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Overview

David J. Hawes is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their academic work focuses primarily on psychology, with a significant emphasis on clinical psychology. Additional fields of interest include social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, education, and sociology and political science.

Their research covers various topics within child and adolescent development and mental health. Key topics addressed are:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
  • Family and Disability Support Research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child Welfare and Adoption

Frequently publishing in a range of specialist journals, David J. Hawes has contributed multiple papers to:

  • Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Selected recent papers by David J. Hawes include:

  • Capturing the developmental timing of adverse childhood experiences: The Adverse Life Experiences Scale., 2021, American Psychologist
  • Oppositional defiant disorder, 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Co-authorship features prominently in their work, with frequent collaborators including:

  • Mark R. Dadds
  • Lucy A. Tully
  • Valsamma Eapen
  • Eva R. Kimonis
  • Frances L. Doyle

Overall, the scientist's research contributes to understanding developmental and clinical aspects of psychological disorders in children and adolescents, with a particular focus on emotional and behavioral interventions and trauma-related experiences.

Best Publications

  • Australian data and psychometric properties of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire

    David J. Hawes;Mark R. Dadds

  • The treatment of conduct problems in children with callous-unemotional traits.

    David J. Hawes;Mark R. Dadds

  • Attention to the eyes and fear-recognition deficits in child psychopathy

    Mark R. Dadds;Yael Perry;David J. Hawes;Sabine Merz

  • Parenting Influences on Executive Function in Early Childhood: A Review

    Tracey Fay-Stammbach;David J. Hawes;Pamela Meredith

  • Disentangling the underlying dimensions of psychopathy and conduct problems in childhood: a community study.

    Mark R. Dadds;Jenny Fraser;Aaron Frost;David J. Hawes

  • A measure of cognitive and affective empathy in children using parent ratings.

    Mark R. Dadds;Kirsten Rebecca Hunter;David J. Hawes;Aaron D J Frost

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  • Learning to 'talk the talk': The relationship of psychopathic traits to deficits in empathy across childhood

    Mark R. Dadds;Mark R. Dadds;David J. Hawes;Aaron D J Frost;Shane Vassallo

  • Outcomes, moderators, and mediators of empathic-emotion recognition training for complex conduct problems in childhood

    Mark Richard Dadds;Avril Jessica Cauchi;Subodha Wimalaweera;David John Hawes

  • Callous-Unemotional Traits and the Treatment of Conduct Problems in Childhood and Adolescence: A Comprehensive Review

    David J. Hawes;Matthew J. Price;Mark R. Dadds

  • Do callous-unemotional traits moderate the relative importance of parental coercion versus warmth in child conduct problems? An observational study.

    Dave S. Pasalich;Mark R. Dadds;David J. Hawes;John Brennan

  • Assessing Parenting Practices Through Parent-Report and Direct Observation During Parent-Training

    David J. Hawes;Mark R. Dadds

  • Do Childhood Callous-Unemotional Traits Drive Change in Parenting Practices?

    David J Hawes;Mark R Dadds;Aaron D J Frost;Penelope A Hasking

  • Impaired attention to the eyes of attachment figures and the developmental origins of psychopathy

    Mark R. Dadds;Mark R. Dadds;Jasmin Jambrak;Dave Pasalich;David J. Hawes

  • Methylation of the oxytocin receptor gene and oxytocin blood levels in the development of psychopathy

    Mark R. Dadds;Caroline Moul;Avril Cauchi;Carol Dobson-Stone

  • Emotion socialization and child conduct problems: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis.

    Ameika M. Johnson;David J. Hawes;Nancy Eisenberg;Jane Kohlhoff

  • Stability and malleability of callous-unemotional traits during treatment for childhood conduct problems.

    David J Hawes;Mark R Dadds

  • Attachment and callous-unemotional traits in children with early-onset conduct problems.

    Dave S. Pasalich;Mark R. Dadds;David J. Hawes;John Brennan

  • Cortisol, callous-unemotional traits, and pathways to antisocial behavior

    David J Hawes;John Brennan;Mark R Dadds

  • A meta-analysis of the relationship between moral disengagement and bullying roles in youth

    Brittany Killer;Kay Bussey;David J Hawes;Caroline Hunt

  • Associations Among Cruelty to Animals, Family Conflict, and Psychopathic Traits in Childhood:

    Mark R. Dadds;Clare Whiting;David J. Hawes

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Adapted for Preschoolers with Callous-Unemotional Traits: An Open Trial Pilot Study.

    Eva R. Kimonis;Georgette Fleming;Nancy Briggs;Lauren Brouwer-French

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Dadds
Mark R. Dadds University of Sydney
Paul J. Frick
Paul J. Frick Louisiana State University
Eva R. Kimonis
Eva R. Kimonis University of New South Wales
Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Rhoshel K. Lenroot
Rhoshel K. Lenroot University of New South Wales
Caroline Hunt
Caroline Hunt University of Sydney
Carol Dobson-Stone
Carol Dobson-Stone University of Sydney
Cecilia A. Essau
Cecilia A. Essau University of Roehampton
Maree J. Abbott
Maree J. Abbott University of Sydney
Valsamma Eapen
Valsamma Eapen University of New South Wales

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