Publications
"Child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation: a review of promising prevention policies and programs." Am J Orthopsychiatry. 83 (2013): 559-75.
"Challenges to the rapid identification of children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation." Child Abuse Negl. 52 (2016): 158-68.
"Transgenerational impact of intimate partner violence on methylation in the promoter of the glucocorticoid receptor." Transl Psychiatry. 1 (2011): e21.
"Changing antisocial behavior patterns in young boys: A structured cooperative learning approach." Education and Treatment of Children. 25.4 (2002): 380-395.
Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis. Vol. 6. Lancet Glob Health, 6., 2018.
Mental health and development among children living in violent conditions: Underlying processes for promoting peace." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah. Vol. 15. The MIT Press, 2014. 213-232.
"The impact of a family skills training intervention among Burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial." PLoS One. 12 (2017): e0172611.
"Father's influence in the development of infant's relationships." Acta Paediatr Scand Suppl. 344 (1988): 43-53.
Engaging fathers of young children in low-income families to improve child and family outcomes: A preventive intervention perspective." Handbook of fathers and child development: Prenatal to preschool. Springer, 2020. 627-638.
"Latency development in children of primary nurturing fathers. Eight-year follow-up." Psychoanal Study Child. 47 (1992): 85-101.
Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for Your Child. Free Press, 2000.
"Enhancing Father Involvement in Low-Income Families: A Couples Group Approach to Preventive Intervention." Child Dev. 88 (2017): 398-407.
"Lessons Learned From the Supporting Father Involvement Study: A Cross-Cultural Preventive Intervention for Low-Income Families With Young Children." Journal of Social Service Research. 35 (2009): 163-179.
"Enhancing Paternal Engagement in a Coparenting Paradigm." Child Development Perspectives. 11.4 (2017): 245-250.
Father Need: Why father care is as essential as mother care for your child. New York, NY: Free Press, 2000.
"Enhancing Father Involvement in Low-Income Families: A Couples Group Approach to Preventive Intervention." Child development. 88 (2017): 398-407.
"Role of the father." Pediatrics. 102 (1998): 1253-61.
Me, Myself and I: How Children Build Their Sense of Self : 18 to 36 Months. Goddard Press, 1999.
"Supporting Father Involvement: An Intervention With Community and Child Welfare-Referred Couples." Family Relations. 68.1 (2019): 51-67.
"Home treatment for two infants who witnessed their mother's murder." J Am Acad Child Psychiatry. 18 (1979): 647-57.
"Fathers, divorce, and their children." Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 7 (1998): 389-407, viii.
The Nurturing Father: Journey Toward the Complete Man. Warner Books, 1987.
"Infants of primary nurturing fathers." Psychoanal Study Child. 38 (1983): 257-77.
""Only God decides": young children's perceptions of divorce and the legal system." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 38 (1999): 1544-50.
Partnership Parenting: How Men and Women Parent Differently--why it Helps Your Kids and Can Strengthen Your Marriage. Da Capo Lifelong, 2009.
"The signature of maternal rearing in the methylome in rhesus macaque prefrontal cortex and T cells." J. Neurosci.. 32.44 (2012): 15626-42.
"Childhood chronic physical aggression associates with adult cytokine levels in plasma." PLoS ONE. 8.7 (2013): e69481.
"Women's groups practising participatory learning and action to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis." The Lancet. 381.9879 (2013): 1736-1746.
Breaking the Cycle of Intergenerational Violence: The Promise of Psychosocial Interventions to Address Children’s Exposure to Violence. Promundo, 2020.
"Population-Based Prevention of Child Maltreatment: The US Triple P System Population Trial." Prev Sci. 10 (2009): 1-12.
How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens. New York City: New York Times, 2020.
"An evaluation of the Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Parents Raising Safe Kids program." J Prim Prev. 32.3-4 (2011): 147-60.
The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology). W. W. Norton, 2011.
"Exploratory analysis of decentralized governance and its implications for the equity of early childhood education services in four countries of Europe and Central Asia." Early Years. 39.3 (2019).
"Exploratory analysis of decentralized governance and its implications for the equity of early childhood education services in four countries of Europe and Central Asia." Early Years (2019): 1-17.
Early Childhood Peace Consortium: Full report on the global launch. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2013.
"Sector‐wide analysis of early childhood development and education in emergencies in Colombia and considerations to strengthen systems globally." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. 2020.172 (2020): 103-123.
Systematic review: The exploration of the role of parenting and early learning programs in promoting positive development and peace building. New Haven, CT US: Yale Child Study Center, 2014.
"Landscape Analysis of Early Childhood Development and Education in Emergencies." Journal on Education in Emergencies. 8.1 (2022): 138.
"A conceptual model for youth-led programs as a promising approach to Early Childhood Care and Education." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 71-89.
"Implementation Evaluation of the Mother‐Child Education Program Among Refugee and Other Vulnerable Communities in Lebanon." New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (2019).
"Effects of the Mother−Child Education Program on parenting stress and disciplinary practices among refugee and other marginalized communities in Lebanon: A pilot randomized controlled trial." Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (2020).
"A Conceptual Model for Youth-Led Programs as a Promising Approach to Early Childhood Care and Education." New directions for child and adolescent development. 2018 (2018): 71-89.
"Adaptation and Application of the Measuring Early Learning Quality and Outcomes (MELQO) Framework to Early Childhood Education Settings in Colombia." Zeitschrift für Psychologie. 227.2 (2019): 105-112.
Early Childhood Development programs, peacebuilding, and the Sustainable Development Goals: Opportunities for interdisciplinary research and multisectoral partnerships." Eds. S. Verma, and A. C. Petersen. Vol. 74. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. 77-95.
Early Childhood Peace Consortium: Full report on the global launch. New Haven: Yale University, 2013.
"Supporting the mental health of forcibly displaced childrenSupporting the mental health of forcibly displaced children: A call to action." Nature Reviews Psychology. 4.6 (2025): 370-387.
"Long-term consequences of neonatal rearing on central corticotropin-releasing factor systems in adult male rat offspring." Neuropsychopharmacology. 30.12 (2005): 2192-204.
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