Publications:STAR

(* = trainee authors)

2022

*Rathore M., *Armstrong-Carter E., Siyal, S., Yousafzai A., & Obradović, J. (2022). Pakistani preschoolers’ number of older siblings and cognitive skills: Moderations by home stimulation and gender. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/fam0001018

Obradović, J., *Finch, J. E., *Connolly. C., Siyal, S. & Yousafzai, A. (2022). The unique relevance of executive functions and self-regulation behaviors for understanding early childhood experiences and preschoolers’ outcomes in rural Pakistan. Developmental Science, 25(6), e13271 doi:10.1111/desc.13271

2021

*Armstrong-Carter, E., *Sulik, M. J., Siyal, S., Yousafzai, A., Obradović, J. (2021). Early and concurrent home stimulation: Unique and indirect links with fine motor skills among four-year-old children in rural Pakistan. Developmental Psychology, 57, 888–899. doi:10.1037/dev0001185

Hasan, Z. H., Shaheen, F., Rizvi, A., Obradović, J., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2021). Evaluating motor performance with the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency in impoverished Pakistani children. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 71, 1556–1560. doi:10.47391/JPMA.1111

2020

*Armstrong-Carter, E., *Finch, J. E., Siyal, S., Yousafazai, A., & Obradović, J. (2020). Biological sensitivity to context in Pakistani preschoolers: Hair cortisol and family wealth are interactively associated with girls' cognitive skills. Developmental Psychobiology, 62, 1046–1061. doi:10.1002/dev.21981

Rasheed, M. A., Siyal, S., Arshad, A., Farid, A. A., Obradović, J., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2020). Socio-cultural factors influencing preschool enrolment in a rural cohort exposed to early parenting interventions in Pakistan: A qualitative study. Improving Schools. doi:10.1177/1365480220934907

2019

Obradović, J. & Willoughby, M. (2019). Studying executive function skills in young children in low-and-middle-income countries: Current progress and future directions. Child Development Perspectives, 13, 227–234. doi:10.1111/cdep.12349

Obradović, J., *Finch, J.E., *Portilla, X. A., Rasheed, M., *Tirado-Stayer, N., & Yousafzai, A.K. (2019). Early executive functioning in a global context: Developmental continuity and family protective factors. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12795. doi:10.1111/desc.12795

Jensen, S. K. G., Obradović, J., & Nelson, C. A. (2019). Introduction to special issue on global child development studies. Developmental Science, 22(5), e12888. doi:10.1111/desc.12888

Jeong, J., Obradović, J., Rasheed, M., McCoy, D. C., Fink, G.. & Yousafzai, A. (2019). Maternal and paternal stimulation: Mechanisms underlying the effects of an early parenting intervention on preschoolers’ cognitive and socioemotional development in Pakistan. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 60, 105–118. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2018.12.001.

2018

*Finch, J.E., Yousafzai, A., Rasheed, M., & Obradović, J. (2018). Measuring and understanding social-emotional behaviors in preschoolers from rural Pakistan. PLOS ONE. 13(11): e0207807 
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0207807

2017

Obradović, J., *Portilla, X. A., *Tirado-Strayer, N., Rasheed, M. A., Siyal, S., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2017). Maternal scaffolding in a disadvantaged global context: The role of maternal cognitive capacities. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 139–149. doi:10.1037/fam0000279

Tarullo, A. R., Obradović, J., Keehn, B., Rasheed, M. A., Nelson, C. A., & Yousafzai, A. K. (2017). Gamma power in rural Pakistani children: Links to executive function and verbal ability. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 26, 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.dcn.2017.03.007

Brown, N., *Finch, J. E., Obradović, J. & Yousafzai, A. K. (2017). Maternal care mediates the effects of nutrition and responsive stimulation interventions on young children’s growth. Child: Care, Health & Development. 1–11. doi:10.1111/cch.12466

Rasheed, M. A., Pham, S., Memon, U., Siyal, S., Obradović, J. & Yousafzai, A. K. (2017). Adaptation of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-III and lessons learned for evaluating intelligence in a low income setting. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology. 1–11. doi:10.1080/21683603.2017.1302851

2016

Obradović, J., Yousafzai, A.K., *Finch, J. E., & Rasheed, M. (2016). Maternal scaffolding and home stimulation as key mediators of early intervention effects on children’s cognitive development. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1409–1421. doi:10.1037/dev0000182

Yousafzai, A.K., Obradović, J., Rasheed. M.A., Rizvi, A., Siyal, S., *Portilla, X., *Tirado-Strayer, N., S., Siyal, S., & Hasan-Habib, Z. (2016). The effects of responsive stimulation and nutrition interventions on children’s development and growth at 4 years in a disadvantaged population in Pakistan: Longitudinal follow-up of a cluster-randomised factorial effectiveness trial. The Lancet Global Health, 4(8), e548-e558. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30100-0