2016
Mothering from the Inside Out: results of a pilot study testing a mentalization-based therapy for mothers enrolled in mental health services
Suchman NE, Ordway MR, de las Heras L, McMahon TJ. Mothering from the Inside Out: results of a pilot study testing a mentalization-based therapy for mothers enrolled in mental health services. Attachment & Human Development 2016, 18: 596-617. PMID: 27575343, PMCID: PMC5102065, DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2016.1226371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMother-child interaction qualityInteraction qualityCommunity-based mental health clinicsMental health servicesMaternal reflective functioningMentalization-based therapyCommunity-based cliniciansNegative affectEmotional regulationParenting interventionsMental health clinicsParenting stressReflective functioningPsychological distressMentalization-based approachCommunity mental health centerMental health centersInside OutSustained fidelityHealth servicesTreatment mechanismsPreliminary feasibilityParentsPrior testsCommunity-based settings
2014
Child Maltreatment and Emerging Adulthood
McMahon TJ. Child Maltreatment and Emerging Adulthood. Child Maltreatment 2014, 19: 135-144. PMID: 25361790, DOI: 10.1177/1077559514555960.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Defining Characteristics and Potential Consequences of Caretaking Burden Among Children Living in Urban Poverty
McMahon TJ, Luthar SS. Defining Characteristics and Potential Consequences of Caretaking Burden Among Children Living in Urban Poverty. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry 2007, 77: 267-281. PMID: 17535125, PMCID: PMC3471375, DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.2.267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAffective SymptomsCaregiversChildChild of Impaired ParentsCost of IllnessFamily CharacteristicsFemaleHumansInternal-External ControlMaleMental DisordersMothersParentingPersonality AssessmentPersonality DisordersPovertyPoverty AreasRoleSocial AdjustmentSocial ResponsibilitySubstance-Related DisordersConceptsPsychosocial adjustment
2002
Tell them you love them because you never know when things could change: Voices of adolescents living with HIV-positive mothers
Reyland S, Higgins-D'Alessandro A, McMahon T. Tell them you love them because you never know when things could change: Voices of adolescents living with HIV-positive mothers. AIDS Care 2002, 14: 285-294. PMID: 11940285, DOI: 10.1080/09540120120076977.Peer-Reviewed Original Research