Adjunct Faculty
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Adjunct rank detailsPasco Fearon, PhD
Professor Adjunct in the Child Study CenterAbout
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Professor Adjunct in the Child Study Center
Appointments
Child Study Center
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Education & Training
- PhD
- University College (1999)
- PhD
- University of Wales (1994)
- BA
- University of Cambridge (1993)
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Frequent collaborators of Pasco Fearon's published research.
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A big-picture view of Pasco Fearon's research output by year.
Essi Viding, PhD
Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA
Eamon McCrory, PhD, BA
Ruth Feldman, PhD
Michael Bloch, MD, MS
167Publications
7,609Citations
Publications
2025
Co-producing an interdisciplinary, preventative mental health intervention: development of the building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET) programme
Lloyd A, Law R, Midgley N, Lucas L, Wu T, Viding E, Fearon P. Co-producing an interdisciplinary, preventative mental health intervention: development of the building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET) programme. Advances In Mental Health 2025, ahead-of-print: 1-17. DOI: 10.1080/18387357.2025.2545208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsMental health problemsCognitive neuroscienceRates of psychopathologyPreventive mental health interventionsDiscipline of psychotherapySchool mental health practitionersMental health practitionersMental health interventionsTransdiagnostic mechanismTransdiagnostic interventionHealth problemsEffective preventive interventionsDevelopmental periodAdolescentsPsychopathologyPsychotherapyFull-scale randomised controlled trialsPreventive interventionsNeuroscienceRandomised controlled trialsHealth practitionersInterventionProgramme acceptabilityHealth interventionsPilot studyEvocative effects of children's education‐associated genetics on maternal parenting: results from the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study
Austerberry C, Zayats T, Ronald A, Corfield E, Smajlagic D, Havdahl A, Andreassen O, Magnus P, Njølstad P, Bekkhus M, Fearon P. Evocative effects of children's education‐associated genetics on maternal parenting: results from the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2025 PMID: 40757461, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.70025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsNorwegian MotherSelf-ReportPopulation-based pregnancy cohortMaternal reportChild Cohort StudyEvocative effectsMaternal self-reportParent-offspring triosEducation polygenic scoreGene-environment correlationGenetic effectsPolygenic scoresChild geneticsPregnancy cohortCohort studyAssociated with parentsLiteracy-focusedEducational outcomesEducational performancePositive parentingChild languageEarly languageChildren's LanguageMaternal parentParental differencesDoes intimate partner violence mediate the association between adverse childhood experiences and internalizing symptomatology in women? A mediation meta-analysis
Martini J, Deneault A, Zhu J, Racine N, Fearon P, Madigan S, Jenkins J. Does intimate partner violence mediate the association between adverse childhood experiences and internalizing symptomatology in women? A mediation meta-analysis. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2025, 389: 119742. PMID: 40550278, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.119742.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsAdverse childhood experiencesInternalizing symptomatologyIntimate partner violenceTest moderationAssociated with internalizing symptomatologyChildhood experiencesAdverse childhood experience itemsPartner violenceMeta-analyticallySymptomatologyStructural equation modeling approachMethodological factorsIndirect pathwaysEffect sizePath modelFemale participantsStructural equationModeratelyPsychopathologySociodemographic factorsViolenceAssociationMASEMItemsAge of female participantsA feasibility study of a preventative, transdiagnostic intervention for mental health problems in adolescence: building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET)
Lloyd A, Law R, Midgley N, Wu T, Lucas L, Atkinson E, Steinbeis N, Martin P, Veenstra R, Smith J, Ly L, Bird G, Murphy J, Plans D, Munafò M, Penton-Voak I, Deighton J, Richards K, Richards M, Fearon P, Viding E. A feasibility study of a preventative, transdiagnostic intervention for mental health problems in adolescence: building resilience through socioemotional training (ReSET). Child And Adolescent Psychiatry And Mental Health 2025, 19: 29. PMID: 40121508, PMCID: PMC11929178, DOI: 10.1186/s13034-025-00870-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsMental health problemsEmotional processingSchool-based interventionsGroup-based psychotherapyResearch measuresSocial relationshipsInterpersonal psychotherapyTransdiagnostic interventionEmotion regulationEmotion perceptionPost-intervention assessmentSchool-based settingsHealth problemsMethodsThe feasibility studyDevelopmental periodMental healthEmotionsPsychotherapyCohesion interventionSchool settingsAdolescentsIntervention participantsParticipantsRetention of participantsRandomised controlled trialsProtocol for the economic evaluation of group interpersonal therapy for postnatal depression compared with high-quality standard care in Kenya and Lebanon (SUMMIT trial)
Jaoude G, Madeghe B, Maradian S, Posbic P, Machoka J, Ndamaiyu G, Simes E, O’Donnell C, Wallace-Hanlon S, Evans R, Fearon P, Allison E, Pilling S, Verdeli L, Cheng B, Fouad F, Ngunu C, Chammay R, Kumar M, Fonagy P, Skordis J. Protocol for the economic evaluation of group interpersonal therapy for postnatal depression compared with high-quality standard care in Kenya and Lebanon (SUMMIT trial). NIHR Open Research 2025, 5: 17. DOI: 10.3310/nihropenres.13838.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsInterpersonal therapyIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioChildren's cognitive developmentCognitive developmentPostnatal depressionEconomic evaluationUniversity College London Research Ethics CommitteeStandard careEstimate incremental cost-effectiveness ratiosLong-term depressionTrial outcomesPoor developmental outcomesPrimary trial outcomeDepression outcomesSecondary trial outcomesMaternal depressionPeer-reviewed journal publicationsControlled superiority trialImprove children's cognitive developmentResearch Ethics CommitteeKenyatta National HospitalQuality of lifeCost-effectiveness ratioIntention-to-treat analysisTrial follow-upTransition to motherhood: stability and change in attachment representations from pregnancy to 5 years
Steele M, Perez A, Segal F, Fearon P, Fonagy P, Steele H. Transition to motherhood: stability and change in attachment representations from pregnancy to 5 years. Attachment & Human Development 2025, 27: 330-347. PMID: 40227141, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2025.2484923.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsMeSH Keywords and ConceptsIntranasal oxytocin increases breast milk oxytocin, but has a reduced effect in depressed mothers: A randomized controlled trialcon
Lindley Baron-Cohen K, Fearon P, Feldman R, Hardiman P, Zagoory-Sharon O, Meins E, Fonagy P. Intranasal oxytocin increases breast milk oxytocin, but has a reduced effect in depressed mothers: A randomized controlled trialcon. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2025, 174: 107374. PMID: 39891981, DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2025.107374.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsEdinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleBreast milkPostnatal depressionSymptoms of postnatal depressionAdministration of exogenous OTOT concentrationsCut-off pointRandomized Controlled TrialsPostnatal Depression ScalePostnatal depressive symptomsDouble-blindNasal sprayMother-infant bondingPotential biological mechanismsMaternal postnatal depressionOT contentBreast milk samplesMental health vulnerabilitiesOT pathwaysExogenous OTOT administrationControl mothersBreastDepressed mothersOxytocinPredictions of adolescents’ responses to the Youth Self-Report from parental attachment interviews collected during pregnancy: a 17-year longitudinal study
Perez A, Steele M, Fonagy P, Fearon P, Segal F, Steele H. Predictions of adolescents’ responses to the Youth Self-Report from parental attachment interviews collected during pregnancy: a 17-year longitudinal study. Attachment & Human Development 2025, 27: 315-329. PMID: 39817698, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2024.2448916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsAdult Attachment InterviewSelf-reported mental health symptomsMental health symptomsAttachment InterviewFirst-born childrenHealth symptomsParents' Adult Attachment InterviewsParent Attachment InterviewYouth Self-ReportMental health problemsAttachment representationsChild externalizingAttachment patternsInfant-fatherInfant-motherMid-adolescenceMiddle classAdolescents' responsesSelf-ReportMothers' responsesUrban sampleAdolescent childrenLongitudinal studyInterviewsChildren
2024
Examining longitudinal associations between interpersonal outcomes and general psychopathology factors across preadolescence using random intercept cross‐lagged panel model
Wu T, Lloyd A, Viding E, Fearon P. Examining longitudinal associations between interpersonal outcomes and general psychopathology factors across preadolescence using random intercept cross‐lagged panel model. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2024, 66: 932-945. PMID: 39731442, PMCID: PMC12198929, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.14105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsRandom intercept cross-lagged panel modelCross-lagged panel modelWithin-person levelInterpersonal outcomesFriendship qualityMental health problemsFactor scoresRI-CLPMNICHD Study of Early Child CareStudy of Early Child CareP factor’ scoresBetween-person levelNegative cross-lagged effectCross-lagged effectsEarly Child CareNegative bidirectional associationFriendship Quality QuestionnaireAged 9Panel modelPsychopathological factorsUnique varianceNICHD StudyBetween-personAttention problemsChecklist symptomsNo decision about me, without me: Collaborating with young people in mental health research
Lloyd A, Wu T, Lucas L, Agunbiade A, Saleh R, Fearon P, Viding E. No decision about me, without me: Collaborating with young people in mental health research. JCPP Advances 2024, 4: e12291. PMID: 39734923, PMCID: PMC11669772, DOI: 10.1002/jcv2.12291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsMental health researchYouth mental health researchHealth researchPatient public involvementYoung peopleCo-production methodsCo-designDigital support toolsFocus groupsInteractive workshopPublic involvementPsychometric studyDemographic informationPopulation of studyAcademic databasesCo-design activitiesInternational fundersReview studiesPeopleSupport toolCultural contextYouthExpertsPracticeIntervention