (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Genetics. New York: Springer.

Manuscripts in Preparation

Gagne, J.R., Nigg, J.T., & Goldsmith, H.H. Personality and Temperament. Invited article for eLS online reference work in the life sciences (Wiley-Blackwell).

Goldsmith, H.H., Gagne, J.R., & Brooker, R.J. Assessment and Genetics of Temperament. Invited chapter for Handbook of Infant, Toddler, Preschool Assessment of Mental Health (Oxford University Press).

Gagne, J.R., Miller, M.M., & Goldsmith, H.H. Mama's boys and daddy's girls: The relevance of gender, assessment and etiology in preschool temperament research. Manuscript in preparation.

O'Sullivan, D.L., Schmidt, N.L., Gagne, J.R., & Goldsmith, H.H. A genetically informative study of adolescent anxiety, attentional control, and cognition. Manuscript in preparation.

Gagne, J.R., Saudino, K.J., & Asherson, P. Inhibitory control and externalizing behavior problems: A longitudinal twin analysis from 24 to 36 months. Manuscript in preparation.