Publications
The PEACE Pack: an evaluation of interventions to reduce bullying in four Australian primary schools." Educational Research. 49.2 (2007): 103-114.
"Minding the baby a reflective parenting program." Psychoanal Study Child. 60 (2005): 74-100.
"Plasma oxytocin concentration during pregnancy is associated with development of postpartum depression." Neuropsychopharmacology. 36.9 (2011): 1886-93.
"Education and Social Cohesion Country Report: South Africa. Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE)Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)UNICEFAmsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of AmsterdamCentre for International Education, University of Suss, 2016.
Prevention of child maltreatment in high-risk rural families: A randomized clinical trial with child welfare outcomes." Children and Youth Services Review. 33.8 (2011): 1435-1444.
"Understanding human aggression: New insights from neuroscience." Int J Law Psychiatry. 32.4 (2009): 209-15.
"Differential effects of a nurse home-visiting intervention on physically aggressive behavior in children." J Pediatr Nurs. 25.1 (2010): 35-45.
"Mediation as a method of parent intervention in children's disputes." J Fam Psychol. 18.1 (2004): 147-59.
"Parenting education and support policies and their consequences in selected OECD countries." Child Youth Serv Rev. 31 (2009): 526-532.
"Sexual Offenses Among Children in the North of Jordan: An Exploratory Study." J Child Sex Abus. 24.5 (2015): 538-54.
"The lifelong effects of early childhood adversity and toxic stress." Pediatrics. 129 (2012): e232-46.
"Building a new biodevelopmental framework to guide the future of early childhood policy." Child Dev. 81.1 (2010): 357-67.
"Expanding the evidence base to drive more productive early childhood investment." The Lancet. 389 (Submitted): 14-16.
"An integrated scientific framework for child survival and early childhood development." Pediatrics. 129 (2012): e460-72.
"Groups in harmony and tension: an integration of studies on intergroup relations. Octagon Books, 1966.
Generation of global political priority for early childhood development: the challenges of framing and governance." Lancet. 389 (2017): 119-124.
"Randomized trial of a family-centered approach to the prevention of early conduct problems: 2-year effects of the family check-up in early childhood." J Consult Clin Psychol. 74.1 (2006): 1-9.
"Coping and mental health outcomes among Sierra Leonean war-affected youth: Results from a longitudinal study." Dev Psychopathol. 29 (2017): 11-23.
"Population-based provider engagement in delivery of evidence-based parenting interventions: challenges and solutions." J Prim Prev. 31.4 (2010): 223-34.
"Best Practices for Parent Education: Programs Seeking to Prevent Child Abuse. Raleigh, North Caroline: North Carolina State University Cooperative Extension Service, 2003.
Children‘s Mediational Teaching Style as a Function of Intervention for Cross-Age Peer-Mediation." School Psychology International. 25.1 (2004): 59-78.
"Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us who We are. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
Primary prevention in mental health for Head Start classrooms: Partial replication with teachers as intervenors." Behavioral Disorders. 28.2 (2003).
"Implementation of the PATHS Curriculum in an Urban Elementary School." Early Education & Development. 15.4 (2004): 471-486.
"Cooler Earth - Higher Benefits Actions by those who care about children, climate and finance.. World Council of Churches, 2020.
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.
Towards Clarity in Research on "Non-Cognitive" Skills: Linking Executive Functions, Self-Regulation, and Economic Development to Advance Life Outcomes for Children, Adolescents and Youth Globally." Hum Dev. 58 (2016): 313-317.
"Science: Parenting. Vol. 345. Science , 345.6198. ScienceMag, 2014.
Prenatal Risk Factors and the Etiology of ADHD-Review of Existing Evidence." Current psychiatry reports. 19 (2017): 1.
"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.
Lifetime Effects: The High/Scope Perry Preschool Study Through Age 40. High/Scope Press, 2005.
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.
"Equine-assisted psychotherapy: a mental health promotion/intervention modality for children who have experienced intra-family violence." Health Soc Care Community. 15.3 (2007): 265-71.
"Peer Mediation: Conflict Resolution in Schools : Program Guide. Research Press Company, 1997.
Stress, Resilience, and the Role of Science: Responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Boston, MA: Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University, 2020.
A brief primary care intervention helps parents develop plans to discipline." Pediatrics. 125.2 (2010): e242-9.
"Love alters autonomic reactivity to emotions." Emotion. 11.6 (2011): 1314-21.
"Oxytocin during the initial stages of romantic attachment: relations to couples' interactive reciprocity." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 37.8 (2012): 1277-85.
"IOM manual on community-based mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies and displacement. Geneva, Switzerland: nternational Organization for Migration, 2019.
Maximizing the potential of early childhood education to prevent externalizing behavior problems: A meta-analysis." J Sch Psychol. 53 (2015): 243-63.
"Traumatized mothers can change their minds about their toddlers: Understanding how a novel use of videofeedback supports positive change of maternal attributions." Infant Ment Health J. 27.5 (2006): 429-447.
"Education and Social Cohesion Country Report: South Africa. Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE)Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)UNICEFAmsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of AmsterdamCentre for International Education, University of Suss, 2016.
Synthesis Report on Findings from Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda. UNICEF Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam Centre for International Education, University of Sussex UNESCO Centre at Ulster University, 2016.
Defenceless: The impact of the Israeli military detention system on Palestinian children. Save the Children, 2020.
Road to recovery: Responding to children’s mental health in conflict. London: Save the Children, 2019.
Advancing justice for children: Innovations to strengthen accountability for violations and crimes affecting children in conflict. Save the Children, 2021.
Pet Ownership and Children’s Emotional Expression: Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of Longitudinal Data from Japan." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16.5 (2019): 758.
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