Professor Dale Hay - BA Allegheny, PhD N.Carolina
Overview
Research Group:
Developmental Science
Location: Tower Building, Park Place
Email: HayDF@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone: +44(0)29 208 76503
Research Summary
I study social development in infancy and childhood, with special emphasis on the developmental origins of cooperation, conflict, interpersonal relationships and psychopathology. My work has drawn attention to infants’ early sharing and cooperation, and their abilities to interact harmoniously with parents and peers. I have also studied social learning processes and interpersonal conflict in infancy. I am a co-investigator on the South London Child Development Study, which has followed up a birth cohort of South London children from their mothers’ pregnancies to adolescence. My work has demonstrated prenatal and postnatal predictors of the children’s attention, IQ and proclivities to violence. I am currently leading the Cardiff Child Development Study (CCDS), a longitudinal study supported by the Medical Research Council. The aims of the CCDS, which brings together both threads of my research, are to chart normal social and emotional development in the first three years of life, with a special emphasis on the development of aggression and prosocial behaviour, and to identify biological, cognitive and social risk factors for children’s emotional and behavioural problems.
Teaching Summary
I teach lectures on developmental psychology to Level 2 students and research methods in developmental psychology to Level 3 students. In the past I have taught developmental psychology and research methods to psychology students, social science students, and trainee psychiatrists. I have co-authored a textbook in statistics (Everitt & Hay, 1992) and co-edited textbooks on social psychology (Fraser et al., 2000) and developmental psychopathology (Hay & Angold, 1993; Rutter & Hay, 1994). I am now working on a textbook on emotional development.
Selectes Publications (2008 onwards)
Hay, D.F., Mundy, L., Hudson, K. (in press). Different paths to aggression in girls and boys. In D. Pepler et al. (Eds.), Understanding aggression. Toronto: Mellen.
Hay, D.F., Hudson, K., & Liang, W. (in press). Links between preschool children’s prosocial skills and their psychological problems. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. (available online)
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Waters, C.S., Perra, O., Sharp, D. (2010). Mothers’ antenatal depression and their children’s antisocial outcomes. Child Development, 81, 149-165.
Rice, F., Harold, G.T., Boivin, J., van den Bree, M., Hay, D.F., Thapar, A. (2010). The links between prenatal stress and offspring development and psychopathology: Disentangling environmental and inherited influences. Psychological Medicine, 40, 335-345.
Rice, F., Harold, G.T., Boivin, J., Hay, D.F., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2009). Disentangling prenatal and inherited influences in humans with an experimental design. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 2464-2467. [pdf]
Thapar, A., Rice, F., Hay, D., Boivin, J., Langley, K., van den Bree, M., Rutter, M., Harold, G.T. (2009). Prenatal smoking may not cause ADHD: Evidence from a novel design. 8.672 Biological Psychiatry. 66, 722-727.
Hay, D.F. (2009). The roots and branches of human altruism: commentary. British Journal of Psychology.
Boivin, J., Rice, F., Hay, D.F., Harold, G., Lewis, A., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2009). Associations between maternal older age, family environment and parent and child wellbeing in families using assisted reproductive technologies to conceive. Social Science and Medicine, 69, 1948-1955. [pdf]
Pawlby, S., Hay, D.F., Waters, C.S., Sharp, D. (2009). Antenatal depression predicts depression in adolescent offspring: prospective longitudinal community-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113, 236-243. [pdf]
Shelton, K., Rice, F., Harold, G., Boivin, J., Hay, D., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2009). Examining differences in psychological adjustment problems among children conceived with different types of assisted reproductive technologies. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 33, 385-392.
Hay, D.F., Caplan, M., Nash, A. (2008). The beginnings of peer interaction. In K.H.Rubin, W. Bukowski, B. Laursen (Eds.), Handbook of peer relations. New York: Guilford.
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Waters, C.S., Sharp, D. (2008). Antepartum and post partum depression: Different effects on different adolescent outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [pdf]
Pawlby, S., Sharp, D., Hay, D.F., O’Keane, V. (2008). Postnatal depression and child outcome at 11 years: The importance of accurate diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 107, 241-245. [pdf]
Harold, G.T., Shelton, K.H., Rice, F., Boivin, J., Hay, D., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2008). Disentangling genetic and environmental influences on children’s development: Introducing a novel methodology. Acta Psychological Sinica, 40, 1124-1134 0 citations
Van Goozen, S.H.M., Hay, D.F. (2008). Antisocial behaviour. Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences.
Publications
Online Publications
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Full List of Publications
Forthcoming
Hay, D.F., Mundy, L., Hudson, K. (in press). Different paths to aggression in girls and boys. In D. Pepler et al. (Eds.), Understanding aggression. Toronto: Mellen.
Hay, D.F., Hudson, K., & Liang, W. (in press). Links between preschool children’s prosocial skills and their psychological problems. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. (available online)
2010
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Waters, C.S., Perra, O., Sharp, D. (2010). Mothers’ antenatal depression and their children’s antisocial outcomes. Child Development, 81, 149-165.
Rice, F., Harold, G.T., Boivin, J., van den Bree, M., Hay, D.F., Thapar, A. (2010). The links between prenatal stress and offspring development and psychopathology: Disentangling environmental and inherited influences. Psychological Medicine, 40, 335-345.
2009
Rice, F., Harold, G.T., Boivin, J., Hay, D.F., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2009). Disentangling prenatal and inherited influences in humans with an experimental design. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106, 2464-2467. [pdf]
Thapar, A., Rice, F., Hay, D., Boivin, J., Langley, K., van den Bree, M., Rutter, M., Harold, G.T. (2009). Prenatal smoking may not cause ADHD: Evidence from a novel design. 8.672 Biological Psychiatry. 66, 722-727.
Hay, D.F. (2009). The roots and branches of human altruism: commentary. British Journal of Psychology.
Boivin, J., Rice, F., Hay, D.F., Harold, G., Lewis, A., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2009). Associations between maternal older age, family environment and parent and child wellbeing in families using assisted reproductive technologies to conceive. Social Science and Medicine, 69, 1948-1955. [pdf]
Pawlby, S., Hay, D.F., Waters, C.S., Sharp, D. (2009). Antenatal depression predicts depression in adolescent offspring: prospective longitudinal community-based study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 113, 236-243. [pdf]
Shelton, K., Rice, F., Harold, G., Boivin, J., Hay, D., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2009). Examining differences in psychological adjustment problems among children conceived with different types of assisted reproductive technologies. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 33, 385-392.
2008
Hay, D.F., Caplan, M., Nash, A. (2008). The beginnings of peer interaction. In K.H.Rubin, W. Bukowski, B. Laursen (Eds.), Handbook of peer relations. New York: Guilford.
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Waters, C.S., Sharp, D. (2008). Antepartum and post partum depression: Different effects on different adolescent outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. [pdf]
Pawlby, S., Sharp, D., Hay, D.F., O’Keane, V. (2008). Postnatal depression and child outcome at 11 years: The importance of accurate diagnosis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 107, 241-245. [pdf]
Harold, G.T., Shelton, K.H., Rice, F., Boivin, J., Hay, D., van den Bree, M., Thapar, A. (2008). Disentangling genetic and environmental influences on children’s development: Introducing a novel methodology. Acta Psychological Sinica, 40, 1124-1134 0 citations
Van Goozen, S.H.M., Hay, D.F. (2008). Antisocial behaviour. Oxford Companion to Emotion and the Affective Sciences.
2007
Hay, D.F., Cook, K. V. (2007) The transformation of prosocial behavior from infancy to childhood. In C.A. Brownell C. B. Kopp (Eds.), Transitions in early socioemotional development: The toddler years. New York: Guilford.
Thapar, A., Harold, G., Rice, F., Ge, X., Boivin, J., Hay, D., van den Bree, M., Lewis, A. (2007). Do intrauterine or genetic influences explain foetal origins of chronic disease? A novel experimental method for disentangling effect. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 7:25. [pdf]
Hay, D.F. (2007). The gradual emergence of sex differences in aggression. Psychological Medicine, 37, 1527-1537. [pdf]
Rice, F, Lewis, A., Harold, G., van den Bree, M., Boivin, J., Hay, D.F., Owen, M.J., Thapar, A. (2007). Agreement between maternal report and antenatal records for a range of pre- and perinatal factors. Early Human Development, 497-504. [pdf]
2006
Ishikawa, F., Hay, D.F. (2006). Triadic interaction between newly acquainted two-year-olds. Social Development, 15, 145-168. [pdf]
Hay, D.F. (2006). ‘Yours and mine’: Toddlers’ talk about possession with familiar peers. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24, 39-52. [pdf]
2005
Goody, A., Rice, F., Boivin, J., Harold, G., Hay, D., Thapar, A. (2005). Twins born following fertility treatment: Implications for quantitative genetic studies. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 8, 337-345.
Hay, D.F. (2005). The beginnings of aggression in infancy. In R. Tremblay,W.W., Hartup, J. Archer (Eds), Developmental origins of aggression. New York: Guilford.
2004
Hay, D.F. (2004). Peer relations in early childhood. . In R.E. Tremblay (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development. Montreal: Centre of Excellence on Early Childhood Development. Available online, in French and English, at http://www.excellence-jeunes enfants.ca.
Burt, K., Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Harold, G., Sharp, D. (2004). The prediction of disruptive behaviour in an urban community sample: The contribution of person-centred analyses. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 1159-1170.
Demetriou, H., Hay, D.F. (2004). Toddlers’ reactions to the distress of familiar peers: The importance of context. Infancy, 6, 299-318.
Hay, D.F., Payne, A.J., Chadwick, A.J. (2004). Peer relations. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45, 84-108. [pdf]
2003
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S. (2003). Prosocial development in relation to children’s and mother’s psychological problems. Child Development, 74, 1314-1327. [pdf]
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S, Angold, A, Harold, G.T., Sharp, D. (2003) Pathways to violence in the children of depressed mothers. Developmental Psychology, 39, 1083-1094. [pdf]
Thapar, A., Fowler, T., Rice, F., Scourfield, J., van den Bree, M., Thomas, H., Harold, G., Hay, D.F. (2003). Maternal smoking in pregnancy and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in offspring. American Journal of Psychiatry, 160, 1985-1989.
Nash, A., Hay, D.F. (2003). Social relations in infancy: Origins and evidence. Human Development, 46, 222-232.
Hay, D.F. (2003). Aggression as an outcome of early childhood development:Comments on Tremblay, Keenan, and Ishikawa and Raine. In R.E. Tremblay (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Development. Montreal: Centre of Excellence on Early Childhood Development. Available online, in French and English.
2002
Hay, D.F., Nash, A. (2002) Social development in different family arrangements. In P. Smith and C. Hart (Eds.), Handbook of childhood social development. Oxford: Blackwell.
Hay, D.F. (2002) Development in infancy and early childhood. Psychiatry, 1, 1-3. (Second edition, 2005).
Harold, G.T., Hay, D.F. (2002). Normal development in middle childhood. Psychiatry, 1, 4-6. (Second edition, 2005).
2001
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Sharp, D., Asten, P., Mills, A., Kumar, R. (2001). Intellectual problems shown by 11-year-old children whose mothers had postnatal depression. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42, 871-889.
Fraser, C., Burchell, B., Hay, D.F., Duveen, G. Eds. (2001). Introducing social psychology. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Hay, D.F. (2001) Social development. In C. Fraser et al., (Eds.), Social psychology. Cambridge: Polity.
2000
Hay, D.F., Castle, J., Davies, L. (2000). Toddlers’ use of force against familiar peers: A precursor to serious aggression? Child Development, 71, 457-467.
1999
Hay, D.F., Castle, J, Davies, L, Demetriou, H, Stimson, C. (1999). Prosocial action in very early childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 905-916.
Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Sharp, D., Schmücker, G., Kumar, R. (1999). Parents’ judgements about young children’s problems: Why mothers and fathers might disagree yet still predict later outcomes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40, 1249-1258.
1998
Hay, D.F., Vespo, JE, Zahn-Waxler, C. (1998) Young children’s conflicts with their siblings and mothers: Links with maternal depression and bipolar illness. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 16, 519-538.
Hay, D.F., Demetriou, H. (1998) The developmental origins of social understanding. In A. Campbell and S. Muncer (Eds.), The social child. Hove: Psychology Press. Pp. 219-248.
1997
Hay, D.F. (1997) Postpartum depression and cognitive development. In L. Murray and P.J. Cooper (Eds.), Postpartum depression and child development. New York: Guilford.
Reddy, V., Hay, D.F., Murray, L., Trevarthen, C. (1997) Communication in infancy: Mutual regulation of affect and attention. In G. Bremner, A. Slater, G. Butterworth (Eds.), Infant development: Recent advances. Hove: Psychology Press.
Loeber, R., Hay, D.F. (1997) Key issues in the development of aggression and violence from childhood to early adulthood. Annual Review of Psychology, 48, 371-410.
Stimson, C. A., Castle, J., Hay, D. F. (1997) Mothers' construction of their toddlers' personalities. Child Study Journal, 27, 21-39.
1995
Hay, D. F., Castle, J., Stimson, C. A., Davies, L. (1995) The social construction of character in toddlerhood. In M. Killen and D. Hart (Eds.), Morality in everyday life. Cambridge: CUP
Hay, D. F., Kumar, R. (1995) Interpreting the effects of mother's postnatal depression on children's intelligence: A critique and re-analysis. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 25, 165-181.
Sharp, D., Hay, D.F., Pawlby, S., Schmücker, G., Allen, H., Kumar, R. (1995) The impact of postnatal depression on boys’ intellectual development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 36, 1315-1336.
Vespo, J.E., Pedersen, J., Hay, D.F. (1995) Young children’s conflicts with peers and siblings: Gender effects. Child Study Journal, 25, 189-212.
1994
Hay, D. F. (1994). Prosocial development. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 35, 29-71
Rutter, M. L., Hay, D. F., Eds. (1994) Development through life: A handbook for clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
Hay, D. F., Castle, J., Jewett, J. (1994) Character development. In M. Rutter and D. Hay (Eds) Development through life: A handbook for clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
Loeber, R., Hay, D.F. (1994) Developmental approaches to aggression and conduct problems. In M. Rutter and D.F. Hay (Eds), Development through life: A handbook for clinicians. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
1993
Hay, D. F., Angold, A., Eds. (1993) Precursors and causes of development and psychopathology. Chichester: Wiley.
Nash, A., Hay, D. F. (1993) Relationships in infancy as precursors and causes of development and psychopathology. In D. F. Hay and A. Angold (Eds.), Precursors and causes in development and psychopathology. Chichester: Wiley.
1992
Hay, D. F., Zahn-Waxler, C., Cummings, E. M., Iannotti, R. J. (1992). Young children's views about conflict with peers: A comparison of the daughters and sons of depressed and well women. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 33, 669-683.
Everitt, B. S., Hay, D.F. (1992) Talking about statistics: A psychologist’s guide to design and analysis. London: Arnold. (Published in the Americas by Wiley).
1991
Caplan, M., Vespo, J.E., Pedersen, J., Hay, D.F. (1991). Conflict over resources in small groups of one- and two-year-olds. Child Development, 62, 1513-1524.
Hay, D. F., Caplan, M., Castle, J., Stimson, C. A. (1991). Does sharing become increasingly "rational" in the second year of life? Developmental Psychology, 27, 987-993.
Hay, D. F., Stimson, C. A., Castle, J. (1991) Imitation and desire: A meeting of minds in infancy. In D. Frye and C. Moore (Eds.), Children's theories of mind. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
1990
Hay, D. F. (1990) Self-interest and humanity: Some reactions to Dunn's The beginnings of social understanding. Developmental Review, 10, 311-316.
1989
Hay, D. F., Lockwood, R. (1989). Girls' and boys' success and strategies on a computer-generated hunting task. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 7, 17-27.
Caplan, M., Hay, D. F. (1989). Preschoolers' responses to their classmates' distress and their understanding of bystander intervention. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 30, 231-242.
Hay, D. F. (1989) Studying the impact of ordinary life: A developmental model, research plan, and words of caution. In M. L. Rutter (Ed.), Risk and protective factors in psychosocial development. London: Cambridge University Press.
1988
Birns, B., Hay, D.F., Eds. (1988). The different faces of motherhood. New York: Plenum.
Hay, D. F., Vespo, J. E. (1988) Social learning perspectives on the mother-child relationship. In B. Birns and D. F. Hay (Eds.), The different faces of motherhood. New York: Plenum Press.
Hay, D. F. (1988) (Section Editor) Relationships and development. In S. Duck (Ed.), Handbook of personal relationships. Chichester: Wiley.
1986
Hay, D. F. (1986). Infancy. Annual Review of Psychology, 37, 135-161.
Hay, D. F. (1986) Learning to be social: Some comments on Schaffer's The child's entry into a social world. Developmental Review, 6, 107-114.
1985
Waters, E., Hay, D. F., Richters, J. E. III. (1985) Infant-parent attachment and the development of prosocial and antisocial behavior. In D. Olweus, J. Block, and M. Radke-Yarrow (Eds.), The development of prosocial and antisocial behavior. San Diego: Academic Press.
Hay, D. F., Murray, P., Cecire, S., Nash, A. (1985) Social learning of social behavior in infancy. Child Development, 56, 43-57.
Hay, D. F. (1985) Forming relationships in early life: Parallel attainments with parents and peers. Developmental Review, 5, 122-161.
1984
Hay, D. F. (1984) The evolution of ethological attachment theory: Commentary on Lamb et al. Behavioral and Brain Sciences,7, 155-156.
Hay, D. F. (1984) Social conflict in early childhood. In G. J. Whitehurst (Ed.), Annals of child development, Vol. 1. Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI.
1983
Hay, D. F., Rheingold, H. L. (1983). The early appearance of some valued social behaviors. In D. L. Bridgeman (Ed.),The nature of prosocial development: Interdisciplinary theories and strategies. New York: Academic Press.
Ross, H. S., Borwick, D. M., Goldman, B. D., Hay, D. F. (1983) Toddlers' interactions with agemates: Review of Bronson's monograph. Developmental Psychobiology, 16, 557-562.
Hay, D. F., Nash, A., Pedersen, J. (1983) Interaction between six-month-old peers. Child Development, 54, 557-582.
1982
Hay, D. F., Murray, P. (1982) Giving and requesting: Social facilitation of infants' offers to adults. Infant Behavior and Development, 5, 301-310.
Hay, D. F., Ross, H. S. (1982) The social nature of early conflict. Child Development, 53, 105-113.
Hay, D. F., Pedersen, J., Nash, A. (1982). Dyadic interaction in the first year of life. In K. Rubin and H. S. Ross (Eds.),Peer relationships and social skills in childhood. New York: Springer-Verlag.
1981
Hay, D. F., Nash, A., Pedersen, J. (1981). Responses of six-month-olds to the distress of their peers. Child Development, 52, 1071-1075.
1980
Hay, D. F. (1980). Multiple functions of proximity-seeking in infancy. Child Development, 51, 636-645. (Reprinted in S.Chess and A.Thomas (Eds.), Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and Child Development. New York: Brunner/Mazel.)
1979
Hay, D. F. (1979) Cooperative interactions and sharing between very young children and their parents. Developmental Psychology, 15, 647-655.
Ross, H. S. Goldman, B. D., Hay, D. F. (1979). Social games in infancy. In B. Sutton-Smith (Ed.), Play and Learning. New York: Gardner Press.
1978
Rheingold, H. L., Hay, D. F. (1978). Prosocial behavior of the very young. In G. Stent (Ed.), Morality as a biological phenomenon. Berlin: Dahlem Konferenzen. (Entire volume reprinted by the University of California Press, Berkeley, 1980).
1977
Hay, D F. (1977) Following their companions as a form of exploration for human infants. Child Development, 48, 1624-1632.
1976
Rheingold, H. L., Hay, D. F., West, M. J. (1976). Sharing in the second year of life. Child Development, 47, 1148-1158.
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Research
Research Topics and Related Papers
The work on my laboratory focuses on the early developmental origins of social behaviour, with a particular focus on early peer interaction. We have documented that infants are capable of nonverbal interaction with their peers from 6 months onward.
Several themes are highlighted in my current research on early development and the impact of prenatal and postnatal experiences on children’s risk for later emotional and behavioural problems. These include:
Prenatal and postnatal experiences may have different experiences on different domains of development
Our longitudinal analyses of the South London Child Development Study (SLCDS) have followed up a random sample of children who were born in two of the most disadvantaged communities in the UK. The SLCDS was one of the first studies to assess mothers’ mental health in pregnancy as well as in the months post partum. Maternal depression in pregnancy predicts behavioural problems: adolescents whose mothers were depressed in pregnancy are four times as likely as other teenagers to show violent conduct symptoms and/or engage in violent crime (Hay, Pawlby, Waters, Perra, & Sharp, 2010). In contrast, post partum depression is associated in our study, and in others, with cognitive outcomes. Adolescents whose mothers were depressed at 3 months post partum had significantly lower IQ scores at age 16, even when controlling for mothers’ and fathers’ IQ and many other potential confounds (Hay, Pawlby, Waters, & Sharp, 2008). I propose that prenatal experiences associated with the mother’s mental state influence stress reactivity and self-regulatory systems developing before birth, whereas postnatal experiences influence learning, memory and representation. This hypothesis is now being tested in our new Cardiff Child Development Study (CCDS).
Prosocial skills are impaired in children with behavioural problems, but children with emotional problems may be prosocial
Our studies have shown that early sharing, cooperation, and sensitivity to other people’s distress are almost universally shown in infancy (although these behaviours are not characteristic of children with autism spectrum disorder and related developmental problems). Individual differences emerge in the preschool years, with some children becoming far less prosocial. Analyses of the South London data set (Hay & Pawlby, 2003) and recent analyses of a study of preschool-aged children in Cardiff (the Starting School Study; Hay, Hudson, & Liang, in press) have shown that prosocial behaviour is negatively associated with behavioural problems. In particular, children with symptoms of ADHD are markedly less prosocial than other children, even when controlling for their level of aggression and other conduct problems. In contrast, in these samples, there is no association between prosocial behaviour and emotional problems, and some emotionally troubled children are highly prosocial.
Precursors to aggressiveness can be detected in the first year of life
Although many people think that all infants are naturally aggressive, this is not true. Our observational studies of infants between 6 and 36 months of age have shown that many, though not all infants, try to tug away toys from their peers, but hitting, kicking, and biting are very infrequent, and shown by a minority of infants (e.g., Hay, Castle, & Davies, 2000). In our new longitudinal study in Cardiff (CCDS), our observations of infants in simulated birthday parties and their parents’ reports confirm this finding. Only a minority of infants show precursors to aggressiveness, and these tendencies are stable over time (Hay et al., under review), and are associated with known risk factors for physical aggression.
Funding
Extension of the Cardiff Child Development Study (£98.500). Medical Research Council.
Research Group
The Cardiff Child Development Study Team:
Cerian Farmahan (Project Administrator)
Rebecca Phillips, Ph.D. student
Erika Baker, Ph.D. student
Victoria Beamish, Ph.D. student
Rhiannon Fyfield, Ph.D. student (beginning October 2010)
Raffaella Carta, researcher and video technician
Cerith Waters, Clinical Psychology Trainee
Research Collaborators
Stephanie van Goozen, Cardiff University
Susan Leekam, Cardiff University
Anita Thapar, Cardiff University
Gordon Harold, University of Otago, New Zealand
Ian Goodyer, University of Cambridge
Oliver Perra, Queen's University, Belfast
Susan Pawlby, Intsitute of Psychiatry
Deborah Sharp, University of Bristol
Andrew Pickles, University of Manchester
Jonathan Hill, University of Manchester
Helen Sharp, University of Liverpool
Emily Simonoff, Institute of Psychiatry
Tony Charman, Institute of Education
Carol Dezateux, Institute of Child Health (and other members of the 2012 leadership team)
Postgraduate Students
Postgraduate Research Interests
I study social development in infancy and childhood, with special emphasis on cooperation, conflict, interpersonal relationships and the development of psychopathology. I am currently leading a multidisciplinary team in a 5-year study designed to study the developmental origins of violence. Study areas include: the development of irritability, maternal anger and infant anger, the development of fear, fathers’ contributions to their infants’ development and the normative rise and fall in repetitive behaviours.
If you are interested in applying for a PhD, or for further information regarding my postgraduate research, please contact me directly (contact details available on the 'Overview' page), or submit a formal application here.
Current Students
Erika Baker (supported by the School of Psychology; S van Goozen, primary supervisor)
Victoria Beamish (supported by WORD)
Rhiannon Fyfield (GTA supported by the School of Psychology)
Rebecca Phillips (supported by the School of Psychology)
Previous Students
Sheila Pohly, 1979. The development of object and person permanence as a correlate of dimensions of maternal care. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Ronald J. Siegel, 1982. Effects of preschool intervention, socioeconomic status, and acquisition of perceptual skills on subsequent verbal test performance: Longitudinal analyses. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Rosemary Krawczyk, 1984. Friendships in a toddler preschool. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Jo Ellen Vespo, 1985. Children's relationships with friends and acquaintances in preschool classes. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Marlene Caplan, 1986. The role of aggression in preschoolers' conflicts with their peers. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Alison Nash, 1986. Infants’ social competence with their mothers and peers. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Jan Pedersen, 1986. Young girls' and boys' conflicts with their preschool peers. State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Gerard McCarthy, 1991. Attachment relationships in the preschool years. University of London.
Lisa Davies, 1996. Negotiating the life event of starting school. University of London.
Gesine Schmücker, 1997. Family influences on mothers’ and their children’s affect. University of London.
Karen John, 1997. Adaptive social functioning of children and adolescents: A cross-national study. University of London.
Helen Demetriou, 1998. Young children’s reactions to the distress of their peers. University of London.
Stacey Lee, 1999. Sex differences in depressive symptoms across adolescence.University of Cambridge.
Fumiko Ishikawa, 2003. Dyadic and triadic interaction between newly acquainted two-year-olds. University of Cambridge.
Cerith Spooner Waters, 2008. Young motherhood, maternal psychopathology and children’s cognitive, behavioural and emotional development. Cardiff University.
Biography
Undergraduate Education
In 1971 I graduated with a B.A., magna cum laude, from Allegheny College, in Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA, where I attained a liberal arts degree with a distinction in psychology. I was elected to the academic honorary society Phi Beta Kappa and awarded the Eugene and Mary Cease Psychology Award and the Louise Jordan Prize.I presented the findings from my undergraduate research to conferences sponsored by the Sigma Xi Society and to the Ohio Academy of Science.
Postgraduate Education
In 1976 I received a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I had been supported by a U.S. Public Health Traineeship and an NICHD research assistantship. My Ph.D. thesis was entitled ‘Following their companions as a form of exploration for human infants,’ supervised by Harriet Rheingold.
Awards/External Committees
Foundation for Child Development Young Scholar in Social and Affective Development, 1982
Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, 1993 to 2000
Personal Readership in Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge, 1999-2000
I have been Chair of the Developmental Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society
I am Editor of Social Development.
I have been External Examiner for Keele University and the University of Cambridge.
Employment
I have worked in psychology, psychiatry, and social science departments, in three countries.
2000 to present: Established Chair in Social Psychology, Cardiff University
1993 to 2000: University Lecturer, promoted to Reader, Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge
1987 to 1993: MRC Scientist, MRC Unit on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
1985 to 1987: New Blood Lectureship in Developmental Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London
1976 to 1985: Assistant Professor, promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
1975 to 1976: Lecturer, promoted to Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Canada