Research
30+ years of research; 25+ countries
Over 450 peer-reviewed articles from independent research labs
Special issues in journals have been dedicated to disseminating national and international contributions (including in Attachment and Human Development, 2000, Infant Mental Health Journal, 2005, and Parenting: Science and Practice, 2009). A comprehensive review is Biringen et al. (2014) in Development Review. Three additional review articles have been published, one Clark et al (2021) in Brain Sciences, and two by Biringen et al. (2022, 2023), both in Human Development. Please go through the below articles knowing that when you click on the doi link, you can directly see the abstract. Many of the articles also have other clickable links that take you directly to the full article. Still others are open-access journals and if you type in the full title on the web, you should be able to see the article in totality. The attachments below show easily printable versions, one being by research area and the other the alphabetical list. The alphabetical reference list has only one mention of a specific work, whereas 'by areas' list often puts the same reference in multiple locations, e.g., 'preterms' as well as 'attachment', if that is relevant.
EA publications: Studies of basic science, prevention/intervention, and clinical applications
Jian, N. & Teti, D.M. (2016). Emotional availability at bedtime, infant temperament, and infant sleep development from one to six months. Sleep Medicine, 23, 49–58. PMCID: PMC5065261 NIHMSID: NIHMS802860 PMID: 27692276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.001
Jian, N. & Teti, D.M. (2016). Emotional availability at bedtime, infant temperament, and infant sleep development from one to six months. Sleep Medicine, 23, 49–58. PMCID: PMC5065261 NIHMSID: NIHMS802860 PMID: 27692276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.001
Jian, N. & Teti, D.M. (2016). Emotional availability at bedtime, infant temperament, and infant sleep development from one to six months. Sleep Medicine, 23, 49–58. PMCID: PMC5065261 NIHMSID: NIHMS802860 PMID: 27692276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.001
John, A., Morris, A. S., & Halliburton, A. L. (2012). Looking beyond maternal sensitivity: Mother–child correlates of attachment security among children with intellectual disabilities in urban India. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 42, 2335–2345. PMID: 22371146 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1479-y
Jones-Mason, K., Coccia, M., Alkon, A., Melanie Thomas, K.C., Laraia, B., Adler, N., Epel, E.S., & Bush, N.R. (2023). Parental sensitivity modifies the associations between maternal prenatal stress exposure, autonomic nervous system functioning and infant temperament in a diverse, low-income sample. Attachment & Human Development. 25, 487-523. PMID: 37749913 DOI: 10.1080/14616734.2023.2257669
Kammermeier, M. & Paulus, M. (2021). Maternal sensitivity and non-intrusiveness at 12 months predict attention to emotional facial expressions at 24 months: A cross-lagged panel approach. Social Development, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12561
Kanehira, N., Kang, Y. A., Suwa, E., Asaeda, S., Tsutsumi, T., Tsuji, K., Fukudome, K., Nakano, M., & Yuzawa, M. (2025). Factor structure and validity of the Japanese version of the Emotional Availability Self-Report. Children, 12, 867. PMID: 40723059 PMCID: PMC12293382 DOI: 10.3390/children12070867
Kanehira, N., Suwa, E., Kawamura, Y., Tsutsumi, T., Saragai, Y., & Tanimoto, C. (2019).
Emotional availability in mother–child interaction between children with developmental disabilities and their mothers. Japanese Journal of Clinical Developmental Psychology, 14, 63–72.（No DOI available）
Kanehira, N., Suwa, E., Tsuji, K., Tanimoto, C., & Tsutsumi, T. (2022).
Emotional availability between children with ADHD tendencies and their mothers in interaction situations. Bulletin of the Mental Health Counseling Center at Fukuyama University, 4, 1–11. (in Japanese)（No DOI available）
Kanehira, N., Suwa, E., Tsutsumi, T., & Tanimoto, C. (2025).
Trends and issues in emotional availability research involving children with autism spectrum disorders. Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Cultures, Fukuyama University, 25, 101–116.（No DOI available）
Kanehira, N., Suwa, E., Tsutsumi, T., Tanimoto, C., & Tsuji, K. (2021).
Trends and issues in emotional availability research in Japan. Bulletin of the Faculty of Human Cultures, Fukuyama University, 21, 26–41.（No DOI available）
Kanehira, N., Suwa, E., Tsutsumi, T., Tanimoto, C., & Tsuji, K. (2024).
Characteristics of interactions between children with autism spectrum disorder and their mothers: An examination focusing on emotional availability. Children’s Health Science, 25, 51–64.（No DOI available）
Kanemaru, T. (2001).
Patterns of emotional availability in play and clean-up situations between two-year-old children and their mothers [2歳児と母親の遊び場面及び片付け場面におけるemotional availabilityの様相]. Human Culture Review, 4, 321–330. (in Japanese)（No DOI available）
Kanemaru, T. (2007).
Individual differences in emotional availability in mother–toddler dyads. Bulletin of the Institute for Family Education, 29, 118–130.（No DOI available）
Kanemaru, T., & Muto, T. (2004).
Individual differences in emotional regulation of two-year-old children during interactions with mothers. Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology, 15, 183–194. https://doi.org/10.11201/jjdp.15.183
Kang, M.J. (2011). Mother-child emotional availability mediating the effects of maternal psychological well-being and child's cognitive competence on child behavior problems. International Journal of Human Ecology. DOI: 10.6115/ljhe.2011.12.2.95
Kang, M.J. (2013) Quality of mother-child interaction assessed by the Emotional Availability Scales: Associations with maternal psychological well-being, child behavior problems and child cognitive functioning. Apple Books. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1124158815
Kao, K., Tuladhar, C.T. & Tarullo, A.R. (2020). Parental and family-level sociocontextual correlates of emergent emotion regulation: Implications for early social competence. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29, 1630–1641. PMID: 34334997 PMCID: PMC8323769 DOI: 10.1007/s10826-020-01706-4
Kaplan, L.A., Evans, L., & Monk, C. (2008). Effects of mothers' prenatal psychiatric status and postnatal caregiving on infant biobehavioral regulation: Can prenatal programming be modified? Early Human Development, 84, 249-56. PMID: 17761394 PMCID: PMC2430180 DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.06.004
Kaplan, P. S., Danko, C.M., Cejka, A.M., & Everhart, K.D. (2015). Maternal depression and the learning-promoting effects of infant-directed speech: Roles of maternal sensitivity, depression diagnosis, and speech acoustic cues. Infant Behavior & Development, 41, 52-63. PMID: 26311468 PMCID: PMC5649253 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.06.011
Kaplan, P. S., Danko, C.M., Cejka, A.M., & Everhart, K.D. (2015). Maternal depression and the learning-promoting effects of infant-directed speech: Roles of maternal sensitivity, depression diagnosis, and speech acoustic cues. Infant Behavior & Development, 41, 52-63. PMID: 26311468 PMCID: PMC5649253 DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2015.06.011
Karstad, S.B., Wichstrom, L., Reinfjell, T., Belsky J., & Berg-Nielsen, T.S. (2015). What enhances the development of emotion understanding in young children? A longitudinal study of interpersonal predictors. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 340-354. PMID: 26014751 DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12095
Kaß, B., Berghöfer, A., Kuchinke, L., Ludwig-Koerner, C., Schlensog-Schuster, F., Roll, S., Keil, T., & Reinhold, T.(2025). Cost-effectiveness of short-term parent-infant-psychotherapy, results from two randomized controlled trials. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation PMID: 41437254 DOI: 10.1186/s12962-025-00696-8
Kertes, D.A., Donzella, B.;,Talge, N.M., Garvin, M.C., Van Ryzin, M.J., & Gunnar, M.R. (2009). Inhibited temperament and parent emotional availability differentially predict young children's cortisol responses to novel social and nonsocial events. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 521-532. PMID: 19676107 PMCID: PMC5870881 DOI: 10.1002/dev.20390
Khoury, J. E., Rajamani, M., Bureau, J. F., Easterbrooks, M., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2020). Aspects of parent–child interaction from infancy to late adolescence are associated with severity of childhood maltreatment through age 18. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, 3749. PMID: 32466383 PMCID: PMC7312453 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17113749
Killeen, L.A. & Teti, D.M. (2012). Mothers' frontal EEG asymmetry in response to infant emotion states and mother-infant emotional availability, emotional experience, and internalizing symptoms. Development & Psychopathology, 24, 9-21. PMID: 22292990 DOI: 10.1017/S0954579411000629
Kim, B.R & Teti, D.M. (2014). Maternal emotional availability during infant bedtime: An ecological framework. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 1–11. PMCID: PMC5065261 NIHMSID: NIHMS802860 PMID: 27692276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.001
Kim, B.R & Teti, D.M. (2014). Maternal emotional availability during infant bedtime: An ecological framework. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 1–11. PMCID: PMC5065261 NIHMSID: NIHMS802860 PMID: 27692276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.001
Kim, B.R & Teti, D.M. (2014). Maternal emotional availability during infant bedtime: An ecological framework. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 1–11. PMCID: PMC5065261 NIHMSID: NIHMS802860 PMID: 27692276 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2016.07.001
Kim, B.R., Chow, S.M., Bray, B., & Teti, D. (2017). Trajectories of mothers' emotional availability: Relations with infant temperament in predicting attachment security. Attachment and Human Development, 19, 38-57. PMCID: PMC5598772 NIHMSID: NIHMS874225 PMID: 27852132 DOI 10.1080/14616734.2016.1252780
Kim, B.R., Chow, S.M., Bray, B., & Teti, D. (2017). Trajectories of mothers' emotional availability: Relations with infant temperament in predicting attachment security. Attachment and Human Development, 19, 38-57. PMCID: PMC5598772 NIHMSID: NIHMS874225 PMID: 27852132 DOI 10.1080/14616734.2016.1252780
Kim, B.R., Teti, D.M., & Cole, P.M. (2012). Mothers' affect dysregulation, depressive symptoms, and emotional availability during mother-infant interaction. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33, 469-476. PMID: 28520269 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21326
Kim, B.R., Teti, D.M., & Cole, P.M. (2012). Mothers' affect dysregulation, depressive symptoms, and emotional availability during mother-infant interaction. Infant Mental Health Journal, 33, 469-476. PMID: 28520269 DOI: 10.1002/imhj.21326
Kim, C. Y., Fredman, S. J., & Teti, D. M. (2012). Quality of coparenting and infant–mother attachment: The mediating role of maternal emotional availability. Journal of Family Psychology, 35, 961-971. PMID: 33793276 PMCID: PMC8478852 DOI: 10.1037/fam0000846
Kim, C.Y., Smith, N.P., Teti, D.M. (2024). Associations between breastfeeding, maternal emotional availability, and infant-mother attachment: The role of coparenting. Journal of Human Lactation, 40, 455-463. PMCID: PMC11340236 DOI: 10.1177/08903344241247207
Kim, C.Y., Smith, N.P., Teti, D.M. (2024). Associations between breastfeeding, maternal emotional availability, and infant-mother attachment: The role of coparenting. Journal of Human Lactation, 40, 455-463. PMCID: PMC11340236 DOI: 10.1177/08903344241247207
Kim, P., Capistrano, C.G., Erhart, A., Gray-Schiff, R., & Xu, N. (2017b). Socioeconomic disadvantage, neural responses to infant emotions, and emotional availability among first-time new mothers. Behavioral Brain Research, 325, 188-196. PMCID: PMC5410181 NIHMSID: NIHMS852292 PMID: 28163097 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.02.001
Kim, P., Capistrano, C.G., Erhart, A., Gray-Schiff, R., & Xu, N. (2017b). Socioeconomic disadvantage, neural responses to infant emotions, and emotional availability among first-time new mothers. Behavioral Brain Research, 325, 188-196. PMCID: PMC5410181 NIHMSID: NIHMS852292 PMID: 28163097 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.02.001
Kirkpatrick, A., Serbin, L.A., & Stack, D.M. (2024). Do you see what I see? Exploring maternal and child perceptions of children's anxiety longitudinally. Developmental Psychology, 60, 187-198. PMID: 37917488 DOI: 10.1037/dev0001646
Kluczniok, D., Boedeker, K., Fuchs, A., Hindi Attar, C., Fydrich, T., Fuehrer, D., ... & Herpertz, S. C. (2016). Emotional availability in mother–child interaction: The effects of maternal depression in remission and additional history of childhood abuse. Depression and Anxiety, 33, 648-657 PMID: 26697826 DOI: 10.1002/da.22462
Kogan, N., & Carter, A. S. (1996). Mother–infant reengagement following the still-face: The role of maternal emotional availability in infant affect regulation. Infant Behavior & Development, 19, 359–370. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0163-6383(96)90034-X
Kohler-Dauner, F., Roder, E., Gulde, M., Mayer, I., Fegert, J.M., Ziegenhain, U. & Waller, C. (2022). Maternal sensitivity modulates child's parasympathetic mode and buffers sympathetic activity in a free play situation. Frontiers, 13. PMID: 35529563 PMCID: PMC9068013 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.868848
Kohlhoff, J., Morgan, S., Briggs, N., Egan, R., & Niec, L. (2021). Parent-child interaction therapy with toddlers: A community-based randomized controlled trial with children aged 14-24 months. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 50, 411-426. PMID: 32078379 DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1723599
Koren-Karie, N., Oppenheim, D., Dolev, S., & Yirmiya, N. (2009). Mothers of securely attached children with autism spectrum disorder are more sensitive than mothers of insecurely attached children. Journal of Child Psychogy & Psychiatry, 50, 643-50. PMID: 19207630 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.02043.x
Korja, R. & McMahon, C. (2020). Maternal prenatal mood problems and lower maternal emotional availability associated with lower quality of child's emotional availability and higher negative affect during still-face procedure. Infancy, 1-19. PMID: 34370394 DOI: 10.1111/infa.12428
Korja, R., Ahlqvist-Björkroth, S., Savonlahti, E., Stolt, S., Haataja, L., Lapinleimu, H., Piha, J., Lehtonen, L. (20220) Relations between maternal attachment representations and the quality of mother–infant interaction in preterm and full-term infants, Infant Behavior and Development, 33, 330-336. PMID: 34370394 DOI: 10.1111/infa.12428
Kristen-Antonow, S., Licata-Dandel, M., M€uller, M., & Sodian, B. (2018). Maternal cognition talk in the mother–toddler dyad mediates the influence of early maternal emotional availability on preschoolers’ belief reasoning. Social Development, 27, 841–857. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12301
Kristen-Antonow, S., Licata-Dandel, M., M€uller, M., & Sodian, B. (2018). Maternal cognition talk in the mother–toddler dyad mediates the influence of early maternal emotional availability on preschoolers’ belief reasoning. Social Development, 27, 841–857. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12301
Kubicek, L. F., Riley, K., Coleman, J., Miller, G., & Linder, T. (2013). Assessing the emotional quality of parent–child relationships involving young children with special needs: Applying the constructs of emotional availability and expressed emotion. Infant Mental Health Journal, 34, 242–256. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21384
Kuchinke, L., Mattheß, J., Eckert, M., Richter, K., Koch, G., Bindt, C., Schweitzer, J., Krauskopf, K., Rummel-Kluge, C., Theil, M.K., Galeris, M.G., Reinhold, T., Vienhues, P., Berghöfer, A., Roll, S., Keil, T., Schlensog-Schuster, F., Klitzing, K.V., & Ludwig-Körner, C. (2026). Efficacy of parent-infant psychotherapy with mothers with postpartum mental disorder: results from a randomized controlled trial. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41486163 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-025-01013-0