Publications
Contributions of Early Childhood Development services to preventing violent conflict and sustaining peace [Eng, Ara, Fre, Spa, Tur]. Eds. Liliana Angelica Ponguta, Friedrich Affolter, and Pia Rebello Britto. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC), 2017.
Converging on child mental health - toward shared global action for child development." Glob Ment Health (Camb). 4 (2017): e20.
"Coping and mental health outcomes among Sierra Leonean war-affected youth: Results from a longitudinal study." Dev Psychopathol. 29 (2017): 11-23.
"Celebrating childhood: A journey to end violence against children. United Nations, 2016.
Challenges to the rapid identification of children who have been trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation." Child Abuse Negl. 52 (2016): 158-68.
"Cities Welcoming Refugees & Migrants: Enhancing effective urban governance in an age of migration. Paris, France: UNESCO, 2016.
Community engagement to strengthen social cohesion and child protection in Chad and Burundi: “Bottom Up” participatory monitoring, planning and action. International Insituted for Child Rights and Development (IICRD), 2016.
Concurrent resolution with the General Assembly on the review of the UN peacebuilding architecture., 2016.
Correction: Ethics in Community-Based Research with Vulnerable Children: Perspectives from Rwanda." PLoS One. 11 (2016): e0163384.
"Costs and cost-effectiveness of a mental health intervention for war-affected young persons: decision analysis based on a randomized controlled trial." Health Policy Plan. 31 (2016): 415-24.
"Cross-generational influences on childhood anxiety disorders: pathways and mechanisms." J Neural Transm (Vienna). 123.9 (2016): 1053-67.
"COMMENCER DÈS LE PLUS JEUNE ÂGE À ÉDIFIER DES SOCIÉTÉS PLUS FORTES ET PLUS PACIFIQUES (FR). New York: UNICEF, 2015.
Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Youth Resilience and Culture . Vol. 11. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2015.
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.
"Caregiver-child mental health: a prospective study in conflict and refugee settings." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55.4 (2014): 313-27.
"Child mental health, psychosocial wellbeing and resilience in Afghanistan: a review and future directions." Handbook of Resilience in Children of War. Eds. C. Fernando, and M. Ferrari. Vol. 51-79. Springer, 2014.
Child-Friendly Schooling for Peacebuilding. New York: Learning for Peace, 2014.
Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace. University of Texas Press, 2014.
Comparative and evolutionary perspectives." 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. 131-144.
Comparing the validity of the self reporting questionnaire and the Afghan symptom checklist: dysphoria, aggression, and gender in transcultural assessment of mental health." BMC Psychiatry. 14 (2014): 206.
"Context matters: community characteristics and mental health among war-affected youth in Sierra Leone." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 55 (2014): 217-26.
"The costs and economic impact of violence against children. London: Child Fund Alliance, Overseas Development Institute, 2014.
Creating effective programs and policies to reduce violence and promote peace." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah. The MIT Press, 2014. 361-384.
The Culture of Peace ." Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Eds. J. F. Leckman, C. Panter-Brick, and R. Salah. MIT Press, 2014. xiii-xx.
Child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation: a review of promising prevention policies and programs." Am J Orthopsychiatry. 83 (2013): 559-75.
"Childhood chronic physical aggression associates with adult cytokine levels in plasma." PLoS ONE. 8.7 (2013): e69481.
"Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, Self-Regulation, and Coping." Child Development Perspectives. 7 (2013): 43-48.
"Children's physiological and emotional reactions to witnessing bullying predict bystander intervention." Child Dev. 84.1 (2013): 375-90.
"Classifying prosocial behavior: children's responses to instrumental need, emotional distress, and material desire." Child Dev. 84 (2013): 1766-76.
"Contributions of positive psychology to peace: toward global well-being and resilience." Am Psychol. 68.7 (2013): 590-600.
"Contributions of psychology to war and peace." Am Psychol. 68.7 (2013): 502-13.
"Cross-generational effects of discrimination among immigrant mothers: perceived discrimination predicts child's healthcare visits for illness." Health Psychol. 32 (2013): 203-11.
"Cumulative effects of early poverty on cortisol in young children: moderation by autonomic nervous system activity." Psychoneuroendocrinology. 38.11 (2013): 2666-75.
"Care for child development: Improving the care for young children. World Health Organization, 2012.
Caseworker-recipient interaction: welfare office differences, economic trajectories, and child outcomes." Child Dev. 83 (2012): 382-98.
"Child development in developing countries: child rights and policy implications." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 92-103.
"Child development in developing countries: introduction and methods." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 16-31.
"Child development in the context of adversity: experiential canalization of brain and behavior." Am Psychol. 67.4 (2012): 309-18.
"Child development in the context of disaster, war, and terrorism: pathways of risk and resilience." Annu Rev Psychol. 63 (2012): 227-57.
"Child development in the multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS): Child rights and policy implications." Child Development (2012).
"Child Poverty and inequality: New Perspectives. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2012.
Child Povery and Inequality: new Perspectives. Eds. M. Daniels, and S. Engilbertsdóttir. New York, 2012.
Childhood adversity and DNA methylation of genes involved in the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and immune system: whole-genome and candidate-gene associations." Dev. Psychopathol.. 24.4 (2012): 1417-25.
"Childhood adversity and epigenetic modulation of the leukocyte glucocorticoid receptor: preliminary findings in healthy adults." PLoS ONE. 7.1 (2012): e30148.
"Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 62-75.
"Cognitive and socioemotional caregiving in developing countries." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 46-61.
" Connectome: How the Brain's Wiring Makes Us who We are. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012.
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