Peer-Reviewed Publications
Guo, Guang, Tianji Cai, Rui Guo, Hongyu Wang and Kathleen M. Harris. 2010. “The Dopamine Transporter Gene, a Spectrum of Most Common Risky Behaviors, and the Legal Status of the Behaviors.” PLoS ONE PDF
Guo, Guang, Jessica Halliday Hardie, Craig Owen, Jonathan K. Daw, Yilan Fu, Hedwig Lee, Amy Lucas, Emily McKendry-Smith, and Greg J. Duncan. 2009. “DNA Collection in a Social Science Study: A Pilot Study of Peer Impacts on Attitudes and Drinking Behavior.” Sociological Methodology 39: 1-29. PDF
Guo, Guang, Glen H. Elder, and Nathan Hamilton. 2009. “Gene-Environment Interactions: Friends’ Alcohol Use Moderates Genetic Contribution to Adolescent Drinking Behavior.” Social Science Research 38: 213-224. PDF
Guo, Guang and Kathryn Harker Tillman. 2009. “Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms, Dopamine D2 and D4 Receptors, Family SES and Social Support in Adolescence and Young Adulthood.” Psychiatric Genetics 19: 14-26.
Guo, Guang. 2008. “Introduction to the Special Issue on Society and Genetics.” Sociological Methods and Research 37: 159-163.
Guo, Guang and Daniel E. Adkins. 2008. “How is a Statistical Link Established between a Human Outcome and a Molecular Genetic Variant?” Sociological Methods and Research 37: 201-226. PDF
Adkins, Daniel E. and Guang Guo. 2008. “Societal Development and Shifting Influence of the Genome on Status Attainment.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 26:235-256.
Guo, Guang, Yuying Tong, and Tianji Cai. 2008. “Gene by Social-Context Interactions for Number of Sexual Partners among White Male Youths: Genetics-informed Sociology.” American Journal of Sociology 114 Sppl: S36-S66. PDF
Guo, Guang, Michael Roettger, and Tianji Cai. 2008. “The Integration of Genetic Propensities into Social Control Models of Delinquency and Violence among Male Youths.” American Sociological Review 73:543-568. PDF
Guo, Guang, Xiao-Ming Ou, Michael Roettger, and Jean C. Shih. 2008. “The VNTR 2-Repeat in MAOA and Delinquent Behavior in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Associations and MAOA Promoter Activity.” European Journal of Human Genetics 16(5):626-634. PDF
Guo Guang, Yuying Tong, Cui-Wei Xie, and Leslie A. Lange. 2007. “Dopamine Transporter, Gender, and Number of Sexual Partners among Young Adults.” European Journal of Human Genetics 15(3):279-287. PDF
Guo, Guang, Michael Roettger, and Jean C. Shih. 2007. “Contributions of the DAT1 and DRD2 Genes to Serious and Violent Delinquency among Adolescents and Young Adults.” Human Genetics 121(1):125-136. PDF
Guo, Guang, Kirk Wilhelmsen, and Nathan Hamilton. 2007. “Gene-lifecourse Interaction for Alcohol Consumption in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Five Monoamine Genes.” American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 144B(4):417-423. PDF
Guo, Guang, Kari E. North, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Cynthia M. Bulik, and Seulki Choi. 2007. “Body Mass, the DRD4 Gene, Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Family SES: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Obesity 15(5): 1199-1206.
Halpern, Carolyn T., Christine E. Kaestle, Guang Guo, and Denise D. Hallfors. 2007. “Gene-Environment Contributions to Young Adult Sexual Partnering.” Archives of Sexual Behavior 36(4):543-554.
Guo, Guang and Yuying Tong. 2006. “Age at First Sexual Intercourse, Genes, and Social Context: Evidence from Twins and the Dopamine D4 Receptor Gene.” Demography 43(4): 747-769. PDF
Guo, Guang. 2006. “Genetic Similarity Shared by Best Friends among Adolescents.” Twin Research and Human Genetics 9(1):113-121. PDF
Guo, Guang, Kari E. North, and Seulki Choi. 2006. “DRD4 Gene Variant Associated with Body Mass: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.” Human Mutation 27(3): 236-241. PDF
Cho, Hyunsan, Guang Guo, Bonita J. Iritani, and Denise D. Hallfors, D. 2006. “Genetic Contribution to Suicide Risk and Associated Risk Factors among Adolescents in the U.S.” Prevention Science 7(3):303-311.
Brown, Jane D., Kelly L. L’Engle, Carol J. Pardun, Guang Guo, Kristin Kenneavy, and Christine Jackson. 2006. “Sexy Media Matter: Exposure to Sexual Content in Music, Movies, Television and Magazines Predicts Black and White Adolescents’ Sexual Behavior.” Pediatrics 117(4):1018-1027.
Waller, Martha W., Denise D. Hallfors, Carolyn T. Halpern, Bonita J. Iritani, Carol A. Ford, Guang Guo. 2006. “Gender Differences in Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Patterns of Substance Use and Risky Sexual Behavior Among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Adolescents.” Archives of Women's Mental Health 9(3):139-150.
Harker, Kathryn Tillman, Guang Guo, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2006. “Grade Retention among Generations of Immigrant Children.” Social Science Research 35(1):129-156.
Guo, Guang. 2005. “Twin Studies: How Much Can They Tell Us about Nature and Nurture?” Contexts 4(3):43-47. PDF
Guo, Guang. 2004. “Event-History Analysis.” in The Social Science Encyclopedia, third edition. London: Routledge.
Guo, Guang and Jianmin Wang. 2002. “The Mixed or Multilevel Model for Behavior Genetic Analysis.” Behavior Genetics 32(1):37-49. PDF
Guo, Guang and Elizabeth Stearns. 2002. “The Social Influences on the Realization of Genetic Potential for Intellectual Development.” Social Forces 80(3):881-910. PDF
Leahey, Erin and Guang Guo. 2002. “Gender Differences in Mathematical Trajectories.” Social Forces 80(2):713-732.
Guo, Guang and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 2000. “The Mechanisms Mediating the Effects of Poverty on Children’s Educational Achievement.” Demography 37(4):431-447.
Guo, Guang and Hongxin Zhao. 2000. “Multilevel Models for Binary Data." Annual Review of Sociology 26:441-462. PDF
Memory, John M., Guang Guo, Ken Parker, and Tom Sutton. 1999. “Comparing Disciplinary Infraction Rates of North Carolina Fair Sentencing and Structured Sentencing Inmates: A Natural Experiment.” The Prison Journal 79(1):45-71.
Guo, Guang and Leah K. VanWey. 1999. “Sibship Size and Intellectual Development: Is the Relationship Causal?” American Sociological Review 64(2):169-187.
Guo, Guang and Leah K. VanWey. 1999. “The Effects of Closely Spaced and Widely Spaced Sibship on Intellectual Development. Reply to Phillips and to Downey, et al.” American Sociological Review 64(2):199-206.
Guo, Guang. 1998. “The Timing of the Influences of Cumulative Poverty on Children's Cognitive Ability and Achievement.” Social Forces 77(1): 257-287.
Guo, Guang. 1996. "Negative Multinomial Regression Models for Clustered Event Counts." Sociological Methodology 26:113-132.
Guo, Guang, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, and Kathleen Mullan Harris. 1996. "Parental Labor Force Attachment and Grade Retention among Urban Black Children." Sociology of Education 69(3): 217-236.
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Guang Guo, and Frank F. Furstenberg Jr. 1993. "Who Drops Out of and Who Continues Beyond High School?: A 20 Year Follow-up of Black Urban Youth". Journal of Research on Adolescence 3(3): 271-294.
Guo, Guang. 1993. "Event-History Analysis for Left-Truncated Data." Sociological Methodology 23:217-243.
Guo, Guang. 1993. "Use of Sibling Data to Estimate Family Mortality Effects in Guatemala." Demography 30(1):15-32.
Guo, Guang and Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn. 1993. "Child Mortality among Twins in Developed Countries". Population Studies 47(3): 495-510.
Guo, Guang. 1993. "Mortality Trends and Causes of Death: A Comparison between Eastern and Western Europe, 1960s-1980s". European Journal of Population 9(3):287-312.
Guo, Guang and Germán Rodríguez. 1992. "Estimating a Multivariate Proportional Hazards Model for Clustered Data Using the EM Algorithm, with an Application to Child Survival in Guatemala." Journal of the American Statistical Association 87(420): 969-976. PDF
Coale, Ansley and Guang Guo. 1989. "Revised Regional Model Life Tables at Very Low Levels of Mortality." Population Index 55(4):613-643.
Book Chapters
Guo, Guang and Brandon Wagner. "Genetic Influences, Adulthood." in the Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. In press.
Guo, Guang and Jonathan K. Daw. 2007. “Genetic Source of Reading Disability and a Proposal to Use NLSY-Children to Study Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reading Disability.” Alan Booth and Ann C. Crouter (eds.), Disparities in School Readiness: How do Families Contribute to Transitions into School? New York: Psychology Press.
Guo, Guang. 2004. “Estimation.” In Michael S. Lewis-Beck, Alan E. Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao (eds), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications.
Guo, Guang and John Hipp. 2004. “Longitudinal Analysis for Continuous Outcomes: Random Effects Models and Latent Trajectory Models.” In Melissa Hardy and Alan Bryman (eds) Handbook on Data Analysis. London, England: Sage.
Coale, Ansley and Guang Guo. 1991. "The Use of New Model Life Tables at Very Low Mortality in Population Projections." Pp. 1-22 in Population Bulletin, the United Nations No.30. New York: United Nations (Department of International Economic and Social Affairs).