Maryland Child & Family Development Lab

Stern, J. A., Brett, B. E., Gross, J. T., Riggins, T., & Cassidy, J. (in press). Adult attachment predicts parental empathy: Evidence across four samples of parents of children from preschool through middle childhood. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Dunbar, A., Stern, J. A., Jones, J. D., Awao, S., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (in press). Parental emotion socialization and youth emotion regulation among Black adolescents: The mediating role of perceptions of the mother as a secure base. Attachment and Human Development.

Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., Tran, D., Awao, S., & Cassidy, J. (2026). Attachment security to mother is associated with lower trait expressive suppression among girls in middle childhood. Attachment and Human Development, 28, 76-100.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2025.2610664 [pdf]

Yarger, H. A., Straske, D., Fitter, M., Cassidy, J., & Redcay, E. (2025). Relations among parents’ attachment, parenting quality, and autistic and non-autistic children’s social-emotional functioning. Attachment and Human Development, 7(4), 539-566. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2025.2530933 [pdf] 

Dugan, K. A., Fraley, R. C., Jones, J., Stern, J. A., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2025). Coordination of parent and adolescent attachment across time. Developmental Psychology, 61(9), 1721-1738. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001835 [open access]

Stern, J. A., Awao, S., Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., & Cassidy, J. (2025). Relational roots of retributive vs. restorative justice: Attachment insecurity predicts harsher responses to crime. Attachment and Human Development, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2025.2532068 [open access] [pdf] 

Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (2025). Mattering in childhood: A developmental attachment perspective. In A. Kruglanski, I. Prilleltensky, & A. Raviv (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of human significance and mattering (pp. 15-28). Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003424437-4 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., Stern, J., Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2025). Mary Main’s concept of conditional strategies: Influences on studies of child-parent and adult romantic attachments. Attachment and Human Development, 27, 67-98. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2024.2426304 [pdf]

Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Stern, J. A., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2025). Developmental trajectories of adolescent internalizing symptoms and parental responses to distress. Development and Psychopathology, 37, 603-614. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579424000361 [pdf] 

Stern, J. A., Coard, S., Barbarin, O, & Cassidy, J. (2024). What attachment researchers can learn from research on Black family resilience. Child Development Perspectives, 18, 10-18. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12492 [noted as among the top 10 most cited articles published in Child Development Perspectives in 2023; also published in Child Development’s SRCD Anti-Racist Development Science Summit Virtual Issue, first published April 2024.] [open access] 

Gross, J. T., & Cassidy, J. (2024). Hidden feelings: Expressive suppression in middle childhood and links with physiology and negative emotion. Emotion, 24, 255-268. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001266 [open access] 

Stern, J. A., Dunbar, A. S., & Cassidy, J. (2023). Pathways to emotion regulation in young Black children: An attachment perspective.  Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 64 [Special Issue: Developmental Cascades], 163-188. doi: 10.1016/bs.acdb.2022.10.001 [open access] [pdf] 

Whittenburg, P., Stern, J. A., Brett, B. E., Straske, M. D., & Cassidy, J. (2023). Maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems: Attachment security as a protective factor. Development and Psychopathology, 35, 678-688. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001802 [open access] [pdf] 

Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., Brett, B. E., Fitter, M., & Cassidy, J. (2023). Mothers’ attachment style predicts response to child distress: The role of maternal emotions and attributions. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 876–891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02517-5 [open access] [pdf] 

Bakkum, L., Verhage, M. L., Schuengel, C., Duschinsky, R., Cornelisz, I., van Klaveren, C., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Raby, K. L., Roisman, G. I., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Madigan, S., Fearon, R. M. P., Behrens, K., & The Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. (2023). Exploring the meaning of unresolved loss and trauma in more than 1,000 Adult Attachment Interviews. Development and Psychopathology, 35(2), 587-603. doi: 10.1017/S0954579421001735. [open access] [pdf] 

Felton, J., Shadur, J., Havewala, M., Cassidy, J., Lejuez, C., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2022). Specific pathways from parental distress to adolescent depressive symptoms: The mediating role of youths’ reactions to negative life events. Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 44, 750-762. doi: 10.1007/s10862-022-09954-y. Epub 2022 Feb 28. [open access] [pdf] 

Fitter, M. H., Stern, J. A., Straske, M. D., Allard, T., Cassidy, J., & Riggins, T. R. (2022). Mothers’ attachment representations and children’s brain structure. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 740195. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.740195 [open access] 

Stern, J. A., Barbarin, O., & Cassidy, J. (2022). Attachment perspectives on race, prejudice, and antiracism: Introduction to the special issue. Attachment & Human Development, 24, 253-259. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2021.1976920 [open access]

Stern, J. A., Jones, J. D., Nortey, B., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2022). Pathways linking attachment and depressive symptoms for Black and White adolescents: Do race and neighborhood racism matter? In J. A. Stern, O. Barbarin, & J. Cassidy (Eds.). Attachment perspectives on race, prejudice, and antiracism. [Special issue], Attachment & Human Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1976924 [open access] 

Stern, J. A., Barbarin, O., & Cassidy, J. (2022). Working toward anti-racist perspectives in attachment theory and research. In J. A. Stern, O. Barbarin, & J. Cassidy (Eds.).  Attachment perspectives on race, prejudice, and antiracism. [Special issue], Attachment & Human Development, 24, 392-422. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1976933 [open access] 

Brett, B., Gross, J., Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (2022). Maternal depressive symptoms and children’s helping, sharing, and comforting: The moderating role of child-mother attachment. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 51, 623-636. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2020.1738235 [open access] 

Cassidy, J. (2021). In the service of protection from threat: Attachment and internal working models. In R. A. Thompson, J. Simpson, & L. J. Berlin (Eds). Attachment: The fundamental questions. Guilford. [pdf] 

Ehrlich, K., & Cassidy, J. (2021). Early attachment and later physical health. In R. A. Thompson, J. Simpson, & L. J. Berlin (Eds). Attachment: The fundamental questions. Guilford. [pdf] 

Jones, J., Stern, J. A., Fitter, M., Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., & Cassidy, J. (2021). Attachment and attitudes toward children: Effects of security priming in parents and non-parents. Attachment and Human Development, 24(2), 147-168. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1881983 [open access] 

Forslund, T., Granqvist, P., van IJzendoorn, M., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Glaser, D., Steele, M., . . . Cassidy, J., . . . & Duschinsky, R. (2021). Attachment goes to court: Child protection and custody issues. Attachment & Human Development, 24(1), 1-52. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2020.1840762 [open access] 

Oddo, L.E., Miller, N.V., Felton, J.W., Cassidy, J., Lejuez, C.W., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2020). Developmental pathways from maternal emotion dysregulation to parenting behaviors and adolescent emotion lability: Interactive effects of youth ADHD symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 50, 211-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00686-9 [open access] 

Raby, K. L., Verhage, M. L., Fearon, R. M. P., Fraley, R. C., Roisman, G. I., Van IJzendoorn . . . & The Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis (2022). The latent structure of the Adult Attachment Interview: Large sample evidence from the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. Development and Psychopathology, 34, 307-319. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579420000978 [pdf]

Jones, J., Beijers, R., Fraley, C., Gross, J., Cassidy, J., & de Weerth, C. (2020). Mothers’ attachment style as a predictor of breastfeeding and room-sharing practices. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 45(6), 1-9. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa032 [pdf]

Stern, J. A., Beijers, R., Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., & de Weerth, C. (2020). Beyond early adversity: Parenting predicts infants’ physical health in a community sample. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 41(6), 452-460. http://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000804 [open access] 

Woodhouse, S. S., Scott, J. R., Hepworth, A. D., & Cassidy, J. (2020). Secure base provision: A new approach to links between maternal caregiving and attachment. Child Development, 91, 249-265. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13224 [Wiley Publications designation as “A Top-cited Article” of 2020-2021] [open access] 

Verhage M. L, Schuengel, C., Duschinsky, R., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Fearon, R. M. P., Madigan, S., . . . et al., & the Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. The Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis (CATS): A move to the level of Individual-Participant-Data Meta Analysis. (2020). Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29, 199-206. doi: 10.1177/0963721420904967. Epub 2020 Mar 20. PMID: 32655212 [open access] 

Ehrlich, K. B., vanDellen, M. R., Felton, J. W., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2019). Perceptions about marital conflict: Individual, dyadic, and family level effects. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36, 3537-3553. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407519829846 [open access] 

Stern, J., Botdorff, M., Cassidy, J., & Riggins, T. (2019). Empathy and hippocampal subfield volume in young children. [Special issue]. Developmental Psychology, 55(9), 1908-1920. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0000684 [open access] 

Gross, J., & Cassidy, J.  (2019). Expressive suppression of negative emotions in children and adolescents: Theory, data, and a guide for future research. [Special issue] Developmental Psychology, 55(9), 1938-1950. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000722 [open access]

Stupica, B., Brett, B., Woodhouse, S. S., & Cassidy, J. (2019). Attachment security priming decreases children’s physiological and emotional responses to threat. Child Development, 90(4), 1254-1271. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13009 [pdf]

Ehrlich, K B., Stern, J. A, Eccles, J. S., Dinh, J. V., Hopper, E. A., Kemeny, M. E., Adam, E. K., & Cassidy, J. (2019). A preliminary investigation of attachment style and inflammation in African American young adults. Attachment & Human Development, 21, 57-69. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1541516 [open access] 

Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., & Cassidy, J. (2019). Attachment, caregiving in couple relationships, and prosocial behavior in the wider world. Current Opinion in Psychology, 25, 16-20. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.02.009 [pdf]

Beijers, R., Cassidy, J., Lustermans, H., & de Weerth, C. (2019). Parent-infant room-sharing during the first months of life: Longitudinal links with behavior during middle childhood. Child Development, 90(4), 1350-1361. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13146 [open access] 

Beier, J., Gross, J., Brett, B., Stern, J., Martin, D. R., & Cassidy, J. (2019). Helping, sharing, and comforting in young children: Links to individual differences in attachment. Child Development, 90, 273-289. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13100. Epub 2018 Jun 5. [pdf] 

Verhage, M. L., Fearon, R. M., Schuengel, C., van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans Kranenburg, M. J., Madigan, S., Roisman, G. I., Oosterman, M., Behrens, K. Y., Wong, M., Mangelsdorf, S., Priddis, L. E., Brisch, K., & The Collaboration on Attachment Transmission Synthesis. (2018). Examining ecological constraints on the intergenerational transmission of attachment via individual participant data meta-analysis. Child Development, 89, 2023-2027. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13085 [open access] [pdf]

Stern, J. A., Fraley, R. C., Jones, J. D., Gross, J. T., Shaver, P. R., & Cassidy, J. (2018). Developmental processes across the first two years of parenthood: Stability and change in adult attachment style. Developmental Psychology, 54, 975-988. doi:10.1037/dev0000481 [pdf] 

Cassidy, J., Stern, J. A., Mikulincer, M., Martin, D. R., & Shaver, P. R. (2018). Influences on care for others: Attachment security, personal suffering, and similarity between helper and care recipient. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 44, 574-588. doi: 10.1177/0146167217746150 [pdf] 

Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Ehrlich, K. B., Stern, J. A., Lejuez, C. W., Shaver, P. R., & Cassidy, J. (2018). Stability of attachment style in adolescence: An empirical test of alternative developmental processes. Child Development, 89, 871-880. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12775, PMCID: PMC5600628, NIHMSID: NIHMS848050, PMID: 28301042 [open access]

Woodhouse, S., Powell, B., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K., & Cassidy, J. (2018). The Circle of Security Intervention: Design, research, and implementation. In H. Steele & M. Steele (Eds.), Handbook of attachment-based interventions (pp. 50-78). Guilford. [pdf]

Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (2018). Empathy from infancy to adolescence: An attachment perspective on the development of individual differences. Developmental Review, 47, 1-22. doi:10.1016/j.dr.2017.09.002 [open access] [pdf] 

Jones, J. D., Ehrlich, K. B., Brett, B. E., Gross, J. T., Mohr, J. J., Hopper, E. A., Dinh, J. V., Malanchuk, O., Peck, S. C., Brodish, A. B., Adam, E. K., Eccles, J. S., Kemeny, M. E., & Cassidy, J. (2017). Perceptions of parental secure base support in African American adolescents and young adults: A preliminary study of predictive links to adult C-Reactive Protein. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 34, 1168-1185. doi: 10.1177/0265407516670532 [open access] 

Granqvist, P., Sroufe, L. A., Dozier, M., Hesse, E., Steele, M., van IJzendoorn, M., . . . Cassidy, J., . . . Main, M., & Duschinsky, R. (2017). Disorganized attachment in infancy: A review of the phenomenon and its implications for clinicians and policymakers. Attachment and Human Development, 19, 534-558. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2017.1354040. [open access] [pdf] 

Gross, J., Stern, J., Brett, B., & Cassidy, J. (2017). The multifaceted nature of prosocial behavior in children: Links with attachment theory and research. Social Development, 26(4), 661-678. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12242 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., Brett, B. B., Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., Martin, D. R., Mohr, J., & Woodhouse, S. S. (2017). Circle of Security – Parenting: A randomized controlled trial in Head Start. Development and Psychopathology, 29(2), 651-673. doi:10.1017/S0954579417000244 [open access] 

Ehrlich, K. B., Richards, J., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2016). When parents and adolescents disagree about disagreeing: Observed parent-adolescent communication predicts informant discrepancies about conflict. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 380-389. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12197 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.) (2016). Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (3rd ed.). Guilford. 

Cassidy, J. (2016). The nature of the child’s ties. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 3-24; 3rd ed.). Guilford. [open access]

Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (2016). A lifespan perspective on attachment and care for others: Empathy, altruism, and prosocial behavior.  In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 878-916; 3rd ed.). Guilford. [open access]

Ehrlich, K. B., Miller, G., Jones, J., & Cassidy, J. (2016). Attachment and psychoneuroimmunology. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 180-201; 3rd ed.). Guilford. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2018.03.012 [open access] 

Sherman, L. J., Rice, K., & Cassidy, J. (2015). Infant capacities related to building internal working models of attachment figures: A theoretical and empirical review. Developmental Review, 37, 109-141. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2015.06.001 [open access] 

Jones, J. D., Ehrlich, K. B., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2015). Parental knowledge of adolescent activities: Links with parental attachment style and adolescent substance use. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 191-200. doi: 10.1037/fam0000070. PMCID: PMC4388782. [open access] 

Woodhouse, S. S., Lauer, M., Beeney, J. R. S., & Cassidy, J. (2015). Psychotherapy relationship and process in the context of a brief, attachment-based, mother-infant intervention. Psychotherapy, 52, 145-150. doi:10.1037/a0037335. [open access] [pdf] 

Jones, J. D., Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (2015a). Adult attachment style and parenting. In J. Simpson & S. Rholes (Eds.). Attachment theory and research: New directions and emerging themes. Guilford. [open access] 

Jones, J. D., Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (2015b). Parents’ self-reported attachment styles: A review of links with parenting behaviors, emotions, and cognitions. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 19, 44-76. doi: 10.1177/1088868314541858. PMCID: PMC4281491 [open access] 

Jones, J. D., Brett, B. E., Ehrlich, K. B., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2014). Maternal attachment style and responses to adolescents' negative emotions: The mediating role of maternal emotion regulation. Parenting: Science and Practice 14, 235-257. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2014.972760. PMCID: PMC4283947. [open access] 

Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., Lejuez, C. W., & Daughters, S. (2014). Discrepancies about adolescent relationships as a function of informant attachment and depressive symptoms. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 24, 654-666. doi: 10.1111/jora.12057 [open access] 

Mazursky-Horowitz, H., Felton, J. W., MacPherson, L., Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., Lejuez, C. W., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2014). Maternal emotion regulation mediates the association between adult Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder symptoms and parenting. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43. doi: 10.1007/s10802-014-9894-5 [open access]

Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Jones, J., & Cassidy, J. (2014). Attachment-related biases in adolescents’ memory. Child Development, 85, 2185-2201. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12268 [pdf]

Jones, J. D., & Cassidy, J. (2014). Parental attachment style: Examination of links with parent secure base provision and adolescent secure base use. Attachment and Human Development, 16, 437-461. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2014.921718 PMCID: PMC4146667 [open access] 

Stupica, B., & Cassidy. J. (2014). Priming as a way of understanding children’s mental representations of the social world. Developmental Review, 34, 77-91. doi: 10.1016/j.dr.2013.12.003 [pdf]

Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., Gorka, S., Lejuez, C. W., & Daughters, S. B. (2013). Adolescent friendships in the context of dual risk: The roles of low adolescent distress tolerance and harsh parental response to adolescent distress. Emotion, 13, 843-851. doi: 10.1037/a0032587 PMCID: PMC4017851. [open access] 

Cassidy, J., & Jones, J., & Shaver, P. R. (2013). Contributions of attachment theory and research: A framework for future research, translation, and policy. Development and Psychopathology, 65, 1415-1434. PMCID: PMC4085672 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., Ehrlich, K. B., & Sherman, L. J. (2013). Child-parent attachment and response to threat: A move from the level of representation. In M. Mikulincer & P. R Shaver (Eds.), Nature and development of social connections: From brain to group (pp. 125-144). American Psychological Association. [open access] 

Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B., Dykas, M. J., Ramos-Marcuse, F., & Cassidy, J. (2013). The development of negative reactivity in irritable newborns as a function of attachment. Infant Behavior and Development, 36, 139-146. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2012.11.004 PMCID: PMC3580034 [open access] 

Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2013). The first bonding experience: The basics of infant-caregiver attachment. In C. Hazan & M. Campa (Eds.), Human bonding: The science of affectional ties (pp. 11-40). Guilford. [open access]

Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Ehrlich, K., & Cassidy, J. (2012). Attachment-related differences in perceptions of a single initial interaction emerge over time: Evidence of reconstructive memory processes in adolescents. Developmental Psychology, 48, 1381-1389. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027462 [open access] 

Ehrlich, K. B., Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2012). Tipping points in adolescent adjustment: Predicting social functioning from adolescents’ conflict with parents and friends. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 776-783. doi: 10.1037/a0029868 PMCID: PMC3520428 [open access] 

Woodhouse, S. S., Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2012). Loneliness and peer relations in adolescence. Social Development, 21, 273-293. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2011.00611.x [open access] 

Cassidy, J., Sherman, L. J., & Jones, J. (2012). What’s in a word? Classifying Adult Attachment Interviews using linguistic markers. Attachment & Human Development, 14, 11-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2012.636649 [open access] 

Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2011). Newborn irritability moderates the association between infant attachment security and toddler exploration and sociability. Child Development, 82, 1381–1389. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01638.x PMCID: PMC3170084 [open access] 

Dykas, M. J., Ehrlich, K. B., & Cassidy, J. (2011). Links between attachment and social information processing: Examination of intergenerational processes. Advances in Child Development and Behavior, 40, 51-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-386491-8.00002-5 [open access] 

Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., & Dykas, M. (2011). Reporter discrepancies among parents, adolescents, and peers: Adolescent attachment as an explanatory mechanism. Child Development, 82, 999-1012. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01530.x PMCID: PMC3089708 [open access] [pdf] 

Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2011). Attachment and the processing of social information across the lifespan: Theory and evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 137, 19-46. doi: 10.1037/a0021367 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., & Woodhouse, S. S., Sherman, L., Stupica, B., & Lejuez, C. W. (2011). Enhancing infant attachment security: An examination of treatment efficacy and differential susceptibility. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579410000696 [open access] 

MacPherson, L., Reynolds, E. K., Daughters, S., Cassidy, J., Mayes, L., Wang, F., & Lejuez, C.W. (2010). Positive and negative reinforcement underlying risk behavior in early adolescents. Prevention Science, 11, 331-342. doi:10.1007/s11121-010-0172-7 PMCID: PMC3137922. [open access] 

Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Ehrlich, K., & Cassidy, J. (2010). Do adolescents and parents reconstruct memories about their conflict as a function of adolescent attachment? Child Development, 81, 1445-1459. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01484.x PMCID: PMC2941233 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., Poehlmann, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.) (2010). Incarcerated individuals and their children viewed from the perspective of attachment theory. Special issue of Attachment & Human Development, 12. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730903417110  

Cassidy, J., Ziv, Y., Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., Butler, H., Karfgin, A., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K. T., & Powell, B. (2010). Enhancing attachment security in the infants of women in a jail-diversion program. In J. Cassidy, J. Poehlmann, & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Incarcerated individuals and their children viewed from the perspective of attachment theory. Special issue of Attachment & Human Development, 12, 333-353. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730903416955 [open access]

Cassidy, J., Poehlmann, J., & Shaver, P. R. (2010). Incarcerated individuals and their children viewed from the perspective of attachment theory: An overview. In J. Cassidy, J. Poehlmann, & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Incarcerated individuals and their children viewed from the perspective of attachment theory. Special issue of Attachment & Human Development, 12. [pdf]

Broussard, E. R., & Cassidy, J. (2010). Maternal perception of newborns predicts attachment organization in middle adulthood. Attachment & Human Development, 12, 159-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730903282464 [pdf]

Woodhouse, S., Ramos-Marcuse, F., Ehrlich, K., Warner, S., & Cassidy, J. (2010). The role of adolescent attachment in moderating and mediating the links between parent and adolescent psychological symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, 51-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374410903401096 [open access]

Feeney, B., Cassidy, J., Lemay, E. P. Jr., & Ramos-Marcuse, F. (2009). Affiliation with new peer acquaintances: Interpersonal dynamics during two initial social support interactions. Personal Relationships, 16, 489-506. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01236.x [pdf]

Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Lavy, S., & Cassidy, J. (2009). Understanding and altering hurt feelings: An attachment-theoretical perspective on the generation and regulation of emotions. In A. L. Vangelisti (Ed.), Feeling hurt in close relationships (pp. 92-122). University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511770548.007 [open access]

Duggan, A., Berlin, L. J., Cassidy, J., Burrell, L., & Tandon, D. (2009). Examining maternal depression and attachment insecurity as moderators of the impacts of home visiting for at-risk mothers and infants. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 788-799. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015709 PMCID: PMC2718774 [open access]

Cassidy, J., Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., & Lavy, S. (2009). Experimentally induced security influences response to psychological pain. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 28, 463-478. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2009.28.4.463 [pdf]

Woodhouse, S. S., Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2009). Perceptions of secure base provision within the family. Attachment & Human Development, 11, 47-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730802500792 [pdf]

Cassidy, J., Phelps, J., Sibrava, N. J., Thomas, C. L. Jr., & Borkovec, T. (2009). Generalized anxiety disorder: Connections with self-reported attachment. Behavior Therapy, 40, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2007.12.004 [pdf]

Mikulincer, M., Shaver, P. R., Cassidy, J., & Berant, E. (2009). Attachment-related defensive processes. In J. H. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.), Attachment theory and research in clinical work with adults (pp. 293-327). Guilford. [open access] 

Feeney, B. C., Cassidy, J., & Ramos-Marcuse, F. (2008). The generalization of attachment representations to new social situations: Predicting behavior during initial interactions with strangers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95, 1481-1498. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0012635 PMCID: PMC2593839 [open access] 

Dykas, M., Ziv, Y., & Cassidy, J. (2008). Attachment and peer relations in adolescence. Attachment & Human Development, 10, 123-141. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730802113679 [open access] 

Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.) (2008). Handbook of attachment: Theory, research and clinical applications (2nd ed.). Guilford.

Cassidy, J. (2008). The nature of the child’s ties. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 3-22; 2nd ed.). Guilford. [open access] 

Berlin, L. J., Cassidy, J., & Appleyard, K. (2008). The influence of early attachments on other relationships. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 333-347; 2nd ed.). Guilford. [open access] 

Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2007). Attachment and the processing of information in adolescence. In M. Scharf & O. Mayseless (Eds.), New directions for child & adolescent development: Attachment in adolescence (pp. 41-56). Jossey-Bass. https://doi.org/10.1002/cd.193 [open access] 

Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Cassidy, J., & Waters, H. S. (2006). Narrative assessment of attachment representations: Links between secure base scripts and adolescent attachment. Attachment & Human Development, 8, 221-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730600856099 [open access] 

Vaughn, B. E., Waters, H. S., Coppola, G., Cassidy, J., Bost, K. K., & Verissimo, M. (2006). Script-like attachment representations and behavior in families and across cultures: Studies of parental secure base narratives. Attachment & Human Development, 8, 179- 184. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730600856008 [open access] 

Kobak, R., Cassidy, J., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Ziv, Y. (2006). Attachment, stress, and psychopathology: A developmental pathways model. In D. Cicchetti, & D. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology (2nd ed., pp. 333-369). Wiley. [open access]

Cassidy, J., Woodhouse, S., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K., Powell, B., & Rodenberg, M. S. (2005). Examination of the precursors of infant attachment security: Implications for early intervention and intervention research. In L. J. Berlin, Y. Ziv, L. M. Amaya-Jackson, & M. T. Greenberg (Eds). Enhancing early attachments: Theory, research, intervention, and policy (pp. 34-60). Guilford. [pdf]

Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2005). Parental self-efficacy. In C. B. Fisher & R. M. Lerner (Eds.) Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia of research, policies, and programs (Vol. 2, pp. 787-788). Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412950565.n303 [open access] 

Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2005). Web-based interventions. In C. B. Fisher and R. M. Lerner (Eds.) Applied developmental science: An encyclopedia of research, policies and programs. (Vol. 1, pp. 612-613). Sage Publications. [open access] 

Kobak, R., Cassidy, J., & Ziv, Y. (2004). Attachment-related trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for adult adaptation. In W. S. Rholes & J. Simpson (Eds.). Adult attachment: Theory, research, and clinical implications (pp. 388-407). Guilford. [open access]

Cassidy, J. (2003). Continuity and change in the measurement of infant attachment. Developmental Psychology, 39, 409-412. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.409 [pdf]

Cassidy, J., Aikins, J. W., & Chernoff, J. (2003). Children’s peer selection: Experimental examination of the role of self-perceptions. Developmental Psychology, 39, 495-508. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.3.495 [pdf]

Berlin, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2003). Mothers’ self-reported control of their preschool children’s emotional expressiveness: Associations with infant-mother attachment and children’s emotion regulation. Social Development, 12, 477-495. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9507.00244 [pdf]

Cassidy, J., Ziv, Y., Mehta, T., & Feeney, B. C. (2003). Feedback-seeking in children: Associations with perceived competence and attachment. Child Development, 74, 612-628. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.7402019 [pdf]

Feeney, B., & Cassidy, J. (2003). Reconstructive memory related to adolescent-parent conflict interactions: The influence of attachment models on changes in perceptions over time. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 945-955. doi: 10.1037/0022-3514.85.5.945 [open access] 

Fivush, R., Berlin, L. J., Sales, L., Mennuti-Washburn, J., & Cassidy, J. (2003). Functions of parent-child reminiscing about emotionally negative events. Memory [Special issue on autobiographical memory], 11, 179-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/741938209 [open access] 

Ziv, Y., & Cassidy, J. (2002). Maternal responsiveness and infant irritability. Infant Behavior and Development, 25, 16-20. doi: 10.1016/S0163-6383(02)00100-5 [open access]

Cassidy, J., & Mohr, J. (2001). Unsolvable fear, trauma, and psychopathology: Theory, research, and clinical considerations related to disorganized attachment across the life span. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 8, 275-298. https://doi.org/10.1093/clipsy.8.3.275 [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (2001). Truth, lies, and intimacy: An attachment perspective. Attachment & Human Development, 3, 121-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616730110058999 [open access]

Berlin, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2001). Enhancing early child-parent relationships: Implications of adult attachment research. Infants and Young Children, 14, 64-76. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001163-200114020-00008 [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (2000). The complexity of the caregiving system: A view from attachment theory. Psychological Inquiry, 11, 86-91. [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (2000). Adult romantic attachments: A developmental perspective on individual differences. Review of General Psychology, 4, 111-131. doi: 10.1037/1089-2680.4.2.111 [pdf]

Berlin, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2000). Parenting and attachment. In J. D. Osofsky & H. E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), The handbook of infant mental health, vol 3: Parenting and childcare (pp. 137-170). Wiley. [pdf]

Cassidy, J., & Shaver, P. R. (Eds.) (1999). Handbook of attachment: Theory, research and clinical applications. Guilford.

Cassidy, J. (1999). The nature of the child’s ties. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 3-20). Guilford. [pdf]

Berlin, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (1999). Relations among relationships: Contributions from attachment theory and research. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 688-712). Guilford. [pdf]

Cassidy, J., & Berlin, L. J. (1999). Understanding the origins of childhood loneliness: Contributions of attachment theory. In K. J. Rotenberg & S. Hymel (Eds.), Loneliness in childhood and adolescence (pp. 34-55). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511551888.003 [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (1998). Attachment and Object Relations theories and the concept of independent behavioral systems. Social Development, 7, 120-126. [pdf]

Kirsh, S., & Cassidy, J. (1997). Preschoolers’ attention to and memory for attachment relevant information. Child Development, 68, 1143-1153. https://doi.org/10.2307/1132297 [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (1997). Attachment theory. In J. Noshpitz (Ed.), Handbook of Child and Adolescent psychiatry, vol 1: Infants and preschoolers: Development and syndromes (pp. 236-250). Wiley. [pdf]

Cassidy, J., Kirsh, S., Scolton, K., & Parke, R. (1996). Attachment and representations of peer relationships. Developmental Psychology, 32, 892-904. https://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.32.5.892 [open access]

Cassidy, J. (1995). Attachment and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In D. Cicchetti & S. Toth (Eds.), Rochester symposium on developmental psychopathology (vol. 6): Emotion, cognition, and representation (pp. 343-370). University of Rochester Press. [pdf]

Berlin, L. J., Cassidy, J., & Belsky, J. (1995). Loneliness in young children and infant-mother attachment: A longitudinal study. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 41, 91-103. [pdf]

Halberstadt, A. G., Cassidy, J., Stifter, C., Parke, R. D., & Fox, N. A. (1995). Self-expressiveness within the family context: Psychometric support for a new measure. Psychological Assessment, 7, 93-103. https://doi.org/10.1037/1040-3590.7.1.93 [open access]

Cassidy, J. (1994). Emotion regulation: Influences of attachment relationships. In N. Fox (Ed.), The development of emotion regulation, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 59, (2-3, Serial No. 240), 228-249. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5834.1994.tb01287.x [pdf]

Belsky, J., & Cassidy, J. (1994). Attachment: Theory and evidence. In M. L. Rutter, D. F. Hay, & S. Baron-Cohen (Eds.), Development through life: A handbook for clinicians (pp. 373-402). Blackwell. [pdf]

Belsky, J., & Cassidy, J. (1994). Attachment and close relationships: An individual differences perspective. Psychological Inquiry, 5, 27-30. doi: 10.1207/s15327965pli0501_3 [pdf]

Cassidy, J., & Berlin, L. J. (1994). The insecure/ambivalent pattern of attachment: Theory and research. Child Development, 65, 971-991. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1994.tb00796.x [open access] 

Cassidy, J., Parke, R., Butkovsky, L., & Braungart, J. (1992). Family-peer connections: The roles of emotional expressiveness within the family and children's understanding of emotions. Child Development, 63, 603-618. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01649.x [pdf]

Cassidy, J., & Asher, S. R. (1992). Loneliness and peer relations in young children. Child Development, 63, 350-365. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1992.tb01632.x [pdf]

Parke, R. D., Cassidy, J., Burks, V. M., Carson, J., & Boyum, L. (1992). Familial contribution to peer competence among young children: The role of interactive and affective processes.  In R. D. Parke & G. W. Ladd (Eds.), Family-peer relationships (pp. 107-134). Erlbaum. [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (1990). Theoretical and methodological considerations in the study of attachment and the self in young children. In M. Greenberg, D. Cicchetti, & E. M. Cummings (Eds.), Attachment in the preschool years: Theory, research, and intervention (pp. 87-120). University of Chicago Press. [pdf]

Bretherton, I., Ridgeway, D., & Cassidy, J. (1990). The role of internal working models in the attachment relationship: Theoretical, empirical, and developmental considerations. In M. Greenberg, D. Cicchetti, and E. M. Cummings (Eds.), Attachment in the preschool years: Theory, research, and intervention (pp. 273-310). University of Chicago Press. [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (1988). Child-mother attachment and the self in six-year-olds. Child Development, 59, 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1988.tb03200.x [pdf]

Cassidy, J., & Kobak, R. (1988). Avoidance and its relation to other defensive processes. In J. Belsky and T. Nezworski (Eds.), Clinical implications of attachment (pp. 300-323).  Erlbaum. [pdf]

Vuchinich, S., Emery, R. E., & Cassidy, J. (1988). Family members as third parties in dyadic family conflict: Strategies, alliances, and outcomes. Child Development, 59, 1293-1302. doi: 10.2307/1130492 [pdf]

Main, M., & Cassidy, J. (1988). Categories of response to reunion with the parent at age six: Predictable from infant attachment classifications and stable over a 1-month period. Developmental Psychology, 24, 415-426. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.24.3.415 [pdf]

Cassidy, J. (1986). The ability to negotiate the environment: An aspect of infant competence as related to quality of attachment. Child Development, 57, 331-337. doi: 10.2307/1130588 [pdf]

Main, M., Kaplan, N., & Cassidy, J. (1985). Security in infancy, childhood, and adulthood:  A move to the level of representation. In I. Bretherton & E. Waters (Eds.), Growing points in attachment theory and research, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 50, (1-2, Serial No. 209), 66-104. https://doi.org/10.2307/3333827 [pdf]

Cassidy, J., & Main. M. (1984). The relationship between infant-parent attachment and the ability to tolerate brief separation at six years. In R. Tyson & E. Galenson (Eds.), Frontiers of Infant Psychiatry: Volume 2 (pp. 132-136). Basic Books. [pdf]

Spears, R., & Cassidy, J. (Eds.), Text by Robert Coles. (1985). James Agee: A life remembered. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.

Awao, S., Venza, J., Cassidy, J., et al. (2025, October)."Being With": Bringing Circle of Security to school communities to uplift caregivers, early childhood educators, and young children. [Poster]. Presented at the Zero to Three LEARN conference, Baltimore, MD. 

Kulawska, K. I., Awao, S., Rosado, A. A., Alvarenga, J. T., Woodhouse, S. S., & Cassidy, J. (2025, August). Maternal depression, RSA modulation, and parental attributions and responses to infant crying. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO. 

Awao, S., Patel, V., Diphilippo, E., Benevento, O., Talton, R., & Cassidy, J. (2025, May). Childhood bereavement and internalizing symptoms: The role of early attachment security and relationship quality. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN. 

Dugan, K. A., Fraley, R. C., Jones, J. D., Stern, J. A., Shaver, P. R., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2025, May). Coordination of parent and adolescent attachment across time. Conference symposium presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN. 

Redcay, E., McNaughton, K., Munshell, P., Yarger, H., Alkire, D., Reckner, E., Lemay, E. P., & Cassidy, J. (2024, September). Birds of a feather: Examining relations between similarity, peer interaction, and loneliness in autistic & non-autistic adolescents. Poster presented at an NIH Grantees meeting for the Social Connection Project, Washington, DC. 

Dunbar, A., Jones, J. D., Stern, J. A., Awao, S., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2023, April). Parental emotion socialization and youth emotion regulation among Black adolescents: The mediating role of perceptions of the mother as a secure base. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago, IL. 

Awao, S., Stern, J.A., Trujillo, A., Kim, H., Godin, S., Rothschild, J., Huber, S., & Cassidy, J. (2023, August). Mothers’ attachment style and discomfort with social touch: Links to child outcomes. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington DC. 

Jones, J. D., Stern, J. A., Fraley, R. C., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2023, March). Developmental trajectories of youth psychopathology symptoms and parental responses to distress among Black and White adolescents. In J. A. Stern (chair), Parent-child interactions and marginalized contexts: The role of race, gender, and discrimination experiences. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Fitter, M. H., Awao, S., Godin, S., Lee, H., & Cassidy, J. (2023, March). Developmental pathways from early attachment to adolescent romantic relationship functioning: The roles of social information processing and friendship quality. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT. 

Stern, J. A., Jones, J. D., Nortey, B., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2022, March). Attachment and depressive symptoms in adolescence: Do race and neighborhood racism matter? In J. F. Young (Chair), Novel approaches to the risk, identification, and prevention of adolescent depression. Symposium presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA. 

Straske, M. D., Fitter, M., Deol, G., Trujillo, A., Lejuez, C., & Cassidy, C. (2021, April). Links between maternal and adolescent attachment style and disordered eating. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meetings, virtual conference.

Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Stern, J. A., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2021, April). Longitudinal examination of bidirectional links between parent emotion socialization and youth internalizing symptoms. In Flash Talk Session: Diverse mechanisms in the development of internalized distress and self-harm. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meetings, virtual conference.

Fitter, M. H., Straske, M. D., Whittenburg, P., Knoll, S., Cassidy, J. (2021, April). Adolescent attachment and social acceptance: The mediating role of expectations. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meetings, virtual conference.

Fitter, M. H., Straske, M. D., Knoll, S., Deol, G., Cassidy, J. (2021, April). Young adolescents' early relationship satisfaction and motivations for dating: Links to attachment to parents. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meetings, virtual conference.

Stern, J. A., Cassidy, J., & Barbarin, O. A. (2021, April). Attachment theory and perspectives on Black youth development: A dialogue. In J. A. Stern & O. A. Barbarin (Chairs), Attachment theory and Black youth development: New directions for cross-disciplinary dialogue. Paper symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meetings, virtual conference.

Fitter, M. H., Ehrlich, K. B., Stern, J. A., Gross, J. T., & Cassidy, J. (2019, July). Links between adolescent secure base representations and expectations of future romantic relationships. Poster presented at the International Attachment Conference, Vancouver, Canada.

Weinberg, B. E., Riggins, T., Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (May, 2019). Relations between hippocampus subregion volumes and emotion regulation in young children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Washington, D.C.

Patton, D. A., Benner, M. J., Stern, J. A., Brett, B. E., Gross, J. T., & Cassidy, J. (2019, May). Supportive parenting moderates the relation between corporal punishment and child prosocial behavior in girls. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Washington, D.C.

Whittenburg, P. N., Stern, J. A., Brett, B. E., Gross, J. T., & Cassidy, J. (2019, May). The buffering role of attachment on the relation between maternal depressive symptoms and child behavior problems. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science. Washington, D.C.

Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., Kelman, E., & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Hiding how you really feel: Child and parent attachment predict expressive suppression in middle childhood. In H. Rasmussen & M. Kerr (Chairs), Attachment styles: A window into emotional processes across development. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Stern, J. A., Ehrlich, K. B., Jones, J. D., Kemeny, M., Eccles, J., & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Close relationships in adolescence and adulthood as predictors of inflammatory markers in midlife. In J. A. Stern (Chair), Close relationships and physical health: A lifespan developmental perspective. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Stern, J. A., Gross, J. T., Brett, B. E., Riggins, T., Fitter, M., Milheim, E., & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Adult attachment style predicts parents’ empathy for their children: Evidence from preschool through middle childhood. In S. Woodhouse (Chair), Adult attachment style: Implications for parenting behavior and child outcomes. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Gross, J. T., Fitter, M. H., Wilhite, T. & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Links between emotional expressive suppression and electrodermal reactivity in middle childhood. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Woodhouse, S. S., Scott, J. R., Hepworth, A., & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Secure base provision: A new approach to examining links between maternal caregiving and infant attachment. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, Maryland.

Fitter, M. H., Ehrlich, K. B., Stern, J. A., Gross, J. T., & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Links between adolescent secure base representations and expectations of future romantic relationships. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Beijers, R., Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Gross, J. T., Cassidy, J., & de Weerth, C. (2019, March). Breastfeeding and room-sharing practices: Mother’s attachment style as a predictor. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Brett, B. E., Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (2019, March). Preschoolers’ attachment security moderates the link Between maternal depressive symptoms and children’s prosocial comforting. Poster presented at at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

Stern, J. A., Jones, J. D., Fraley, R. C., Ehrlich, K. B., Lejuez, C. W., Shaver, P. R., & Cassidy, J. (2018, April). Stability of attachment style in adolescence: An empirical test of alternative developmental processes. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Ehrlich, K. B., Lyle, S., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (2018, April). Observed hostility and attachment behaviors during mother-adolescent conflict: Links with adolescent social behavior. In M. Martin (Chair), Increasing specificity in understanding the links between parent-adolescent attachment and adjustment. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.

Cassidy, J., Brett, B. B., Gross, J. T., Stern, J. A., Martin, D. R., Mohr, J., & Woodhouse, S. S. (2017). Circle of Security – Parenting: A randomized controlled trial in Head Start. Development and Psychopathology, 29, 651-673.

Cassidy, J., Ziv, Y., Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., Butler, H., Karfgin, A., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K. T., & Powell, B. (2010). Enhancing attachment security in the infants of women in a jail-diversion program. In J. Cassidy, J. Poehlmann, & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Incarcerated individuals and their children viewed from the perspective of attachment theory. Special issue of Attachment & Human Development, 12, 333-353.

Cassidy, J., & Woodhouse, S. S., Sherman, L., Stupica, B., & Lejuez, C. W. (2011). Enhancing infant attachment security: An examination of treatment efficacy and differential susceptibility. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 131-148.

Cassidy, J., Woodhouse, S. S., Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B. S., Ziv, Y., & Lejuez, C. (2009, April). Infant irritability and maternal adult attachment as moderators of a home visiting intervention in a randomized controlled study. In S. S. Woodhouse & L. J. Berlin (Co-chairs), Adult attachment and reflective functioning as moderators of early intervention efficacy. Symposium conducted at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Dykas, M. J., Cassidy, J., & Woodhouse, S. S. (2009, April). Rejection sensitivity in adolescence: The role of attachment behavior and representations. In K. B. Ehrlich & J. Cassidy (Co-chairs), Fear of social rejection in adolescence: Physiological, behavioral, and relationship processes. Symposium conducted at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Dykas, M. J., Cassidy, J., & Woodhouse, S. S. (2009, April). Adolescent attachment and reconstructed memories for experiences with unfamiliar peers. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Ehrlich, K. B., Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2009, April). Attachment representations of parents as a contributor to reporter discrepancies about parent-adolescent conflict. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Ehrlich, K. B., Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2009, April). Reporters from "Two social worlds": Discrepancies in mother and peer reports as a function of adolescent attachment security. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Reynolds, E. K., MacPherson, L., Francis, W., Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., & Lejuez, C. (2009, April). Risk behaviors during middle childhood as related to disinhibition and distress intolerance: The moderating role of father absence. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B. S., & Cassidy, J. (2009, April). Antecedents and correlates of maternal mind-mindedness. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Stupica, B. S., Sherman, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2009, April). Infant irritability and attachment as predictors of behavioral inhibition at 18 months. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Woodhouse, S. S., Boldebuck, K., Halcrow, S., & Cassidy, J. (2008, March). Correlates of maternal representations of and responses to infant distress: Maternal attachment and symptoms in mother and infant. Poster presented at the meetings of the International Conference of Infant Studies, Vancouver.

Babcock, K., Dykas, M., Butler, H., & Cassidy, J. (2008, March). When parents and adolescents disagree about disagreeing: Attachment security as an explanation for reporter discrepancies of conflict and hostility. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago.

Dykas, M., & Cassidy, J. (2008, March). Shy behavior within adolescent peer relations: The role of social cognition. Poster presented at the meetings of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago.

Powell, B., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K., Cassidy, J., et al. (2026, July). Circle of Security: 

The clinical story behind the model. Workshop presented as part of the Mind in Mind 

Legacy Series, London. 

 

Cassidy, J., Awao, S., Couto Silva, A., Nti, S., Rodousakis, M., & Stewart, R. (2024, May). Providing children with a secure base in the classroom: The Circle of Security 

approach. Symposium presented at the Lourie Center conference “Therapeutic 

Storytelling in the Face of Historical Racism & Trauma: National Best Practices Delivered Locally.” Bowie State University. Bowie, MD. 

 

Barbarin, O., Bolger, D. J., Cassidy, J., Jones Harden, B., & Hoover, S. (2018, November). University-school partnerships to buffer young children against the effects of toxic stress: A panel discussion. Presentation at the Greater Impact II 2018 University Conference, District-University Partnerships for Excellence: Developing the Equity Proficient Leader, University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 

Cassidy, J. (2018, February). The Circle of Security in the Classroom: Structure and implementation. Presentation to the DC Public Schools Early Childhood Administration, Washington DC. 

Cassidy, J. (2017, August). The Circle of Security approach for parents and teachers. Presentation to the DC Public Schools Early Childhood Direct Services program, Washington DC. 

Cassidy, J. (2017, April). Attachment and physical health: Historical context and conceptual models. Paper presented at the SRCD Attachment Pre-conference. Austin, TX.

Cassidy, J. (2017, March). Secure attachment: A foundation for children’s health and well-being. Keynote address given at the annual conference of the Virginia Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. Fredericksburg, VA.

Cassidy, J. (2016, December). Child-parent attachment and response to threat: A move from the level of representation. Baby Research Center Plenary Talk, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Cassidy, J. (2016, November). Providing adolescents with a secure base: An attachment perspective. Workshop presented by the Center for Attachment, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Cassidy, J. (2016, November). Attachment and care for others. Paper presented at the International Conference on Natural Goodness and the Concept of Optimal Development. Keble College, Oxford University, Oxford, England.

Cassidy, J. (2016, October). Early relationships, later functioning: Why and how a secure base matters. Spotlight Lecture, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Cassidy, J. (2016, April). Attachment security as a regulator of response to threat. Paper presented at the third annual John M. Oldham National Mental Health Symposium, “Emotion Regulation and Dysregulation.” The Menninger Clinic and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, Texas

Cassidy, J. (2016, March). Early relationships, later functioning: Why and how a secure base matters. Address presented at the International Iberoamerican Attachment Network Conference, Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia.

Cassidy, J. (2016, February). Attachment and care for others: The role of emotion regulation. Paper presented at the International Conference on Attachment, Virtue and The Regulation of Emotion. Center for Advanced Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (CASLMU), Munich.

Cassidy, J. (2016, February). Attachment and care for others: The role of emotion regulation. Presentation to the Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Behavioural Science Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Cassidy, J. (2015, August). Security in the teenage years: An attachment perspective. Workshop presented by Circle of Security – International and the Marycliff Institute, Spokane, WA.

Cassidy, J. (2015, August). Early relationships, later functioning: Why and how a secure base mattes. Keynote address presented at the 7th International Attachment Conference, New York, NY.

Cassidy, J. (2009, March). New directions in attachment theory. Paper presented at the Attachment Pre-conference of the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver.

Cassidy, J. (2008, November). Attachment and emotions in infancy and adulthood. Paper presented at Radboud University, Nijmegan, The Netherlands.

Cassidy, J. (2008, November). Attachment and emotions in infancy and adulthood. Paper presented at the Copenhagen Conference on Attachment, Development, and Psychotherapy. University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Cassidy, J. (2008, May). Affect regulation within the Adult Attachment Interview. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry, Washington, DC.

Cassidy, J. (2008, May). Mary Ainsworth: Pioneer of attachment research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Baltimore, MD.

Cassidy, J. (2007, October). Attachment and emotions in childhood and adulthood. Paper presented at the Nordic Conference on Attachment and Risk, Oslo.

Cassidy, J. (2007, October). Understanding attachment: The Circle of Security approach. Paper presented at the Nordic Conference on Attachment and Risk, Oslo.

Cassidy, J. (2007, July). Adults’ access to painful childhood emotions: Implications for the therapeutic relationship and changes in attachment representations. Paper presented at the Third International Attachment Conference, “Changing troubled attachment relations: Views from research and clinical work.” Braga, Portugal.

Cassidy, J. (2007, June). Fostering secure attachment in infants of women in a jail-diversion program: The Circle of Security approach. Presentation to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Sacramento, California.

Cassidy, J., & Cooper, G. (2007, April). Affect regulation and the Circle of Security model: A case study addressing frightening parental behavior. Paper presented at the Attachment Pre-conference of the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston.

Cassidy, J. (2007, March). Attachment and emotions in children and adults. Paper presented at the conference “The Healing Power of Emotion.” UCLA Extension and Lifespan Learning Institute, Los Angeles.

Cassidy, J. (2006, December). Attachment and emotions in children and adults: Implications for the therapeutic relationship. Keynote address of the Congres Nederlandse Vereniging voor Pschotherapie [annual Congress of the Dutch Society for Psychotherapy], Amsterdam.

Cassidy, J. (2006, December). Intergenerational transmission of emotion regulation: A video workshop. Workshop presented at the RINO Therapeutic Institute, Amsterdam.

Cassidy, J. (2006, December). Attachment and emotions in children and adults: Implications for the therapeutic relationship. Colloquium presented at the University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands. Cassidy, J. (2006, July). Experience, affect, and attachment in children, adolescents, and adults. Workshop presented at Marycliff Institute, Spokane, WA.

Cassidy, J. (2006, April) Intervention with parents and infants: An emotion regulation approach. Paper presented as part of the NIMH workshop Developmental and Translational Models of Emotion Regulation and Dysregulation: Links to Childhood Affective Disorders. Bethesda, Maryland.

Cassidy, J. (2006, April). Attachment and emotions in children and adults. Paper presented as part of the workshop Attachment and Emotion in Trauma and Growth, AEDP Institute, City University of New York, New York.

Cassidy, J. (2005, July). Being open to the pain of a difficult past: Therapeutic implications. Paper presented at the International Conference on Attachment: Therapeutic Applications In Infants, Children, Adolescents, & Adults. Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, Paris.

Cassidy, J. (2005, May). Solvable and unsolvable fear: Attachment, trauma, and psychopathology. Vanderbilt Conference on Attachment, Vanderbilt University, Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.