Publications

Title says: "Paternal Activation as a Protective Factor Against Problem Behaviors in Early Childhood." Left side says: "ACTIVATION PARENTING (AP): When parents challenge children to approach new situations, explore their environments, take risks, through a balance of encouragement and limit-setting." Text on right-side reads: "171 father-child dyads with low incomes in 3 US cities. Observed AP @ age 3. Behavior problems @ ages 2 & 5. AP during a teaching task (but not clean-up) was associated with lower internalizing problems & bigger decreases in externalizing problems." Bottom right reads "Feldman et al. (2024), RCAP."
Slide with title “Compensatory Effects of Maternal and Paternal Supportive Parenting in Early Childhood on Children’s School-Age Adjustment”. Picture of parents and child with text “455 families in Norway”. Picture of video camera with text “Supportive parenting @ 2 years (mothers) & 3 years (fathers)”. Picture of clipboard with pencil with text “Child problem behaviors & social skills in 1st grade (father- & teacher-report)”. Text that says: “Supportive parenting  better adjustment (3/4 outcomes) when other parent had low supportive parenting” followed by checklist with checkmark next to externalizing problems, hyperactivity/impulsivity, and social skills. There is no checkmark next to internalizing problems. Arrow with “Take-home point” inside pointing to box that says “Include dads & moms together in research (when relevant) – it can give a more nuanced perspective!” Small text at bottom that says: “Feldman et al. (2023), Developmental Psychology”.

Feldman, J. S., Natale, B. N., Shaw, D. S., Nordahl, K. B., Janson, H., & Nærde, A. (2023). Duration of breastfeeding and supportive paternal caregiving in early childhood  and the potential mediating function of maternal caregiving. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 44(4), e309–e314 .
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Feldman, J. S., Shaw, D. S., Nordahl, K. B., Backer-Grøndahl, A., & Nærde, A. (2022). Stable, longitudinal relations between early paternal supportive parenting and preschool‐age children's self regulation. Social Development, 31(4), 1110–1125.

Galán, C. A., Feldman, J. S., & McClaine, R. N. (2022). Using the social information processing model to understand gender differences in the manifestation and frequency of aggression. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 101766.

Feldman, J. S., & Olson, S. L. (2021). Supportive maternal and paternal caregiving and children’s emerging effortful control abilities. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 30(4), 894–904.

Feldman, J. S., & Shaw, D. S. (2021). The premise and promise of activation parenting for fathers: A review and integration of extant literature. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24 (3), 414–449.

Feldman, J. S., *Zhou, Y., Weaver Krug, C., Wilson, M. N., & Shaw, D. S. (2021). Extracurricular involvement in the school‑age period and adolescent problem behavior among low‑income youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 89(11), 947-955.

Feldman, J. S., *Zhou, Y., Weaver Krug, C., Wilson, M. N., & Shaw, D. S. (2021). Indirect effects of the Family Check‑Up on youth extracurricular involvement at school‑age through improvements in maternal positive behavior support in early childhood. Social Development, 30(1), 311–328. 

Glenn, D. E., Feldman, J. S., Ivie, E. J., Shechner, T., Leibenluft, E., Pine, D. S., … Michalska, K. J. (2021). Social relevance modulates multivariate neural representations of threat generalization in children and adults. Developmental Psychobiology, 63(7), e22185.

*Wang, Y. S., Friedman, A. L., Jakubowski, K. P., Wescott, D. L., Iyiewuare, P., Feldman, J. S., … Roecklein, K. A. (2021). Childhood maltreatment reports in adult seasonal affective disorder: Associations with sleep disturbances, maladaptive cognitions, and brooding. Journal of Affective Disorders, 288, 31–40. 

Feldman, J. S., Wilson, M. N., & Shaw, D. S. (2020). Relations between early childhood paternal depression and preschool‑ and school‑age psychosocial functioning. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 51(1), 97–111. 

Taraban, L. E., Feldman, J. S., Wilson, M. N., Dishion, T. J., & Shaw, D. S. (2020). Sad dads and troubled tots: Protective factors related to the stability of paternal depression and early childhood internalizing problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48(7), 935–949.

Michalska, K. J., Feldman, J. S., Ivie, E. J., Shechner, T., Sequeira, S., Averbeck, B., … Pine, D. S. (2019). Early childhood social reticence predicts SCR‑BOLD coupling during fear extinction recall in preadolescent youth. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 36, 100605.

Wang, F. L., Feldman, J. S., Lemery‑Chalfant, K., Wilson, M. N., & Shaw, D. S. (2019). Family‑based prevention of adolescents’ co‑occurring internalizing/externalizing problems through early childhood parent factors. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(11), 1056–1067.

Michalska, K. J., Feldman, J. S., Abend, R., Gold, A. L., Dildine, T. C., Palacios‑Barrios, E. E., … Atlas, L. Y. (2018). Anticipatory effects on perceived pain: Associations with development and anxiety. Psychosomatic Medicine, 80(9), 853–860.