2024
Evocative effects on the early caregiving environment of genetic factors underlying the development of intellectual and academic ability
Austerberry C, Fearon P, Ronald A, Leve L, Ganiban J, Natsuaki M, Shaw D, Neiderhiser J, Reiss D. Evocative effects on the early caregiving environment of genetic factors underlying the development of intellectual and academic ability. Child Development 2024 PMID: 39081003, DOI: 10.1111/cdev.14142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild languageEarly caregiving environmentGene-environment correlationAcademic performanceMothers' warmthFather warmthEvocative effectsIntellectual abilityRGE effectsAcademic abilityIncreased heritabilityAdoptive parentsChildren aged 6WarmthAged 6Academic developmentGenetic effectsGenetic factorsBirth mothersChildrenRGELanguageParentsAdopteesAbilityA meta-analytic examination of sensitive responsiveness as a mediator between depression in mothers and psychopathology in children
Borairi S, Deneault A, Madigan S, Fearon P, Devereux C, Geer M, Jeyanayagam B, Martini J, Jenkins J. A meta-analytic examination of sensitive responsiveness as a mediator between depression in mothers and psychopathology in children. Attachment & Human Development 2024, 26: 273-300. PMID: 38860779, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2024.2359689.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeta-analytic structural equation modelingIndirect pathwaysFree-play taskEnglish-speaking childrenMother-child interactionMeta-analytic examinationInternalizing psychopathologyExternalizing psychopathologyChild psychopathologyExternalizing behaviorsExternalizing problemsStructural equation modelingModeration analysisPsychopathologyTest moderationStructured tasksEquation modelingIndirect effectsDepressionExternalitiesModeratelyChildrenTaskSensitive responseMeta-analysis
2022
Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour
Oliveira P, Fearon P, Belsky J, Mesquita A, Sampaio A, Pinal D, Soares I. Neural correlates of face familiarity in institutionalised children and links to attachment disordered behaviour. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2022, 64: 736-746. PMID: 36457167, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13728.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsReactive attachment disorderStranger's faceNeural correlatesNeural processingP400 amplitudeChildren's neural processingBrain-based markersSocial engagement disorderCaregiver's faceFace familiarityFace processingERP measuresAttachment problemsAttachment disorderRAD symptomsSmaller P1Early maltreatmentNeurobiological effectsPortuguese childrenHigher childCaregiver ratioCurrent studyBehavioral patternsChildrenPromoting secure attachment
Tsappis E, Garside M, Wright B, Fearon P. Promoting secure attachment. Paediatrics And Child Health 2022, 32: 191-197. DOI: 10.1016/j.paed.2022.02.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSecure attachmentAttachment patternsSecure attachment patternInherent driveAttachment problemsParenting interventionsEmotional developmentIntegration of researchImproved long-term outcomesUK servicesEvidence baseLong-term outcomesSecond reviewLimited evidence baseAvailable researchTerm outcomesTrial evidenceInterventionSystematic reviewBetter careMost evidenceUK practiceChildrenAttachmentNational survey
2021
Mental health and behavioural difficulties in adopted children: A systematic review of post-adoption risk and protective factors
Duncan M, Woolgar M, Ransley R, Fearon P. Mental health and behavioural difficulties in adopted children: A systematic review of post-adoption risk and protective factors. Adoption & Fostering 2021, 45: 414-429. DOI: 10.1177/03085759211058358.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBehavioral difficultiesMental healthProtective factorsNon-adopted peersFuture researchChild mental healthRigorous methodological criteriaFamily factorsBehavioral outcomesContextual variablesMental health servicesShape interventionsPrevious researchChildrenClinical implicationsWeb of ScienceHealth servicesSystematic reviewGreater riskSociological AbstractsDifficultiesMethodological criteriaSystemic factorsSignificant riskResearchPrenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries
Foley S, Hughes C, Murray A, Baban A, Fernando A, Madrid B, Osafo J, Sikander S, Abbasi F, Walker S, Luong-Thanh B, Vo T, Tomlinson M, Fearon P, Ward C, Valdebenito S, Eisner M. Prenatal attachment: using measurement invariance to test the validity of comparisons across eight culturally diverse countries. Archives Of Women's Mental Health 2021, 24: 619-625. PMID: 33559754, PMCID: PMC8266779, DOI: 10.1007/s00737-021-01105-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal-fetal attachmentMiddle-income countriesHigh-income countriesExpectant mothersProspective birth cohort studyBirth cohort studyFirst-time mothersPrenatal Attachment InventoryCohort studyThird trimesterPregnant womenMaternal healthFirst infantMaternal behaviorGroup comparisonsMean levelsMothersInfantsSingle latent factorFuture studiesPlace childrenChildrenChild outcomesSimilar informationPAI
2019
A Longitudinal Examination of Heart-Rate and Heart Rate Variability as Risk Markers for Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in an Acute Injury Sample
Haag K, Hiller R, Peyk P, Michael T, Meiser-Stedman R, Fearon P, Ehlers A, Halligan S. A Longitudinal Examination of Heart-Rate and Heart Rate Variability as Risk Markers for Child Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in an Acute Injury Sample. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2019, 47: 1811-1820. PMID: 31073881, PMCID: PMC6805807, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-019-00553-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderStress symptomsChildren's post-traumatic stress symptomsAdolescent posttraumatic stress disorderChildren's posttraumatic stress symptomsHigher post-traumatic stress symptomsPosttraumatic stress symptomsLong-term distressConcurrent markersTraumatic eventsTrauma narrativesStress disorderParent-child pairsTraumatic experiencesLongitudinal examinationInjury samplePredictive validityAdult literatureHR variabilityPost traumaChildrenHR indexHeart rate variabilityHospital emergency department
2018
Lighthouse Parenting Programme: Description and pilot evaluation of mentalization-based treatment to address child maltreatment
Byrne G, Sleed M, Midgley N, Fearon P, Mein C, Bateman A, Fonagy P. Lighthouse Parenting Programme: Description and pilot evaluation of mentalization-based treatment to address child maltreatment. Clinical Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2018, 24: 680-693. PMID: 30387373, DOI: 10.1177/1359104518807741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMentalization-based treatmentChild maltreatmentInner worldChild's inner worldPilot evaluationParenting ProgramAntisocial personality disorderSensitive caregivingParents' capacityChild developmentRisk of maltreatmentMaltreatmentPersonality disorderParentsChildrenHarmful responsesCaregivingRelationshipMisunderstandingTreatmentProgramCuriosityDisordersInterventionAttachmentNeural correlates of children’s emotion understanding
Bennett S, Larkin H, Pincham H, Carman S, Fearon P. Neural correlates of children’s emotion understanding. Developmental Neuropsychology 2018, 43: 329-344. PMID: 29521525, DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2018.1432055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLate positive potentialChildren's emotion understandingEmotion understandingNeural correlatesSocial information processingCognitive processesStory TaskEmotional tasksEmotional contentEEG paradigmExperiment 1Experiment 2Information processingPositive potentialsTaskChildrenCorrelatesParadigmUnderstandingProcessingStudy
2017
Attachment theory
Fearon P. Attachment theory. 2017, 28-36. DOI: 10.4324/9781315452890-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAttachment cuesOrganization of attachmentSecurity of attachmentEdge of careAttachment securityEvidence-based interventionsAttachment theoryAttachment bondsAttachment patternsAttachment behaviorSensitivity trainingHost of studiesChildrenRecent NICE guidelinesEarly childhood outcomesChildhood outcomesCuesAttachmentParentsCaregiversStyleTrainingNICE guidelinesCarersInterventionDisorganized attachment in infancy: a review of the phenomenon and its implications for clinicians and policy-makers
Granqvist P, Sroufe LA, Dozier M, Hesse E, Steele M, van Ijzendoorn M, Solomon J, Schuengel C, Fearon P, Bakermans-Kranenburg M, Steele H, Cassidy J, Carlson E, Madigan S, Jacobvitz D, Foster S, Behrens K, Rifkin-Graboi A, Gribneau N, Spangler G, Ward MJ, True M, Spieker S, Reijman S, Reisz S, Tharner A, Nkara F, Goldwyn R, Sroufe J, Pederson D, Pederson D, Weigand R, Siegel D, Dazzi N, Bernard K, Fonagy P, Waters E, Toth S, Cicchetti D, Zeanah CH, Lyons-Ruth K, Main M, Duschinsky R. Disorganized attachment in infancy: a review of the phenomenon and its implications for clinicians and policy-makers. Attachment & Human Development 2017, 19: 534-558. PMID: 28745146, PMCID: PMC5600694, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2017.1354040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisorganized infant attachmentChild protection settingsAttachment measuresAttachment theoryInfant attachmentDisorganized attachmentAttachment disorderWelfare practiceChild maltreatmentSupportive workPolicy makersStrongest predictorStrong caseChildrenAttachmentImplicationsMaltreatmentFalse assumptionsPaper reviewsAttachment in the Early Years
Fearon P. Attachment in the Early Years. 2017, 97-107. DOI: 10.1002/9781119170235.ch12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsecure attachment categoriesTendency of infantsSocial cognitionInsecure attachmentAttachment bondsAttachment categoriesEmotional regulationPreschoolers' AttachmentCaregiver sensitivityInsecure counterpartsPoor adjustmentInternalizing problemsAttachment behaviorLongitudinal researchParent figureYoung childrenDevelopmental advantagesStable tendencyContact maintenanceChildrenAttachmentCognitionAdolescenceParentsEarly yearsThe Herts and minds study: evaluating the effectiveness of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) as an intervention for children in foster care with emotional and/or behavioural problems: a phase II, feasibility, randomised controlled trial
Midgley N, Besser S, Dye H, Fearon P, Gale T, Jefferies-Sewell K, Irvine K, Robinson J, Wyatt S, Wellsted D, Wood S. The Herts and minds study: evaluating the effectiveness of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) as an intervention for children in foster care with emotional and/or behavioural problems: a phase II, feasibility, randomised controlled trial. Pilot And Feasibility Studies 2017, 3: 12. PMID: 28250962, PMCID: PMC5320756, DOI: 10.1186/s40814-017-0127-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMentalization-based treatmentUsual clinical careHigh-quality researchControl feasibility trialFeatures of therapyBackgroundA significant proportionMental health problemsNHS Foundation TrustNICE guidelinesFeasibility trialBehavioral difficultiesTwo-armClinical careEffective treatmentSocial care systemsHealth problemsNew interventionsFoundation TrustCare systemTrialsVulnerable populationsDiscussionThis studyCarePhase IIChildren
2016
Mentalization-Based Therapy for Parents in Entrenched Conflict: A Random Allocation Feasibility Study
Hertzmann L, Target M, Hewison D, Casey P, Fearon P, Lassri D. Mentalization-Based Therapy for Parents in Entrenched Conflict: A Random Allocation Feasibility Study. Psychotherapy 2016, 53: 388-401. PMID: 27918189, DOI: 10.1037/pst0000092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildCooperative BehaviorDivorceEducation, NonprofessionalFamily ConflictFeasibility StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInterview, PsychologicalMaleMarital TherapyObject AttachmentParent-Child RelationsParentsPsychotherapy, GroupRandom AllocationSurveys and QuestionnairesTheory of MindConceptsSubjective experienceHigh conflict situationsPsycho-educational interventionParents' subjective experiencesHierarchical linear modelingMentalization-based therapyForm of interventionSeparated parentsParent groupsLinear modelingMost parentsEntrenched conflictJustice systemQualitative findingsMixed-methods study designParentsRandom allocation designDifficult circumstancesEncouraging findingsFamily justice systemIntervention studiesInterventionChildrenMentalizationFindings
2014
Parenting difficulties and postnatal depression: implications for primary healthcare assessment and intervention.
Murray L, Cooper P, Fearon P. Parenting difficulties and postnatal depression: implications for primary healthcare assessment and intervention. Community Practitioner : The Journal Of The Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association 2014, 87: 34-8. PMID: 25612413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild outcomesPoor cognitive developmentCognitive developmentPostnatal depressionDomain-specific associationsExternalising behaviour problemsMother-child relationshipChild's developmental stageAdverse child outcomesHostile parentingNon-depressed mothersInsecure attachmentParental difficultiesEmotional vulnerabilityInfant signsInfant distressMaternal insensitivityBehavior problemsExternalising problemsSet of assessmentsParentingChildren of mothersImpairmentDepressionChildren
2013
The longitudinal development of emotion regulation capacities in children at risk for externalizing disorders
Halligan S, Cooper P, Fearon P, Wheeler S, Crosby M, Murray L. The longitudinal development of emotion regulation capacities in children at risk for externalizing disorders. Development And Psychopathology 2013, 25: 391-406. PMID: 23627952, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579412001137.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulation capacitiesMaternal sensitivityEmotion regulationRegulation capacityChildren's emotion regulationPoor emotion regulationEmotional regulation capacitySensitive maternal behaviorLower maternal sensitivityDirect observational assessmentsNegative emotionsInsensitive parentingPsychosocial adversityDevelopmental influencesBehavioral problemsLow-risk counterpartsHigh-risk childrenObservational assessmentLongitudinal studyLongitudinal developmentMaternal behaviorCausal roleStages of assessmentChildrenEarly infancy
2012
Restrictive feeding practices and adiposity are differentially related to P3b cortical responses to food stimuli in children
Hill C, Wu J, Crowley MJ, Fearon P. Restrictive feeding practices and adiposity are differentially related to P3b cortical responses to food stimuli in children. Appetite 2012, 63: 7-17. PMID: 23220393, DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEvent-related potentialsFood stimuliRestrictive feeding practicesStudy 1P3b event-related potentialGeneral attentional processesNon-food stimuliVisual oddball taskFeeding practicesAttentional processesProcessing biasAttentional salienceNeural correlatesP3b amplitudeOddball taskNon-food itemsStudy 2Cortical responsesStimuliAmplitude differenceChildrenAdiposityChild heightP3bSalience
2011
Attachment Theory: Research and Clinical Implications
Fearon P. Attachment Theory: Research and Clinical Implications. 2011, 84-91. DOI: 10.1002/9781119993971.ch15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild-parent attachmentDevelopment of attachmentAttachment theoryPsychological healthAttachment behaviorFeelings of comfortHuman developmentEarly human developmentClinical implicationsClose bondCritical featuresAttachmentImplicationsFeelingsResearchParentsEarly yearsChildrenDisordersRange of treatmentsClinical practiceBehaviorTheory
2007
Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes in Pre-adolescent and Adolescent Youth: the Development of the Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes Scales (ABAS)
Butler S, Leschied A, Fearon P. Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes in Pre-adolescent and Adolescent Youth: the Development of the Antisocial Beliefs and Attitudes Scales (ABAS). Journal Of Youth And Adolescence 2007, 36: 1058-1071. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-007-9178-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAntisocial beliefsAntisocial thinkingAntisocial behaviorSelf-reported antisocial behaviorSelf-report measuresAttitude ScaleChildhood conduct problemsOlder childrenMeaningful factor structurePeer conflictConduct problemsTreatment literatureAdolescent youthFactor structureValid measurePsychometric developmentSchool childrenBeliefsEmpirical literatureAdolescentsAttitudesChildrenMeasurement gapsThinkingDelinquency