Marion O'Brien, Ph.D.
Selected Recent Publications
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
Nelson, J., & O’Brien, M. (in press). Does an unplanned pregnancy have long-term implications for mother-child relationships? Family Issues
O’Brien, M., Weaver, J.M., Nelson, J.A., Calkins, S.D., Leerkes, E.M., & Marcovitch, S. (in press). Longitudinal associations between children’s understanding of emotions and theory of mind. Cognition & Emotion
Leerkes, E.M., Blankson, A.N., O’Brien, M ., Calkins, S.D., & Marcovitch, S. (in press). The relation of maternal emotional and cognitive support to pre-academic skills in preschoolers. Infant and Child Development
Blankson, A.N., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E.M., Marcovitch, S., & Calkins, S.D. (in press). Shyness and vocabulary: The role of executive functioning and home environmental stimulation. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly
Marcovitch, S., Leigh, J., Calkins, S.D., O’Brien, M., Leerkes, E.M., & Blankson, A.N. (2010). Moderate vagal withdrawal in 3.5-year-old children associated with optimal performance on executive function tasks. Developmental Psychobiology, 52, 603-608.
Blandon, A.Y., Calkins, S.D., Grimm, K.J., Keane, S.P., & O’Brien, M. (2010). Testing a developmental cascade model of emotional and social competence and early peer acceptance. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 737-748.
Blandon, A.Y., Calkins, S.D., Keane, S.P., & O’Brien, M. (2010). Contributions of child’s physiology and maternal behavior to children’s trajectories of temperamental reactivity. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1089-1102.
Mokrova, I., O’Brien, M., Calkins. S.D., & Keane, S.P. (2010). Parental ADHD symptomology and ineffective parenting: The connecting link of home chaos. Parenting: Science and Practice, 10, 119-135.
Gillum, N., & O’Brien, M. (2010). Adoption satisfaction of Black adopted children. Children and Youth Services Review, 32, 1656-1663.
Nelson, J., O’Brien, M., Blankson, A.N., Calkins, S.D., & Keane, S.P. (2009). Family stress and parental responses to children’s negative emotions: Tests of the spillover, crossover, and compensatory hypotheses. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 671-679.
Leerkes, E.M., Blankson, A.N., & O’Brien, M. (2009). Differential effects of maternal sensitivity to infant distress and non-distress on social-emotional functioning. Child Development, 80, 762-775.
Hinnant, J.B., O’Brien, M., & Ghazarian, S. (2009). The longitudinal relations of teacher expectations to achievement in the early school years. Journal of Educational Psychology, 101, 662-670.
RECENT BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES
O’Brien, M., & Daggett, J. (2006). Beyond the autism diagnosis: A professional’s guide to helping families. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company.
Knoll, M., & O’Brien, M. (2001). Quick Quality Check for Infant and Toddler Programs. St. Paul, MN: Redleaf Press.
O’Brien, M. (1997). Inclusive child care for infants and toddlers: Meeting individual and special needs. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Bradley, R.H., Houts, R., Nader, P.R., O’Brien, M., Belsky, J., & Crosnoe, R. (2008). Adiposity and internalizing problems: Infancy to middle childhood. In H. D. Davies & H. E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Obesity in childhood and adolescence, Vol. 2, Understanding development and prevention (pp. 73-91). Westport, CT: Praeger Press.
Payne, C.C., & O’Brien, M. (2006). Literacy in early child care environments. In S. Rosenkoetter & J. Knapp-Philo (Eds.), Learning to read the world: Language and literacy in the first three years. Washington, D.C.: Zero to Three Press.
