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Overview

Leslie Atkinson is affiliated with Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada. Their research spans medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, obstetrics and gynecology, and behavioral neuroscience.

The main topics of Leslie Atkinson's research include:

  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Andrea González
  • Jennifer E. Khoury
  • Teresa Bennett
  • Krysta Andrews
  • Susan M. Jack

Leslie Atkinson has published extensively in several venues. The most common publication outlets are:

  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Preview
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • BMJ Open
  • Archives of Women's Mental Health

Among their recent papers are:

  • COVID-19 and mental health during pregnancy: The importance of cognitive appraisal and social support (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Examining the effects of household chaos on child executive functions: A meta-analysis (2020), published in Psychological Bulletin
  • Technology-Assisted Parenting Interventions for Families Experiencing Social Disadvantage: a Meta-Analysis (2020), published in Prevention Science
  • Positive Parenting and Early Childhood Cognition: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (2023), published in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
  • Coping strategies mediate the associations between COVID-19 experiences and mental health outcomes in pregnancy (2021), published in Archives of Women's Mental Health

Best Publications

  • Child-parent attachment and children's peer relations: a quantitative review

    Barry H. Schneider;Leslie Atkinson;Christine Tardif

  • Fourteen-Year Follow-up of Speech/Language-Impaired and Control Children: Psychiatric Outcome

    Joseph H. Beitchman;Beth Wilson;Carla J. Johnson;Leslie Atkinson

  • Fourteen-Year Follow-Up of Children With and Without Speech/Language Impairments: Speech/Language Stability and Outcomes

    Carla J. Johnson;Joseph H. Beitchman;Arlene Young;Michael Escobar

  • Attachment and internalizing behavior in early childhood: a meta-analysis.

    Sheri Madigan;Leslie Atkinson;Kristin Laurin;Diane Benoit

  • Young adult academic outcomes in a longitudinal sample of early identified language impaired and control children

    Arlene R. Young;Joseph H. Beitchman;Carla Johnson;Lori Douglas

  • Attachment security: A meta-analysis of maternal mental health correlates

    Leslie Atkinson;Angela Paglia;Jennifer Coolbear;Alison Niccols

  • Representational and questionnaire measures of attachment: A meta-analysis of relations to child internalizing and externalizing problems.

    Sheri Madigan;Laura E Brumariu;Vanessa Villani;Leslie Atkinson

  • Early Language Impairment and Young Adult Delinquent and Aggressive Behavior.

    E. B. Brownlie;Joseph H. Beitchman;Michael Escobar;Arlene Young;Arlene Young

  • Intergenerational transmission of attachment: A move to the contextual level

    M.H. van IJzendoorn;M.J. Bakermans-Kranenburg;L. Atkinson;K. Zucker

  • Attachment as moderator of treatment outcome in major depression: a randomized control trial of interpersonal psychotherapy versus cognitive behavior therapy.

    Carolina McBride;Leslie Atkinson;Lena C. Quilty;R. Michael Bagby

  • Early child-parent attachment and peer relations: a meta-analysis of recent research.

    Susanna Pallini;Roberto Baiocco;Barry H. Schneider;Sheri Madigan

  • Parenting stress mediates between maternal maltreatment history and maternal sensitivity in a community sample

    Jessica Pereira;Kristin Vickers;Leslie Atkinson;Andrea Gonzalez

  • Alexithymia: A comparative study of three self-report measures

    R.Michael Bagby;Graeme J. Taylor;Leslie Atkinson

  • Attachment and Psychopathology

    Leslie Atkinson;Kenneth J. Zucker

  • On the relation between maternal state of mind and sensitivity in the prediction of infant attachment security.

    Leslie Atkinson;Susan Goldberg;Vaishali Raval;David Pederson

  • A Meta-Analysis of Time between Maternal Sensitivity and Attachment Assessments: Implications for Internal Working Models in Infancy/Toddlerhood

    Leslie Atkinson;Alison Niccols;Angela Paglia;Jennifer Coolbear

  • Chapter III. Maternal Sensitivity, Child Functional Level, and Attachment in Down Syndrome

    Leslie Atkinson;Vivienne C. Chisholm;Brian Scott;Susan Goldberg

  • Maternal attachment, maternal responsiveness and infant attachment

    Vaishali Raval;Susan Goldberg;Leslie Atkinson;Diane Benoit

  • COVID-19 and Mental Health During Pregnancy: The Importance of Cognitive Appraisal and Social Support

    Jennifer E. Khoury;Leslie Atkinson;Teresa Bennett;Susan M. Jack

  • Summary cortisol reactivity indicators: Interrelations and meaning.

    Jennifer E. Khoury;Andrea Gonzalez;Robert D. Levitan;Jens C. Pruessner

  • Attachment and Internalizing Behavior in Early Childhood

    Sheri Madigan;Leslie Atkinson;Kristin Laurin;Diane Benoit

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Alison S. Fleming
Alison S. Fleming University of Toronto
James L. Kennedy
James L. Kennedy Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Joseph H. Beitchman
Joseph H. Beitchman Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Susan Goldberg
Susan Goldberg University of Toronto
Ellen Moss
Ellen Moss University of Quebec at Montreal
R. Michael Bagby
R. Michael Bagby University of Toronto
Sheri Madigan
Sheri Madigan University of Calgary
Zindel V. Segal
Zindel V. Segal University of Toronto
Harriet L. MacMillan
Harriet L. MacMillan McMaster University

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