Publications
The relation of empathy to prosocial and related behaviors." Psychol Bull. 101 (1987): 91-119.
"Regional Capacity Building Workshop on Men,Caring and Fatherhood.. Kathmandu: Save the Children Sweden, 2005.
Refugee education 2030: A strategy for refugee inclusion. Copenhagen, Denmark: UNHCR, 2019.
The Refugee Crisis and the Rights of Children: Perspectives on Community-Based Resettlement Programs." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2018 (2018): 91-98.
"Reframing the Early Childhood Curriculum: Educational Imperatives for the Future. Taylor & Francis, 2002.
Reflections on Gender, Patriarchy, and Peace: Results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES) in Afghanistan. Washington D.C.: Promundo-US, UN Women, and Global Affairs Canada, 2018.
Reducing Overt and Relational Aggression Among Young Children: The Results from a Two-Year Outcome Evaluation." Journal of School Violence. 7.1 (2008): 27-42.
"Reducing maternal intimate partner violence after the birth of a child: a randomized controlled trial of the Hawaii Healthy Start Home Visitation Program." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 164.1 (2010): 16-23.
"Ready to engage. Perspectives of teachers and parents on social and emotional learning and service-learning in America’s public schools. Allstate Foundation, 2021.
Reaching the Marginalized. EFA Global Monitoring report 2010, Education for All. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program." Journal of public economics. 94 (2010): 114-128.
"The Rate of Return to the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program." J Public Econ. 94 (2010): 114-128.
"Randomized trial of the Early Start program of home visitation: parent and family outcomes." Pediatrics. 117.3 (2006): 781-6.
"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.
"A randomized pilot trial of two parenting interventions for fathers in residential substance use disorder treatment." Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 104 (2019): 116-127.
"A randomized controlled trial of Child FIRST: a comprehensive home-based intervention translating research into early childhood practice." Child Dev. 82.1 (2011): 193-208.
"Racial Disparities in Child Adversity in the U.S.: Interactions With Family Immigration History and Income." Am J Prev Med. 50 (2016): 47-56.
"Race, gender, and young children." Developmental psychopathology: Perspectives on adjustment, risk, and disorder. Eds. S. S. Luthar, et al. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 51-74.
A quantitative meta-analysis of functional imaging studies of social rejection." Sci Rep. 3 (2013): 2027.
"Quantitative EEG in low-IQ children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder." Clin Neurophysiol. 117.8 (2006): 1708-14.
"Quantifying the Life-Cycle Benefits of an Influential Early-Childhood Program." Journal of Political Economy (2020): 000.
"Quantifying Heckman: Are Governments in Eastern and Southern Africa Maximizing Returns on Investments in Early Childhood Development?. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, 2021.
Quality of infant child care and early infant development in Portuguese childcare centers." Early Childhood Research Quarterly. 48 (2019): 246-255.
"Quality of early childhood development programs in global contexts: Rationale for investment, conceptual framework and implications for equity. Society for Research in Child Development Social Policy Report. Vol. 25. Society for Research in Child Development, 2011.
A qualitative study of mental health problems among children displaced by war in northern Uganda." Transcult PsychiatryTranscult Psychiatry. 46 (2009): 238-56.
"A Qualitative Study of Mechanisms Underlying Effects of a Parenting Intervention in Rural Liberia." The European Journal of Development Research. 29.5 (2017): 964-982.
" "Putting the altruism back into altruism: the evolution of empathy." Annual review of psychology. 59 (2008): 279-300.
"The Psychosocial Factors That Undermine Children’s Academic Potentials: A Multi-Level Study of the Main Psychosocial Factors That Contribute to Palestinian Children’s Academic Underachievement.. Berlin: Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.
Psychosocial aspects of care and nutrition. Vol. 16. Food Nutrition Bulletin, 16., 1995.
Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers--systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54 (2013): 17-36.
"Psychosocial adjustment and mental health in former child soldiers--systematic review of the literature and recommendations for future research." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54.1 (2013): 17-36.
"The Psychology of Prejudice: Ingroup Love and Outgroup Hate?" Journal of Social Issues. 55 (1999): 429-444.
" The psychology of moral development: the nature and validity of moral stages. Harper & Row, 1984.
Psychiatric co-morbidity in caregivers and children involved in maltreatment: a pilot research study with policy implications." Child Abuse Negl. 25 (2001): 923-44.
"Provisions of learning experiences in the home and early childhood school readiness are clearly linked." New Dir Child Adolesc Dev (2001): 1-6.
" A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Perceived Infant Outcomes at 18-24 Months: Neural and Psychological Correlates of Parental Thoughts and Actions Assessed during the First Month Postpartum." Front Psychol. 6 (2015): 1772.
"A Prospective Cohort Study of Influences on Externalizing Behaviors Across Childhood: Results From a Nurse Home Visiting Randomized Controlled Trial." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 55 (2016): 376-82.
"Prosocial development and situational morality: Neurobiological, parental, and contextual factors." 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. 161-184.
Prosocial Development." Handbook of Child Psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007.
Prosocial Behavior and Altruism." The Handbook of Social Psychology. Ed. Gilbert et D. al. New York: McGraw-HIll, 1998. 282-316.
Promotion of children's rights and prevention of child maltreatment." Lancet. 373 (2009): 332-43.
"Promoting the capacity for peace in early childhood: Perspectives from research on resilience in children and families." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. J. F. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. Vol. 15. The MIT Press, 2014. 251-272.
Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting: a pre-post cluster randomised trial among Rwandan families linked to social protection programmesAbstractBackgroundMethodsResultsConclusionsTrial registration." BMC Public Health. 20.1 (2020).
"Promoting Mother–Infant Book Sharing and Infant Attention and Language Development in an Impoverished South African Population: A Pilot Study." Early Childhood Educ J. 42 (2014): 143-152.
"Promoting mother‐infant relationships and underlying neural correlates: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a home‐visiting program for adolescent mothers in Brazil." Developmental Science (2021).
"Promoting Fathers' Engagement With Children: Preventive Interventions for Low-Income Families." Journal of Marriage and Family. 71 (2009): 663-679.
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