Publications
Evaluation of an early childhood parenting programme in rural Bangladesh." J Health Popul Nutr. 25.1 (2007): 3-13.
"Empathy an invaluable natural resource for peace. Rome, Italy: Foundation Child, 2019.
Evaluating Interreligious Peacebuilding and Dialogue. Eds. Mohammed Abu-Nimer, and Renáta Katalin Nelson. De Gruyter, 2021.
The effect of intranasal oxytocin treatment on conditioned fear extinction and recall in a healthy human sample." Psychopharmacology (Berl.). 229.1 (2013): 199-208.
"Essay: Healing through art therapy in disaster settings." The Lancet. 368 (2006): S28-S29.
"An ethological approach to personality development." American Psychologist. 46.4 (1991): 333-341.
"Evaluation of the Better Parenting Programme in Jordan." Early Child Dev Care. 181.5 (2011): 587-598.
"Enabling the implementation of the 2030 agenda through SDG 16+: Anchoring peace, justice and inclusion. New York City, New York: United Nations, 2019.
Effects of early intervention and the moderating effects of brain activity on institutionalized children's social skills at age 8." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 109 Suppl 2 (2012): 17228-31.
"The enduring effects of abuse and related adverse experiences in childhood. A convergence of evidence from neurobiology and epidemiology." Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 256.3 (2006): 174-86.
"Emotional, physical, and social needs among 0-5-year-old children displaced by the 2010 Chilean earthquake: associated characteristics and exposures." Disasters. 41 (2017): 365-387.
"Evaluation of the Responsible, Engaged, and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative on Physical Child Punishment and Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Uganda." Prevention Science. 18.7 (2017): 854-864.
"The emotional costs of parents' conditional regard: a self-determination theory analysis." J Pers. 72.1 (2004): 47-88.
"Early Childhood as a Foundation for Civic Engagement." Handbook of Research of Civic Engagement in Youth. Ed. Sherrod et L. al. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010. 249-275.
Effects of political and military traumas on children: the Palestinian case." Clin Psychol Rev. 19.8 (1999): 935-50.
"Effects of an attachment-based intervention on daily cortisol moderated by dopamine receptor D4: a randomized control trial on 1- to 3-year-olds screened for externalizing behavior." Dev. Psychopathol.. 20.3 (2008): 805-20.
"Evaluating the 3Cs Program for Caregivers of Young Children Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia." Journal on Education in Emergencies. 7.2 (2021): 212.
"Exercise of human agency through collective efficacy." Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 9 (2000): 75-78.
"Early childhood development: a new challenge for the SDG era." Lancet Glob Health. 4 (2016): e873-e874.
"Effects of oxytocin on recollections of maternal care and closeness." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 107.50 (2010): 21371-5.
"Effects of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: early findings from a quasi-experimental, cross sectional study." BMJ. 332.7556 (2006): 1476.
"Enhancing attachment organization among maltreated children: results of a randomized clinical trial." Child Dev. 83.2 (2012): 623-36.
"Early Childhood Matters Magazine . The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2018.
Early Childhood Matters | Special Issue "A good start: Advances in early childhood development". The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2015.
Early Childhood Education and Care Physical Environment and Child Development: State of the art and Reflections on Future Orientations and Methodologies." Educational Psychology Review (2019).
"Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda." PLoS One. 11 (2016): e0157042.
"Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course." Lancet (London, England). 389 (2017): 77-90.
"Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course." Lancet. 389 (2017): 77-90.
"Early childhood development coming of age: science through the life course." The Lancet. 389.10064 (2017): 90.
"The effects of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program on preschool children with co-occurring disruptive behavior and attentional/hyperactive difficulties." J Abnorm Child Psychol. 30.6 (2002): 571-87.
"Efforts to Promote Reintegration and Rehabilitation of Traumatized Former Child Soldiers: Reintegration of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone: The Role of Caregivers and Their Awareness of the Violence Adolescents Experienced During the War." J Aggress Maltreat Trauma. 22 (2013): 803-828.
"Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. National Academies Press, 2001.
Exposure to violence across the social ecosystem and the development of aggression: a test of ecological theory in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict." Child Dev. 84.1 (2013): 163-77.
"Early childhood development: promoting the potential of all children." AIDSAIDS. 28 Suppl 3 (2014): S245-6.
"Ecology of peace." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. J. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. Vol. 15. MIT Press, 2014. 27-39.
The Ecology of Human Development: experiments by nature and design. Harvard University Press, 2009.
The Ecology of Human Development. Harvard University Press, 1979.
Ecological Systems Theory." Making Human Beings Human: Bioecological Perspectives on Human Development. SAGE Publications, 2005. 106-173.
Evaluation Report of the Better Parenting Project: National multisectoral collaboration on behalf of young children. Amman: UNICEF, 2000.
Early Intervention and Mediating Processes in Cognitive Performance of Children of Low-Income African American Families." Child Development. 68 (1997): 935-954.
"Environmental regulation of the neural epigenome." FEBS Lett.. 585.13 (2011): 2049-58.
"Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health." ScienceScience. 343 (2014): 1478-85.
"Effects of early intervention on intellectual and academic achievement: a follow-up study of children from low-income families." Child Dev. 65.2 Spec No (1994): 684-98.
"Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health." Science. 343.6178 (2014): 1478-85.
"The effects of Healthy Steps on discipline strategies of parents of young children." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. 24.5 (2003): 517-534.
"Epigenetic legacy of parental experiences: Dynamic and interactive pathways to inheritance." Development and psychopathology. 28 (2016): 1219-1228.
"The early years: silent emergency or unique opportunity?" The Lancet. 389 (Submitted): 11-13.
"Exploring antenatal education content for couples in Blantyre, Malawi." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 18.1 (2018).
"An Ecological Transactional Perspective on Child Maltreatment: Failure of the Average Expectable Environment and Its Influence Upon Child Development." Developmental Psychopathology, Risk, Disorder, and Adaptation. Eds. D. Cicchetti, and D.J. Cohen. Vol. 3. New York: Wiley, 2006. 129-201.
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