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M. Ann Easterbrooks

M. Ann Easterbrooks

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Psychology

D-Index
40
Citations
7288
World Ranking
8210
National Ranking
4400

Overview

M. Ann Easterbrooks is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Easterbrooks's research addresses topics such as Child Abuse and Trauma, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Homelessness and Social Issues, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Family and Disability Support Research, Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving, and Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse.

The following recent papers illustrate some key themes in their work:

  • Diversity of adverse childhood experiences among adolescent mothers and the intergenerational transmission of risk to children's behavior problems, 2020, Social Science & Medicine
  • Exploring Trajectories of Young Mothers' Parenting Stress in Early Childhood: Associations with Protective Factors and Psychological Vulnerabilities, 2020, Parenting
  • Aspects of Parent-Child Interaction from Infancy to Late Adolescence are Associated with Severity of Childhood Maltreatment through Age 18, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Linking Attachment and Executive Function Systems: Exploring Associations in a Sample of Children of Young Mothers, 2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Maternal Engagement in a Home Visiting Program as a Function of Fathers' Formal and Informal Participation, 2020, Prevention Science

Easterbrooks has frequently published in several venues, including:

  • Prevention Science
  • Social Science & Medicine
  • Parenting
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Lauren E. Stargel
  • Rebecca C. Fauth
  • Meera Menon
  • Rachel Katz
  • Jessica L. Goldberg

Best Publications

  • Infant attachment strategies, infant mental lag, and maternal depressive symptoms: predictors of internalizing and externalizing problems at age 7.

    Karlen Lyons-Ruth;M. Ann Easterbrooks;Cherilyn Davidson Cibelli

  • Toddler development in the family: impact of father involvement and parenting characteristics.

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Wendy A. Goldberg

  • Emotional availability (EA): Theoretical background, empirical research using the EA Scales, and clinical applications

    Zeynep Biringen;Della Derscheid;Nicole Vliegen;Lia Closson

  • Role of Marital Quality in Toddler Development.

    Wendy A. Goldberg;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • The Relationship between Quality of Infant-Mother Attachment and Infant Competence in Initial Encounters with Peers.

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Michael E. Lamb

  • Infancy predictors of emotional availability in middle childhood: the roles of attachment security and maternal depressive symptomatology.

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Gretchen Biesecker;Karlen Lyons-Ruth

  • Emotional availability: Concept, research, and window on developmental psychopathology

    Zeynep Biringen;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • The do's and don'ts of early moral development: Psychoanalytic tradition and current research.

    Robert N. Emde;William F. Johnson;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Do maltreatment type, perpetrator, and substantiation status matter?

    Jessica Dym Bartlett;Chie Kotake;Rebecca Fauth;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • Developmental correlates and predictors of emotional availability in mother–child interaction: A longitudinal study from infancy to middle childhood

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Jean-Francois Bureau;Karlen Lyons-Ruth

  • Maternal depressive symptoms in infancy: unique contribution to children's depressive symptoms in childhood and adolescence?

    Jean-François Bureau;M. Ann Easterbrooks;Karlen Lyons-Ruth

  • Assessing Emotional Availability in Early Development

    Robert N. Emde;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • Resilience in parenting among young mothers: Family and ecological risks and opportunities

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Jana H. Chaudhuri;Jessica Dym Bartlett;Abby Copeman

  • Guest editors' introduction to the special issue: mapping the terrain of emotional availability and attachment.

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Zeynep Biringen

  • Reinforcement and Punishment among Preschoolers: Characteristics, Effects, and Correlates.

    Michael E. Lamb;M. Ann Easterbrooks;George W. Holden

  • Resilience among Military Youth.

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Kenneth Ginsburg;Richard M. Lerner

  • Psychosocial risk, attachment, and behavior problems among school-aged children

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;Cherilyn E. Davidson;Rachel Chazan

  • Impact of premature birth on the development of the infant in the family.

    Terri J. Macey;Robert J. Harmon;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • School-aged children's vulnerability to depressive symptomatology: The role of attachment security, maternal depressive symptomatology, and economic risk

    Christine A. Graham;M. Ann Easterbrooks

  • Parsing the construct of maternal insensitivity: distinct longitudinal pathways associated with early maternal withdrawal.

    Karlen Lyons-Ruth;Jean-Francois Bureau;M. Ann Easterbrooks;Ingrid Obsuth

  • Young children's responses to constructive marital disputes.

    M. Ann Easterbrooks;E. Mark Cummings;Robert N. Emde

Frequent Co-Authors

Karlen Lyons-Ruth
Karlen Lyons-Ruth Harvard University
Wendy A. Goldberg
Wendy A. Goldberg University of California, Irvine
Robert N. Emde
Robert N. Emde University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Richard M. Lerner
Richard M. Lerner Tufts University
Ross A. Thompson
Ross A. Thompson University of California, Davis
George W. Holden
George W. Holden Southern Methodist University
Marjorie Beeghly
Marjorie Beeghly Wayne State University
Michael E. Lamb
Michael E. Lamb University of Cambridge
E. Mark Cummings
E. Mark Cummings University of Notre Dame
Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Laura M. Padilla-Walker Brigham Young University

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