Publications
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 development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries." The Lancet. 369.9556 (2007): 145-157.
"Child friendly spaces impact across five humanitarian settings: a meta-analysis." BMC Public Health. 19.1 (2019).
"Child immigration detention in the EU. Children In Migration, 2019.
Child Labour: Global estimates 2020, trends and the road forward. UNICEF, International Labour Organization (ILO), 2021.
Child maltreatment prevention: a systematic review of reviews." Bull. World Health Organ.. 87.5 (2009): 353-61.
"Child maltreatment, youth violence, and intimate partner violence: developmental relationships." American journal of preventive medicine. 33 (2007): 281-90.
"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 migration and access to Early Childhood Care and Education: Limitations in legal frameworks and other concerns. Right to Education, 2021.
Child online safety: Minimizing the risk of violence, abuse and exploitation online. October 2019 report. Geneva, Switzerland: Broadband Commission, 2019.
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.
Child soldiers: reintegration, pathways to recovery, and reflections from the field." J Dev Behav Pediatr. 29 (2008): 138-41.
"Child trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation: a review of promising prevention policies and programs." Am J Orthopsychiatry. 83 (2013): 559-75.
"Childcare and working families: New opportunity of missing link? An evidence brief. New York, NY: UNICEF, 2019.
Childcare in the COVID-19 Era: A Guide for Employers. International Finance Corporation, 2020.
Child-Friendly Schooling for Peacebuilding. New York: Learning for Peace, 2014.
Childhood abuse, household dysfunction, and the risk of attempted suicide throughout the life span: findings from the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study." JAMA. 286 (2001): 3089-96.
"Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys." Br J Psychiatry. 197.5 (2010): 378-85.
"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.
" Childhood chronic physical aggression associates with adult cytokine levels in plasma." PLoS ONE. 8.7 (2013): e69481.
"Childhood experience, interpersonal development, and reproductive strategy: and evolutionary theory of socialization." Child Dev. 62.4 (1991): 647-70.
"Childhood Poverty, Chronic Stress, Self-Regulation, and Coping." Child Development Perspectives. 7 (2013): 43-48.
"Childhood socioeconomic status and adult health." Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. 1186 (2010): 37-55.
"Childhood Vulnerabilities in South Africa: Some Ethical PerspectivesSeen but not heard? Engaging the mechanisms of faith to end violence against children. Eds. Jan Grobbelaar, and Chris Jones. African Sun Media, 2020.
Childrearing discipline and violence in developing countries." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 62-75.
"Children and armed conflict: Interventions for supporting war-affected children." Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. 23 (2017): 4-13.
" Children and violence: the role of children's regulation in the marital aggression-child adjustment link." Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev. 12 (2009): 3-15.
"Children as agents of positive change. A mapping of children’s initiatives across regions, towards an inclusive and healthy world free from violence. New York City: UN Special Representative to the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, 2021.
Children of Afghanistan: The Path to Peace. University of Texas Press, 2014.
Children of the Great Depression: 25th Anniversary Edition. Westview Press, 1998.
Children‘s Mediational Teaching Style as a Function of Intervention for Cross-Age Peer-Mediation." School Psychology International. 25.1 (2004): 59-78.
"Children’s voices in times of COVID-19. Continued child activism in the face of personal challenges. World Vision, 2020.
Children, Wired: For Better and for Worse." Neuron. 67.5 (2010): 692-701.
"Children's physiological and emotional reactions to witnessing bullying predict bystander intervention." Child Dev. 84.1 (2013): 375-90.
"Cities Welcoming Refugees & Migrants: Enhancing effective urban governance in an age of migration. Paris, France: UNESCO, 2016.
Classifying prosocial behavior: children's responses to instrumental need, emotional distress, and material desire." Child Dev. 84 (2013): 1766-76.
"The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis. Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index.. New York, NY, USA: UNICEF, 2021.
A cluster randomised trial evaluation of the Media Initiative for Children: Respecting Difference Programme, Centre for Effective Education. Belfast, Ireland: Center for Effective Education, Queen's University Belfast, 2010.
Coexistence Is in the Eye of the Beholder: Evaluating Intergroup Encounter Interventions Between Jews and Arabs in Israel." Journal of Social Issues. 60 (2004): 437-452.
"Cognitive and socioemotional caregiving in developing countries." Child Dev. 83.1 (2012): 46-61.
"A cognitive approach to child abuse prevention." J Fam Psychol. 16.3 (2002): 243-58.
"A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder." Behav Res Ther. 38 (2000): 319-45.
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