Publications
Social Protection and Welfare Systems: Implications for Early Childhood Development." Handbook of Early Childhood Development Research and Its Impact on Global Policy. Ed. P. R. Britto al. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2013. 260-274.
The social brain: neural basis of social knowledge." Annu Rev Psychol. 60 (2009): 693-716.
"A Study of a Violence Prevention Program in Prekindergarten Classrooms." Children & Schools. 31.3 (2009): 177-187.
"A systematic policy analysis of Early Childhood Development and peacebuilding in fourteen conflict-affected and post-conflict countries. UCL Insitute of Education, 2016.
Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers." Nature. 481.7382 (2012): 497-501.
"The Safe Kindergarten: Promotion of Communication and Social Skills Among Kindergartners." Early Education & Development. 19.6 (2008): 865-884.
"Sniffing around oxytocin: review and meta-analyses of trials in healthy and clinical groups with implications for pharmacotherapy." Transl Psychiatry. 3 (2013): e258.
"Sociopsychological Foundations of Intractable Conflicts." American Behavioral Scientist. 50.11 (2007): 1430-1453.
"Social effects of oxytocin in humans: context and person matter." Trends Cogn. Sci. (Regul. Ed.). 15.7 (2011): 301-9.
"The science of early adversity: is there a role for large institutions in the care of vulnerable children?" Lancet. 386 (2015): 388-98.
"South African Child Gauge 2013. Children's Institute, University of Cape Town, 2013.
Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a longitudinal study of risk, protective factors, and mental health." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 49 (2010): 606-15.
"Sierra Leone's former child soldiers: a follow-up study of psychosocial adjustment and community reintegration." Child Dev. 81 (2010): 1077-95.
"Sierra Leone's child soldiers: war exposures and mental health problems by gender." J Adolesc HealthJ Adolesc Health. 49 (2011): 21-8.
"Synthesis Report: Language Education and Social Cohesion (LESC) Initiative in Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand. UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office 2016, 2016.
Socioeconomic disparities in adverse birth outcomes: a systematic review." Am J Prev Med. 39.3 (2010): 263-72.
"Social stratification, classroom climate, and the behavioral adaptation of kindergarten children." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 109 Suppl 2 (2012): 17168-73.
"Social inequalities in childhood dental caries: the convergent roles of stress, bacteria and disadvantage." Soc Sci Med. 71.9 (2010): 1644-52.
"Strengthening systems for integrated early childhood development services: a cross-national analysis of governance." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. 1308 (2014): 245-55.
"Strengthening systems for integrated early childhood development services: a cross-national analysis of governance." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1308 (2014): 245-55.
"Social Protection Programs and Early Childhood Development: Unexplored Potential. Plan International Australia, Yale University, 2013.
Social class, psychiatric disorder of mother, and accidents to children." Lancet. 1.8060 (1978): 378-81.
"Some neo-Darwinian decision rules for altruism: Weighing cues for inclusive fitness as a function of the biological importance of the decision." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 67 (1994): 773-789.
"Social psychological contributions to the decade of the brain. Doctrine of multilevel analysis." Am Psychol. 47.8 (1992): 1019-28.
"Sex differences in oxytocin and vasopressin: implications for autism spectrum disorders?" Behav. Brain Res.. 176.1 (2007): 170-86.
"Summer preschool program for refugees: A practitioner's guide for improving school readiness. Istanbul, Turkey: ACEV - Mother Child Education Foundation, 2017.
Stress during gestation alters postpartum maternal care and the development of the offspring in a rodent model." Biol. Psychiatry. 59.12 (2006): 1227-35.
"Socioemotional Development in Cultural Context. Guilford Publications, 2011.
Small voices, BIG dreams 2019: Violence against children, as explained by children. New York City: ChildFund Alliance, 2019.
Seven essential elements for creating effective children's media to promote peacebuilding: Lessons from international co-productions of Sesame Street and other children's media programs." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2018.159 (2018): 55-69.
"Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital." American Journal of Sociology. 94 (1988): S95-S120.
"Socioeconomic Status, Family Processes, and Individual Development." Journal of marriage and the family. 72 (2010): 685-704.
"Supporting Maternal Mental Health and Nurturing Care in Humanitarian Settings." Journal on Education in Emergencies. 7.1 (2021): 119.
"Sexual assault hotline sees spike in messages from minors amid coronovirus outbreak. Newsweek, 2020.
Structural violence and early childhood development." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah. The MIT Press, 2014. 233-250.
Sensitivity and attachment: a meta-analysis on parental antecedents of infant attachment." Child Dev. 68 (2006): 571-91.
"Sex, attachment, and the development of reproductive strategies." Behav Brain Sci. 32 (2009): 1-21; discussion 21-67.
"Secondary Traumatization in Caregivers Working With Women and Children Who Suffered Extreme Violence by the "Islamic State"." Front Psychiatry. 9 (2018): 234.
"Secondary analysis of the "Love Me...Never Shake Me" SBS education program." Child Abuse Negl. 32.11 (2008): 1017-25.
"A systematic review on the mental health of children and adolescents in areas of armed conflict in the Middle East. Vol. 38. Child Care Health Dev, 38., 2012.
The structure of online social networks mirrors those in the offline world." Social Networks. 43 (2015): 39-47.
"Suffering, hope, and entrapment: resilience and cultural values in Afghanistan." Soc Sci Med. 71.1 (2010): 71-83.
"Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries." Lancet. 378.9799 (2011): 1339-53.
"Strategies to avoid the loss of developmental potential in more than 200 million children in the developing world." The Lancet. 369.9557 (2007): 229-242.
"School, family, and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. 2nd ed. Routledge, 2018.
Structural violence and clinical medicine." PLoS Med.. 3.10 (2006): e449.
"The significance of insecure attachment and disorganization in the development of children's externalizing behavior: a meta-analytic study." Child Dev. 81 (2010): 435-56.
"Stochastic epigenetic variation as a driving force of development, evolutionary adaptation, and disease." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107 (2010): 1757-1764.
"Sensitive parenting is associated with plasma oxytocin and polymorphisms in the OXTR and CD38 genes." Biol. Psychiatry. 72.3 (2012): 175-81.
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