Publications
The state of the world’s children: Adolescence – An age of opportunity. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2011.
Strategies for reducing inequalities and improving developmental outcomes for young children in low-income and middle-income countries." Lancet. 378.9799 (2011): 1339-53.
"Transgenerational impact of intimate partner violence on methylation in the promoter of the glucocorticoid receptor." Transl Psychiatry. 1 (2011): e21.
"Transitioning mental health & psychosocial support: from short-term emergency to sustainable post-disaster development. Humanitarian Action Summit 2011." Prehosp Disaster Med. 26 (2011): 470-81.
"Traumatic and stressful events in early childhood: can treatment help those at highest risk?" Child Abuse Negl. 35.7 (2011): 504-13.
"Using Mixed-Methods Research to Adapt and Evaluate a Family Strengthening Intervention in Rwanda." Afr J Trauma Stress. 2 (2011): 32-45.
"Using survey data to explore preschool children’s ethnic awareness and attitudes." Journal of Early Childhood Research. 9 (2011): 175-187.
"Variation in maternal care influences ventromedial hypothalamus activation in the rat." J. Neuroendocrinol.. 23.5 (2011): 393-400.
"Variations in maternal behavior--oxytocin and reward pathways--peripheral measures matter?!" Neuropsychopharmacology. 36.13 (2011): 2587-8.
"Violent conflict and population health in the Middle East Introduction." Glob Public Health. 6 (2011): 467-471.
"Women Motherhood Early Childhood Development. UNICEF, 2011.
Acute effects of intranasal oxytocin on subjective and behavioral responses to social rejection." Exp Clin Psychopharmacol. 18.4 (2010): 316-21.
"Adolescent violence perpetration: associations with multiple types of adverse childhood experiences." Pediatrics. 125 (2010): e778-86.
"The Age of Empathy: Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society. Three Rivers Press, 2010.
Analyzing social experiments as implemented: A reexamination of the evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program." Quant Econom. 1 (2010): 1-46.
"Association of exposure to violence and potential traumatic events with self-reported physical and mental health status in the Central African Republic." JAMA. 304 (2010): 544-52.
"A brief primary care intervention helps parents develop plans to discipline." Pediatrics. 125.2 (2010): e242-9.
"Building a new biodevelopmental framework to guide the future of early childhood policy." Child Dev. 81.1 (2010): 357-67.
"Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys." Br J Psychiatry. 197.5 (2010): 378-85.
"Childhood socioeconomic status and adult health." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. 1186 (2010): 37-55.
"Children, Wired: For Better and for Worse." Neuron. 67.5 (2010): 692-701.
"A cluster randomised trial evaluation of the Media Initiative for Children: Respecting Difference Programme, Centre for Effective Education. Belfast, Ireland: Center for Effective Education, Queen's University Belfast, 2010.
Cohort profile: The Mauritius Child Health Project." International journal of epidemiology. 39 (2010): 1441-51.
"Conflict resolution in the parent-child, marital, and peer contexts and children's aggression in the peer group: a process-oriented cultural perspective." Dev Psychol. 46.2 (2010): 310-25.
"Conflict, violence, and health: setting a new interdisciplinary agenda." Soc Sci Med. 70 (2010): 1-6.
"Cooperation beyond the dyad: on simple models and a complex society." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences. 365 (2010): 2687-2697.
"Cortical sources of EEG rhythms are abnormal in down syndrome." Clin Neurophysiol. 121.8 (2010): 1205-12.
"The cross-generation transmission of oxytocin in humans." Horm Behav. 58.4 (2010): 669-76.
"Culture, Cognition and Conflict: How Neuroscience Can Help to Explain Cultural Differences in Negotiation and Conflict Management." Neuroeconomics and the Firm. Ed. A. A. Stanton al. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010. 263-288.
Dads Matter Performance Measures: Preliminary results for confidence and knowledge. Germantown: National Fatherhood Iniative, 2010.
Delineating the maladaptive pathways of child maltreatment: a mediated moderation analysis of the roles of self-perception and social support." Dev. Psychopathol.. 22.2 (2010): 337-52.
"Demographic, maltreatment, and neurobiological correlates of PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents." J Pediatr Psychol. 35 (2010): 570-7.
"Developmental cascades." Dev. Psychopathol.. 22.3 (2010): 491-5.
"Differential effects of a nurse home-visiting intervention on physically aggressive behavior in children." J Pediatr Nurs. 25.1 (2010): 35-45.
"Disasters and their impact on child development: introduction to the special section." Child Dev. 81.4 (2010): 1029-39.
"Early childhood." Promoting Mental Health in Scarce-resource Contexts: Emerging Evidence and Practice. Eds. I. Petersen, et al. Cape Town, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2010. 99-123.
Early Childhood as a Foundation for Civic Engagement." Handbook of Research of Civic Engagement in Youth. Ed. Sherrod et L. al. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010. 249-275.
Early Childhood Programs as the Doorway to Social Cohesion: Application of Vygotsky’s Ideas from an East-West Perspective. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010.
The Effects of Child Abuse and Exposure to Domestic Violence on Adolescent Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems." Journal of family violence. 25 (2010): 53-63.
"Effects of family foundations on parents and children: 3.5 years after baseline." Journal of Family Psychology. 24.5 (2010): 532-542.
"Effects of family foundations on parents and children: 3.5 years after baseline." J Fam Psychol. 24.5 (2010): 532-42.
"Effects of Healthy Families New York on the promotion of maternal parenting competencies and the prevention of harsh parenting." Child Abuse Negl. 34.10 (2010): 711-23.
"Effects of oxytocin on recollections of maternal care and closeness." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 107.50 (2010): 21371-5.
"Eight years after - a follow-up study of mothers and children at psychosocial risk who received early treatment: does early intervention leave its mark?" Child & Family Social Work. 15.4 (2010): 452-460.
"Epigenetics and the biological definition of gene x environment interactions." Child Dev. 81.1 (2010): 41-79.
"Epigenetics and the environmental regulation of the genome and its function." Annu Rev Psychol. 61 (2010): 439-66, C1-3.
"Global Status of Early Learning and Development Standards." International Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. Peterson et. P. al. Vol. 2. Oxford: Elsevier, 2010. 138-143.
How the timing and quality of early experiences influence the development of brain architecture." Child Dev. 81.1 (2010): 28-40.
"Human rights, transitional justice, public health and social reconstruction." Soc Sci Med. 70 (2010): 98-105.
"Intergenerational transmission of relationship aggression: a prospective longitudinal study." Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43). 24 (2010): 688-97.
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