Select Publications
These are a few publications that represent the research interests of DSPL lab members!
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Morrison, L., Perrone, L., Thorpe, D., Mirhashem, R., Bernard, K., & Dozier, M. (2025). Neighborhood resources, parental attachment, and parenting behaviors in early childhood among parents with child protective services involvement. Development and Psychopathology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100357
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Thorpe, D., Mirhashem, R., Peña, T., Smokoski, J., & Bernard, K. (2024). Exposure to community violence and parenting behaviors: A meta-analytic review. Psychological bulletin, 150(6), 666. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000435
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Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2023). Intervening early: Socioemotional interventions targeting the parent–infant relationship. Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, 5(1), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-devpsych-120621-043254
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Kitagawa, Y., Thorpe, D., & Bernard, K. (2023). Ecological Predictors of Maternal Nurturance to Distress and Beliefs About Infant Crying: Examining the Roles of Household and Neighborhood Resources. Parenting, 23(2), 115-139. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2023.2236171
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Frost, A., Kuzava, S., & Bernard, K. (2022). The physiology of maternal sensitivity to distress: An exploratory study of mothers’ electrocortical and sympathetic nervous system reactivity. Developmental Psychobiology, 64(7), e22328. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22328
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Thorpe, D., Silver, J., Perrone, P., DeSantis, N., Dash, A., Rodriguez, M., Beras-Monticciolo, E., & Bernard, K. (2022). Ecological predictors of parental beliefs about infant crying in a randomized clinical trial of ABC. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51(5), 780-795. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2021.1916939
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Dozier, M., & Bernard, K. (2021). Mechanisms of attachment-based intervention effects on child outcomes. In R. A. Thompson, J. A. Simpson, & L. J. Berlin (Eds.), Attachment: The Fundamental Questions (pp. 307-315). Guilford: New York.​
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Perrone, L., Frost, A., Kuzava, S., Nissim, G., Vaccaro, S., Rodriguez, M., Dash, A., & Bernard, K. (2021). Indicators of deprivation predict diurnal cortisol regulation during infancy. Developmental Psychology, 57(2), 200–210. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000966​​​