Publications
State of Babies Yearbook: 2021 (US). Zero to Three, 2021.
A Skeptics View." Culture and Negotiation: The Resolution of Water Disputes. Eds. G. Faure, and J. Rubin. London: Sage Publications, 1993.
Spirals of Inequality. Women's Budget Group, 2020.
Sociobiology: The New Synthesis. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000.
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger. Bloomsbury USA, 2011.
Sustaining warm and inclusive transitions across the Early Years. Final report with implications for policies and practices. Harlingen, TX : Educational Research Institute (ERI), 2019.
A sniff of trust: meta-analysis of the effects of intranasal oxytocin administration on face recognition, trust to in-group, and trust to out-group." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 37.3 (2012): 438-43.
"The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020. New York City: United Nations, 2020.
Strong foundations: Early childhood care and education.. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Paper for the EFA Global Monitoring Report 2007., 2007.
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019. New York City: United Nations, 2019.
The state of the world's children 2019: Growing well in a changing world children, food and nutrition. New York City: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2019.
South African Child Support Grant Impact Assessment. Pretoria: Dept. of Social Development., 2012.
The state of the world’s children: Adolescence – An age of opportunity. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2011.
Starting early to build stronger and more peaceful societies (Eng). New York : UNICEF, 2015.
The state of the world’s children 2006: excluded and invisible. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2006.
Screen-time is associated with inattention problems in preschoolers: Results from the CHILD birth cohort study." PLOS ONE. 14.4 (2019): e0213995.
"Shaken baby syndrome and a triple-dose strategy for its prevention." J Trauma. 71.6 (2011): 1801-7.
"School Bullying: Insights and Perspectives. Routledge, 1994.
Sexual Offenses Among Children in the North of Jordan: An Exploratory Study." J Child Sex Abus. 24.5 (2015): 538-54.
"A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
Science: Parenting. Vol. 345. Science , 345.6198. ScienceMag, 2014.
Significant benefits, the High/Scope Perry Pre-School Study through age 27." Child welfare: Major themes in health and social welfare. Vol. IV. New York: Routledge, 2005. 9-29.
Stress, Resilience, and the Role of Science: Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Boston, MA: Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2020.
South African Child Support Grant Impact Assessment. Pretoria: Dept. of Social Development., 2012.
Sustainable Development and Health: From Global to Local Agenda." Sustainable Development: An Appraisal of the Gulf Region. Ed. P. Sillitoe. New York: Berghahn Books, 2014. 391-415.
Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare-Referred Couples." Family Relations. 68.1 (2019): 51-67.
"The signature of maternal rearing in the methylome in rhesus macaque prefrontal cortex and T cells." J. Neurosci.. 32.44 (2012): 15626-42.
"Systematic review: The exploration of the role of parenting and early learning programs in promoting positive development and peace building. New Haven, CT US: Yale Child Study Center, 2014.
Sector‐wide analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies in Colombia and considerations to strengthen systems globally." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2020.172 (2020): 103-123.
"Supporting the mental health of forcibly displaced childrenSupporting the mental health of forcibly displaced children: A call to action." Nature Reviews Psychology. 4.6 (2025): 370-387.
"Socio-emotional Programme Promotes Positive Behaviour in Preschoolers." Child Care in Practice. 15.4 (2009): 261-278.
"Sense of coherence and its association with exposure to traumatic events, posttraumatic stress disorder, and depression in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo." J Trauma Stress. 23 (2010): 313-21.
"Strategic Documentation of Violence against Healthcare: Towards a Methodology for Accountability." World Health Popul. 16 (2016): 31-7.
"Social stressors, mental health, and physiological stress in an urban elite of young Afghans in Kabul." Am. J. Hum. Biol.. 20.6 (2008): 627-41.
"School Bullying: Changing the Problem by Changing the School." School Psychology Review. 32.3 (2003).
"A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO), 2015.
Social Science–Based Pathways to Reduce Social Inequality in Youth Outcomes and Opportunities at Scale." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 7 (2021): 237802312110202.
"Supporting the youngest refugees and their families. Moving Minds Alliance, 2019.
Social disadvantage, genetic sensitivity, and children's telomere length." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 111.16 (2014): 5944-9.
"State of the world's fathers 2021: Structural solutions to achieve equality in care work. MenCare, 2021.
Socio-economic status is associated with epigenetic differences in the pSoBid cohort." Int J Epidemiol. 41.1 (2012): 151-60.
"The state of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world’s most vulnerable children. ECPC panel session summary report. G20 Civil Society (C20) Virtual Summit — C20 Saudi Arabia 2020. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2021.
The significance of childhood competence and problems for adult success in work: a developmental cascade analysis." Dev. Psychopathol.. 22.3 (2010): 679-94.
"Steps toward peace and violence prevention across generations: The potential of Early Child Development in the context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 5-12.
"Steps Toward Peace and Violence Prevention Across Generations: The Potential of Early Child Development in the Context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018.159 (2018): 5-12.
"Salivary oxytocin in clinically anxious youth: Associations with separation anxiety and family accommodation." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 65 (2016): 35-43.
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