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Belsky, Jay and Melhuish, Edward C. and Barnes, Jacqueline (2017) Sure Start local programmes: area-based preventative intervention in England. In: Alexander, R. (ed.) Research and Practices in Child Maltreatment Prevention Volume Two: Societal, Organizational, and International Approaches. STM Learning, Inc.. ISBN 9781878060839.

Cline, J.I. and Belsky, Jay and Liu, Z. and Melhuish, Edward C. and Lysenko, L. and McFarquhar, T. and Stevens, S. and Jaffee, S.R. (2015) Take your mind off it: coping style, serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region genotype (5-HTTLPR), and children's internalizing and externalizing problems. Development and Psychopathology 27 , pp. 1129-1143. ISSN 0954-5794.

Wichstrøm, L. and Belsky, Jay and Berg-Nielsen, T.S. (2013) Preschool predictors of childhood anxiety disorders: a prospective community study. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 54 (12), pp. 1327-1336. ISSN 0021-9630.

Baptista, J. and Belsky, Jay and Martins, C. and Silva, J. and Marques, S. and Mesquita, A.R. and Soares, I. (2013) Social withdrawal behavior in institutionalised toddlers: individual, early family and institutional determinants. Infant Mental Health Journal 34 (6), pp. 562-573. ISSN 0163-9641.

Belsky, Jay and Pluess, Michael and Widaman, K.F. (2013) Confirmatory and competitive evaluation of alternative gene-environment interaction hypotheses. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 54 (10), pp. 1135-1143. ISSN 0021-9630.

Solheim, E. and Wichstrøm, L. and Belsky, Jay and Berg-Nielsen, T.S. (2013) Do time in child care and peer group exposure predict poor socioemotional adjustment in Norway? Child Development 84 (5), pp. 1701-1715. ISSN 0009-3920.

Soares, I. and Belsky, Jay and Mesquita, A.R. and Osório, A. and Sampaio, A. (2013) Why do only some institutionalized children become indiscriminately friendly? Insights from the study of Williams Syndrome. Child Development Perspectives 7 (3), pp. 187-192. ISSN 1750-8592.

Belsky, Jay and Pluess, Michael (2013) Genetic moderation of early child-care effects on social functioning across childhood: a developmental analysis. Child Development 84 (4), pp. 1209-1225. ISSN 0009-3920.

Pluess, Michael and Belsky, Jay (2013) Vantage sensitivity: individual differences in response to positive experiences. Psychological Bulletin 139 (4), pp. 901-916. ISSN 0033-2909.

Deighton, J. and Tymms, P. and Vostanis, P. and Belsky, Jay and Fonagy, P. and Brown, A. and Martin, A. and Patalay, P. and Wolpert, M. (2013) The development of a school-based measure of child mental health. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment 31 (3), pp. 247-257. ISSN 0734-2829.

Hochberg, Z. and Belsky, Jay (2013) Evo-devo of human adolescence: beyond disease models of early puberty. BMC Medicine 11 (1), p. 113. ISSN 1741-7015.

Belsky, Jay (2012) The development of human reproductive strategies: progress and prospects. Current Directions in Psychological Science 21 (5), pp. 310-316. ISSN 0963-7214.

King, Robert and Belsky, Jay (2012) A typological approach to testing the evolutionary functions of human female orgasm. Archives of Sexual Behavior 41 (5), pp. 1145-1160. ISSN 0004-0002.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. (2012) The impact of Sure Start local programmes on seven year olds and their families. Project Report. Department For Education, London, UK.

Sutcliffe, A. and Barnes, Jacqueline and Belsky, Jay and Gardiner, Julian and Melhuish, Edward C. (2012) Health of children born to older mothers in the UK. Archives Of Disease In Childhood 97 (S1), A98-A99. ISSN 0003-9888.

Brüne, M. and Belsky, Jay and FaBrega, H. and FeierMan, J.R. and Gilbert, P. and Glantz, K. and PoliMeni, J. and Price, J.S. and Sanjuan, J. and Sullivan, R. and Troisi, A. and Wilson, D.R. (2012) The crisis of psychiatry – insights and prospects from evolutionary theory. World Psychiatry 11 (1), pp. 55-57. ISSN 1723-8617.

Sutcliffe, A. and Barnes, Jacqueline and Belsky, Jay and Gardiner, Julian and Melhuish, Edward C. (2012) The health and development of children born to older mothers in the United Kingdom: observational study using longitudinal cohort data. BMJ 345 , e5116. ISSN 1759-2151.

King, Robert and Belsky, Jay and Mah, K. and Binik, Y. (2011) Are there different types of female orgasm? Archives of Sexual Behavior 40 (5), pp. 865-875. ISSN 0004-0002.

Pasco Fearon, R.M. and Belsky, Jay (2011) Infant-mother attachment and the growth of externalizing problems across the primary-school years. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52 (7), pp. 782-791. ISSN 0021-9630.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. (2011) National evaluation of Sure Start local programmes: an economic perspective. Project Report. Department For Education, London, UK.

Belsky, Jay and Beaver, K.M. (2011) Cumulative-genetic plasticity, parenting and adolescent self-regulation. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52 (5), pp. 619-26. ISSN 0021-9630.

Belsky, Jay and de Haan, M. (2011) Annual research review: parenting and children's brain development: the end of the beginning. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52 (4), pp. 409-428. ISSN 0021-9630.

Sutcliffe, A. and Barnes, Jacqueline and Belsky, Jay and Gardiner, Julian and Melhuish, Edward C. (2011) Health of children born to mothers aged 40 years or over, analyses of two national cohort studies. Archives Of Disease In Childhood 96 (S1), A59-A59. ISSN 0003-9888.

Belsky, Jay and de Haan, M. (2011) Parenting and children's brain development: the end of the beginning. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52 (4), pp. 409-428. ISSN 0021-9630.

Pluess, Michael and Velders, F.P. and Belsky, Jay and van Ijzendoorn, M.H. and Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. and Jaddoe, V.W.V. and Hofman, A. and Arp, P.P. and Verhulst, F.C. and Tiemeier, H. (2011) Serotonin transporter polymorphism moderates effects of prenatal maternal anxiety on infant negative emotionality. Biological Psychiatry 69 (6), pp. 520-525. ISSN 0006-3223.

Pabayo, R. and Belsky, Jay and Gauvin, L. and Curtis, S. (2011) Do area characteristics predict change in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity from ages 11 to 15 years? Social Science & Medicine 72 (3), pp. 430-438. ISSN 0277-9536.

Ellis, B.J. and Boyce, W.T. and Belsky, Jay and Bakermans-Kranenburg, M.J. and van Ijzendoorn, M.H. (2011) Differential susceptibility to the environment: an evolutionary-neurodevelopmental theory. Development and Psychopathology 23 (1), pp. 7-28. ISSN 0954-5794.

Belsky, Jay (2011) Family experience and pubertal development in evolutionary perspective. Journal of Adolescent Health 48 (5), pp. 425-426. ISSN 1054-139X.

Pluess, Michael and Belsky, Jay (2011) Prenatal programming of postnatal plasticity? Development and Psychopathology 23 (1), pp. 29-38. ISSN 0954-5794.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Barnes, Jacqueline (2010) Sure Start and its evaluation in England. Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. (2010) The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on five year olds and their families. Project Report. Department For Education, London, UK.

Belsky, Jay and Houts, R. and Fearon, R.M.P. (2010) Infant attachment security and the timing of puberty: testing an evolutionary hypothesis. Psychological Science 21 (9), pp. 1195-1201. ISSN 0956-7976.

Pluess, Michael and Belsky, Jay and Way, Baldwin M. and Taylor, Shelley E. (2010) 5-HTTLPR moderates effects of current life events on neuroticism: differential susceptibility to environmental influences. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry 34 (6), pp. 1070-1074. ISSN 0278-5846.

Vandell, D.L. and Belsky, Jay and Burchinal, M. and Steinberg, L. and Vandergrift, N. (2010) Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years: results from the NICHD study of early child care and youth development. Child Development 81 (3), pp. 737-756. ISSN 0009-3920.

Belsky, Jay and de Haan, M. (2010) Annual research review: parenting and children’s brain development: the end of the beginning. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 52 (4), pp. 409-428. ISSN 0021-9630.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay (2010) England: Sure Start. In: Oates, J. (ed.) Supporting Parenting. Early Childhood In Focus 5. Milton Keynes, UK: Open University Press. ISBN 9780749229139.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay (2010) Evaluating Sure Start in England. In: Oates, J. (ed.) Supporting Parenting. Early Childhood In Focus 5. Milton Keynes, UK: Open University Press, pp. 44-45. ISBN 9780749229139.

Belsky, Jay (2010) Childhood experience and the development of reproductive strategies. Psicothema 22 (1), pp. 28-34. ISSN 0214-9915.

Susman, E.J. and Houts, R. and Steinberg, L. and Belsky, Jay and Cauffman, E. and Dehart, G. and Friedman, S.L. and Roisman, G.I. and Halpern-Felsher, B.L. (2010) Longitudinal development of secondary sexual characteristics in girls and boys between ages 9 1/2 and 15 1/2 Years. Archives of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 164 (2), pp. 166-173. ISSN 1072-4710.

Campbell, S.B. and Spieker, S. and Vandergrift, N. and Belsky, Jay and Burchinal, M. (2010) Predictors and sequelae of trajectories of physical aggression in school-age boys and girls. Development and Psychopathology 22 (1), pp. 133-150. ISSN 0954-5794.

McCartney, K. and Burchinal, M. and Clarke Stewart, K.A. and Bub, K.L. and Owen, M.T. and Belsky, Jay (2010) Testing a series of causal propositions relating time in child care to children's externalizing behavior. Developmental Psychology 46 (1), pp. 1-17. ISSN 0012-1649.

Belsky, Jay and Steinberg, L. and Houts, R. and Halpern-Felsher, B.L. (2010) The development of reproductive strategy in females: early maternal harshness > earlier menarche > increased sexual risk taking. Developmental Psychology 46 (1), pp. 120-128. ISSN 0012-1649.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Barnes, Jacqueline (2010) Child health and wellbeing in the early years: the national evaluation of Sure Start. In: Killoran, A. and Kelly, M.P. (eds.) Evidence-based Public Health: Effectiveness and efficiency. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 203-214. ISBN 9780199563623.

Pluess, Michael and Belsky, Jay (2010) Differential susceptibility to parenting and quality child care. Developmental Psychology 46 (2), pp. 379-390. ISSN 0012-1649.

Belsky, Jay (2010) Frühe tagesbetreuung von kindern und die entwicklung bis zur adoleszenz: schlüsselergebnisse der NICHD-studie über frühe tagesbetreuung. In: Becker-Stoll, F. and Berkic, J. and Kalicki, B. (eds.) Bildungsqualität für Kinder in den ersten drei Jahren. Frühe Kindheit : Pädagogische Ansätze. Berlin, Germany: Cornelson, pp. 74-82. ISBN 9783589246823.

Barnes, Jacqueline and Belsky, Jay and Frost, Martin and Melhuish, Edward C. (2010) Neighborhood characteristics and mental health: the relevance for mothers of infants in deprived English neighborhoods. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 46 (12), pp. 1243-1249. ISSN 0933-7954.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. and Barnes, Jacqueline (2010) Welche Auswirkungen hatte die Einfunhrung lokaler Sure Start Programme auf dreijahrige Kinder und ihre Familien in England? Einequasi-experimentelle Beobachtungstudie. In: Sylva, K. and Taggart, B. (eds.) Frühe Bildung zählt – Das EPPE-Projekt und das Sure Start Programm. Berlin, Germany: Dohrmann Verlag, pp. 71-83. ISBN 9783938620182.

Belsky, Jay (2010) The determinants of parenting in GxE Perspective: a case of differential susceptibility? In: Booth, A. and McHale, S.M. and Landale, N.S. (eds.) Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes. National Symposium on Family Issues. New York, U.S.: Springer, pp. 61-68. ISBN 9781441973603.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and MacPherson, K. and Cullis, A. (2010) The quality of group childcare settings used by 3-4 year old children in Sure Start Local Programme areas and the relationship with child outcomes. Project Report. Department for Education, London, UK.

Belsky, Jay and Pluess, Michael (2009) Beyond diathesis stress: differential susceptibility to environmental influences. Psychological Bulletin 135 (6), pp. 885-908. ISSN 0033-2909.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Barnes, Jacqueline (2009) Evaluation and value of Sure Start. Archives Of Disease In Childhood 95 , pp. 159-161. ISSN 0003-9888.

Barnes, Jacqueline and Ball, M. and Meadows, P. and Belsky, Jay (2009) Nurse-family partnership programme - second year pilot sites implementation in England: the infancy period. Project Report. Department of Education, London, UK.

Belsky, Jay (2009) Quality, quantity and type of childcare: effects on child development in the U.S. In: Bentley, G. and Mace, R. (eds.) Substitute Parents: Biological and Social Perspectives on Alloparenting in Human Societies. Studies of the Biosocial Society 3. Oxford, UK: Berghahn Books, pp. 304-324. ISBN 9781845451066.

Conger, R. and Belsky, Jay and Capaldi, D.M. (2009) The intergenerational transmission of parenting: closing comments for the special section. Developmental Psychology 45 (5), pp. 1276-1283. ISSN 0012-1649.

Belsky, Jay and Conger, R. and Capaldi, D.M. (2009) The intergenerational transmission of parenting: introduction to the special section. Developmental Psychology 45 (5), pp. 1201-1204. ISSN 0012-1649.

Pluess, Michael and Belsky, Jay and Neuman, R.J. (2009) Prenatal smoking and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: DRD4-7R as a plasticity gene. Biological Psychiatry 66 (4), e5-e6. ISSN 0006-3223.

Prinzie, P. and Stams, G.J.J.M. and Dekovic, M.R. and Albert, H.A. and Belsky, Jay (2009) The relations between parents' big five personality factors and parenting: a meta-analytic review. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 97 (2), pp. 351-362. ISSN 0022-3514.

Shiakou, M. and Belsky, Jay (2009) Exploring effects of developmentally appropriate practices in Cyprus. Early Education & Development 20 (4), pp. 565-583. ISSN 1040-9289.

Belsky, Jay and Jonassaint, C. and Pluess, Michael and Stanton, M. and Brummett, B. and Williams, R. (2009) Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes? Molecular Psychiatry 14 (8), pp. 746-754. ISSN 1359-4184.

Belsky, Jay and Pluess, Michael (2009) The nature (and nurture?) of plasticity in early human development. Perspectives on Psychological Science 4 (4), pp. 345-351. ISSN 1745-6916.

Roisman, G.I. and Susman, E.J. and Barnett Walker, K. and Booth la Force, C. and Owen, M.T. and Belsky, Jay and Bradley, R.H. and Houts, R. and Steinberg, L. (2009) Early family and child-care antecedents of awakening cortisol levels in adolescence. Child Development 80 (3), pp. 907-920. ISSN 0009-3920.

Pluess, Michael and Belsky, Jay (2009) Differential susceptibility to rearing experience: the case of childcare. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 50 (4), pp. 396-404. ISSN 0021-9630.

Belsky, Jay (2009) Classroom composition, childcare history and social development: are childcare effects disappearing or spreading? Social Development 18 (1), pp. 230-238. ISSN 0961-205X.

Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. and Barnes, Jacqueline and Melhuish, Edward C. (2009) Sure Start in England. Lancet 373 (9661), p. 381. ISSN 0140-6736.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay (2009) Early intervention for young children and their families in England: the Sure Start journey over the last decade. In: von der Leyen, U. and Spidla, V. (eds.) Voneinander lernen - miteinander handeln: Aufgaben und Perspektiven der Europäischen Allianz für Familien. Baden Baden, Germany: Nomos verlag, pp. 277-284. ISBN 9783832936501.

Belsky, Jay (2009) The transition to parenthood. In: Reis, H.T. and Sprecher, S.K. (eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. London, UK: Sage. ISBN 9781412958462.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. and Barnes, Jacqueline (2008) Effects of fully-established Sure Start local programmes on 3-year-old children and their families living in England: a quasi-experimental observational study. Lancet 372 (9650), pp. 1641-1647. ISSN 0140-6736.

Bell, B.G. and Belsky, Jay (2008) Parents, parenting, and children's sleep problems: exploring reciprocal effects. British Journal of Developmental Psychology 26 (4), pp. 579-593. ISSN 0261-510X.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Malin, A. (2008) An investigation of the relationship between financial capability and psychological well-being in mothers of young children in poor areas in England. Project Report. Financial Services Authority, London, UK.

Bradley, R.H. and Houts, R. and Nader, P.R. and O’Brien, M. and Belsky, Jay and Crosnoe, R. (2008) The relationship between body mass index and behavior in children. Journal of Paediatrics 153 (5), 629-634.e3. ISSN 0022-3476.

Belsky, Jay (2008) Social competence with peers in third grade: associations with earlier peer experiences in childcare. Social Development 17 (3), pp. 419-453. ISSN 0961-205X.

Belsky, Jay (2008) Family influences on psychological development. Psychiatry 7 (7), pp. 282-285. ISSN 1476-1793.

Belsky, Jay and Booth la Force, C. and Bradley, R.H. and Brownell, C.A. and Burchinal, M. and Campbell, S.B. and Clarke Stewart, K.A. and Cox, M. and Friedman, S.L. and Houts, R. and Kelly, J.F. and Knoke, B. and Marshall, N. and McCartney, K. and Morgan Lopez, A. and Morrison, F.J. and O’Brien, M. and Owen, M.T. and Parke, R. and Payne, C. and Pianta, R.C. and Spieker, S. and Vandell, D.L. and Weinraub, M. (2008) Mothers' and fathers' support for child autonomy and early school achievement. Developmental Psychology 44 (4), pp. 895-907. ISSN 0012-1649.

Barnes, Jacqueline and Ball, M. and Meadows, P. and Mcleish, J. and Belsky, Jay (2008) Nurse-family partnership: first year pilot sites implementation in England. Pregnancy and the post-partum period. Project Report. Department of Education, London, UK.

Belsky, Jay (2008) War, trauma and children's development: observations from a modern evolutionary perspective. International Journal of Behavioral Development 32 (4), pp. 260-271. ISSN 0165-0254.

Pianta, R.C. and Belsky, Jay and Vandergrift, N. and Houts, R. and Morrison, F.J. (2008) Classroom effects on children's achievement trajectories in elementary school. American Educational Research Journal 45 (2), pp. 365-397. ISSN 0002-8312.

Cohen, D.L. and Belsky, Jay (2008) Avoidant romantic attachment and female orgasm: testing an emotion-regulation hypothesis. Attachment & Human Development 10 (1), pp. 1-10. ISSN 1461-6734.

Cohen, D.L. and Belsky, Jay (2008) Individual differences in female mate preferences as a function of attachment and hypothetical ecological conditions. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology 6 (1), pp. 25-42. ISSN 0737-4828.

Bell, B.G. and Belsky, Jay (2008) Parenting and children's cardiovascular functioning. Child: Care Health and Development 34 (2), pp. 194-203. ISSN 0305-1862.

Bradley, R.H. and Houts, R. and Nader, P.R. and O’Brien, M. and Belsky, Jay and Crosnoe, R. (2008) Adiposity and internalizing problems: infancy to middle childhood. In: Davies, H.D. and Fitzgerald, H. (eds.) Obesity in Childhood and Adolescence: Understanding Development and Prevention. Child Psychology and Mental Health 2. Santa Barbara, U.S.: Praeger Press, pp. 73-92. ISBN 9780275996154.

Simpson, J.A. and Belsky, Jay (2008) Attachment theory within a modern evolutionary framework. In: Cassidy, J. and Shaver, P.R. (eds.) Handbook of Attachment, Second Edition: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. New York, U.S.: Guilford Press, pp. 131-157. ISBN 9781593858742.

Belsky, Jay and Pasco Fearon, R.M. (2008) Precursors of attachment security. In: Cassidy, J. and Shaver, P.R. (eds.) Handbook of Attachment, Second Edition: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. New York, U.S.: Guilford Press, pp. 295-316. ISBN 9781593858742.

Belsky, Jay and Melhuish, Edward C. and Barnes, Jacqueline (2008) Research and policy in developing an early years’ initiative: the case of Sure Start. International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy 2 (2), pp. 1-13. ISSN 1976-5681.

Melhuish, Edward C. and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A.H. (2008) The impact of Sure Start local programmes on three-year-olds and their families. Project Report. Her Majesty’s Printer and Controller of HMSO, London, UK.

Roisman, G.I. and Fraley, R.C. and Belsky, Jay (2007) A taxometric study of the adult attachment interview. Developmental Psychology 43 (3), 675 - 686. ISSN 0012-1649.

Reid, V.M. and Csibra, Gergely and Belsky, Jay and Johnson, Mark H. (2007) Neural correlates of the perception of goal-directed action in infants. Acta Psychologica 124 (1), 129 - 138. ISSN 0001-6918.

Barnes, Jacqueline (2007) How Sure Start local programme areas changed. In: Belsky, Jay and Barnes, Jacqueline and Melhuish, Edward (eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press, pp. 173-193. ISBN 9781861349507.

Belsky, Jay and Barnes, Jacqueline and Melhuish, Edward (2007) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: does area-based early intervention work? Bristol, UK: The Policy Press. ISBN 9781861349507.

Barnes, Jacqueline (2007) Targeting deprived areas. In: Belsky, Jay and Barnes, Jacqueline and Melhuish, Edward (eds.) The National Evaluation of Sure Start: Does area-based early intervention work. Bristol, UK: The Policy Press, pp. 25-44. ISBN 9781861349507.

Melhuish, E. and Belsky, Jay and Anning, A. and Ball, M. and Barnes, Jacqueline and Romaniuk, H. and Leyland, A. (2007) Variation in community intervention programmes and consequences for children and families: the example of Sure Start Local Programmes. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 48 (6), pp. 543-551. ISSN 0021-9630.

Barnes, Jacqueline and Belsky, Jay and Broomfield, K.A. and Melhuish, Edward (2006) Neighbourhood deprivation, school disorder and academic achievement in primary schools in deprived communities in England. International Journal of Behavioral Development 30 (2), pp. 127-136. ISSN 0165-0254.

Melhuish, Ted and Barnes, Jacqueline and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A. (2005) Early impacts of Sure Start local programmes on children and families: report of the cross-sectional study of 9-and 36-month old children and their families. Project Report. DfES Publications, London, UK.

Melhuish, Ted and Belsky, Jay and Leyland, A. (2005) Variation in sure start local programmes effectiveness: early preliminary finding. Project Report. HMSO, London, UK.