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Daniel Klein, Ph.D.

State University of New York at Buffalo (1983)
Distinguished Professor, Clinical Psychology

Klein

Contact:

daniel.klein@stonybrook.edu
Office: Psychology A-338
Phone: (631) 632-7859

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Dr. Daniel Klein plans to admit a new graduate student pending approval of funding.

Research Interests:

Dr. Klein is interested in developmental psychopathology and adult psychopathology, particularly mood disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. His research explores the intergenerational transmission of depression; the roles of temperament and emotional reactivity, and early adversity in the development and course of mood disorders; the long-term course and continuity of mood disorders; the classification of mood disorders; comorbidity between depression and other disorders; and the psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment of depressive disorders.

Current Research:  

Dr. Klein is currently directing a longitudinal study of the role of early temperament and emotional style in the development of later mood and anxiety disorders in a large community sample of children (the Stony Brook Temperament Study). The children were assessed at ages 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18. The age 21 wave of assessments recently started. The study uses multiple measurement strategies to assess potential risk, protective, mediating, and moderating factors in multiple domains, including child emotional reactivity and regulation, psychopathology, psychophysiological and behavioral measures of processing of emotional information; ecological momentary assessment of mood and social interactions; polygenic risk scores, stress and pubertal hormones, parenting, stressful life events and chronic stress, and parental personality and psychopathology. In addition, resting state and task-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measures were collected on a subset of the larger sample. Together with Dr. Roman Kotov (Psychiatry), Dr. Klein is also directing a longitudinal study of a large sample of early adolescent girls who have been followed on six occasions to age 20 (the Adolescent Development of Emotions and Personality Traits study). This project also seeks to identify antecedents of, and pathways to, depressive disorders, and uses many of the same measures as the Stony Brook Temperament Study.

Selected Articles since 2019:

2019

  1. Frost, A., Kessel, E., Black, S., Goldstein, B., Bernard, K., & Klein, D.N. (2019). Homotypic and heterotypic continuity of internalizing and externalizing symptoms from age 3 to age 12: The moderating role of diurnal cortisol. Development and Psychopathology, 31,789-798.
  2. Kessel, E.M., Nelson, B.D., Finsaas, M., Kujawa, A., Meyer, A., Bromet, E., Carlson, G.A., Hajcak, G., Kotov, R., & Klein, D.N. (2019). Parenting style moderates the effects of exposure to natural disaster-related stress on the neural development of reactivity to threat and reward in children. Development and Psychopathology, 31, 1589-1598.
  3. Kujawa, A., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D.N. (2019). Reduced reward responsiveness moderates the effect of maternal depression on depressive symptoms in offspring: Evidence across levels of analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 82-90.
  4. Mackin, D.M., Kotov, R., Perlman, G., Nelson, B.D., Goldstein, B.L., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D.N. (2019). Reward processing and future life stress: Stress generation pathway to depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 128, 305-314.
  5. Neilsen, J.D., Olino, T.M., Dyson, M.W., & Klein, D.N. (2019). Reactive and regulatory temperament: Longitudinal associations with internalizing and externalizing symptoms through childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 1771-1784.
  6. Pegg, S.L., Dickey, L.I., Mumper, E., Kessel, E., Klein, D.N., & Kujawa, A. (2019). Stability and change in emotional processing across development: A 6-year longitudinal investigation using event-related potentials. Psychophysiology.e13438.

 

2020

  1. Finsaas, M.C., Kessel, E.M., Dougherty, L.R., Bufferd, S.J., Danzig, A.P., Davila, J., Carlson, G.A., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Early childhood psychopathology prospectively predicts social functioning in early adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology,49, 353-364.
  2. Goldstein, B.L., Kessel, E.M., Kujawa, A., Finsaas, M.C., Davila, J., Hajcak, G., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Stressful life events moderate the effect of neural reward responsiveness in childhood on depressive symptoms in adolescence. Psychological Medicine, 50, 1548-1555.
  3. Goldstein, B.L., Perlman, G., Eaton, N.R., Kotov, R., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Testing explanatory models of interplay between depression, neuroticism, and stressful life events: A dynamic trait-stress generation approach. Psychological Medicine, 50, 2780-2789.
  4. Gruber, J., Borelli, J.L., Prinstein, M.J., Clark, L.A., Davila, J., Gee, D.G., Klein, D.N., Levenson, R.W., Mendle, J., Olatunji, B.O., Rose, G.L., Saxbe, D., & Weinstock, L.M. (2020). Best practices in research mentoring in clinical science. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 129, 70-81.
  5. Kujawa, A., Arfer, K.B., Finsaas, M., Kessel, E.M., Mumper, E., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Effects of maternal depression and mother–child relationship quality in early childhood on neural reactivity to rejection feedback and peer stress in adolescence: A 9-year longitudinal study. Clinical Psychological Science, 8, 657-672.
  6. Mumper, E.E., Dyson, M.W., Finsaas, M.C., Olino, T.M., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Life stress moderates the effects of preschool behavioral inhibition on anxiety in early adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61, 167-174. 
  7. Olino, T.M., Guerra-Guzman, K., Hayden, E.P., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Evaluating maternal psychopathology biases in reports of child temperament: An investigation of measurement invariance. Psychological Assessment, 32, 1037-1046.
  8. Olino, T.M., Klein, D.N., & Seeley, J.R. (2020). Profiles of psychosocial and clinical functioning in adolescence and risk for later depression and other outcomes. Psychological Medicine, 50, 2066-2074.
  9. *Schramm, E., *Klein, D.N., Elsaesser, M., Furukawa, T., & Domschke, K. (2020). Review of Persistent Depressive Disorder: History, correlates, and clinical implications. Lancet Psychiatry, 7, 801-812.
  10. Silver, J., Olino, T.M., Carlson, G.A., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Offspring of mothers with histories of chronic and non-chronic depression: Symptom trajectories from ages 6 to 15. Frontiers Psychiatry, 11, 601779.

2021

  1. Finsaas, M.C., & Klein, D.N. (2021). Adult separation anxiety: Personality characteristics of a neglected clinical syndrome. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 130, 620–626.
  2. Gruber, J., Prinstein, M.J., Abramowitz, J.S., Albano, A.M., Aldao, A., Borelli, J.L., Chung, T., Clark, L.A., Davila, J., Forbes, E.E., Gee, D. G., Hall, G.C.N., Hallion, L.S., Hinshaw, S.P., Hofmann, S.G., Hollon, S.D., Joormann, J., Kazdin, A.E., Klein, D.N., La Greca, A.M., Levenson, R.W., MacDonald, A.W., McKay, D., McLaughlin, K.A., Mendle, J., Miller, A.B., Neblett, E.W., Nock, M.K., Olatunji, B.O., Persons, J.B., Rottenberg, J., Rozek, D.C., Schleider, J.L., Slavich, G.M., Teachman, B.A., Vine, V.J., Weinstock, L.M. (2021).  Mental health and clinical psychological science in the time of COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities, and a call to action. American Psychologist, 76, 409–426.
  3. Kessel, E.M., Dougherty, L.R., Hubacheck, S., Chad-Friedman, E., Olino,T., Carlson, G.A., Klein, D.N. (2021). Early predictors of adolescent irritability. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America,30, 475-490.
  4. Kessel, E.M., Frost, A, Goldstein, B.L., Black, S.R., Dougherty, L.R., Carlson, G.A., & Klein, D.N. (2021). Developmental pathways from preschool irritability to multifinality in early adolescence: the role of diurnal cortisol. Psychological Medicine, 51 761-769.
  5. Klein, D.N., Dougherty, L.R., Kessel, E.M., Silver, J., Carlson, G.A. (2021). A transdiagnostic perspective on youth irritability. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 30, 437-443.
  6. Michelini, G., Perlman, G., Tian, Y., Mackin, D. M., Nelson, B. D., Klein, D. N., & Kotov, R. (2021). Multiple domains of risk factors for first onset of depression in adolescent girls. Journal of Affective Disorders, 283, 20-29.
  7. Mumper, E.E., Finsaas, M.C., Goldstein, B.L., Gooding, D.C., & Klein, D.N. (2021). Developmental antecedents of social anhedonia: The roles of early temperament, parenting, and sex. Development and Psychopathology, 33, 363-371.
  8. Olino, T., Michelini, G., Mennies, R.J., Kotov, R., & Klein, D.N. (2021). Does maternal psychopathology bias reports of offspring symptoms? A study using moderated non-linear factor analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62, 1195-1201.
  9. Silver, J., Carlson, G.A., Olino, T.M., Perlman, G., Kotov, R., & Klein, D.N. (2021). Differential outcomes of tonic and phasic irritability in adolescent girls. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62, 1220-1227.
  10. Silver, J., Olino, T.M., Luby, J., Hawes, M.H., Carlson, G.A., & Klein, D.N. (2021). Reliability and validity of the Preschool Feelings Checklist. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 367-379.

2022

  1. Hawes, M.T., Finsaas, M.C., Olino, T.M., & Klein, D.N. (2022). Person-centered approach to understanding child temperament at ages 3 and 6: A latent profile analysis. European Journal of Personality, 36, 91-107.
  2. Sorcher, L.K., Goldstein, B.L., Finsaas, M.C., Carlson, G.A., Klein, D.N., & Dougherty, L.R. (2022). Preschool irritability predicts adolescent psychopathology and functional impairment: A 12-year prospective study. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61, 554-564.

In press

  1. Allmann, A.E., Kopala-Sibley, D.C., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Bidirectional and transactional relationships between parenting styles and child symptoms of ADHD, ODD, depression, and anxiety over six years. Development and Psychopathology.
  2. Carlson, G.A., Silver, J., & Klein, D.N. (in press). The Emotional Outburst Inventory (EMO-I): Rating what children do when they are irritable. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 
  3. Chad-Friedman, E., Galano, M.M., Lemay, E.P., Olino, T.M., Klein, D.N., & Dougherty, L.R. (in press). Parsing between- and within-person effects: Longitudinal associations between irritability and internalizing and externalizing problems from early childhood through adolescence. Development and Psychopathology.
  4. Dale, K., Case, J.A.C., Dyson, M.W., Klein, D.N., & Olino, T.M. (in press). Childhood temperament as a predictor of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury. Development and Psychopathology.
  5. Finsaas, M.C., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Is adult separation anxiety associated with offspring risk for psychiatric problems? Psychological Medicine.
  6. Goldstein, B.L., Finsaas, M.C., Olino, T.M., Kotov, R., Grasso, D.J., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Three-variable systems: An integrative moderation and mediation framework for developmental psychopathology. Development and Psychopathology.
  7. Hawes, M.T., Szenczy, A.K., Klein, D.N., Hajcak, G., & Nelson, B.D. (in press). Increases in depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Medicine.
  8. *Hyland, S., *Mackin, D.M., Goldstein, B.L., Finsaas, M.C., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Agreement, stability, and validity of parent- and self-reported youth anxiety symptoms from childhood to adolescence. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
  9. Mackin, D.M., Finsaas, M.C., Nelson, B.D., Perlman, G., Kotov, R., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Intergenerational transmission of depression and anxiety disorders: A mediational path model via youth neuroticism. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.
  10. Mu, W., Li, K., Tian, Y., Perlman, G., Michelini, G., Watson, D., Ormel, H., Klein, D.N., & Kotov, R. (in press). Dynamic risk for first onset of depressive disorders in adolescence: Does change matter? Psychological Medicine.
  11. Mumper, E.E., Ferry, R.A., Klein, D.N., & Nelson, B.D. (in press). Effects of early childhood behavioral inhibition and parental anxiety disorder on adolescents’ startle response to predictable and unpredictable threat. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
  12. Olino, T.M., Finsaas, M.C., Dyson, M.W., Carlson, G.A., & Klein, D.N. (in press). A multi-method, multi-informant study of early childhood temperament and depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescence. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science.
  13. Silver, J., Bufferd, S.J., Dougherty, L.R., Goldstein, B.L., Carlson, G.A., Klein, D.N. (in press). Is the distinction between tonic and phasic irritability meaningful in 3-year-old children? European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
  14. Silver, J., Olino, T.M., Carlson, G.A., Dougherty, L.R., Bufferd, S.J., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Depression in early childhood: Clinical and psychosocial outcomes in late childhood and adolescence. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.  

Current Research Support:

National Institute of Mental Health (RO1 MH 069942), "Temperamental emotionality in preschoolers and depression risk."
2004 - 2024. $7,289,330 (direct costs)
Principal Investigator (Co-I’s: Gabrielle Carlson, Greg Hajcak, Joanne Davila, Thomas Olino)  

National Institute of Mental Health (R56 MH117116), “Gene expression and vulnerability to depression." 
2018-2020.  $940,865 (direct costs)
Multiple Principal Investigator with Roman Kotov

National Institute of Environmental Health Science (R01 ES033436) “Prenatal metal-stress mixtures and transdiagnostic pathways to preadolescent internalizing disorder: Role of placental molecular signaling.”
2021–2026.  $154,293 (subcontract direct costs)
PI, subcontract (PI: Rosalind Wright)

National Institute of Mental Health (RO1 MH118245 2019-2023), “Biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying internalizing psychopathology in a prospective population-based cohort of sexual minority young adults”.
2019-2023.  $113,180 (subcontract direct costs)
PI, subcontract, (PIs: Richard Branstrom, Mark Hatenbuehler, John Pachankis)

National Institute of Mental Health (RO1 MH 097767), “Trajectories of reward sensitivity and depression across adolescence”.
2018-2022. $2,588,487 (direct costs)
Co-Investigator (PI: Brady Nelson) 

National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (U02 OH011321), “Personality-informed care model for 9/11-related comorbid conditions.”
2016-2021. $2,283,267 (direct costs)
Co-Investigator (PI: Roman Kotov) 

Primary Mentor on Graduate Fellowship Awards:

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to Jamilah Silver 

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