Publications
Sexual assault hotline sees spike in messages from minors amid coronovirus outbreak. Newsweek, 2020.
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for tackling the climate crisis. From uniting behind the science to the power of small actions. UNICEF, 2020.
It’s Okay to Be a Different Kind of Parent During the Pandemic. The Atlantic, 2020.
How to Create Screen-Life Balance When Life Has Shifted to Screens. New York City: New York Times, 2020.
Global leaders unite to ensure everyone everywhere can access new vaccines, tests and treatments for COVID-19. World Health Organization (WHO), 2020.
Using the power of mass media to achieve impact at scale: an experiment that worked. Early Childhood Matters. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
LEAPS: a strategy to benefit young children and youth. Early Childhood Matters, .2019. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
Responsive parenting: A strategy to prevent violence. Early Childhood Matters, .122. The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2014.
Early Childhood Matters | Special Issue "A good start: Advances in early childhood development". The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2015.
Early Childhood Matters Magazine . The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2018.
Early Childhood Matters 2019. Hague, The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
The meanings of spaces in ECEC centres: A literature review. EDUCAS, 2019.
Young children and families in crisis and displacement: Selected articles from our Early Childhood Matters publication. The Netherlands: Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2019.
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Vol. 7. American Psychological Association, Division 48, 2021.
Youth violence. Developmental pathways and prevention challenges." American journal of preventive medicine. 20 (2001): 3-14.
"The Youth Readiness Intervention for war-affected youth." J Adolesc Health. 56 (2015): 606-11.
"Youth mental health after civil war: the importance of daily stressors." Br J Psychiatry. 206 (2015): 116-21.
"Young children's reactions to war-related stress: a survey and assessment of an innovative intervention." Pediatrics. 121.1 (2008): 46-53.
"Working with Children Affected by Hurricane Katrina: Two Case Studies in Play Therapy." Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 15 (2010): 52-55.
"Working through resistance in engaging boys and men towards gender equality and progressive masculinities." Culture, Health & Sexuality. 17.sup2 (2015): 144-158.
"Working nonstandard schedules and variable shifts in low-income families: associations with parental psychological well-being, family functioning, and child well-being." Dev Psychol. 43 (2007): 620-32.
"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.
"Witnessing peer rejection during early adolescence: neural correlates of empathy for experiences of social exclusion." Soc Neurosci. 5.5-6 (2010): 496-507.
"Why rejection hurts: a common neural alarm system for physical and social pain." Trends in cognitive sciences. 8 (2004): 294-300.
"Who am I? Ethnic identity formation of Arab Muslim children in contemporary U.S. society." J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 47 (2008): 853-7.
"What is peace psychology the psychology of ?" J Soc Issues. 62 (2006): 1-17.
"What implementation evidence matters: scaling-up nurturing interventions that promote early childhood development." Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1419 (2018): 5-16.
"What he knows about her and how it affects her? Husband’s knowledge of pregnancy complications and maternal health care utilization among tribal population in Maharashtra, India." BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 19.1 (2019).
"What Are the Transgenerational Consequences of Maternal Childhood Adversity and Maternal Stress During Pregnancy?" J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 56.11 (2017): 914-915.
"‘What about the fathers?’ Bringing ‘Dads on Board™’ with their infants and toddlers following violence." Journal of Family Studies. 19 (2013): 70-79.
"Welfare reform, family support, and child development: perspectives from policy analysis and developmental psychopathology." Dev Psychopathol. 12 (2000): 619-32.
"Welfare dynamics, support services, mothers' earnings, and child cognitive development: implications for contemporary welfare reform." Child Dev. 70 (1999): 779-801.
""We would never forget who we are": resettlement, cultural negotiation, and family relationships among Somali Bantu refugees." Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 26 (2017): 1387-1400.
"We left one war and came to another: resource loss, acculturative stress, and caregiver-child relationships in Somali refugee families." Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 21 (2015): 114-25.
"A Way of Thinking about Parent/Teacher Partnerships for Teachers Le partenariat parent/enseignant: Un autre point de vue Una forma de reflexionar sobre la asociacio´n Padre/Maestro para maestros." International Journal of Early Years Education. 10 (2002): 177-191.
"War-Related Traumas and Mental Health Across Generations." JAMA Psychiatry. 75 (2018): 5-6.
"War, trauma and children's development: Observations from a modern evolutionary perspective." Int J Behav Dev. 32 (2008): 260-271.
"The voices of children in the global health debate." The Lancet. 395.10224 (2020): 541-542.
"Violent conflict and population health in the Middle East Introduction." Glob Public Health. 6 (2011): 467-471.
"Violent conflict and opiate use in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review." Int. J. Drug Policy. 25.2 (2014): 196-203.
"Violence, suffering, and mental health in Afghanistan: a school-based survey." Lancet. 374.9692 (2009): 807-16.
"Violence, peace and peace research." J Peace ResJ Peace Res. 6 (1969): 167-191.
"Violence, Peace, and Peace Research." Journal of Peace Research. 6 (1969): 167-191.
"Violence, health, and South-North collaboration: Interdisciplinary research in light of the 2030 Agenda." Soc Sci Med. 146 (2015): 236-42.
"Violence, crime, and abuse exposure in a national sample of children and youth: an update." JAMA Pediatr. 167.7 (2013): 614-21.
"Violence against children in the time of COVID-19: What we have learned, what remains unknown and the opportunities that lie ahead." Child Abuse & Neglect. 116 (2021): 104776.
"Violence, abuse, and crime exposure in a national sample of children and youth." Pediatrics. 124.5 (2009): 1411-23.
"Variations in maternal behavior--oxytocin and reward pathways--peripheral measures matter?!" Neuropsychopharmacology. 36.13 (2011): 2587-8.
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