Publications

The following are a sample of some of the academic publications based on the data collected in the DCHD study. Several other papers are currently in press and will be posted as soon as they are published.

• Barnett, M., Deng, M., Mills-Koonce, W. R., Willoughby, M., & Cox, M. J. (2008). Predicting parenting behavior of mothers and fathers of infants from a family systems perspective. Journal of Family Psychology, 22(4), 561-573.

• Barnett, M.A., Shanahan, L.S., Deng, M., Haskett, M.H., & Cox, M.J. (2010). Independent and interactive contributions of parenting behaviors and beliefs in the prediction of early childhood behavior problems. Parenting, 10, 43-59.

• Burchinal, M., Skinner, D., & Reznick, J. (2010). European American and African American Mothers' Beliefs About Parenting and Disciplining Infants:A Mixed-Method Analysis. Parenting: Science & Practice, 10(2), 79-96.

• Hill-Soderlund, A.L., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Propper, C., Calkins, S.D., Granger, D.A., Moore, G.A., Gariepy, J-L., & Cox, M.J. (2008). Parasympathetic and Sympathetic Responses to the Strange Situation in Secure and Insecure-Avoidant Attached Dyads. Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 361-376.

• Mills-Koonce, W. R., Appleyard, K., Barnett, M., Deng, M. Putallaz, M., & Cox, M. (2011). Adult attachment style and stress as risk factors for early maternal sensitivity and negativity. Infant Mental Health Journal, 32(3), 277-285.

• Mills-Koonce, W. R., Gariépy, J.-L., Propper, C.B., Sutton, K., Calkins, S., Moore, G., & Cox, M. J. (2007). Infant and parent factors associated with early maternal sensitivity: A caregiver-attachment systems approach. Infant Behavior and Development, 30, 114-126.

• Mills-Koonce, W. R., Propper, C. B., Barnett, M., Gariépy, J.-L., Moore, G., Calkins, S., Cox, M. (2009). Psychophysiological Correlates of Parenting Behavior in Mothers of Young Children. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 650-661.

• Mills-Koonce, W. R., Propper, C.B., Gariépy, J.-L., Blair, C., Garrett-Peters, P., & Cox, M. J. (2007). Bidirectional genetic and environmental influences on mother and child behavior: The family system as the unit of analyses. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 1073-1087.

• Mills-Koonce, W.R., Gariepy, J-L., Propper, C., Sutton, K., Calkins, S., Moore, G., Cox, M. (2007). Infant and parent factors associated with early maternal sensitivity: A caregiver-attachment systems approach. Infant Behavior and Development, 30(1), 114-126.

• Mills-Koonce, W.R., Propper, C.B., Gariepy, J-L. (2007). Bidirectional genetic and environmental influences of mother and child behavior: The family system as the unit of analyses. Development and Psychopathology, 19(4), 1073-1087.

• Moore, G.A. (2010). Parent conflict predicts infants’ vagal regulation in social interaction. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 23-33.

• Moore, G. A. (2009). Infants’ and mothers’ vagal reactivity in response to anger. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 50, 1392–1400.

• Moore, G.A., Hill-Soderlund, A.L., Propper, C.B., Calkins, S.D., Mills-Koonce. W. R., & Cox, M.J. (2009). Mother – infant vagal regulation in the face-to-face still-face paradigm is moderated by maternal sensitivity. Child Development, 80, 209-223.

• Propper, C., Moore, G.A., Mills-Koonce, W.R., Halpern, C.T., Hill-Soderlund, A.L., Calkins, S.D., Carbone, M., & Cox, M. (2008). Gene-environment contributions to the development of infant vagal reactivity: The interaction of dopamine and maternal sensitivity. Child Development, 79, 1378-1395.

• Propper, C., Willoughby, M., Halpern, C.T., Cox, M. & Carbone, M.A. (2007). Parenting quality, DRD4, and the Prediction of Externalizing and Internalizing Behaviors in Early Childhood. Developmental Psychobiology, 49, 619-632.

• Pungello, E. P., Iruka, I. P., Dotterer, A. M., Mills-Koonce, W. R., & Reznick, J. S. (2009). The effects of income, race, and parenting practices on language development in early childhood. Developmental Psychology, 45(2), 544-557.

• Willoughby, M.T., Waschbusch, D., Moore, G., & Propper, C.B. (in press). Using the ASEBA to Screen for Callous Unemotional Traits in Early Childhood: Factor Structure, Temporal Stability, and Utility. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.