Publications
Defenceless: The impact of the Israeli military detention system on Palestinian children. Save the Children, 2020.
"A deletion variant of the alpha2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans." Nature neuroscience. 10 (2007): 1137-9.
"Delineating the maladaptive pathways of child maltreatment: a mediated moderation analysis of the roles of self-perception and social support." Dev. Psychopathol.. 22.2 (2010): 337-52.
"Demographic, maltreatment, and neurobiological correlates of PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents." J Pediatr Psychol. 35 (2010): 570-7.
"Demographic, physical and mental health assessments in the adolescent brain and cognitive development study: Rationale and description." Developmental cognitive neuroscience. 32 (2018): 55-66.
"Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder among Haitian immigrant students: implications for access to mental health services and educational programming." BMC Public Health. 9 (2009): 482.
Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2005.
The Descent of Man. D. Appleton and Company, 1871.
Desperate journeys., 2017.
"Determinants of posttraumatic adjustment in adolescents from Sarajevo who experienced war." J Clin Psychol. 59 (2003): 27-40.
"Developing an African youth psychosocial assessment: an application of item response theory." Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 23 (2014): 142-60.
"The development and evaluation of the intervention model for the Florida Infant Mental Health Pilot Program." Infant Mental Health Journal. 28.3 (2007): 259-280.
"Development of individual differences in stress responsiveness: an overview of factors mediating the outcome of early life experiences." Psychopharmacology (Berl.). 214.1 (2011): 141-54.
"Development of social categories and stereotypes in early childhood: The case of “The Arab” concept formation, stereotype and attitudes by Jewish children in Israel." International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 20.3-4 (1996): 341-370.
"Development of the SAFE Checklist Tool for Assessing Site-Level Threats to Child Protection: Use of Delphi Methods and Application to Two Sites in India." PLoS One. 10 (2015): e0141222.
"Developmental cascades." Dev. Psychopathol.. 22.3 (2010): 491-5.
"Developmental consequences of oxytocin." Physiol. Behav.. 79.3 (2003): 383-97.
"Developmental effects of exposure to Intimate Partner Violence in early childhood: A review of the literature." Children and Youth Services Review. 31 (2009): 831-839.
"Developmental origins of non-communicable disease: implications for research and public health." Environ Health. 11 (2012): 42.
"Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries." Lancet (London, England). 369 (2007): 60-70.
"Developmental potential in the first 5 years for children in developing countries." Lancet. 369 (2007): 60-70.
On Dialogue. Routledge, 2004.
Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, and Change: Arab-Jewish Encounters in Israel. State University of New York Press, 1999.
"Differential effects of a nurse home-visiting intervention on physically aggressive behavior in children." J Pediatr Nurs. 25.1 (2010): 35-45.
"Differential patterns of whole-genome DNA methylation in institutionalized children and children raised by their biological parents." Dev. Psychopathol.. 24.1 (2012): 143-55.
"Differential susceptibility to rearing environment depending on dopamine-related genes: new evidence and a meta-analysis." Dev. Psychopathol.. 23.1 (2011): 39-52.
"Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary--neurodevelopmental theory." Dev Psychopathol. 23 (2011): 7-28.
Dignity under extreme duress: The moral and emotional landscape of local humanitarian workers in the Afghan-Pakistan border areas." Medical Humanitarianism: Ethnographies of Practice. Eds. S. Abramowitz, and C. Panter-Brick. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015.
"Direct and extended friendship effects on minority and majority children's interethnic attitudes: a longitudinal study." Child Dev. 80 (2009): 377-90.
"Direct and indirect effects of breast milk on the neurobehavioral and cognitive development of premature infants." Dev Psychobiol. 43.2 (2003): 109-19.
"Disasters and their impact on child development: introduction to the special section." Child Dev. 81.4 (2010): 1029-39.
"The Discipline Controversy Revisited." Family Relations. 45 (1996): 405-414.
"Disease burden and mental health system capacity: WHO Atlas study of 117 low- and middle-income countries." Br J Psychiatry. 201 (2012): 444-50.
"DNA methylation: a mechanism for embedding early life experiences in the genome." Child Dev. 84.1 (2013): 49-57.
"DNA methylome variation in a perinatal nurse-visitation program that reduces child maltreatment: a 27-year follow-up." Translational psychiatry. 8 (2018): 15.
"Do early father-infant interactions predict the onset of externalising behaviours in young children? Findings from a longitudinal cohort study." J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 54.1 (2013): 56-64.
"Do early infant feeding patterns relate to breast-feeding continuation and weight gain? Data from a longitudinal cohort study." Eur J Clin Nutr. 58 (2004): 1290-6.
Does horizontal education inequality lead to violent conflict?. New York, New York: FHI 360 EDUCATION POLICY AND DATA CENTER, 2015.
Does intergroup contact reduce prejudice? Recent meta-analytic findings." Reducing prejudice and discrimination. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000. 93-114.
"Does rejection hurt? An FMRI study of social exclusion." Science (New York, N.Y.). 302 (2003): 290-2.
Dominance, Status and Social Hierarchies." The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. Ed. D.M. Buss. Wiley, 2005. 676-697.
"Dosage matters: The relationship between participation in the Nurturing Parenting Program for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers and subsequent child maltreatment." Children and Youth Services Review. 33.8 (2011): 1426-1434.
Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. Eds. B. T. Bowman, M. S. Donovan, and M. S. Burns. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2000.
Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. National Academies Press, 2001.
The early care and education teaching workforce at the fulcrum: An agenda for reform. New York, NY: Teacher's College Press, 2008.
"Early Caregiving Intervention Holds Promise for Long-term Improvements in Neural Function Following Adversity." Biological Psychiatry. 85.4 (2019): e15-e16.
Early child development: A powerful equalizer. British Colmbia, Cananda: HELP Research Institute, College of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of British Columbia, 2007.
Early childhood." Promoting Mental Health in Scarce-resource Contexts: Emerging Evidence and Practice. Eds. I. Petersen, et al. Cape Town, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2010. 99-123.
Early Childhood as a Foundation for Civic Engagement." Handbook of Research of Civic Engagement in Youth. Ed. Sherrod et L. al. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2010. 249-275.
"Early childhood development: a new challenge for the SDG era." Lancet Glob Health. 4 (2016): e873-e874.
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