Publications

Societal Challenges Lab

Publications

Toscano, C., Soares, I., & Mesman, J. (in press). Controlling parenting behaviors in parents of children born preterm: A meta-analysis. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.
Beckerman, M., van Berkel, S. R., Mesman, J., Huffmeijer, R., & Alink, L. R. A. (2019). Are Negative Parental Attributions Predicted by Situational Stress? From a Theoretical Assumption Toward an Experimental Answer. Child Maltreatment. Doi: 10.1177/1077559519879760
Li, W., Woudstra M.J., Branger M.C.E., Wang L., Alink L.R.A., Mesman J., & Emmen R.A.G. (in press). The effect of still-face paradigm on infant behavior: a cross-cultural comparison between mothers and fathers. Infancy.
Mesman, J., & Emmen, R.A.G. (in press). Cultural perspectives on parenting. In: V.A. Weekes-Shackelford, & T.K. Shackelford (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting, pp. x – x. New York: Oxford University Press.
Van der Veek, S., De Graaf, C., De Vries, J., Jager, G., Vereijken, C., Weenen, H., . . . Mesman, J. (in press). Baby's First Bites: A randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of vegetable-exposure and sensitive feeding on vegetable acceptance, eating behavior and weight gain in infants and toddlers. BMC Pediatrics.
Wang, L., Emmen, R.A.G., Mesman, J. (2019). Beliefs About Sensitive Parenting Among Chinese Cross-Generational Caregivers: The Mediating Role of Education. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. DOI: 10.1177/0091415019836103
Branger, M. C. E., Emmen, R. A. G., Woudstra, M. J., Alink, L. R. A., & Mesman, J. (2019). Context matters: Maternal and paternal sensitivity to infants in four settings. Journal of Family Psychology. DOI: 10.1037/fam0000562
Van der Pol, L., Groeneveld, M.G., Van Berkel, S., Endendijk, J.J., Halers-Haalboom, E.T., Mesman, J., (2019). Fathers: The interplay between testosterone levels and self-control in relation to parenting quality. Hormones and Social Behavior, 112, 100-116.
Alsarhi, K., Rahma, Prevoo, M.J.L., Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J. (2019). Maternal harsh physical parenting and child behavioural problems in religious families in Yemen. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1484. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16091485
Camfferman, R., Van der Veek, S. M. C., Rippe, R. C. A., & Mesman, J. (2019). Maternal feeding practices, health cognitions and children’s eating styles and weight status. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics,40(2), 122-130.. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000640.
Beckerman, M., Van Berkel, S. R., Mesman, J., & Alink, L. R. A. (2018). Negative parental attributions mediate associations between risk factors and dysfunctional parenting: A replication and extension. Child Abuse & Neglect, 81, 249-258. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.05.001
Mesman, J. (2018). Video observations of sensitive caregiving ‘off the beaten track’: Introduction to the special issue. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454052
Mesman, J., Basweti, N., & Misati, J. (2018). Sensitive infant caregiving among the rural Gusii in Kenya. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454053
Fourment, K., Nóblega, M., Conde, G., Nuñez del Prado, J., & Mesman, J. (2018). Maternal sensitivity in rural Andean and amazonian Peru. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454055
Dawson, N., Bain, K., & Mesman, J. (2018). Comparing two measures of maternal sensitivity: Goodness-of-fit with a South African cultural context. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454056
Asanjarani, F., Davoud Abadi, F., Ghomi, M., Mesman, J. (2018). Video observations of maternal sensitivity in urban and rural Iran. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454057
Alsarhi, K., Rahma, Prevoo, M. J. L., Alink, L. R. A., & Mesman, J. (2018). Observing sensitivity in slums in Yemen: The veiled challenge. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454058
Ribeiro-Accioly, A. C. L., Seidl-de-Moura, M. L., Fernandes Mendes, D. M. L., & Mesman, J. (2018). Maternal sensitivity in mother-infant interactions in Rio de Janeiro – Brazil. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454059
Rahma, Alsarhi, K., Prevoo, M. J. L., Alink, L. R. A., & Mesman, J. (2018). Predictors of sensitive parenting In urban slums in Makassar, Indonesia. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454060
Mesman, J. (2018). Video observations of sensitivity in context: Integrating insights from seven cultural communities. Attachment and Human Development. Online first. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1454061
Endendijk, J. J., Groeneveld, M. G., & Mesman, J. (2018). Introducing the gendered family process model: An integrative framework of gender in the family. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47(4), 877-904. doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1185-8
Spinelli, M., & Mesman, J. (2018). The regulation of infant negative emotions: The role of maternal sensitivity and infant-directed speech prosody. Infancy, 23(4), 502-518. doi: 10.1111/infa.12237
Mesman, J. (2018). Sense and sensitivity: A response to the commentary by Keller et al. (2018). Child Development, 89(5), 1929-1931. doi:10.1111/cdev.13030
Endendijk, J. J., Derks, B., & Mesman, J. (2018). Does parenthood change implicit gender-role stereotypes and behaviors? Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(1), 61-79. doi:10.1111/jomf.12451
Groeneveld, M. G., & Mesman, J. (2017). Attachment and disruptive disorders. In: J. E. Lochman & W. Matthys (Eds). The Wiley Handbook of Disruptive and Impulse-Control Disorders, (pp. 205-220). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Loehndorff, R. T., Vermeer, H. J., Carcamo, R. A., Mesman, J. (2018). Preschoolers’ vocabulary acquisition in Chile: The roles of socioeconomic status and quality of home environment. Journal of Child Language, 45(3), 559-580. doi: 10.1017/S0305000917000332
Mesman, J. & Groeneveld, M.G. (2018). Genderered Parenting in Early Childhood: Subtle But Unmistakable if You Know Where to Look. Child Development Perspectives, 12 (1), pp. 22-27. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12250
Mesman, J. (2018). Sense and Sensitivity: A Response to the Commentary by Keller et al. (2018). Child Development (online first). doi: 10.1111/cdev.13030
Mesman, J., Minter, T., Angnged, A., Cissé, I.A.H., Salal, G.D., & Migliano, A.B. (2017). Universality without Uniformity: A Culturally Inclusive Approach to Sensitive Responsiveness in Infant Caregiving. Child Development.
Malda, M., & Mesman, J. (2017). Parental Sensitivity and Attachment in Ethnic Minority Families. In: N.J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds). Positive development of minority children, pp. 71-88. Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43645-6_5
Van Berkel, S. R., Groeneveld, M.G., Van der Pol, L. D., Endendijk,J.J., Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Mesman, J. (2017) No! Don't touch the toys: Preschoolers' discipline towards their younger siblings. Infant and Child Development. (online first) doi:10.1002/icd.2031
Beckerman, M., Van Berkel, S., Mesman, J., Alink, L.R.A. (2017). The Role of Negative Parental Attributions in the Associations between Daily Stressors, Maltreatment History, and Harsh and Abusive Discipline. Child Abuse & Neglect, 64, 109-116. DOI:10.1016/j.chiabu.2016.12.015
Spinelli, M., & Mesman, J. (in press). Does prosody make the difference? A meta-analysis on relations between prosodic aspects of infant-directed speech and infant outcomes. Developmental Review.
Camfferman, R., Jansen, P.W., Rippe, R.C.A., Mesman, J., Derks, I.P.M., Tiemeier, H., Jaddoe, V., & Van der Veek, S.M.C. (2016). The Association between Overweight and Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior in Early Childhood. Social Science & Medicine, 168, 35-42. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.001
Mesman, J., Jansen, S., & Van Rosmalen, L. (2016). Black Pete through the eyes of Dutch children. PLoS ONE 11: e0157511. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0157511
Garfield, C.F., & Mesman, J, (2016). Time and money: Extending fathers’ role in economically challenging contexts. Pediatrics, 138, e20162456. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2016-2456. (invited commentary)
Endendijk, J.J., Groeneveld, M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Mesman, J. (2016). Gender-Differentiated Parenting Revisited: Meta-Analysis Reveals Very Few Differences in Parental Control of Boys and Girls. PLoS ONE 11(7): e0159193.DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0159193
Van der Pol, L. D., Groeneveld, M. G., Endendijk, J. J., Van Berkel, S. R., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & Mesman, J. (2016). Associations between fathers’ and mothers’ psychopathology symptoms, parental emotion socialization, and preschoolers’ social-emotional development. Journal of Child and Family Studies. DOIi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0490-x
Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2016). Cross-cultural patterns of attachment. Universal and contextual dimensions. In: J. Cassidy & P. Shaver (Eds). Handbook of attachment. Theory, research, and clinical applications, 3^rd edition, pp. 852-877. New York: Guilford.
Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Behrens, K., Carbonell, O.A., Carcamo, R. et al. (2016). Is the Ideal Mother a Sensitive Mother? Beliefs about Early Childhood Parenting in Mothers across the Globe. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40, 385-397. doi: 1 0.1177/0165025415594030
Sichimba, F., Mooya, H., & Mesman, J. (2016). Predicting Zambian Grandmothers’ Sensitivity towards their Grandchildren. International Journal of Aging and Human Development. DOI: 10.1177/0091415016680070.
Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Sagi-Schwartz, A. (2016). Cross-cultural patterns of attachment. Universal and contextual dimensions. In: J. Cassidy & P. Shaver (Eds). Handbook of attachment. Theory, research, and clinical applications, 3^rd edition, pp. 852-877. New York: Guilford.
Prevoo, M.J.L., Malda, M., Mesman, J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2016). Within- and cross-language relations between oral language proficiency and school outcomes in bilingual children with an immigrant background: A meta-analytical study. Review of Educational Research, 86, 237-276.
Mesman, J., Minter, T., Angnged, A. (2016). Received Sensitivity: Adapting Ainsworth’s Scale to Capture Sensitivity in a Multiple-Caregiver Context. Attachment and Human Development, 18, 101-114.
Endendijk, J.J., Groeneveld, M., Van der Pol, L.D., Van Berkel, S.R., Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J, & Mesman, J. (2016). Gender Differences in Child Aggression: Relations with Gender-Differentiated Parenting and Parents’ Gender-Role Stereotypes. Child Development. 88, 299–316.
Endendijk, J.J., Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., Groeneveld, M., Van Berkel, S.R., Van der Pol, L.D., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J, & Mesman, J. (2016). Diurnal Testosterone Variability is Differentially Associated with Parenting Quality in Mothers and Fathers. Hormones and Behavior, 80, 68-75.
Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., Groeneveld, M., Van Berkel, S.R., Endendijk, J.J., Van der Pol, L.D., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J, & Mesman, J. (2016). Wait until your mother gets home! Mothers’ and fathers’ discipline strategies. Social Development, 25, 82-98.
Negrão, M., Pereira, M., Soares, I., & Mesman, J. (2016). Maternal attachment representations in relation to emotional availability and discipline behavior. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13, 121-137.
Ekmekci, H., Malda, M., Yagmur, S., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. & Mesman, J. (2016). The discrepancy between sensitivity beliefs and sensitive parenting behaviors of ethnic majority and ethnic minority mothers. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 48, 60-67.
Wang, L., & Mesman, J. (2015). Child Development in the Face of Rural-to-Urban Migration in China: A Meta-analytic Review. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 10, 813-831.
Yavuz, H. M., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., Mesman, J., & Van der Veek, S. (2015). Interventions aimed at reducing obesity in early childhood: A meta-analysis of programs that involve parents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatary, 56, 677-692.
Ekmekci, H., Yavuz-Muren, H.M., Emmen, R.A.G., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Yagmurlu, B., & Malda, M. (2015). Professionals' and Mothers' Beliefs about Maternal Sensitivity across Cultures: Toward Effective Interventions in Multicultural Societies. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 1295–1306.
Pereira, M., Mariana, M., Soares, I., & Mesman, J. (2015). Predicting Harsh Discipline in At-Risk Mothers: The Moderating Effect of Socioeconomic Deprivation Severity. Journal of Child and Family studies, 24, 725–733.
Van der Pol, L. D., Mesman, J., Groeneveld, M. G., Endendijk, J. E., Van Berkel, S. R., Hallers-Haalboom, E. T., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J. (2015). Sibling gender configuration and family processes. Journal of Family Issues. 37(15), 2095-2117. doi: 10.1177/0192513X15572369
Van Berkel, S.R., Van der Pol, L.D., Groeneveld, M.G., Endendijk J.J., Hallers-Haalboom E.T., Mesman, J., & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2015). To share or not to share: Parental, sibling, and situational influences on sharing with a younger sibling. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 39, 235-241. doi:10.1177/0165025414537925
Van Berkel, S.R., Groeneveld, M.G., Mesman, J., Endendijk J.J., Hallers-Haalboom E.T., Van der Pol, L.D., & Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J. (2015). Parental Sensitivity Towards Toddlers and Infant Siblings Predicting Toddler Sharing and Compliance. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 2270-2279. doi: 10.1007/s10826-014-0029-y
Pereira, M., Negrao, M., Soares, I., & Mesman, J. (2014). Decreasing Harsh Discipline in Mothers at Risk for Maltreatment: A Randomized Control Trial. Infant Mental Health Journal, 35, 604-613.
Yagmur, S., Mesman, J., Malda, M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Ekmekci, H. (2014). Video-feedback intervention increases sensitive parenting in ethnic minority mothers: A randomized control trial. Attachment and Human Development, 16, 371-386.
Negrao, M., Pereira, M., Soares, I., Mesman, J. (2014). Enhancing Positive Parent-Child Interactions and Family Functioning in a Poverty Sample: A Randomized Control Trial’. Attachment and Human Development, 16, 315-328.
Yeniad, N., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Emmen, R.A.G., Prevoo, M.J.L. (2014) Cognitive flexibility in children across the transition to school: A longitudinal study. Cognitive Development, 31, 35-47.
Prevoo, M. J. L., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Emmen, R. A. G., Yeniad, N., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Linting, M. (2014). Predicting ethnic minority children's vocabulary from socioeconomic status, maternal language and home reading input: Different pathways for host and ethnic language. Journal of Child Language, 41, 963-984.
Endendijk, J.J., Groeneveld, M.G., Mesman, J., Van der Pol, L.D., Van Berkel, S.R., Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2014). Boys don’t play with dolls: Mothers’ and fathers’ gender talk during picture book reading. Parenting: Science and Practice, 14, 141-161.
Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., Mesman, J., Groeneveld, M.G., Endendijk, J.J., Van Berkel, S.R., Van der Pol, L.D., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2014). Mothers, fathers, sons, and daughters: Parental sensitivity in families with two children. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 138-147.
Endendijk, J.J., Groeneveld, M., Van Berkel, S.R., Hallers-Haalboom, E.T., Mesman, J., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2013). Gender stereotypes in the family context: Mothers, fathers, and siblings. Sex Roles, 68, 577-590.
Mesman, J., & Emmen, R.A.G. (2013). Mary Ainsworth’s legacy: A systematic review of observational instruments measuring parental sensitivity. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 485-506.
Yeniad, N., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Pieper, S. (2013). Shifting ability predicts math and reading performance in children: A meta-analytical study. Learning and Individual Differences, 23, 1-9.
Mesman, J., & Emmen, R.A.G. (2013). Mary Ainsworth’s legacy: A systematic review of observational instruments measuring parental sensitivity. Attachment and Human Development, 15, 485-506.
Emmen, R.A.G., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., Prevoo, M. J. L., & Yeniad, N. (2013). Socioeconomic status and parenting in ethnic minority families: Testing a Minority Family Stress Model. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 896-904.
Joosen, K., Mesman, J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2013). Maternal Overreactive Sympathetic Nervous System Responses to Repeated Infant Crying Predicts Risk for Impulsive Harsh Discipline of Infants. Child Maltreatment, 18, 252-263.
Mesman, J., Linting, M., Joosen, K.J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2013). Robust Patterns and Individual Variations: Stability and Predictors of Infant Behavior in the Still-Face Paradigm. Infant Behavior and Development, 36, 587-598.
Joosen, K., Mesman, J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, Pieper, S., Zeksind, P.S, & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2013). Physiological Reactivity to Infant Crying and Observed Maternal Sensitivity. Infancy, 18, 414-431.
Mesman, J., Oster, H., & Camras, L. (2012). Parental sensitivity to infant distress: What do discrete negative emotions have to do with it? Attachment and Human Development, 14, 337-348.
Joosen, K., Mesman, J., Bakermans-Kranenburg, Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2012). Maternal Sensitivity to Infants in Various Settings Predicts Harsh Discipline in Toddlerhood. Attachment and Human Development, 14, 101-117.
Emmen, R.A.G., Malda, M., Mesman, J., Ekmekci, H., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2012). Sensitive Parenting as a Cross-Cultural Ideal: Sensitivity Beliefs of Dutch, Moroccan, and Turkish Mothers in the Netherlands. Attachment and Human Development, 14, 601-619.
Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H. & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2012). Unequal in opportunity, equal in process: Parental sensitivity promotes positive child development in ethnic minority families. Child Development Perspectives, 6, 239-250.
Prevoo, M.J.L., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Pieper, S. (2011). Bilingual toddlers reap the language they sow: ethnic minority toddlers' childcare attendance increases maternal host language use. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 32, 561-576.
Mesman, J. (2010). Maternal responsiveness to infants: Comparing micro-level and macro-level measures. Attachment and Human Development,12, 143-149. (invited paper).
Yaman, A., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2010). Parenting in an individualistic culture with a collectivistic cultural background: The case of Turkish immigrant families with toddlers in the Netherlands. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 19, 617-628.
Yaman, A., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2010). Parenting and toddler aggression in second-generation immigrant families: The moderating role of child temperament. Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 208-211.
Yaman, A., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2010). Perceived family stress, parenting efficacy, and child externalizing behaviors in second-generation immigrant mothers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 45, 505-512.
Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. (2009). The many faces of the Still-Face Paradigm: A review and meta-analysis. Developmental Review, 29,120-162.
Mesman, J., Stoel, R., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., Alink, L.R.A. (2009). Predicting Growth Curves of Early Childhood Externalizing Problems: Differential Susceptibility of Children with Difficult Temperaments. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 625 – 636.
Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2009). Maternal Sensitivity Moderates the Relation between Negative Discipline and Aggression in Early Childhood. Social Development, 18, 99-120.
Mesman, J., Alink., L.R.A., Van Zeijl., J., Stolk, M.N., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2008). The observation of early childhood physical aggression: A psychometric study of the system for coding early physical aggression (SCEPA). Aggressive Behavior, 34, 539-552.
Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Mesman, J., Alink, L.R.A., & Juffer, F. (2008). Effects of an attachment-based intervention on daily cortisol moderated by DRD4: A randomized control trial on 1-3-year-olds screened for externalizing behavior. Development & Psychopathology, 20, 805-820.
Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Mesman, J., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2008). Cortisol and externalizing behavior in children and adolescents: Mixed meta-analytic evidence for the inverse relation of basal cortisol and cortisol reactivity with externalizing behavior.Developmental Psychobiology, 50, 427-450.
Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Mesman, J. (2008). Dopamine System Genes Associated with Parenting in the Context of Daily Hassles. Genes, Brain, and Behavior,7, 403 – 410.
Stolk, M.N., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2008). Early parenting intervention aimed at maternal sensitivity and discipline: A process evaluation. Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 781 – 797.
Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Pijlman, F.T.A., Mesman, J., & Juffer, F. (2008). Experimental Evidence for Differential Susceptibility: Dopamine D4 Receptor Polymorphism (DRD4 VNTR) Moderates Intervention Effects on Toddlers’ Externalizing Behavior in a Randomized Control Trial. Developmental Psychology, 44, 293 – 300.
Stolk, M.N., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M. (2008). Early parenting intervention: Family risk and first-time parenting related to intervention effectiveness. Journal of Child and Family Studies. 17, 55 – 83.
Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Van Zeijl, J., Alink, L.R.A., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., & Koot, H.M. (2008). Extending VIPP to parental discipline: The early prevention of antisocial behavior. In F. Juffer, M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, & M.H. van IJzendoorn (Eds.), Promoting positive parenting: An attachment-based intervention. Lawrence Erlbaum (invited chapter).
Van Zeijl, J., Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Juffer, F., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Koot, H. (2007). Differential susceptibility to discipline: The moderating effect of child temperament on the association between maternal discipline and early externalizing problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 626 – 636.
Van Zeijl, J., Mesman, J., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Juffer, F., Stolk, M.N., Koot, H.M., & Alink, L.R.A. (2006). Attachment-based intervention for enhancing sensitive discipline in mothers of 1- to 3-year-old children at risk for externalizing behavior problems: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 994 – 1005.
Alink, L.R.A., Mesman, J., Van Zeijl, J., Stolk, M.N., Juffer, F., Koot, H.M., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., & Van IJzendoorn, M.H. (2006). The early childhood aggression curve: Development of physical aggression in 10- to 50-month-old children. Child Development, 77, 954-966.
Van Zeijl, J., Mesman, J., Stolk, M.N., Alink, L.R.A., Van IJzendoorn, M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J., Juffer, F., & Koot, H.M. (2006). Terrible ones? Assessment of externalizing behaviors in infancy with the child behavior checklist. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47, 801-810.
Mesman, J., Bongers, I., & Koot, H.M. (2001). Preschool developmental pathways to preadolescent internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(5), 679-689.
Mesman, J., & Koot, H.M. (2001). Early preschool predictors of preadolescent internalizing and externalizing DSM-IV diagnoses. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(9),1029-1036.
Mesman, J., & Koot, H.M. (2000). Child-reported depression and anxiety in preadolescence. I. Associations with parent- and teacher-reported problems. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(11), 1371-1378.
Mesman, J., & Koot, H.M. (2000). Child-reported depression and anxiety in preadolescence. II. Preschool predictors. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39(11), 1379-1386.
Mesman, J., & Koot, H.M. (2000). Common and specific correlates of preadolescent internalizing and externalizing psychopathology. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, 428-437.