Publications
Linking peacebuilding and child development: A basic framework." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah. The MIT Press, 2014. 323-338.
Learning for Peace: Lessons learned from UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education, and Advocacy in Conflict-Affected Context Programme. Eds. Nikola Balvin, and Daniel J. Christie. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019.
Life skills and financial education for peace. Aflatoun International, 2019.
Long term consequences of early childhood malnutrition." Oxford Economic Papers. 58.3 (2006): 450-474.
"The Little Book of Restorative Discipline for Schools: Teaching Responsibility, Creating Caring Climates. Good Books, 2005.
Life in groups: the roles of oxytocin in mammalian sociality." Front Behav Neurosci. 7 (2013): 185.
"Less is more: meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhood." Psychol Bull. 129.2 (2003): 195-215.
"A Longitudinal Study of Psychosocial Adjustment and Community Reintegration among Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone." Int Psychiatry. 7 (2010): 60-62.
"Linking child survival and child development for health, equity, and sustainable development." Lancet. 381.9877 (2013): 1514-5.
"Linking child survival and child development for health, equity, and sustainable development." Lancet (London, England). 381 (2013): 1514-5.
"Linking family-friendly policies to women's economic empowerment. An evidence brief. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2019.
Local brain functional activity following early deprivation: a study of postinstitutionalized Romanian orphans." Neuroimage. 14.6 (2001): 1290-301.
"A longitudinal study of relational aggression, physical aggression, and children's social-psychological adjustment." J Abnorm Child Psychol. 34 (2006): 131-42.
"Levels, Trends, and Determinants of Child Maltreatment in the Western Cape Province." The State of the Population in the Western Cape Province. Eds. R. Marindo, and S.K. Gaisie. Cape Town: HSRC Press, 2008. 97-125.
Long-term consequences of stunting in early life." Matern Child Nutr. 7 Suppl 3 (2011): 5-18.
"Life Feeds on Hope: Family mental health, culture, and resilience." Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace. Eds. Jennifer Heath, and Ashraf Zahedi. Vol. 226-238. University of Texas Press, 2014.
Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial of family foundations: effects on children's emotional, behavioral, and school adjustment." J Fam Psychol. 28.6 (2014): 821-31.
"Labor market returns to an early childhood stimulation intervention in Jamaica." Science (New York, N.Y.). 344 (2014): 998-1001.
"Long-term economic effect of early childhood nutrition." Lancet. 371 (2008): 365-6.
"Long-term effects of early intervention: Turkish low-income mothers and children." J Appl Dev Psychol. 22 (2001): 333-361.
"Long-term effects of early intervention: Turkish low-income mothers and children." J Appl Dev Psychol. 22 (2001): 333-361.
"Love and peace across generations: Biobehavioral systems and global partnerships." Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology. 8 (2021): 100092.
"The long-term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect: a systematic review and meta-analysis." PLoS medicine. 9 (2012): e1001349.
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Long-term consequences of neonatal rearing on central corticotropin-releasing factor systems in adult male rat offspring." Neuropsychopharmacology. 30.12 (2005): 2192-204.
"Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Development and Education in Emergencies." Journal on Education in Emergencies. 8.1 (2022): 138.
"Latency development in children of primary nurturing fathers. Eight-year follow-up." Psychoanal Study Child. 47 (1992): 85-101.
"Lessons Learned From the Supporting Father Involvement Study: A Cross-Cultural Preventive Intervention for Low-Income Families With Young Children." Journal of Social Service Research. 35 (2009): 163-179.
"Long term mental health outcomes of Finnish children evacuated to Swedish families during the second world war and their non-evacuated siblings: cohort study." BMJ. 350 (2015): g7753.
"Love alters autonomic reactivity to emotions." Emotion. 11.6 (2011): 1314-21.
"Leveraging Caregivers to Provide Remote Early Childhood Education in Hard-to-Access Settings in Lebanon: Impacts From a Randomized Controlled Trial." Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness (2024): 1-31.
"Lifetime Effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40. High/Scope Press, 2005.
The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress." Pediatrics. 129 (2012): e232-46.
"Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for tackling the climate crisis. From uniting behind the science to the power of small actions. UNICEF, 2020.
Learning for Peace narratives from the field: A compendium of programme statistics 2012/2016. New York City: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2018.
Lebanon: Children’s future on the line. UNICEF, 2021.
Long-term effects of early childhood programs on social outcomes and delinquency." Future Child. 5 (1995): 51-75.
"LEAPS: a strategy to benefit young children and youth. Early Childhood Matters, .2019. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
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