Female Growth and Development Study Publications


1. Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (1993). The impact of child sexual abuse on females: Toward a developmental, psychological integration. Psychological Science, 4, 81-87, 1993.


2. De Bellis, MD, Chrousos, GP, Dorn, LD, Burke, L, Helmers, K, Kling, MA, Trickett, PK, and Putnam, FW: ( 1994) Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in sexually abused girls.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 78:249-255.


3. DeBellis, M.D., Lefter, L., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (1994). Urinary catecholamine excretion in sexually abused girls. American Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 33, 320-327.


4. DeBellis, M.D., & Putnam, F.W. (1994). Psychobiology of Child Maltreatment. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 4, 1-16.


5. Trickett, P.K., McBride-Chang, C., & Putnam, F.W. (1994). The classroom performance and behavior of sexually abused females. Development and Psychopathology, 6,183-194.


6. Putnam, F.W., Helmers, K., Horowitz, L.A., & Trickett, P.K. (1995). Dissociativity and hypnotizability in sexually abused girls. Child Abuse & Neglect, 19, 645-655.


7. DeBellis, M.D., Burke, L., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (1996). Antinuclear antibodies and thyroid function in sexually abused girls. Journal of Traumatic Stress Studies, 9, 369-378.


8. Putnam, F.W. (1996). Special methods for trauma research with children. In E.B. Carlson, (Ed). Trauma Research Methodology (pp. 153-173). Lutherville, MD: Sidran Press.


9. Horowitz, L.A., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., & Trickett, P.K. (1997). Factors affecting utilization of treatment services by sexually abused girls. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 137-147.


10. Nagel, D.E., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., & Trickett, P.K. (1997). Disclosure patterns of sexual abuse and long term psychological functioning. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 35-48.


11. Putnam, F.W. & Trickett, P.K. (1997). The psychobiological effects of sexual abuse: A longitudinal study. Annals of the New York Academy Science, 821, 150-159.


12. Trickett, P.K., Reiffman, A., Horowitz, L.A., & Putnam, FW. (1997). Characteristics of sexual abuse trauma and the prediction of developmental outcomes. In D. Cicchetti, & S.L. Toth (Eds.), The Rochester symposium on developmental psychopathology Vol VIII: The effects of trauma on the developmental process (pp. 289-314). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.


13. Trickett, P.K. & Putnam, F.W. (1998). The developmental impact of sexual abuse. In P.K. Trickett & C. Schellenbach (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the community. Washington, DC: APA Books.


14. Gonzales-Heydrich, J., Steingard, R.J., Putnam, F.W., Beardslee, W., & Kohane, I.S. (1999). Using ‘off the shelf’ computer programs to mine additional insights from published data: Diurnal variation in potency of ACTH stimulation of cortisol secretion revealed. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 58, 227-238.


15. Noll, J.G., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2000). Social network constellation and sexuality in sexually abused and comparison females in childhood and adolescence. Journal of Child Maltreatment, 5, 323-337.


16. Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., Reifmann, A., & Putnam, F. (2001). Variants of intrafamilial sexual abuse experience: Implications for long term development. Development and Psychopathology, 13, 1001-1019.


17. Bonanno, G.A., Keltner, D., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., Trickett, P.K., LeJune, J., & Anderson, C. (2002). When the face reveals what words do not: Facial expressions of emotion, smiling, and willingness to disclose childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 83, 94-110.


18. Sickel, A.E., Noll, J.G., Moore, P.J., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2002). The long term physical health and healthcare utilization of women who were sexually abused as children. Journal of Health Psychology, 7, 583-597.


19. Bonnano, G.A., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., O’Neill, M., & Trickett, P.K. (2003). Predicting the willingness to disclose childhood sexual abuse from measures of repressive coping and dissociative tendencies. Child Maltreatment, 8, 302-18.


20. Noll, J.G., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2003). A prospective investigation of the impact of childhood sexual abuse on sexuality in adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 575-586.


21. Negrao, C., Bonanno, G.A., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2005). Shame, humiliation, and childhood sexual abuse: Comparing discrete and clinical theories of emotion. Child Maltreatment, 10, 350-363.


22. Noll, J.G., Trickett, P.K, Susman, E.J. & Putnam, F.W. (2006). Sleep disturbances and childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 5, 469-480.


23. Putnam, F.W. (Winter 2006). The impact of trauma on child development. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 1-11.


24. Bonanno, G.A., Colak, D.M., Keltner, D., Shiota, M.L., Papa, A., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2007). Context matters: The benefits and costs of expressing positive emotion among survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Emotion, 7, 4, 824-837.


25. Kim, K., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2007). Psychosocial characteristics of non-offending mothers of sexually abused girls: Findings from a prospective longitudinal study. Child Maltreatment, 12:338-351.


26. Noll, J.G., Schulkin, J., Trickett, P.K., Susman, E.J., Breech, L., & Putnam, F.W. (2007). Differential pathways to preterm delivery in sexually abused and comparison women. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 10, 1238-1248.


27. Noll, J.G., Zeller, M.H., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2007). Inordinate obesity risk for female victims of childhood sexual abuse: A prospective study. Pediatrics, 120, e61-e67.


28. Barnes, J.E., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2009). Sexual and physical revictimization among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 33, 412-420.


29. Noll, J.G., Trickett, P.K., Harris, W.W., & Putnam, F.W. (2009). The cumulative burden borne by offspring whose mothers were sexually abused as children: Descriptive results from a multigenerational study. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 24, 3, 424-449.


30. Kim, K, Trickett, P.K, & Putnam, F.W. (2010). Childhood experiences of sexual abuse and later parenting practices among non-offending mothers of sexually abused and comparison girls. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34:610-622.


31. Kwako, L.E., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., Trickett, P.K. (2010). Childhood sexual abuse and attachment: An intergenerational perspective. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 15:407-422.


32. Negriff, S., Noll, J.G., Shenk, C.E., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). Associations between Nonverbal Behaviors and Subsequent Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors of Sexually Abused and Comparison Girls. Child Maltreatment, 15, 2, 180-189.


33. Noll, J.G., Shenk, C.E., Fung, M., Juye, J.I., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). Receptive language ability and educational attainment across development for sexually abused females. Pediatrics, 126, 3, e615-22.


34. Shenk, C.E., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). A prospective examination of the role of childhood sexual abuse and physiological asymmetry in the development of psychopathology. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34, 752-761.


35. Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., Susman, E.J., Shenk, C.E., & Putnam, F.W. (2010). Attenuation of cortisol across development for victims of sexual abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 165-175.


36. Kim, K., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2011). Attachment representations and anxiety: Differential relationships among mothers of sexually abused and comparison girls. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 26, 3, 498-521.


37. Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., & Putnam, F.W. (2011). The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a multigenerational longitudinal research study. Development and Psychopathology. 23:453-476.


38. Gupta, S., Bonanno, G.H., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., Keltner, D., & Trickett, P.K. (2012). Anger expression and adaptation to childhood sexual abuse: The role of disclosure. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, and Practice.


39. Shenk C.E., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G. (2012). Experiential avoidance and the relationship between child maltreatment and PTSD symptoms: Preliminary evidence. Child Abuse & Neglect, 36:118-126.


40. Shenk CE, Putnam, FW, Noll, JG (2013). Predicting the accuracy of facial affect recognition: The interaction of maltreatment and intellectual functioning. Journal of Child Experimental Psychology, 114:229-242.


41. Shenk, CE, Putnam, FW, Rausch, JR, Peugh, JL, Noll, JG (2014). A longitudinalß study of several potential mediators of the relationship between child maltreatment and PTSD symptoms. Development and Psychopathology. 26:81-91.


42. Sickel, A.E., Dillard, D.M., Trickett, P.K., Putnam, F.W., Noll J.G. (2014). Post Trauma moderators in childhood sexual abuse – teenage pregnancy/teenage childbirth relationships. International Journal of Childbirth Education. 29:10-20.


43. Li, J.C., Noll, J.G., Bensman, H.E., Putnam, F.W., (2018). Childhood sexual abuse increases risks for eating disorder symptoms and eating disorder-related health problems in females. In: Negriff, S. (Ed.), Child Maltreatment Research, Policy, and Practice. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham.


44. Li, J.C. Putnam, F.W, Noll, J. G. (2018). Subclinical disordered eating predicts subsequent health problems for sexual abuse survivors. SpringerBriefs in Psychology: Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG.


45. Etzel, L., Hastings, W.J., Mattern, B.C., Oxford, M.L., Heim, C., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., Shalev, I. (2020). Intergenerational transmission of childhood trauma? Testing cellular aging in mothers exposed to sexual abuse and their children. Psychoneuroendocrinology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104781.


46. Li, J. C., Hall, M. A., Shalev, I., Schreier, H. M. C., Zarzar, T. G., Marcovici, I., Putnam, F. W., Noll, J. G. (2021). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis attenuation and obesity risk in sexually abused females. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 129: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105254.


47. Shenk, C.E., Felt, J.M., Ram, N., O’Donnell, J.J., Sliwinski, M.J., Pokhvisneva, I., Benson, L., Meany, M.J., Putnam F.W., Noll, J.G., (2021). Cortisol trajectories measured prospectively across thirty years of female development following exposure to childhood sexual abuse: Moderation by epigenetic age acceleration at midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 136: https//doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2021.105606.


48. Felt, J.M, Yusupov, N., Harrington, K.D., Fietz, J., Silwinski, J.J., Ram, N., O’Donnell, K.J., BeCome Working Group, Meaney, M.J., Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G., Binder, E.B., Shenk, C.E., (2023). Epigenetic age acceleration as a biomarker for impaired cognitive abilities in adulthood following early life adversity and psychiatric disorders. Neurobiology of Stress. 27 https//doi.org/10.1016/j-jnstr.2023.100577.

49. Swerbenski, H., Li, Z.,  Putnam, F.W., Noll, J.G. (2026). Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Dysregulation Following Child Sexual Abuse Distinguishes Posttraumatic Stress Trajectories from Adolescence to Midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology 187 (2026) 107782