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.
Advancing equity in early childhood education. NAEYC position statement. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children NAEYC; 2019.
Effect of participatory women's groups and counselling through home visits on children's linear growth in rural eastern India (CARING trial): a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health. 2017;5(10):e1004-e1016.
Social Science–Based Pathways to Reduce Social Inequality in Youth Outcomes and Opportunities at Scale. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 2021;7:237802312110202.
Moving from Evidence to Implementation of Early Childhood Programs: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally; 2016.
Investing in Young Children Globally for Peaceful Societies: Proceedings of a Joint Workshop. Forum on Investing in Young Children Globally (iYCG), UNICEF, King Abdulla Bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue; 2016.
Eager to Learn: Educating Our Preschoolers. Bowman B.T, Donovan M.S, Burns M.S, editors. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2000.
Differential patterns of whole-genome DNA methylation in institutionalized children and children raised by their biological parents. Dev Psychopathol. 2012;24(1):143-55.
A Study of Education and Resilience in Kenya’s Arid and Semi-Arid Lands. UNICEF Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office (ESARO); 2015.
Putting the altruism back into altruism: the evolution of empathy. Annual review of psychology. 2008;59:279-300.
Sensitivity and attachment: a meta-analysis on parental antecedents of infant attachment. Child Dev. 2006;68:571-91.
CpG islands and the regulation of transcription. Genes Dev. 2011;25:1010-22.
The functional architecture of human empathy. Behav Cogn Neurosci Rev. 2004;3:71-100.
Sex, attachment, and the development of reproductive strategies. Behav Brain Sci. 2009;32:1-21; discussion 21-67.
The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2011;35:1562-92.
“Parenting About Peace”: Exploring Taiwanese Parents' and Children's Perceptions in a Shared Political and Sociocultural Context. Family Relations. 2012;61:115-128.
Secondary Traumatization in Caregivers Working With Women and Children Who Suffered Extreme Violence by the "Islamic State". Front Psychiatry. 2018;9:234.
Cultivating a Landscape of Peace: Iroquois-European Encounters in Seventeenth-century America. Cornell University Press; 1993.
Cooperation and Competition. In: Deutsch M., Coleman P.T., Marcus E.C., Alessio A.C, editors. The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice. Wiley; 2011. 2. p. 23-42p.
Justice and Conflict. In: Deutsch M., Coleman P.T., Marcus E.C., Alessio A.C, editors. The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice. Wiley; 2011. 4. p. 43-68p.
The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes. Yale University Press; 1977.
Enhancing the Interactions of Teenage Mothers and Their At-Risk Children: Effectiveness of a Maternal-Focused Intervention. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. 2006;26(4):194-205.
Long-term consequences of stunting in early life. Matern Child Nutr. 2011;7 Suppl 3:5-18.
Experience and Education, 60th Anniversary Edition. Kappa Delta Pi; 1998.
Secondary analysis of the "Love Me...Never Shake Me" SBS education program. Child Abuse Negl. 2008;32(11):1017-25.
Parental olfactory experience influences behavior and neural structure in subsequent generations. Nat Neurosci. 2014;17(1):89-96.
Effectiveness of the Turkish Version of "First Step to Success Program" in Preventing Antisocial Behaviors. Education & Science / Egitim ve Bilim. 2011;36(161).
Peer contagion in child and adolescent social and emotional development. Annu Rev Psychol. 2011;62:189-214.
Maternal responsiveness moderates the relationship between allostatic load and working memory. Development and psychopathology. 2011;23:873-80.
Mechanisms in the cycle of violence. Science. 1990;250:1678-83.
Testing an idealized dynamic cascade model of the development of serious violence in adolescence. Child Dev. 2008;79:1907-27.
Hostile attributional biases among aggressive boys are exacerbated under conditions of threats to the self. Child development. 1987;58:213-24.
Oxytocin improves "mind-reading" in humans. Biol Psychiatry. 2007;61(6):731-3.
Improving young children's social and emotional competence: a randomized trial of the preschool "PATHS" curriculum. J Prim Prev. 2007;28(2):67-91.
Patho-genetics of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychiatria Danubina. 2012;24:267-73.
ECPC background paper "Contributions of Early Childhood Development programming to sustainable peace and development". New York City: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC); 2018.
Contributions of Early Childhood Development services to preventing violent conflict and sustaining peace [Eng, Ara, Fre, Spa, Tur]. Ponguta LAngelica, Affolter F, Britto PRebello, editors. Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC); 2017.
Contributions of Early Childhood Development Programming to Sustainable Peace and Development. New York City: Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC); 2018.
The Moral Psychology Handbook. OUP Oxford; 2010.
Commonality and the complexity of "we": social attitudes and social change. Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. 2009;13:3-20.
Early origins of health disparities: burden of infection, health, and socioeconomic status in U.S. children. Soc Sci Med. 2009;68:699-707.
Investing in early human development: timing and economic efficiency. Econ Hum BiolEcon Hum Biol. 2009;7:1-6.
Investing in early human development: timing and economic efficiency. Economics and human biology. 2009;7:1-6.
Attachment for infants in foster care: the role of caregiver state of mind. Child Dev. 2001;72:1467-77.
Global research priorities to accelerate early child development in the sustainable development era. Lancet Glob Health. 2016;4:e887-e889.
Growing up with parental alcohol abuse: exposure to childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction. Child Abuse Negl. 2001;25:1627-40.
Conducting longitudinal, process-oriented research with conflict-affected youth: Solving the inevitable challenges. Dev Psychopathol. 2017;29:85-92.
Cumulative effects of exposure to violence on posttraumatic stress in Palestinian and Israeli youth. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2012;41:837-44.
Working with Children Affected by Hurricane Katrina: Two Case Studies in Play Therapy. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2010;15:52-55.
Adolescent violence perpetration: associations with multiple types of adverse childhood experiences. Pediatrics. 2010;125:e778-86.
Healthy Families New York (HFNY) randomized trial: effects on early child abuse and neglect. Child Abuse Negl. 2008;32(3):295-315.
The structure of online social networks mirrors those in the offline world. Social Networks. 2015;43:39-47.
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