Selected Publications of the Members of the Attachment Parenting International Research Group
Katherine Green, Ph.D. (co-leader)
Selected Publications and Presentations include:
Green, K. Broome, H, Mirabella, J. (2006). Postnatal Depression in Arabic Mothers: Socio-Cultural and Physical Factors. Accepted for the Journal of Psychology, Health, and Medicine.
Green, K. & Smith, D. (2006). Change and Continuity: Child-birth and Parenting AcrossThree Generations of Women in the United Arab Emirates. Accepted for the Journal of Child: Care, Health and Development.
Green, K., Groves, M. & Tegano, D. Parenting practices that limit transitional object use: an illustration. Journal of Early Child Development and Care, 174, 5, 427-436.
Green, K., Broome, H., El-Temtamy, N. (April, 2003). A study of behavioral and nutritional factors influencing Emirati maternal health and child development: Report of initial findings. Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Green, K. (Dec. 2000) Breastfeeding benefits for mother and baby. Zahrat Al Khaleej Magazine, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Green, K., Broome, H. & Groves, M. (April, 2005). Postnatal depression in Arabic mothers: Socio-cultural and physical factors. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Broome, H & Green, K. (April, 2005). Education, work, and the desire for children in an Arab country. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Green, K. (2004, November). Childrearing and childcare in Arabian Gulf families; Continuity of traditions and clash of contemporary influences. Paper presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children annual conference, Anaheim, CA.
Green, K. (2003). Pregnancy and birth in the United Arab Emirates: A historical perspective. Invited presenter at the Middle East Midwifery Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Green, K. & Groves, M. (September, 2001). Attachment parenting: Revisiting an old practice. Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology, Oxford University, UK.
Green, K. & Groves, M. (April, 2001). Investigation of the "new" practice of attachment parenting: Defining the culture of these family types. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
Wendy Middlemiss, Ph.D. (co-leader)
Publications include:
Curtner-Smith, M.E., Middlemiss, W., Green, K., Murray, A.D., Barone, M., Stolzer, J., Parker, Lysa, Nicholson, B. (2006). An elaboration on the distinction between controversial attachment therapeutic practices and parenting strategies versus mainstream attachment parenting: A comment on the APSAC report. Child Maltreatment, 11, 373-374.
Middlemiss, W. & McGuigan, (2005) W. M. Ethnic Differences in the Benefits of Home Visiting Services for Adolescent Mothers. Family Relations, 54, 212-224.
Middlemiss, W. (2005). How Do Sleep Arrangements Impact Nurse Practitioners Assessment of Development? Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners,17, 33-40.
Middlemiss, W. (2005). Prevention and Intervention: Using Resiliency-Based Multisetting
Approaches and a Process-Orientation. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 22, 85-103.
Rothrauff, T., Middlemiss, W., & Jacobson, L. (2004). Comparison of American and Austrian Infants and Toddlers Sleep Habits: A Retrospective Study. North American Journal of Psychology, 6,125-124.
McGuigan, W. M. & Middlemiss, W. (2005). Sexual Abuse in Childhood and Interpersonal
Violence in Adulthood: A Cumulative Impact on Maternal Depression. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Middlemiss, W. & Meyer, B. J. F. (2004) Introducing and Intergenerational, Internet-Based
Tutoring Program: Meeting Program Challenges. Journal of Intergenerational Relations, 2, 7-25.
Middlemiss, W. (2004) Infant Sleep: A Review of Normative and Problematic Sleep and
Interventions. Early Child Development and Care, 174, 99-122.
Middlemiss, W. (2004). Infant Sleep: A Review of Normative and Problematic Sleep and
Interventions. Early Child Development and Care, 174, 99-122.
Middlemiss, W. (2004). Infant Sleep: A Different Approach to Defining What is Problematic? Zero to Three, 24, 46-51.
Meyer, B.J.F., Middlemiss, W., Theodorou, E., Brezinski, K.L., McDougall, J., Bartlett, B. (2002). Effects of Structure Strategy Instruction Delivered to Fifth-Grade Children via the Internet With and
Without the Aid of Older Adult Tutors. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Mary Elizabeth Curtner-Smith, PhD, CFLE
Selected Manuscripts and Presentations:
Jordan, E. F., & Curtner-Smith, M. E. Racial Variations in Young Adults' Recalled Childhood Experiences With Corporal Punishment and the Quality of Their Current Attachment to Mother. Manuscript under review.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., & Smith, P. K. (in press). Family-level intervention with bullies and victims. In E. Vernberg and & B. Biggs (Eds.), Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization. Oxford University Press.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Middlemiss, W., Green, K., Barone, M., Stolzer, J., Parker, L., & Nicholson, B. (2006). An Elaboration on the Distinction Between Controversial Attachment Therapeutic Practices and Parenting Strategies Versus Mainstream Attachment Parenting: A Comment on the APSAC Report. Child Maltreatment, 11,373-374.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A. M., Culp, R. E., Scheib, C., Owens, K., Tilley, A., Murphy, M., Parkman, L., & Coleman, P. W. (2006). Mothers' parenting and young economically disadvantaged children's relational and overt bullying. The Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 177-189.
Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2002). Anger. In N. Salkind (Ed.), Child Development: Volume One of the Macmillan Psychology Reference Series. Gale Group: New York: NY.
Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2000). Mechanisms by which family processes contribute to school-aged boys' bullying. Child Study Journal, 30, 169-186.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Bennett, T. L., & ORear, M. (1995). Relations between fathers occupational conditions, values, perceptions of parenting, and childrens depression and aggression. Family Relations: The Journal of Applied Family and Child Studies, 44, 299-305.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., & MacKinnon-Lewis, C. E. (1994). Perceptions of family process effects on adolescent males susceptibility to antisocial peer pressure. Family Relations: The Journal of Applied Family and Child Studies, 43, 462-468.
MacKinnon-Lewis, C. E., Volling, B., Lamb, M. E., Dechman, K., Rabiner, D., & Curtner, M. E. (1994). A cross-contextual analysis of childrens social competence: From family to school. Developmental Psychology, 30, 325-333.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Jordan, E. F., Plyler, S. B., Boswell, C., & Jeon, H. J. (2009). Lessons learned: Young adults' recollections of the lessons they learned from receiving corporal punishment in childhood. Poster to be presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO 2009.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., & Jordan, E. F. (2009). Features of Recalled Childhood Corporal Punishment as Predictors of Young Women's Current Attachment to Their Mothers. Paper to be presented at the Bienniel Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, April, 2009.
Jordan, E. F., & Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2007) Racial Variations in Young Adults' Recalled Childhood Experiences With Corporal Punishment and the Quality of Their Current Attachment to Mother. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Pittsburgh, PA, in November, 2007.
Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2007). Developmental Versus Power Assertive Strategies Mothers Say They Would Use to Help Their Children Deal With Bully/Victim Problems. Research Colloquia Series, Unit for School and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, July 5, 2007.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Jordan, E. F., Porter, M. (2007). Developmental and Nondevelopmental strategies that Head Start mothers say they would use if their children were involved in bully/victim problems. Poster to be presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007. Abstract will be published in refereed proceedings of the meetings.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A. M., Culp, R. E., Scheib, C., Owens, K., Tilley, A., Murphy, M., Parkman, L., & Coleman, P. W. (2005, April). Mothers Parenting and Young Economically Disadvantaged African American Childrens Relational and Overt Bullying. Poster to be presented at the Bienniel Mettings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.
Culp, A. M., Culp, R. E., Horton, C., Curtner-Smith, M. E., Palermo, F., & Culp, K. C. (2003). Head Start children's playground aggression and teachers' and maternal reports. Presentation at the annual meeting of Division 37 , Child, Youth, and Family Services. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 2003.
Culp, R. E., Culp, A. M., & Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2004, December). Physical and relational aggression in preschool-aged children and parenting correlates. Paper presentation at Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A., & Culp, R. Bullying and victimization among Black economically disadvantaged children. Presentation at the open house for the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, May 18, 2004.
Culp, R., Culp, A., Curtner-Smith, M. E., & Horton, C. Parenting, partner conflict, and children's playground behaviors. Presentation at the open house for the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, May 18, 2004.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A., & Culp, R. Bullying and victimization among Black economically disadvantaged children. Presentation given to site visitors from the Center for Disease Control as part of the site visit for the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, February, 2004.
Ann D. Murray, Ph.D.
Selected Publications and Presentations include:
Murray, A. (l979). Infant crying as an elicitor of parental behavior: An examination of two models. Psychological Bulletin, 86, l9l-2l5.
Murray, A., Dolby, R., Nation, R., &Thomas, D. (l981). Effects of epidural anesthesia on newborns and their mothers. Child Development, 52, 7l-82.
Dolby, R., English, B., &Murray, A. (l982). Hospital practices that strengthen parent-infant attachment. In R.K. Oates (Ed.), Child abuse - A community concern. Sydney: Butterworth Company.
Murray, A. (l985). Aversiveness is in the ear of the beholder: Perceptions of infant crying by adults. In B. Lester &Z. Boukydis (Eds.), Infant crying: Theoretical and research perspectives. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Murray, A. (1988). Newborn auditory brainstem evoked responses (ABRs): Longitudinal correlates in the first year. Child Development, 59, 1542-1554.
Murray, A., Johnson, J., &Peters, J. (1990). Fine-tuning of utterance length to preverbal infants: Effects on later language development. Journal of Child Language, 17, 511-525.
Murray, A. (1995). Infant attachment and parental bonding: Strategies to prevent intergenerational transmission cycles. Invited Address, Governor's Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Topeka, KS, October.
Murray, A., &Hornbaker, A. (1997). Maternal directive and facilitative interaction styles: Associations with language and cognitive development of low risk and high risk toddlers. Development and Psychopathology, 9, 507-516.
Murray, A. (1998). Parental ideas about infant crying: A grounded theory approach. Presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, April.
Murray, A., &Yingling, J. (2000). Competence in language at 24 months: Relations with attachment security and home stimulation. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 161, 133-140.
Murray, A. (2000). Interpretations of infant crying: Evidence for positive parental distortions. Presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, England, July.
Nair, H., &Murray, A. (2005). Predictors of attachment security in preschool children from intact and divorced families. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 166, 245-263.
Murray, A., Fees, B., Crowe, L., Murphy, M. &Henriksen, A.. (2006). The language environment of toddlers in center-based child care vs. home settings. Early Childhood Education Journal, 34, 233-239.
Lauren Porter, M.S.
Publications include:
The Science of Attachment, revised and updated, Mothering Magazine, to be published Feb/Mar 2009
Why I Love to Vacuum, Kindred Magazine, December 2007
All Night Long: Understanding the World of Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding Review, November 2007
The Arsenic Hour, Little Treasures Magazine, February 2007
Shouting for Baby, Mothering Magazine, July 2006
The Science of Attachment: The Biological Roots of Love, Mothering Magazine, July/August 2003
Curtner-Smith, M. E., & Smith, P. K. (in press). Family-level intervention with bullies and victims. In E. Vernberg and & B. Biggs (Eds.), Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization. Oxford University Press.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Middlemiss, W., Green, K., Barone, M., Stolzer, J., Parker, L., & Nicholson, B. (2006). An Elaboration on the Distinction Between Controversial Attachment Therapeutic Practices and Parenting Strategies Versus Mainstream Attachment Parenting: A Comment on the APSAC Report. Child Maltreatment, 11,373-374.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A. M., Culp, R. E., Scheib, C., Owens, K., Tilley, A., Murphy, M., Parkman, L., & Coleman, P. W. (2006). Mothers' parenting and young economically disadvantaged children's relational and overt bullying. The Journal of Child and Family Studies, 15, 177-189.
Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2002). Anger. In N. Salkind (Ed.), Child Development: Volume One of the Macmillan Psychology Reference Series. Gale Group: New York: NY.
Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2000). Mechanisms by which family processes contribute to school-aged boys' bullying. Child Study Journal, 30, 169-186.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Bennett, T. L., & ORear, M. (1995). Relations between fathers occupational conditions, values, perceptions of parenting, and childrens depression and aggression. Family Relations: The Journal of Applied Family and Child Studies, 44, 299-305.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., & MacKinnon-Lewis, C. E. (1994). Perceptions of family process effects on adolescent males susceptibility to antisocial peer pressure. Family Relations: The Journal of Applied Family and Child Studies, 43, 462-468.
MacKinnon-Lewis, C. E., Volling, B., Lamb, M. E., Dechman, K., Rabiner, D., & Curtner, M. E. (1994). A cross-contextual analysis of childrens social competence: From family to school. Developmental Psychology, 30, 325-333.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Jordan, E. F., Plyler, S. B., Boswell, C., & Jeon, H. J. (2009). Lessons learned: Young adults' recollections of the lessons they learned from receiving corporal punishment in childhood. Poster to be presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO 2009.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., & Jordan, E. F. (2009). Features of Recalled Childhood Corporal Punishment as Predictors of Young Women's Current Attachment to Their Mothers. Paper to be presented at the Bienniel Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, April, 2009.
Jordan, E. F., & Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2007) Racial Variations in Young Adults' Recalled Childhood Experiences With Corporal Punishment and the Quality of Their Current Attachment to Mother. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Family Relations, Pittsburgh, PA, in November, 2007.
Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2007). Developmental Versus Power Assertive Strategies Mothers Say They Would Use to Help Their Children Deal With Bully/Victim Problems. Research Colloquia Series, Unit for School and Family Studies, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, July 5, 2007.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Jordan, E. F., Porter, M. (2007). Developmental and Nondevelopmental strategies that Head Start mothers say they would use if their children were involved in bully/victim problems. Poster to be presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007. Abstract will be published in refereed proceedings of the meetings.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A. M., Culp, R. E., Scheib, C., Owens, K., Tilley, A., Murphy, M., Parkman, L., & Coleman, P. W. (2005, April). Mothers Parenting and Young Economically Disadvantaged African American Childrens Relational and Overt Bullying. Poster to be presented at the Bienniel Mettings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia.
Culp, A. M., Culp, R. E., Horton, C., Curtner-Smith, M. E., Palermo, F., & Culp, K. C. (2003). Head Start children's playground aggression and teachers' and maternal reports. Presentation at the annual meeting of Division 37 , Child, Youth, and Family Services. American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 2003.
Culp, R. E., Culp, A. M., & Curtner-Smith, M. E. (2004, December). Physical and relational aggression in preschool-aged children and parenting correlates. Paper presentation at Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A., & Culp, R. Bullying and victimization among Black economically disadvantaged children. Presentation at the open house for the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, May 18, 2004.
Culp, R., Culp, A., Curtner-Smith, M. E., & Horton, C. Parenting, partner conflict, and children's playground behaviors. Presentation at the open house for the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, May 18, 2004.
Curtner-Smith, M. E., Culp, A., & Culp, R. Bullying and victimization among Black economically disadvantaged children. Presentation given to site visitors from the Center for Disease Control as part of the site visit for the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, February, 2004.
Ann D. Murray, Ph.D.
Selected Publications and Presentations include:
Murray, A. (l979). Infant crying as an elicitor of parental behavior: An examination of two models. Psychological Bulletin, 86, l9l-2l5.
Murray, A., Dolby, R., Nation, R., &Thomas, D. (l981). Effects of epidural anesthesia on newborns and their mothers. Child Development, 52, 7l-82.
Dolby, R., English, B., &Murray, A. (l982). Hospital practices that strengthen parent-infant attachment. In R.K. Oates (Ed.), Child abuse - A community concern. Sydney: Butterworth Company.
Murray, A. (l985). Aversiveness is in the ear of the beholder: Perceptions of infant crying by adults. In B. Lester &Z. Boukydis (Eds.), Infant crying: Theoretical and research perspectives. New York: Plenum Publishing Corporation.
Murray, A. (1988). Newborn auditory brainstem evoked responses (ABRs): Longitudinal correlates in the first year. Child Development, 59, 1542-1554.
Murray, A., Johnson, J., &Peters, J. (1990). Fine-tuning of utterance length to preverbal infants: Effects on later language development. Journal of Child Language, 17, 511-525.
Murray, A. (1995). Infant attachment and parental bonding: Strategies to prevent intergenerational transmission cycles. Invited Address, Governor's Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Topeka, KS, October.
Murray, A., &Hornbaker, A. (1997). Maternal directive and facilitative interaction styles: Associations with language and cognitive development of low risk and high risk toddlers. Development and Psychopathology, 9, 507-516.
Murray, A. (1998). Parental ideas about infant crying: A grounded theory approach. Presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, Georgia, April.
Murray, A., &Yingling, J. (2000). Competence in language at 24 months: Relations with attachment security and home stimulation. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 161, 133-140.
Murray, A. (2000). Interpretations of infant crying: Evidence for positive parental distortions. Presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, England, July.
Nair, H., &Murray, A. (2005). Predictors of attachment security in preschool children from intact and divorced families. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 166, 245-263.
Murray, A., Fees, B., Crowe, L., Murphy, M. &Henriksen, A.. (2006). The language environment of toddlers in center-based child care vs. home settings. Early Childhood Education Journal, 34, 233-239.
Lauren Porter, M.S.
Publications include:
The Science of Attachment, revised and updated, Mothering Magazine, to be published Feb/Mar 2009
Why I Love to Vacuum, Kindred Magazine, December 2007
All Night Long: Understanding the World of Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding Review, November 2007
The Arsenic Hour, Little Treasures Magazine, February 2007
Shouting for Baby, Mothering Magazine, July 2006
The Science of Attachment: The Biological Roots of Love, Mothering Magazine, July/August 2003
Why I Love to Vacuum, Kindred Magazine, December 2007
All Night Long: Understanding the World of Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding Review, November 2007
The Arsenic Hour, Little Treasures Magazine, February 2007
Shouting for Baby, Mothering Magazine, July 2006
The Science of Attachment: The Biological Roots of Love, Mothering Magazine, July/August 2003
