Knowledge Base
This knowledge platform for scholarly publishing is provided by the ECPC. Research and scholarly output included here has been selected and deposited based on its relevance to early childhood development, social cohesion, violence prevention and peace promotion, and more. Additional literature will be added as it becomes available.
Explore, Engage, Act! Children and young people and the Global Compact on Refugees and Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. United Kingdom: Save the Children; 2018.
Socioeconomic status and the brain: mechanistic insights from human and animal research. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2010;11(9):651-9.
It’s Okay to Be a Different Kind of Parent During the Pandemic. The Atlantic; 2020.
Narrative and the Politics of Identity: The Cultural Psychology of Israeli and Palestinian Youth. Oxford University Press; 2010.
The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis. Disasters. 2009;33(1):132-51.
Saving lives, preserving livelihoods: understanding risk, decision-making and child health in a food crisis. Soc Sci Med. 2009;68(4):758-65.
The social context of childcare practices and child malnutrition in Niger's recent food crisis. Disasters. 2009;33:132-51.
Policy Briefing Note: Early Childhood Development and Its Promise for Peace. Early Childhood Peace Consortium; 2023.
Policy Briefing Note: Taking Action on the Safety, Well-being, and Development of Children in Conflict/Post Conflict Countries. Early Childhood Peace Consortium; 2023.
A systematic policy analysis of Early Childhood Development and peacebuilding in fourteen conflict-affected and post-conflict countries. UCL Insitute of Education; 2016.
Journal of Peace Psychology.; 2021.
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Vol 7. American Psychological Association, Division 48; 2021.
Social networks and cooperation in hunter-gatherers. Nature. 2012;481(7382):497-501.
The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen. W. W. Norton; 2011.
Delineating the maladaptive pathways of child maltreatment: a mediated moderation analysis of the roles of self-perception and social support. Dev Psychopathol. 2010;22(2):337-52.
A cost-effectiveness evaluation of a home visit program for adolescent mothers. J Health Psychol. 2009;14(7):878-87.
The Safe Kindergarten: Promotion of Communication and Social Skills Among Kindergartners. Early Education & Development. 2008;19(6):865-884.
Neurobiology of executive functions: catecholamine influences on prefrontal cortical functions. Biol Psychiatry. 2005;57(11):1377-84.
The Jigsaw Classroom: Building Cooperation in the Classroom. Longman; 1997.
Evaluation of the Responsible, Engaged, and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative on Physical Child Punishment and Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Uganda. Prevention Science. 2017;18(7):854-864.
Approaches to conflict and conflict resolution in toddler relationships. Journal of Early Childhood Research. 2012;10(2):145-161.
The emotional costs of parents' conditional regard: a self-determination theory analysis. J Pers. 2004;72(1):47-88.
Early Childhood as a Foundation for Civic Engagement. In: L. al. Set, editor. Handbook of Research of Civic Engagement in Youth. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley; 2010. 2. p. 249-275p.
Prevalence of mental disorders among children exposed to war: a systematic review of 7,920 children. Med Confl Surviv. 2009;25(1):4-19.
THE CULTURE QUESTION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION. Peace & Change. 1991;16(1):22-45.
Culture and Conflict Resolution. United States Institute of Peace Press; 1998.
A Generic Theory of Conflict Resolutions A Critique. Negotiation Journal. 1987;3(1):87-96.
Threshold Externalities in Economic Development. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 1990;105(2):501.
Cortical sources of EEG rhythms are abnormal in down syndrome. Clin Neurophysiol. 2010;121(8):1205-12.
Parenting practices and problem behavior across three generations: monitoring, harsh discipline, and drug use in the intergenerational transmission of externalizing behavior. Developmental psychology. 2009;45:1214-26.
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. 2010;164(1):16-23.
Effects of political and military traumas on children: the Palestinian case. Clin Psychol Rev. 1999;19(8):935-50.
The hidden efficacy of interventions: gene×environment experiments from a differential susceptibility perspective. Annu Rev Psychol. 2015;66:381-409.
Research Review: genetic vulnerability or differential susceptibility in child development: the case of attachment. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2007;48(12):1160-73.
Oxytocin receptor (OXTR) and serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genes associated with observed parenting. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2008;3(2):128-34.
Differential susceptibility to rearing environment depending on dopamine-related genes: new evidence and a meta-analysis. Dev Psychopathol. 2011;23(1):39-52.
Less is more: meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhood. Psychol Bull. 2003;129(2):195-215.
Oxytocin decreases handgrip force in reaction to infant crying in females without harsh parenting experiences. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2012;7(8):951-7.
Mental health and wellbeing during the transition to fatherhood. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 2018;16(11):2118-2191.
Evaluating the 3Cs Program for Caregivers of Young Children Affected by the Armed Conflict in Colombia. Journal on Education in Emergencies. 2021;7(2):212.
Peace Psychology Book SeriesChildren and Peace. Balvin N, Christie DJ, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2020.
Exercise of human agency through collective efficacy. Curr Dir Psychol Sci. 2000;9:75-78.
Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives. Wiley; 2009.
Multicultural Education: Characteristics and Goals. In: Banks J.A, Banks C.AM, editors. Multicultural Education: Issues and Perspectives (7th edition). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley; 2010. 3. p. 3-30p.
Nature and nurture in own-race face processing. Psychol Sci. 2006;17(2):159-63.
The Indescribable and the Undiscussable: Reconstructing Human Discourse After Trauma. Central European University Press; 1999.
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. 1996;20(3-4):341-370.
Sociopsychological Foundations of Intractable Conflicts. American Behavioral Scientist. 2007;50(11):1430-1453.
Husbands involvement in birth preparedness and complication readiness in Axum town, Tigray region, Ethiopia, 2017. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2019;19(1).
Treating War Trauma in Children and Youth from the Former Yugoslavia. In: Dimitrijevic N., editor. Managing Multiethnic Local Communities in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia. Budapest: Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative. Open Society Insitute; 2000.
Political violence, social integration, and youth functioning: Palestinian youth from the Intifada. J Community Psychol. 2001;29:259-280.
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