Publications
"Naturally occurring variations in maternal behavior in the rat are associated with differences in estrogen-inducible central oxytocin receptors." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.. 98.22 (2001): 12736-41.
"Natural variations in maternal and paternal care are associated with systematic changes in oxytocin following parent-infant contact." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 35.8 (2010): 1133-41.
"Multi-Year Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Resilience-Based Prevention Program for Young Children." The Journal of Primary Prevention. 24.3 (2003): 335-353.
"Multi-tier mental health program for refugee youth." J Consult Clin Psychol. 81 (2013): 129-40.
"A multi-site evaluation of Parents Raising Safe Kids Violence Prevention Program." Children and Youth Services Review. 33.10 (2011): 1960-1967.
"Mozambique child soldier life outcome study: lessons learned in rehabilitation and reintegration efforts." Glob Public Health. 1.1 (2006): 87-107.
"Mothers speaking: A study on the experience of mothers with mother-child education program (MOCEP)." European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 12.1 (2007).
"Mothers explanatory models of infant stress & adversity in rural Haryana, India: qualitative findings from the Early Life Stress sub-study of the SPRING cluster-randomised controlled trial (SPRING-ELS)." Wellcome Open Research. 3 (2018): 153.
"The Mothers and Toddlers Program, an attachment-based parenting intervention for substance using women: post-treatment results from a randomized clinical pilot." Attach Hum Dev. 12.5 (2010): 483-504.
"Mothers' and Children's Concentrations of Oxytocin Following Close, Physical Interactions with Biological and Non-biological Children." Dev Psychobiol. 52.1 (2010): 100-107.
"Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)--non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care." BMC Public Health. 11 (2011): 178.
"More than One Way to Get There: Pathways of Change in Coparenting Conflict after a Preventive Intervention." Fam Process. 54 (2015): 610-8.
"More than Manners: Conflict Resolution in Primary Level Classrooms." Early Childhood Education Journal. 35.2 (2007): 119-126.
"Moderators of treatment effectiveness for war-affected youth with depression in northern Uganda." J Adolesc Health. 51 (2012): 544-50.
"Minding the Baby: Enhancing Reflectiveness to Improve Early Health and Relationship Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Home-Visiting Program." Infant Mental Health Journal. 34.5 (2013): 391-405.
"Minding the baby a reflective parenting program." Psychoanal Study Child. 60 (2005): 74-100.
"Methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene and oxytocin blood levels in the development of psychopathy." Dev Psychopathol. 26 (2014): 33-40.
"Methods to Assess Adverse Childhood Experiences of Children and Families: Toward Approaches to Promote Child Well-being in Policy and Practice." Academic pediatrics. 17 (2017): S51-s69.
"A meta-analytic review of components associated with parent training program effectiveness." J Abnorm Child Psychol. 36.4 (2008): 567-89.
"Mental health services as a vital component of psychosocial recovery for victims of child trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation." Am J Orthopsychiatry. 88 (2018): 249-260.
"Mental health research in the Syrian humanitarian crisis." Front Public Health. 2 (2014): 44.
"Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in low-income and middle-income countries: risk and protective factors." Lancet. 379.9812 (2012): 250-65.
"Mental health of displaced and refugee children resettled in high-income countries: risk and protective factors." Lancet. 379.9812 (2012): 266-82.
"The mental health of children affected by armed conflict: protective processes and pathways to resilience." Int Rev Psychiatry. 20 (2008): 317-28.
"Mental health in postwar afghanistan." JAMA. 292 (2004): 626-8.
"Mental health and wellbeing during the transition to fatherhood." JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 16.11 (2018): 2118-2191.
"Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: linking practice and research." Lancet. 378 (2011): 1581-91.
"Mental health and psychosocial support in crisis and conflict: report of the Mental Health Working Group." Prehosp Disaster Med. 24 Suppl 2 (2009): s217-27.
"Mental health and childhood adversities: a longitudinal study in Kabul, Afghanistan." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 50.4 (2011): 349-63.
"Men’s roles in care seeking for maternal and newborn health: a qualitative study applying the three delays model to male involvement in Morogoro Region, Tanzania." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19.1 (2019).
"Men and maternal health: The dilemma of short-lived male involvement strategies in Uganda." Health Care for Women International (2018): 1-13.
"Medical humanitarianism: Research insights in a changing field of practice Introduction." Soc Sci Med. 120 (2014): 311-316.
"Medical humanitarianism: anthropologists speak out on policy and practice." Med Anthropol Q. 29.1 (2015): 1-23.
"Mediation in the schools: Self-regulation, self-esteem, and self-discipline." Mediation Quarterly. 7 (1989): 149-155.
"Mediation as a method of parent intervention in children's disputes." J Fam Psychol. 18.1 (2004): 147-59.
"Mediating effects of parental psychological distress and individual-level social capital on the association between child poverty and maltreatment in Japan." Child abuse & neglect. 83 (2018): 142-150.
"Media and technology use predicts ill-being among children, preteens and teenagers independent of the negative health impacts of exercise and eating habits." Computers in Human Behavior. 35 (2014): 364-375.
"Mechanisms in the cycle of violence." Science. 250 (1990): 1678-83.
"On the mechanics of economic development." Journal of Monetary Economics. 22.1 (1988): 3-42.
"Measuring the quality of early childhood education: Associations with children’s development from a national study with the IMCEIC tool in Colombia." Child Development. 93.1 (2022): 254-268.
"Measuring the cost of investing in early childhood interventions and applications of a standardized costing tool." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1419.1 (2018): 74-89.
"Maximizing the potential of early childhood education to prevent externalizing behavior problems: A meta-analysis." J Sch Psychol. 53 (2015): 243-63.
"Maternal stress during pregnancy predicts cognitive ability and fearfulness in infancy." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 46.11 (2007): 1454-63.
"Maternal responsiveness moderates the relationship between allostatic load and working memory." Development and psychopathology. 23 (2011): 873-80.
"Maternal programming of reproductive function and behavior in the female rat." Front Evol Neurosci. 3 (2011): 10.
"Maternal posttraumatic stress disorder and depression in pediatric primary care: association with child maltreatment and frequency of child exposure to traumatic events." JAMA Pediatr. 167.11 (2013): 1011-8.
"Maternal perceptions of paternal investment are associated with relationship satisfaction and breastfeeding duration in humans." Journal of Family Psychology. 32.8 (2018): 1025-1035.
"Maternal perceptions of father involvement among refugee and disadvantaged families in Beirut, Lebanon." PLOS ONE. 15.3 (2020): e0229670.
"Maternal Interpersonal Trauma and Child Social-Emotional Development: An Intergenerational Effect." Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 31 (2017): 99-107.
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