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  1. Measuring executive function in preschoolers: Is a single assessment occasion sufficient?

    Article • Psychological Assessment, October 2025, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby

  2. Testing the feasibility and utility of an executive function battery for use with primary school-aged students in Malawi

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, July 2025, PLOS

    Michael Willoughby

  3. An introduction to inverse probability weighting and marginal structural models: The case of environmental tobacco exposure and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder behaviors.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, August 2024, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby

  4. Rediscovering reliable components analysis: An application to executive function skills in early childhood.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, September 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby

  5. Profiles of family-based social experiences in the first 3 years predict early cognitive, behavioral, and socioemotional competencies.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, February 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby

  6. Incorporating callous–unemotional behaviors into school-based research.

    Article • School Psychology, January 2022, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby, Dore LaForett

  7. Improvements in motor competence skills are associated with improvements in executive function and math problem-solving skills in early childhood.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, September 2021, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby

  8. Leveraging item accuracy and reaction time to improve measurement of child executive function ability.

    Article • Psychological Assessment, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby, Brooke Magnus, Marie Camerota

  9. Measurement models for studying child executive functioning: Questioning the status quo.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, December 2020, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby, Marie Camerota

  10. Testing the Longitudinal Structure and Change in Sluggish Cognitive Tempo and Inattentive Behaviors From Early Through Middle Childhood

    Article • Assessment, November 2019, SAGE Publications

    Michael Willoughby

  11. Effects of Behavioral Treatment Modified to Fit Children with Conduct Problems and Callous-Unemotional (CU) Traits

    Article • Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Michael Willoughby

  12. Testing longitudinal associations between executive function and academic achievement.

    Article • Developmental Psychology, December 2018, American Psychological Association (APA)

    Michael Willoughby

  13. Bifactor Models of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Symptomatology in Adolescents

    Article • Assessment, March 2017, SAGE Publications

    Michael Willoughby

  14. Maternal prepregnancy body mass index and offspring attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a quasi-experimental sibling-comparison, population-based design

    Article • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, November 2016, Wiley

    Michael Willoughby

  15. Observed temperament from ages 6 to 36 months predicts parent- and teacher-reported attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in first grade

    Article • Development and Psychopathology, January 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Michael Willoughby

  16. Developmental Delays in Executive Function from 3 to 5 Years of Age Predict Kindergarten Academic Readiness

    Article • Journal of Learning Disabilities, January 2016, SAGE Publications

    Michael Willoughby