Publications
Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War. Henry Holt and Company, 1998.
A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder." Behav Res Ther. 38 (2000): 319-45.
"Suffering, hope, and entrapment: resilience and cultural values in Afghanistan." Soc Sci Med. 71.1 (2010): 71-83.
"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.
Integrating Early Child Development and violence prevention programs: A systematic review." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 27-54.
"Integrating Early Child Development and Violence Prevention Programs: A Systematic Review." New directions for child and adolescent development. 2018 (2018): 27-54.
"Relationship between multiple forms of childhood maltreatment and adult mental health in community respondents: results from the adverse childhood experiences study." The American journal of psychiatry. 160 (2003): 1453-60.
"The meanings of spaces in ECEC centres: A literature review. EDUCAS, 2019.
ECPC global call to action in response to COVID-19 for children in fragile and conflict-affected settings. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2020.
ECPC Video Series► Early Childhood Development Advances The Culture of Peace. New Haven, CT U.S.A.: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2018.
Out of the Shadows: Shining light on response to child sexual abuse and exploitation - a 40 country benchmarking index. Economist Intelligence Unit, 2019.
Genomics: ENCODE explained." Nature. 489 (2012): 52-5.
"COVID-19 and ECD., 2020.
A call for coordinated action to protect and support all young children and their caregivers. New York City: Early Childhood Development Action Network (ECDAN), 2020.
National Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Development in Jamaica 2008-2013. Kingston: ECC, 2009.
The contributions of oxytocin and vasopressin pathway genes to human behavior." Horm Behav. 61 (2012): 359-79.
"Paid parental leave and family-friendly policies. An evidence brief. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2019.
Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace. The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2017.
Education and Transitional Justice Opportunities and Challenges for Peacebuilding. The International Center for Transitional Justice, 2015.
A neural basis for the development of inhibitory control." Developmental Science. 5 (2002): F9-F16.
"Determinants of posttraumatic adjustment in adolescents from Sarajevo who experienced war." J Clin Psychol. 59 (2003): 27-40.
"Classifying prosocial behavior: children's responses to instrumental need, emotional distress, and material desire." Child Dev. 84 (2013): 1766-76.
"Examining the Diversity of Prosocial Behavior: Helping, Sharing, and Comforting in Infancy." Infancy. 16 (2011): 227-247.
"How Much Does Childhood Poverty Affect the Life Chances of Children?" American Sociological Review. 63 (1998): 406-423.
"Economic deprivation and early childhood development." Child Dev. 65.2 Spec No (1994): 296-318.
"The structure of online social networks mirrors those in the offline world." Social Networks. 43 (2015): 39-47.
"Healthy Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: effects on early child abuse and neglect." Child Abuse Negl. 32.3 (2008): 295-315.
"Adolescent violence perpetration: associations with multiple types of adverse childhood experiences." Pediatrics. 125 (2010): e778-86.
"Working with Children Affected by Hurricane Katrina: Two Case Studies in Play Therapy." Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 15 (2010): 52-55.
"Conducting longitudinal, process-oriented research with conflict-affected youth: Solving the inevitable challenges." Dev Psychopathol. 29 (2017): 85-92.
"Cumulative effects of exposure to violence on posttraumatic stress in Palestinian and Israeli youth." J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 41 (2012): 837-44.
"Growing up with parental alcohol abuse: exposure to childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction." Child Abuse Negl. 25 (2001): 1627-40.
"Childhood abuse, household dysfunction, and the risk of attempted suicide throughout the life span: findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study." JAMA. 286 (2001): 3089-96.
"Global research priorities to accelerate early child development in the sustainable development era." Lancet Glob Health. 4 (2016): e887-e889.
"Attachment for infants in foster care: the role of caregiver state of mind." Child Dev. 72 (2001): 1467-77.
"Investing in early human development: timing and economic efficiency." Economics and human biology. 7 (2009): 1-6.
"Investing in early human development: timing and economic efficiency." Econ Hum BiolEcon Hum Biol. 7 (2009): 1-6.
"Early origins of health disparities: burden of infection, health, and socioeconomic status in U.S. children." Soc Sci Med. 68 (2009): 699-707.
"Commonality and the complexity of "we": social attitudes and social change." Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. 13 (2009): 3-20.
"The Moral Psychology Handbook. OUP Oxford, 2010.
Contributions of Early Childhood Development Programming to Sustainable Peace and Development. New York City: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2018.
ECPC background paper "Contributions of Early Childhood Development programming to sustainable peace and development". New York City: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2018.
Contributions of Early Childhood Development services to preventing violent conflict and sustaining peace [Eng, Ara, Fre, Spa, Tur]. Eds. Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Friedrich Affolter, and Pia Rebello Britto. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2017.
Patho-genetics of posttraumatic stress disorder." Psychiatria Danubina. 24 (2012): 267-73.
"Improving young children's social and emotional competence: a randomized trial of the preschool "PATHS" curriculum." J Prim Prev. 28.2 (2007): 67-91.
"Oxytocin improves "mind-reading" in humans." Biol. Psychiatry. 61.6 (2007): 731-3.
"Mechanisms in the cycle of violence." Science. 250 (1990): 1678-83.
"Hostile attributional biases among aggressive boys are exacerbated under conditions of threats to the self." Child development. 58 (1987): 213-24.
"Testing an idealized dynamic cascade model of the development of serious violence in adolescence." Child Dev. 79 (2008): 1907-27.
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