Publications

Treatment Outcome

Lavi, I., Gard, A. M., Hagan, M., Van Horn, P. J., & Lieberman, A. F. (2015). Child-Parent Psychotherapy Examined in a Perinatal Sample: Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Child Rearing Attitudes. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 34(1), 64-82.

Other Empirical Studies

Atzl, V. M., Narayan, A. J., Ballinger, A., Harris, W. W., & Lieberman, A. F. (2021). Maternal Pregnancy Wantedness and Perceptions of Paternal Pregnancy Wantedness: Associations with Perinatal Mental Health and Relationship Dynamics. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25(3), 450–459. 

River, L. M., Narayan, A. J., Atzl, V. M., Rivera, L. M., & Lieberman, A. F. (2020). Romantic Partner Support During Pregnancy: The Discrepancy Between Self-Reported and Coder-Rated Support as a Risk Factor for Prenatal Psychopathology and Stress. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 37(1), 27–46. 

Narayan, A. J., Hagan, M. J., Cohodes, E., Rivera, L. M., & Lieberman, A. F. (2019). Early Childhood Victimization and Physical Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Developmental and Person-Oriented Approach. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

Narayan, A. J., Rivera, L. M., Bernstein, R. E., Harris, W. W., & Lieberman, A. F. (2018). Positive Childhood Experiences Predict Less Psychopathology and Stress in Pregnant Women with Childhood Adversity: A Pilot Study of the Benevolent Childhood Experiences (BCEs) Scale. Child Abuse & Neglect, 78, 19–30.

Waters, S. F., Hagan, M. J., Rivera, L., & Lieberman, A. F. (2015). Improvements in the Child‐Rearing Attitudes of Latina Mothers Exposed to Interpersonal Trauma Predict Greater Maternal Sensitivity Toward Their 6‐Month‐Old Infants. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28(5), 426-433.

 

Attachment Vitamins

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Waters, S. F., Hulette, A., Davis, M., Bernstein, R., & Lieberman, A. (2020). Evidence for Attachment Vitamins: A Trauma-Informed Universal Prevention Programme for Parents of Young Children. Early Child Development and Care, 190(7), 1109–1114. 

Cohodes, E., Chen, S., & Lieberman, A. (2017). Maternal Meta-Emotion Philosophy Moderates Effect of Maternal Symptomatology on Preschoolers Exposed to Domestic Violence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(7), 1831–1843.

Hulette, A. C., Dunham, M., Davis, M., Gortney, J., & Lieberman, A. F. (2016). Early Intervention for Families Exposed to Chronic Stress and Trauma: The Attachment Vitamins Program. Zero to Three, 36(6), 19-25.

 

Angels in the Nursery

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Narayan, A. J., Ippen, C. G., Harris, W. W., & Lieberman, A. F. (2019). Protective Factors That Buffer Against the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma from Mothers to Young Children: A Replication Study of Angels in the Nursery. Development and Psychopathology, 31(1), 173–187. 

Narayan, A. J., Ippen, C. G., Harris, W. W. & Lieberman, A. F. (2017), Assessing Angels in the Nursery: A Pilot Study of Childhood Memories of Benevolent Caregiving As Protective Influences. Infant Mental Health Journal, 38: 461-474. 

Lieberman, A. F., Padrón, E., Van Horn, P., & Harris, W. W. (2005). Angels in the Nursery: The Intergenerational Transmission of Benevolent Parental Influences. Infant Mental Health Journal: Official Publication of The World Association for Infant Mental Health, 26(6), 504-520.

 

Impact of Trauma

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Perinatal

Ponting, C., Bond, M., Rogowski, B., Chu, A., & Lieberman, A. F. (2024). Childhood and adulthood trauma exposure: Associations with perinatal mental health and psychotherapy response. Journal of traumatic stress, 37(1), 178–186. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22989

Ponting, C., Tomlinson, R. C., Chu, A., & Lieberman, A. F. (2024). Mitigating the impact of intimate partner violence in pregnancy and early childhood: A dyadic approach to psychotherapy. Family Court Review, 62(1), 112–130. https://doi.org/10.1111/fcre.12766

Atzl VM, Narayan AJ, Rivera LM, Lieberman AF. (2019) Adverse Childhood Experiences and Prenatal Mental Health: Type of ACEs and Age of Maltreatment Onset. Journal of Family Psychology 33(3):304-314.

Narayan, A. J., Hagan, M. J., Cohodes, E., Rivera, L. M., & Lieberman, A. F. (2019). Early Childhood Victimization and Physical Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Developmental and Person-Oriented Approach. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 34(1), 3–26.

Empirical Studies

Chu, A. T., Bond, M. H., Rogowski, B., Leba, N. V., Ghosh Ippen, C., Cirolia, A., & Lieberman, A. F. (2025). Posttraumatic stress in infancy: The roles of cumulative trauma and caregiving context. Infant Mental Health Journal, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.70015

Aschbacher, K., Hagan, M. J., Steine, I. M., Rivera, L. M., Cole, S., Baccarella, A., Epel, E. S., Lieberman, A. F., & Bush, N. R. (2021). Adversity in Early Life and Pregnancy are Immunologically Distinct from Total Life Adversity: Macrophage-Associated Phenotypes in Women Exposed to Interpersonal Violence. Translational Psychiatry, 11.

Browne, D. T., May, S., & Lieberman, A. (2020). Traumatic Events and Associated Symptoms Amongst Caregiver-Child Dyads: Exploring Caregiver Sex Differences. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(8), 2155–2168.

Cohodes, E. M., Chen, S. H., Lieberman, A. F., & Bush, N. R. (2020). Examination of the Associations Between Young Children's Trauma Exposure, Trauma-Symptomatology, and Executive Function. Child Abuse & Neglect, 108, 104635.

Chen, S. H., Cohodes, E., Bush, N. R., & Lieberman, A. F. (2020). Child and Caregiver Executive Function in Trauma-Exposed Families: Relations with Children's Behavioral and Cognitive Functioning. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 200, 104946.

Cohodes, E. M., Gee, D. G., & Lieberman, A. F. (2019). Associations Between Prenatal Substance Exposure, Prenatal Violence Victimization, Unintended Pregnancy, and Trauma Exposure in Childhood in a Clinical Setting. Infant Mental Health Journal, 40(6), 786–798.

Cohodes, E. Hagan, M. J., Narayan, A. J., & Lieberman, A. F. (2016). Matched trauma: The Role of Parents' and Children's Shared History of Childhood Domestic Violence Exposure in Parents' Reports of children's trauma-related symptomatology. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 17, 81-96.

Hagan, M. J., Sulik, M. J., & Lieberman, A. F. (2016). Traumatic Life Events and Psychopathology in a High Risk, Ethnically Diverse Sample of Young Children: A Person-Centered Approach. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44(5), 833–844.

Hagan, M. J., Hulette, A. C., & Lieberman, A. F. (2015). Symptoms of Dissociation in a High-Risk Sample of Young Children Exposed to Interpersonal Trauma: Prevalence, Correlates, and Contributors. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 28(3), 258–261.

Thakar, D., Coffino, B., & Lieberman, A. F. (2013). Maternal Symptomatology and Parent–Child Relationship Functioning in a Diverse Sample of Young Children Exposed to Trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26(2), 217–224.

Lieberman A. F., Chu A. T., Van Horn P, Harris W. W. (2011).Trauma in Early Childhood: Empirical Evidence and Clinical Implications. Development and Psychopathology., (2):397-410.

Busch, A. L., & Lieberman, A. F. (2010). Mothers' Adult Attachment Interview Ratings Predict Preschool Children's IQ Following Domestic Violence Exposure. Attachment and Human Development, 12(6), 505–527

Johnson, V., & Lieberman, A. (2007). Variations in Behavior Problems of Preschoolers Exposed to Domestic Violence: The Role of Mother’s Attunement to Children’s Emotional Experiences. Journal of Family Violence, 22(5), 297–308.Smith Stover, C., Van Horn, P., & Lieberman, A. F. (2006). Parental Representations in the Play of Preschool Aged Witnesses of Marital Violence. Journal of Family Violence, 21, 417-424.

Lieberman, A. F., Van Horn, P., & Ozer, E. J. (2005). Preschooler Witnesses of Marital Violence: Predictors and Mediators of Child Behavior Problems. Development and Psychopathology, 17(2), 385–396. 

Conceptual Papers 

Chu, A. T., & Lieberman, A. F. (2010). Clinical Implications of Traumatic Stress from Birth to Age Five. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6(1), 469–494.Ybarra, G., Wilkens, S., & Lieberman, A. (2007). The Influence of Domestic Violence on Preschooler Behavior and Functioning. Journal of Family Violence, 22, 33–42.

 

Reviews

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Theory

Narayan, A. J., Lieberman, A. F., & Masten, A. S. (2021). Intergenerational Transmission and Prevention of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). Clinical Psychology Review, 85, 101997. 

Zeanah, C. H., & Lieberman, A. (2016). Defining Relational Pathology In Early Childhood: The Diagnostic Classification Of Mental Health And Developmental Disorders of Infancy And Early Childhood Dc:0–5 Approach. Infant Mental Health Journal, 37(5), 509–520.

Zeanah, C. H., Carter, A. S., Cohen, J., Egger, H., Gleason, M. M., Keren, M., Lieberman, A., Mulrooney, K., & Oser, C. (2016). Diagnostic Classification Of Mental Health And Developmental Disorders Of Infancy And Early Childhood Dc:0–5: Selective Reviews From A New Nosology For Early Childhood Psychopathology. Infant Mental Health Journal, 37(5), 471–475.

Lieberman, A., Zeanah, C., & McIntosh, J. (2011). Attachment Perspectives On Domestic Violence And Family Law. Family Court Review, 49(3), 529–538.

Lieberman A. F. (2011). Infants Remember: War Exposure, Trauma, and Attachment in Young Children and Their Mothers. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 50(7), 640–641.

Lieberman, A. F., & Knorr, K. (2007). The Impact of Trauma: A Developmental Framework for Infancy and Early Childhood. Pediatric Annals., 36(4), 209–215.

Gleason, M. M., Egger, H. L., Emslie, G. J., Greenhill, L. L., Kowatch, R. A., Lieberman, A. F., Luby, J. L., Owens, J., Scahill, L. D., Scheeringa, M. S., Stafford, B., Wise, B., & Zeanah, C. H. (2007). Psychopharmacological Treatment for Very Young Children: Contexts and Guidelines. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(12), 1532–1572.

Lieberman A. F. (2003). The Treatment of Attachment Disorder in Infancy and Early Childhood: Reflections From Clinical Intervention with Later-Adopted Foster Care Children. Attachment and Human Development, 5(3), 279–282

Policy

Osofsky, J. D., & Lieberman, A. F. (2011). A Call for Integrating a Mental Health Perspective Into Systems of Care for Abused and Neglected Infants and Young Children. The American Psychologist, 66(2), 120–128.

Harris W. W., Lieberman A. F., Marans S. (2007). In the Best Interests of Society. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 48(3-4):392-411.