Maryland Child & Family Development Lab

Stern, J. A., Barbarin, O. & Cassidy, J. (Eds.) (in press). Attachment perspectives on race, prejudice, and antiracism. [Special issue], Attachment & Human Development.

Stern, J. A., Jones, J. D., Nortey, B., Lejuez, C. W., & Cassidy, J. (in press). Pathways linking attachment and depressive symptoms for Black and White adolescents: Do race and neighborhood racism matter? [Special issue]. Attachment & Human Development.

Cassidy, J. (in press). 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. New York, NY: Guilford.

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. New York, NY: Guilford.

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, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616734.2021.1881983

Jones, J., Beijers, R., Fraley, C., Gross, J., Cassidy, J., & de Weerth, C. (2020). A prospective study of breastfeeding and room-sharing practices during the infant’s first 6 months: Mothers’ attachment style as a predictor. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsaa032

Brett, B., Gross, J., Stern, J. A., & Cassidy, J. (2020). Maternal depressive symptoms and children’s helping, sharing, and comforting: The moderating role of child-mother attachment. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2020.1738235

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. http://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000000804

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

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.

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

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.

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, 1254-1271

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.

Ehrlich, K B., & Cassidy, J. (Eds.) (2019). Attachment and physical health. Special issue, Attachment and Human Development. 21.

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, 1350-1361.

Beier, J., Gross, J., Brett, B., Stern, J., Martin, D. R., & Cassidy, J. (2018). Helping, sharing, and comforting in young children: Links to individual differences in attachment. Child Development.

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. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/dev0000481

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

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

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). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

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

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

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

Cassidy, J., Ziv, Y., Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., Butler, H. M., Karfgin, A., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K., Powell, B. (in press). Enhancing attachment security in the infants of women in a jail-diversion program. Attachment and Human Development.

Ehrlich, K. B., Cassidy, J., & Dykas, M. J. (in press). Reporter discrepancies among parents, adolescents, and peers: Adolescent attachment and informant depressive symptoms as explanatory factors. Child Development.

Dykas, M. J., Woodhouse, S. S., Ehrlich, K. B., & Cassidy, J. (in press). Do adolescents and parents reconstruct memories about their conflict as a function of adolescent attachment? Child Development.

Duggan, A., Berlin, L. J., Cassidy, J., Burrell, L., & Tandon, D. (in press). Moderators of home visiting program impact in at-risk families of newborns: The roles of maternal depression and maternal attachment insecurity. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Woodhouse, S. S., Ramos-Marcuse, F., Ehrlich, K. B., Warner, S., & Cassidy, J. (in press). Links between adolescent and parent psychological symptoms: Attachment processes within a family model. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

Shaver, P. R., Mikulincer, M., Lavy, S., & Cassidy, J. (in press). 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. New York: Cambridge University Press.

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.

Woodhouse, S. S., Dykas, M. J., & Cassidy, J. (2009). Perceptions of secure base provision within the family. Attachment and Human Development, 11, 47-67.

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.

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). New York: Guilford Press.

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.

Dykas, M., Ziv, Y., & Cassidy, J. (2008). Attachment and peer relations in adolescence. Attachment and Human Development, 10, 123-141.

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

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 (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Publications.

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 (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Publications.

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). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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 and Human Development, 8, 221-240.

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 and Human Development, 8, 179- 184.

Kobak, R., Cassidy, J., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Ziv, Y. (2006). Attachment and developmental psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti, & D. Cohen (Eds.), Developmental psychopathology, 2nd edition, (pp. 333-369). New York: Wiley.

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). New York: Guilford.

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). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

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). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

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). New York: Guilford.

Cassidy, J. (2003). Continuity and change in the measurement of infant attachment. Developmental Psychology, 39, 409-412.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.