Publications
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Peer Reviewed Publications
(note: Dr. Lawler is a member of the Michigan Collaboration for Infant Mental Health Research group)
Ribaudo, J., Lawler, J.M., Jester, J.M., Riggs, J., Erickson, N.L., Stacks, A.M., Brophy-Herb, H., Muzik, M., Rosenblum, K.L., and the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (in press). Maternal history of adverse experiences and PTSD symptoms impact toddlers’ early socioemotional wellbeing: The benefits of Infant Mental Health-Home Visiting. Frontiers in Psychology.
Riggs, J., Rosenblum, K.L., *Freeman, S., Waddell, R., Alfafara, E., Lawler, J.M., Huth-Bocks, A., Muzik, M., (2021). Infant Mental Health Home Visiting Mitigates Impact of Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences on Toddler Language Competence: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000001020
Julian, M. M., Muzik, M., Jester, J. M., Handelzalts, J., Erickson, N., Stringer, M., Brophy-Herb, H., Ribaudo, J., Huth-Bocks, A.C. Lawler, J.M., Rosenblum, K., & the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2021). Relationships heal: Reducing harsh parenting and child abuse potential with relationship-based parent-infant home visiting. Children and Youth Services Review, 128, 106135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2021.106135
Stacks, A.M., Jester, J.M., Wong, K., Huth-Bocks, A., Brophy-Herb, H., Lawler, J.M., Riggs, J., Ribaudo, J., Muzik, M., Rosenblum, K.L., & the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2021). Infant Mental Health Home Visiting: Intervention Dosage and Therapist Experience Interact to Support Improvements in Maternal Reflective Functioning. Attachment and Human Development. 1-23. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2020.1865606
Lawler, J. M., Hruschak, J., *Aho, K., Lui, Y., Ip, K., Lajines-O’Neil, R., Rosenblum, K., Muzik, M., & Fitzgerald, K. (2020). The Error Related Negativity as a Neuromarker of Risk or Resilience in Young Children. Brain and Behavior. 1-16. doi: 10.1002/brb3.2008
Depasquale, C., Lawler, J. M., & Gunnar, M. R. (2020) Cortisol and Parenting Predict Pathways to Disinhibited Social Engagement and Social Functioning in Previously Institutionalized Children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00633-8
Shea, S.E., Jester, J.M., Huth-Bocks, A.C., Weatherston, D., Muzik, M., Rosenblum, K.L., and the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2020). Infant Mental Health Home Visiting Therapists’ Reflective Supervision Self-Efficacy in Community Practice Settings. Infant Mental Health Journal, 41(2), 191-205.
Rosenblum, K.L., Muzik, M., Jester, J.M., Huth-Bocks, A.C., Erickson, N., Ludtke, M., Weatherston, D., Brophy-Herb, H., Tableman, B., Alfafara, E., Waddell, R. & the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2020). Community-delivered Publically-funded Infant-Parent Psychotherapy Improves Sensitive Caregiving: Evaluation of the Michigan Model of Infant Mental Health Home Visiting. Infant Mental Health Journal, 41(2), 178-190.
Weatherston, D., Ribaudo, J., & the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2020). Infant Mental Health Home Visiting: The Evolution of a Model. Infant Mental Health Journal, 41(2), 166-177.
Huth-Bocks, A.C., Jester, J.M., Stacks, A.M., Muzik, M.M., Rosenblum K.L., & the Michigan Collaborative for Infant Mental Health Research. (2020). Infant Mental Health Home Visiting Therapists’ Fidelity to the IMH-HV Model in Community Practice Settings. Infant Mental Health Journal, 41(2), 206-219.
Koss, K., Lawler, J. M., & Gunnar, M. R. (2019). Early adversity and children's regulatory deficits: Does post-adoption parenting facilitate recovery in postinstitutionalized children? Development and Psychopathology. 1-18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419001226
Lawler, J. M., Esposito, E.A., Doyle, C., & Gunnar, M. R. (2019). A Preliminary, Randomized-Controlled Trial of Mindfulness and Game-Based Executive Function Trainings to Promote Self-Regulation in Internationally-Adopted Children. Development and Psychopathology.
Lawler, J. M., Bocknek, E., McGinnis, E., Martinez-Torteya, C., & Muzik, M. (2018) Maternal postpartum depression increases vulnerability for toddler behavior problems through infant cortisol reactivity. Infancy.
McGinnis, E., McGinnis, R., Hruschak, J., Bilek, E., Ip, K., Morelen, D., Lawler, J.M., Fitzgerald, K., Rosenblum, K.R., Muzik, M. (2018). Wearable sensors detect childhood internalizing disorders during mood induction task. PlosOne. 13(4), e0195598. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195598
Rosenblum, K. L., Lawler, J. M., Alafara, E., Miller, N., Schuster, M., & Muzik, M. (2017) Improving Maternal Representations in High-Risk Mothers: Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Mom Power Parenting Intervention. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.
Lawler, J. M., Koss, K. J., & Gunnar, M. R. (2017). Bidirectional effects of parenting and child behavior in internationally adopting families. Journal of Family Psychology, 31(5), 563-573. doi: 10.1037/fam0000309
Mucka, L., Dayton, C., Lawler, J. M., Kirk, R., Alfafara, E., Schuster, M., … & Muzik, M. (2017). Mixed Methods Evaluation of Participant Recruitment and Retention in the Mom Power Parenting Intervention Program. Infant Mental Health Journal, 38(4), 536-550.
Lawler, J. M., Rosenblum, K., Muzik, M., Ludtke, M., Weatherston, D., & Tableman, B. (2017) A Collaborative Process for Evaluating Infant Mental Health Home Visiting in Michigan. Psychiatric Services, 68(6), 535-538.
Julian, M., Lawler, J. M., Muzik, M., & Rosenblum, K. R. (2017). Caregiver-Child Relationships in Early Childhood: Interventions to Promote Well-Being and Reduce Risk for Psychopathology. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports.
Lawler, J. M., Koss, K., Doyle, C., & Gunnar, M. R. (2016) The course of early disinhibited social engagement among post-institutionalized children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(10), 1126-1134.
Lawler, J. M., Karaketin, C., & Gehrman, R. (2016). Maltreated Children and Their Families in Juvenile Court: II. Maltreatment Recidivism.Journal of Public Child Welfare. doi: 10.1080/15548732.2016.1141151
Raby, K. L., Lawler, J. M., Shlafer, R. J., Hesemeyer, P. S., Collins, W. A., & Sroufe, L. A. (2015). The interpersonal antecedents of supportive parenting: A prospective longitudinal study from infancy to adulthood. Developmental Psychology.
Lawler, J. M., Hostinar, C. E., Mliner, S., & Gunnar, M. R. (2014) Disinhibited Social Engagement in Post-Institutionalized Children: Differentiating Normal from Atypical Behavior. Development and Psychopathology 26(2), 451-464.
Karaketin, C., Gehrman, R. & Lawler, J. M. (2014). A Study of Maltreated Children and Their Families in Juvenile Court: I. Court Performance Measures. Children and Youth Services Review 41, 62-74.
Shlafer, R., Raby, K. L., Lawler, J. M., Hesemeyer, P., Roisman, G. (2014) Longitudinal Associations between Adult Attachment States of Mind and Parenting Quality. Attachment and Human Development. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2014.962064
Karaketin, C., Gehrman, R. & Lawler, J. M. (2014). A Study of Maltreated Children and Their Families in Juvenile Court: III. Case plans.Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 65(3-4), 47-67.
Book Chapters
- Lawler, J. M., Muzik, M., and Rosenblum, K.L. (2018). Mom Power: A Parenting Group Intervention for Mothers with trauma histories. In Motherhood in the Face of Trauma - Pathways Towards Healing and Growth. Springer.
- Lawler, J. M. & Causadias, J. (2014) Neurobiology and genetics of attachment. In Torres de Cádiz, B., Causadias, J. M., & Posada, G. (Eds.) Attachment theory: Research and clinical applications. Madrid: Psimatica.
- Lawler, J. M., & Gunnar, M. R. (2012). Implications of research on postinstitutionalized children for practice and policy in early education. In Pianta, R.C. (senior ed.), Justice, L., Barnett, S. & Sheridan (associate eds.).
Handbook of Early Childhood Education. (pp. 457-479). New York: Guilford Press.