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.
The science of early life toxic stress for pediatric practice and advocacy. Pediatrics. 2013;131(2):319-27.
Early childhood development: the global challenge. Lancet. 2007;369:8-9.
Early Social-Emotional Functioning and Public Health: The Relationship Between Kindergarten Social Competence and Future Wellness. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(11):2283-2290.
The early care and education teaching workforce at the fulcrum: An agenda for reform. New York, NY: Teacher's College Press; 2008.
Child-Friendly Schooling for Peacebuilding. New York: Learning for Peace; 2014.
Continuing effects of early enrichment in adult life: The Turkish Early Enrichment Project 22 years later. J Appl Dev Psychol. 2009;30:764-779.
Family, Self, and Human Development Across Cultures: Theory and Applications. L. Erlbaum Associates; 2007.
Long-term effects of early intervention: Turkish low-income mothers and children. J Appl Dev Psychol. 2001;22:333-361.
Continuing effects of the Turkish Early Enrichment Project in adult life. J Appl Dev Psychol. 2009;30:764-779.
Interventions: What has worked and why? In: Leckman JF, Panter-Brick C, Salah R, editors. Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol 15. The MIT Press; 2014. 3. p. 305-322p.
Long-term effects of early intervention: Turkish low-income mothers and children. J Appl Dev Psychol. 2001;22:333-361.
COVID-19 interfaith guide. The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID); 2020.
A meta-analytic review of components associated with parent training program effectiveness. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2008;36(4):567-89.
Stigma building blocks: how instruction and experience teach children about rejection by outgroups. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2012;38(3):357-69.
Annual Research Review: The neurobiology and physiology of resilience and adaptation across the life course. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2013;54(4):337-47.
Indicators of family care for development for use in multicountry surveys. J Health Popul Nutr. 2012;30:472-86.
Race, gender, and young children. In: Luthar S.S, Burack J.A, Cicchetti D., Weisz J.R, editors. Developmental psychopathology: Perspectives on adjustment, risk, and disorder. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 1997. 5. p. 51-74p.
Fostering and Measuring Skills. OECD Publishing; 2014.
Parent-child relationships of boys in different offending trajectories: a developmental perspective. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2012;53(12):1222-32.
The Cultural Nature of Attachment: Contextualizing Relationships and Development. New York, NY: MIT Press; 2018.
The Problem-Solving Workshop: A Social-Psychological Contribution to the Resolution of International Conflicts. Journal of Peace Research. 1976;13:79-90.
Conflict Analysis and Resolution. In: al D.OSears e, editor. Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press; 2003. 3. p. 315-353p.
Autonomic substrates of the response to pups in male prairie voles. PLoS ONE. 2013;8(8):e69965.
Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Br J Psychiatry. 2010;197(5):378-85.
Trophoblast regulation of maternal endocrine function and behaviour. Biology and Pathology of Trophoblast. 2006:148-168.
Epigenetics: Significance of the gene-environment interface for brain development. In: Pathways to peace: The transformative power of children and families. Vol 15. MIT Press; 2014. 6. p. 65-77p.
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. 2002;10:177-191.
Early childhood development and psychosocial support in Syria. Forced Migration Review; Oxford. 2019;(60):8-10.
Prenatal maternal infection, neurodevelopment and adult schizophrenia: a systematic review of population-based studies. Psychological medicine. 2013;43:239-57.
The plasticity of human maternal brain: longitudinal changes in brain anatomy during the early postpartum period. Behav Neurosci. 2010;124:695-700.
Neural plasticity in fathers of human infants. Soc Neurosci. 2014;9(5):522-35.
EARLY POSTPARTUM PARENTAL PREOCCUPATION AND POSITIVE PARENTING THOUGHTS: RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENT-INFANT INTERACTION. Infant Ment Health J. 2013;34(2):104-116.
Breastfeeding, brain activation to own infant cry, and maternal sensitivity. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2011;52(8):907-15.
Perceived quality of maternal care in childhood and structure and function of mothers' brain. Dev Sci. 2010;13(4):662-73.
Early Childhood Services for Young Refugee Children: Cross-Country Analysis. Moving Minds Alliance; 2020.
The war on children: Time to end grave violations against children in conflict. London: Save the Children; 2018.
Welfare reform, family support, and child development: perspectives from policy analysis and developmental psychopathology. Dev Psychopathol. 2000;12:619-32.
Ending violence in childhood. Global report 2017. New Delhi, India: Know Violence in Childhood; 2017.
Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AProc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006;103:10155-10162.
Economic, neurobiological, and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2006;103(27):10155-62.
Evaluation report of the Father-Support Program. Istanbul, Turkey: Mother-Child Education Foundation Publications; 2004.
Mothers speaking: A study on the experience of mothers with mother-child education program (MOCEP). European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 2007;12(1).
The psychology of moral development: the nature and validity of moral stages. Harper & Row; 1984.
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