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Overview

Sheree L. Toth is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States and specializes in Psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology. They have an extensive body of work covering various subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, social psychology, general health professions, and safety research.

The primary topics addressed in their research include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • "Child maltreatment, recent stressful life events, and suicide ideation: A test of the stress sensitivity hypothesis," 2021, published in Child Abuse & Neglect
  • "Impact of childhood maltreatment and resilience on behavioral and neural patterns of inhibitory control during emotional distraction," 2021, published in Development and Psychopathology
  • "Attachment and Affect between Mothers with Depression and their Children: Longitudinal Outcomes of Child Parent Psychotherapy," 2021, published in Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • "The Moderating Role of Child Maltreatment in Treatment Efficacy for Adolescent Depression," 2020, published in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • "Building Healthy Children: A preventive intervention for high-risk young families," 2021, published in Development and Psychopathology

The frequent venues for publication of their work reflect a strong emphasis on developmental and psychopathological aspects of child and adolescent mental health:

  • Development and Psychopathology
  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
  • Attachment & Human Development

Collaborations appear regularly in their work, identifying frequent co-authors as:

  • Elizabeth D. Handley
  • Dante Cicchetti
  • Jody Todd Manly
  • Justin Russotti
  • Fred A. Rogosch

Toth's research span is reflective of an interdisciplinary approach, situating clinical psychological perspectives within broader public health and social frameworks. This multidisciplinary orientation supports investigation of complex issues such as childhood trauma, resilience, maternal mental health, and developmental psychopathology.

Best Publications

  • The development of depression in children and adolescents.

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • A developmental psychopathology perspective on child abuse and neglect

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • Fostering secure attachment in infants in maltreating families through preventive interventions.

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch;Sheree L. Toth

  • The past achievements and future promises of developmental psychopathology: the coming of age of a discipline

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • Maternal depressive disorder and contextual risk: Contributions to the development of attachment insecurity and behavior problems in toddlerhood

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch;Sheree L. Toth

  • The relative efficacy of two interventions in altering maltreated preschool children's representational models: implications for attachment theory.

    Sheree L. Toth;Angeline Maughan;Jody Todd Manly;Mary Spagnola

  • The differential impacts of early physical and sexual abuse and internalizing problems on daytime cortisol rhythm in school-aged children.

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch;Megan R. Gunnar;Sheree L. Toth

  • The efficacy of toddler-parent psychotherapy to reorganize attachment in the young offspring of mothers with major depressive disorder: a randomized preventive trial.

    Sheree L. Toth;Fred A. Rogosch;Jody Todd Manly;Dante Cicchetti

  • Representations of self and other in the narratives of neglected, physically abused, and sexually abused preschoolers

    Sheree L. Toth;Dante Cicchetti;Jenny Macfie;Robert N. Emde

  • Child maltreatment and vulnerability to depression

    Sheree L. Toth;Jody Todd Manly;Dante Cicchetti

  • Bowlby’s Dream Comes Full Circle

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth;Michael Lynch

  • Disorganized attachment in infancy : a review of the phenomenon and its implications for clinicians and policy-makers

    Pehr Granqvist;L. Alan Sroufe;Mary Dozier;Erik Hesse

  • Patterns of relatedness, depressive symptomatology, and perceived competence in maltreated children.

    Sheree L. Toth;Dante Cicchetti

  • The efficacy of toddler-parent psychotherapy for fostering cognitive development in offspring of depressed mothers.

    Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch;Sheree L. Toth

  • The efficacy of toddler-parent psychotherapy to increase attachment security in offspring of depressed mothers.

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth;Fred A. Rogosch

  • An Ecological-Transactional Model of Child Maltreatment

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth;Angeline Maughan

  • The development of dissociation in maltreated preschool-aged children.

    Jenny Macfie;Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • Childhood maltreatment and its effect on neurocognitive functioning: Timing and chronicity matter

    Raquel A. Cowell;Dante Cicchetti;Fred A. Rogosch;Sheree L. Toth

  • Early-occurring Maternal Depression and Maternal Negativity in Predicting Young Children’s Emotion Regulation and Socioemotional Difficulties

    Angeline Maughan;Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth;Fred A. Rogosch

  • Child abuse, child development, and social policy

    Dante Cicchetti;Sheree L. Toth

  • Development and Psychopathology

    Elizabeth P. Hayden;C. Emily Durbin

Frequent Co-Authors

Dante Cicchetti
Dante Cicchetti University of Minnesota
Fred A. Rogosch
Fred A. Rogosch University of Rochester
Kathleen M. Thomas
Kathleen M. Thomas University of Minnesota
Mark L. Howe
Mark L. Howe City, University of London
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple
Melissa L. Sturge-Apple University of Rochester
Robert N. Emde
Robert N. Emde University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Judith G. Smetana
Judith G. Smetana University of Rochester
Gail S. Goodman
Gail S. Goodman University of California, Davis
Megan R. Gunnar
Megan R. Gunnar University of Minnesota
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg ISPA - University Institute of Psychological, Social and Life Sciences

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