Alan L Mendelsohn
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 185743 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alan L Mendelsohn |
| PRENOMES | Alan L |
| SOBRENOME | Mendelsohn |
| ASSINATURA | MENDELSOHN A L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | New York University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9876-8496 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
How Covid-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes
We combined data from five cohorts of mothers of young children across three cities to understand how COVID-19 affected parenting among predominantly Black and Latine families with low incomes. We examined whether mothers reported that their parenting got worse, got better, or stayed the same; drew on a qualitative substudy to identify themes describing parenting experiences; and used quantitative data to identify psychosocial characteristics ass…
The Voice Unheard
BACKGROUND: Eleven years have passed since the 2014 Flint water crisis (FWC), yet many voices still go unheard. There is limited evidence of the impact of the FWC on maternal health. This paper used a cross-sectional study design to survey 152 women enrolled in the Supporting Parents and Raising Resilient Kids (SPARRK) study in Flint, Michigan to examine racial differences in women's perceptions of their overall health pre- and post-FWC, perceive…
Smart beginnings predicts reduced externalizing behavior via parental negative demeanor during discipline
Spatial analysis of synthetic clusters of risk and resilience in the wake of the Flint water crisis
Natural and anthropogenic disasters often have greater impact on marginalized communities because of structural disinvestment and racism. Impacts may not be uniform across communities; it is important to identify characteristics related to individual- and neighborhood-level resilience in the context of disaster. The Flint Water Crisis (FWC), given its varying, widespread impacts, provides an opportunity to examine these characteristics. Using Spe…
Growth in Early Mother–Child Dyadic Qualities and Relations to Preschool Problem Behavior
The importance of the parent–child relationship during early childhood (i.e., 0–5 years) on children's socioemotional functioning has been extensively documented in the literature. However, limited work has examined the degree to which dyadic features of the parent–child relationship changes over the course of early childhood and whether growth in these features relate to children's functioning. The present study aimed to address this limitation …
Supporting Early Social‐Emotional Competencies Through Reading and Play
Social‐emotional competence is critical to children's social and school success, prompting interest in understanding factors that promote these skills prior to elementary‐school. Cognitive stimulation (e.g., reading, playing) is related to preschool children's social outcomes; However, few studies have examined these associations earlier, or determined whether interventions that encourage cognitive stimulation may enhance children's early social‐…
Economic hardships during Covid-19 and maternal mental health
An exploration of the domain specificity of maternal sensitivity among a diverse sample in the infancy period
Maternal sensitivity during an observed mother–child clean-up task at 18 months and maternal sensitivity during an observed mother–child free-play task at 18 months were tested as independent predictors of child internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, social competence, and language development at 24 months. Participants (n = 292 mothers) were recruited between 2015 and 2017, and were low-income (mean annual income = $19,136) and racially…
Enhancing early language and literacy skills for racial/ethnic minority children with low incomes through a randomized clinical trial
Parenting is a critical mediator of children's school readiness. In line with this theory of change, data from the randomized clinical trial of Smart Beginnings (tiered Video Interaction Project and Family Check-Up; N = 403, treatment arm n = 201) were used to examine treatment impacts on early language and literacy skills at child age 4 years (nLatinx = 168, nBlack = 198, nMale = 203), as well as indirect impacts through parental support of cogn…
Parenting styles from infancy to toddlerhood in Black/African American and Latina mothers with low incomes
Tiered universal and targeted early childhood interventions
Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding
This study evaluated the collateral, or unanticipated, impacts of Smart Beginnings (SB), a two-site, tiered intervention designed to promote responsive parenting and school readiness, on breastfeeding intensity in a low-income sample. Impact analyses for the SB intervention were conducted using an intent-to-treat design leveraging a two-arm random assignment structure. Mothers assigned to the SB intervention group were more than three times more …
Play in Mexican‐American mothers and toddlers is frequent, multimodal, and rich in symbolic content
Play offers rich opportunities for toddlers to develop motor, social, cognitive, and language skills, particularly during interactions with adult caregivers who may scaffold toddlers to higher levels of play than toddlers achieve on their own. However, research on play has narrowly focused on children from White, middle‐income backgrounds, leaving a dearth of knowledge about dyadic play in diverse cultural communities. We videorecorded 222 Mexica…
RCT of a reading aloud intervention in Brazil
Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families
The authors examined children's access to books in 153 four‐year‐olds from low‐income, U.S. ethnic‐minority families. Mothers reported on the number of books available to their children and the variety of books their children had, such as concept books about letters, numbers, and shapes and narrative books about cultural beliefs and relationships. Mothers also reported on the frequency of mother–child book‐sharing interactions. The authors coded …
Beyond language
This study examined the interrelated and longitudinal impacts of parent-child shared book reading, parenting stress, and early relational health, as measured by both parental warmth and parent sensitivity, from infancy to toddlerhood. To extend findings from previous studies of collateral effects that have been conducted in parenting interventions, we examined parenting behaviors in a broader context to determine whether shared book reading would…
Encouraging parent–child book sharing
Additive effects of household food insecurity during pregnancy and infancy on maternal infant feeding styles and practices
Perception of Child Weight and Feeding Styles in Parents of Chinese-American Preschoolers
Improving Knowledge about Children’s Environmental Health in Northwest China
The main purpose of this study was to identify policy maker opinions and attitudes towards children's environmental health (CEH), potential barriers to child-specific protective legislation and implementation in northwest China, and evaluate knowledge and attitudes about CEH before and after an educational conference. We conducted seventy-two interviews with regional officials, researchers and non-governmental organization representatives from fi…
Screening for Sustained Social Withdrawal Behaviors in Six‐month‐old Infants During Pediatric Primary Care Visits
To examine relations between infant social withdrawal behavior and maternal major depression (MDD), 155 mother–infant dyads were evaluated at the 6‐month primary care visit. Maternal depression was determined based on a psychiatric interview. Infant social withdrawal behavior was assessed with the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB; A. Guedeney & J. Fermanian, 2001) based on videotaped mother–infant interactions. Of the sample, 18.7% of mothers were…
Training Physician Investigators in Medicine and Public Health Research
Objectives. We have described and evaluated the impact of a unique fellowship program designed to train postdoctoral, physician fellows in research at the interface of medicine and public health. Methods. We developed a rigorous curriculum in public health content and research methods and fostered linkages with research mentors and local public health agencies. Didactic training provided the foundation for fellows’ mentored research initiatives, …
Additive effects of household food insecurity during pregnancy and infancy on maternal infant feeding styles and practices
Beyond language
This study examined the interrelated and longitudinal impacts of parent-child shared book reading, parenting stress, and early relational health, as measured by both parental warmth and parent sensitivity, from infancy to toddlerhood. To extend findings from previous studies of collateral effects that have been conducted in parenting interventions, we examined parenting behaviors in a broader context to determine whether shared book reading would…
Encouraging parent–child book sharing
RCT of a reading aloud intervention in Brazil
Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families
The authors examined children's access to books in 153 four‐year‐olds from low‐income, U.S. ethnic‐minority families. Mothers reported on the number of books available to their children and the variety of books their children had, such as concept books about letters, numbers, and shapes and narrative books about cultural beliefs and relationships. Mothers also reported on the frequency of mother–child book‐sharing interactions. The authors coded …
Tiered universal and targeted early childhood interventions
Training Physician Investigators in Medicine and Public Health Research
Objectives. We have described and evaluated the impact of a unique fellowship program designed to train postdoctoral, physician fellows in research at the interface of medicine and public health. Methods. We developed a rigorous curriculum in public health content and research methods and fostered linkages with research mentors and local public health agencies. Didactic training provided the foundation for fellows’ mentored research initiatives, …
Screening for Sustained Social Withdrawal Behaviors in Six‐month‐old Infants During Pediatric Primary Care Visits
To examine relations between infant social withdrawal behavior and maternal major depression (MDD), 155 mother–infant dyads were evaluated at the 6‐month primary care visit. Maternal depression was determined based on a psychiatric interview. Infant social withdrawal behavior was assessed with the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB; A. Guedeney & J. Fermanian, 2001) based on videotaped mother–infant interactions. Of the sample, 18.7% of mothers were…
Training Physician Investigators in Medicine and Public Health Research
Objectives. We have described and evaluated the impact of a unique fellowship program designed to train postdoctoral, physician fellows in research at the interface of medicine and public health. Methods. We developed a rigorous curriculum in public health content and research methods and fostered linkages with research mentors and local public health agencies. Didactic training provided the foundation for fellows’ mentored research initiatives, …
Screening for Sustained Social Withdrawal Behaviors in Six‐month‐old Infants During Pediatric Primary Care Visits
To examine relations between infant social withdrawal behavior and maternal major depression (MDD), 155 mother–infant dyads were evaluated at the 6‐month primary care visit. Maternal depression was determined based on a psychiatric interview. Infant social withdrawal behavior was assessed with the Alarm Distress Baby Scale (ADBB; A. Guedeney & J. Fermanian, 2001) based on videotaped mother–infant interactions. Of the sample, 18.7% of mothers were…
Improving Knowledge about Children’s Environmental Health in Northwest China
The main purpose of this study was to identify policy maker opinions and attitudes towards children's environmental health (CEH), potential barriers to child-specific protective legislation and implementation in northwest China, and evaluate knowledge and attitudes about CEH before and after an educational conference. We conducted seventy-two interviews with regional officials, researchers and non-governmental organization representatives from fi…
Perception of Child Weight and Feeding Styles in Parents of Chinese-American Preschoolers
Encouraging parent–child book sharing
Additive effects of household food insecurity during pregnancy and infancy on maternal infant feeding styles and practices
Play in Mexican‐American mothers and toddlers is frequent, multimodal, and rich in symbolic content
Play offers rich opportunities for toddlers to develop motor, social, cognitive, and language skills, particularly during interactions with adult caregivers who may scaffold toddlers to higher levels of play than toddlers achieve on their own. However, research on play has narrowly focused on children from White, middle‐income backgrounds, leaving a dearth of knowledge about dyadic play in diverse cultural communities. We videorecorded 222 Mexica…
RCT of a reading aloud intervention in Brazil
Children's Literacy Experiences in Low‐Income Families
The authors examined children's access to books in 153 four‐year‐olds from low‐income, U.S. ethnic‐minority families. Mothers reported on the number of books available to their children and the variety of books their children had, such as concept books about letters, numbers, and shapes and narrative books about cultural beliefs and relationships. Mothers also reported on the frequency of mother–child book‐sharing interactions. The authors coded …
Beyond language
This study examined the interrelated and longitudinal impacts of parent-child shared book reading, parenting stress, and early relational health, as measured by both parental warmth and parent sensitivity, from infancy to toddlerhood. To extend findings from previous studies of collateral effects that have been conducted in parenting interventions, we examined parenting behaviors in a broader context to determine whether shared book reading would…
Collateral benefits from a school‐readiness intervention on breastfeeding
This study evaluated the collateral, or unanticipated, impacts of Smart Beginnings (SB), a two-site, tiered intervention designed to promote responsive parenting and school readiness, on breastfeeding intensity in a low-income sample. Impact analyses for the SB intervention were conducted using an intent-to-treat design leveraging a two-arm random assignment structure. Mothers assigned to the SB intervention group were more than three times more …
Tiered universal and targeted early childhood interventions
An exploration of the domain specificity of maternal sensitivity among a diverse sample in the infancy period
Maternal sensitivity during an observed mother–child clean-up task at 18 months and maternal sensitivity during an observed mother–child free-play task at 18 months were tested as independent predictors of child internalizing symptoms, externalizing symptoms, social competence, and language development at 24 months. Participants (n = 292 mothers) were recruited between 2015 and 2017, and were low-income (mean annual income = $19,136) and racially…
Enhancing early language and literacy skills for racial/ethnic minority children with low incomes through a randomized clinical trial
Parenting is a critical mediator of children's school readiness. In line with this theory of change, data from the randomized clinical trial of Smart Beginnings (tiered Video Interaction Project and Family Check-Up; N = 403, treatment arm n = 201) were used to examine treatment impacts on early language and literacy skills at child age 4 years (nLatinx = 168, nBlack = 198, nMale = 203), as well as indirect impacts through parental support of cogn…
Parenting styles from infancy to toddlerhood in Black/African American and Latina mothers with low incomes
The Voice Unheard
BACKGROUND: Eleven years have passed since the 2014 Flint water crisis (FWC), yet many voices still go unheard. There is limited evidence of the impact of the FWC on maternal health. This paper used a cross-sectional study design to survey 152 women enrolled in the Supporting Parents and Raising Resilient Kids (SPARRK) study in Flint, Michigan to examine racial differences in women's perceptions of their overall health pre- and post-FWC, perceive…
Smart beginnings predicts reduced externalizing behavior via parental negative demeanor during discipline
Spatial analysis of synthetic clusters of risk and resilience in the wake of the Flint water crisis
Natural and anthropogenic disasters often have greater impact on marginalized communities because of structural disinvestment and racism. Impacts may not be uniform across communities; it is important to identify characteristics related to individual- and neighborhood-level resilience in the context of disaster. The Flint Water Crisis (FWC), given its varying, widespread impacts, provides an opportunity to examine these characteristics. Using Spe…
Growth in Early Mother–Child Dyadic Qualities and Relations to Preschool Problem Behavior
The importance of the parent–child relationship during early childhood (i.e., 0–5 years) on children's socioemotional functioning has been extensively documented in the literature. However, limited work has examined the degree to which dyadic features of the parent–child relationship changes over the course of early childhood and whether growth in these features relate to children's functioning. The present study aimed to address this limitation …
Supporting Early Social‐Emotional Competencies Through Reading and Play
Social‐emotional competence is critical to children's social and school success, prompting interest in understanding factors that promote these skills prior to elementary‐school. Cognitive stimulation (e.g., reading, playing) is related to preschool children's social outcomes; However, few studies have examined these associations earlier, or determined whether interventions that encourage cognitive stimulation may enhance children's early social‐…
Economic hardships during Covid-19 and maternal mental health
How Covid-19 Affected Parenting in a Multi-City Sample With Low Incomes
We combined data from five cohorts of mothers of young children across three cities to understand how COVID-19 affected parenting among predominantly Black and Latine families with low incomes. We examined whether mothers reported that their parenting got worse, got better, or stayed the same; drew on a qualitative substudy to identify themes describing parenting experiences; and used quantitative data to identify psychosocial characteristics ass…
Psychology (18 obras) · Medicine (13 obras) · Developmental psychology (11 obras) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 obras) · Early Childhood Education and Development (7 obras) · Psychological intervention (7 obras) · Environmental health (6 obras) · Nursing (6 obras) · Geography (5 obras) · Literacy (5 obras)