Research Manuscript Database

Astuto, J., & Allen, L. (2018). Learning more about home visitation: RCT evaluation of the Parent Child+ Program for Latino Spanish speaking children of immigrants. Technical Report. (Study 2). https://parentchildplus.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/study-2-astuto-allen-technical-report-final2018.pdf

Brennan, L. M., Shelleby, E. C., Shaw, D. S., Gardner, F., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. (2013). Indirect effects of the family check-Up on school-age academic achievement through improvements in parenting in early childhood. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105(3), 762.

Chang, H., Shaw, D. S., Dishion, T. J., Gardner, F., & Wilson, M. N. (2015). Proactive parenting and children's effortful control: Mediating role of language and indirect intervention effects. Social Development, 24(1), 206-223.

Chang, H., Shaw, D. S., Shelleby, E. C., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (2016). The long-term effectiveness of the family check-up on peer preference: Parent-child interaction and child effortful control as sequential mediators. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Advance online publication.

Dishion, T. J., Mun, C. J., Drake, E. C., Tein, J. Y., Shaw, D. S., & Wilson, M. (2015). A transactional approach to preventing early childhood neglect: The family check-up as a public health strategy. Development and Psychopathology, 27(4 Pt. 2), 1647.

Dishion, T. J., Shaw, D., Connell, A., Gardner, F., Weaver, C., & Wilson, M. (2008). The family check-up with high-risk indigent families: Preventing problem behavior by increasing parents’ positive behavior support in early childhood. Child Development, 79(5), 1395–1414.

Haines, J., Douglas, S., Mirotta, J. A., O’Kane, C., Breau, R., Walton, K., Krystia, O., Chamoun, E., Annis, A., Darlington, G. A., Buchholz, A. C., Duncan, A. M., Vallis, L. A., Spriet, L. L., Mutch, D. M., Brauer, P., Allen-Vercoe, E., Taveras, E. M., Ma, D. W. L., & the Guelph Family Health Study. (2018). Guelph Family Health Study: Pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention [Study 1: Four home visits]. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 109(4), 549–560. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0072-3

Hash, J. B., Oxford, M. L., Fleming, C. B., Ward, T. M., Spieker, S. J., & Lohr, M. J. (2019). Impact of a home visiting program on sleep problems among young children experiencing adversity. Child Abuse & Neglect, 89, 143–154.

Hruska, V., Darlington, G., Haines, J., & Ma, D. W.L. (2020). Parent stress as a consideration in childhood obesity prevention: Results from the Guelph Family Health Study, a pilot randomized controlled trial [Study 1: Four home visits]. Nutrients, 12(6), 1835. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061835

Hyde, L. W., Shaw, D. S., Gardner, F., Cheong, J., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. (2013). Dimensions of callousness in early childhood: Links to problem behavior and family intervention effectiveness. Development and Psychopathology, 25(2), 347–363.