Publications
Celebrating childhood: A journey to end violence against children. United Nations, 2016.
Caseworker-recipient interaction: welfare office differences, economic trajectories, and child outcomes." Child Dev. 83 (2012): 382-98.
"The case for transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in humans." Mamm. Genome. 19.6 (2008): 394-7.
"Caring for children around the world: A view from HOME." International Journal of Behavioral Development. 29 (2005): 468-478.
"Caregiving Strategies for Reducing Aggression and Violence in At-risk Mothers and their Babies." Child and Youth Care Forum. 35.5-6 (2006): 411-426.
"Caregiver-child mental health: a prospective study in conflict and refugee settings." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55.4 (2014): 313-27.
"Care for child development: Improving the care for young children. World Health Organization, 2012.
Can Psychosocial Intervention Improve Peer and Sibling Relations Among War-affected Children? Impact and Mediating Analyses in a Randomized Controlled Trial." Social Development. 23 (2014): 215-231.
"A Call to Strengthen Mental Health Supports for Refugee Children and Youth." NAM Perspectives. 8.8 (2018).
"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.
Business and family-friendly policies. An evidence brief. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2019.
Bullying and your child. What every parent needs to know and do. European Network Against Bullying in Learning and Leisure Environments (ENABLE), 2017.
Bullying and your child. What every parent needs to know and do. European Network Against Bullying in Learning and Leisure Environments (ENABLE), 2017.
Building resiliency in families with young children exposed to violence: The safe start initiative pilot study." Best Practice in Mental Health. 8.1 (2008).
"Building, Imagining, and Experiencing Europe: Institutions and Identities in the European Union." An Anthropology of the European Union. Eds. I. Bellier, and T. Wilson. Oxford: Berg, 2000. 1-27.
Building better brains: New frontiers in Early Childhood Development. New York City: UNICEF, 2014.
Building an evidence base on mental health interventions for children affected by armed conflict." Intervention (Amstelveen). 6 (2008): 39-56.
"Building a new biodevelopmental framework to guide the future of early childhood policy." Child Dev. 81.1 (2010): 357-67.
"Building a generation of reconciliation: The role of early childhood development in peace building. Istanbul, Turkey, 2009.
Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory." Simple Psychology (2020).
"Brief psychoeducational parenting program: an evaluation and 1-year follow-up." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 42.10 (2003): 1171-8.
"A brief primary care intervention helps parents develop plans to discipline." Pediatrics. 125.2 (2010): e242-9.
"Breastfeeding, brain activation to own infant cry, and maternal sensitivity." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 52.8 (2011): 907-15.
"Breastfeeding and family-friendly policies. An evidence brief. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2019.
Breaking the silence on early child care and education costs. Washington, DC: Economic Policy Institute, 2019.
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Violence: The Promise of Psychosocial Interventions to Address Children’s Exposure to Violence. Promundo, 2020.
Brain oxytocin correlates with maternal aggression: link to anxiety." J. Neurosci.. 25.29 (2005): 6807-15.
"Brain on stress: how the social environment gets under the skin." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 109 Suppl 2 (2012): 17180-5.
"Brain Matters. A ground-breaking documentary on the critical nature of the early years of life. Genesis Foundation, 2019.
The Brain Architects Podcast: COVID-19 Special Edition: A Different World. Boston: Center for the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2020.
Boosting Intergenerational Mobility: The Lasting Effects of Early Childhood Education on Skills and Social Mobility . Heckman, 2022.
Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War. Henry Holt and Company, 1998.
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature. Penguin Publishing Group, 2003.
Blackwell Handbook of Early Childhood Development. Wiley, 2006.
Birth preparedness and place of birth in Tandahimba district, Tanzania: what women prepare for birth, where they go to deliver, and why." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 16 (2016): 165.
"Biological sensitivity to context: I. An evolutionary-developmental theory of the origins and functions of stress reactivity." Dev. Psychopathol.. 17.2 (2005): 271-301.
"Biologic findings of post-traumatic stress disorder and child maltreatment." Curr Psychiatry Rep. 5 (2003): 108-17.
"The Bioecological Model of Human Development (6th edition)." Handbook of Child Psychology, Theoretical Models of Human Development. Eds. W. Damon, and R.M. Lerner. Vol. 1. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2006. 793-828.
A bioecocultural approach to supporting adolescent mothers and their young children in conflict-affected contexts." Development and Psychopathology (2021): 1-13.
"The biochemistry of love: an oxytocin hypothesis." EMBO Rep.. 14.1 (2013): 12-6.
"Beyond shared book reading: dimensions of home literacy and low-income African American preschoolers' skills." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev.92 (2001): 73-89; discussion 91-8.
"Beyond shared book reading: dimensions of home literacy and low-income African American preschoolers' skills." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev (2001): 73-89; discussion 91-8.
"Beyond risk, resilience, and dysregulation: phenotypic plasticity and human development." Dev. Psychopathol.. 25.4 Pt 2 (2013): 1243-61.
"Beyond mental health: an evolutionary analysis of development under risky and supportive environmental conditions: an introduction to the special section." Dev Psychol. 48 (2012): 591-7.
"Beyond invisibility. Welcoming children and families with migrant and refugee background in ECEC settings." European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 28.1 (2020): 1-9.
"Beyond individual war trauma: domestic violence against children in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka." J Marital Fam Ther. 34.2 (2008): 165-76.
"BEYOND IDEOLOGY AND GREED TRAJECTORIES OF YOUNG PEOPLE TOWARDS NEW FORMS OF VIOLENCE IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE AND MALI. InterpeaceIndigo Cote D'IvoreIMARPUNICEF, 2016.
Beyond borders: How to make the global compacts on migration and refugees work for uprooted children. New York, NY: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), 2017.
Beyond allostatic load: rethinking the role of stress in regulating human development." Dev Psychopathol. 26 (2014): 1-20.
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