Research Summaries
Our series of documents which summarise professional papers and research findings available to download as pdf files.
Does Breastfeeding Protect Against Substantiated Child Abuse and Neglect? A 15 year Cohort Study
By Lane Strathearn, Abdullah A. Mamun, Jake M. Najman and Michael J. O’Callaghan
Pediatrics 2009; 123: 483-493
The Differential Impacts of Early Physical and Sexual Abuse and Internalizing Problems on Daytime Cortisol Rhythm in School-Aged Children
Cicchetti, D., Rogosch, F.A., Gunnar, M.R. and Toth, S.L.
Child Development (2010) 81(1): 252-269
Obesity in Infants
A summary of three recent papers:
- Kim, J., Peterson, K.E. (2008) Association of infant child care with infant feeding practices and weight gain among US infants. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 162(7), 627-633.
- Hawkins, S.S. et al. (2008) Maternal employment and early childhood overweight: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. International Journal of Obesity, 32, 30-38.
- Stettler, N. (2007) Nature and strength of epidemiological evidence for origins of childhood and adult obesity in the first year of life. International Journal of Obesity, 31, 1035-1043.
Young Infants’ Neural Processing of Objects is Affected by Eye Gaze Direction and Emotional Expression
Hoehl, S., Wiese, L., Striano, T. (2008) PLoS ONE, 3(6), 1-6 (Public Library of Science)
Respiratory Health in Pre-School Children
A summary, by Dr Clare Sansom for What About the Children?, of three recent papers which all conclude that incidence of both simple respiratory infection and complications is increased in infants and children attending childcare facilities.
Cortisol and the Early Years
A paper written for What About The Children? by Robin Balbernie, Consultant Child Psychotherapist.
The Need for Secondary Attachment Figures in Childcare
Examining the causes of stress in babies and toddlers in group childcare. A paper by Sir Richard Bowlby, reproduced with permisison.
Early Experience in Humans is Associated with Changes in Neuropeptides Critical for Regulating Social Behaviour
Wismer Fries, November 2005.
Transition to Childcare
Associations with Infant-Mother Attachment, Infant Negative Emotion, and Cortisol Elevation. L. Ahnert, M.R. Gunnar, M.E. Lamb & M. Barthel. Child Development (2004) 75(3), 639-6502.
The Effects of Early Maternal Employment on Child Development in the UK
The CMPO Research Team, University of Bristol, 2003.
The Uniqueness of the Child-Father Attachment Relationship
Fathers' Sensitive and Challenging Play as a Pivitol Variable in a 16-year longitudinal Study. Karin Grossmann et al. Social Development 2002, vol 11.
"Emanuel Miller Lecture 2001: Developmental Risks (Still) Associated with Early Child Care"
Professor Jay Belsky. Journal of Child Psychology 2001, vol 42, no7 pp845-859.
The First and Forever Bond
Angela Spivey, Endeavors, Winter 2001.
Mothering and Oxytocin or Hormonal Cocktails For Two
Sarah Blaffer Hardy and C. Sue Carter. Natural History, 12/95.
"Minds in the Making"
Attachment the self-organizing brain, and developmentally-orientated psychoanalytic psychotherapy". Allan N. Shore. British Journal of Psychotherapy 17(3), 2001.
Circuits and Circumstances
The Neurobiological Consequences of Early Relationship Experiences and How They Shape Later Behaviour. Robin Balbernie. Journal of Child Psychotherapy, vol.27, no.3, 2001 237-255.
Quality of Early Care and Buffering of Neuroedocrine Stress Reactions
Potential Effects on the Developing Human Brain. M. Gunnar 1998 Preventative Medicine, 27:208-211.
Some Recent Research Findings
Chris Ponsford, Development Director of What About The Children?, summarises some recent reports, January 2006.