PUBLICATIONS
2024
Frost A., Collins A., Chung EO., Escobar Carias MS., Hagaman A., Gupta S., Bibi A., Sikander S., Maselko J. Trauma exposure among young children in rural Pakistan: Associations with gender, mental health, and cognitive skills. BMC Psychology. BMC Psychol. 2024 Aug 25;12(1):454. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01944-x
Collins A, Maselko J, Hagaman A, Bates L, Haight SC, Kachoria AG, et al. Disability severity and risk of new or recurrent intimate partner violence – Evidence from a cohort study in rural Pakistan. Disability and Health Journal. 2024 Jul 20;101673. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dhjo.2024.101673
Frost A, Hagaman A, Bibi A, Bhalotra S, Chung EO, Haight SC, et al. Childhood parental bonding and depression in adulthood: A study of mothers in rural Pakistan. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024 Jul 1;356:715–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.04.090
Bhalotra S, Delavande A, Font-Gilabert P, Maselko J. Maternal Investments in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns. The Economic Journal. 2024 Jun 26;ueae059. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueae059
Escobar Carias M, Baranov V, Maselko J, Biroli P, Bhalotra S. Maternal Mental Health Responses to COVID-19 Shocks and Uncertainty in Rural Pakistan. AEA Papers and Proceedings. 2024 May;114:407–11. https://www.doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20241059
Sevim D, Baranov V, Bhalotra S, Maselko J, Biroli P. Trajectories of Early Childhood Skill Development and Maternal Mental Health. The Journal of human resources. 2024 Apr;59(Suppl):S365. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12693r3
Frost A, Scherer E, Chung EO, Gallis JA, Sanborn K, Zhou Y, et al. Longitudinal pathways between maternal depression, parenting behaviors, and early childhood development: a mediation analysis. medRxiv. 2024 Jan 25;2024.01.24.24301747. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.24.24301747
Hagaman AK, Bates LM, Atif N, Chung E, LeMasters K, Rahman A, et al. Suicide Ideation within and outside the Perinatal Period: An Exploration of Interpersonal Factors from a Maternal Cohort in Rural Pakistan to Improve Intervention Targeting. Arch Suicide Res. 2024;28(1):231–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2154727
2023
Chung EO, Scherer E, LeMasters K, Bates L, Hagaman A, Staley BS, et al. Maternal adverse childhood experiences on child growth and development in rural Pakistan: An observational cohort study. PLOS Global Public Health. 2023 Oct 25;3(10):e0001669. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001669
2022
Haight SC, Gallis JA, Chung EO, Baranov V, Bibi A, Frost A, et al. Stressful life events, intimate partner violence, and perceived stress in the postpartum period: longitudinal findings in rural Pakistan. Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. 2022 Sep 1;57(11):2193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02354-3
Frost A, Hagaman A, Baranov V, Chung EO, Bhalotra S, Sikander S, et al. Non-linear associations between HPA axis activity during infancy and mental health difficulties during early childhood among children in rural Pakistan. Development and psychopathology. 2022 Aug 12;35(4):2086. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579422000773
Richardson RA, Haight SC, Hagaman A, Sikander S, Maselko J, Bates LM. Social support and intimate partner violence in rural Pakistan: A longitudinal investigation of the bi-directional relationship. SSM - Population Health. 2022 Jul 20;19:101173.
Chung, E.O., Hagaman, A., Bibi, A., Frost, A., Haight, S.C., Sikander, S., & Maselko, J. (2022). Mother-in-law childcare and perinatal depression in rural Pakistan. Women's Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221141288
O’Donnell, K., Gallis, J., Turner, E., Hagaman, A., Scherer, E., Sikander, S., & Maselko, J. (2022). The Day‐in‐the‐Life method for assessing infant caregiving in rural Pakistan. Family Relations. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12706
2021
Hagaman, A., LeMasters, K., Zivich, P. N., Sikander, S., Bates, L. M., Bhalotra, S., … & Maselko, J. (2021). Longitudinal effects of perinatal social support on maternal depression: A marginal structural modelling approach. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75(10), 936–943. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-215836
Sharif M, Zaidi A, Waqas A, Malik A, Hagaman A, Maselko J, et al. Psychometric Validation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support During Pregnancy in Rural Pakistan. Frontiers in Psychology. 2021 Jun 15;12:601563.
LeMasters, K., Bates, L. M., Chung, E. O., Gallis, J. A., Hagaman, A., Scherer, E., … & Maselko, J. (2021). Adverse childhood experiences and depression among women in rural Pakistan. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 400. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10409-4
2020
Hagaman, A. K., Baranov, V., Chung, E., LeMasters, K., Andrabi, N., Bates, L. M., ... & Maselko, J. (2020). Association of maternal depression and home adversities with infant hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis biomarkers in rural Pakistan. Journal of Affective Disorders, 276, 592-599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.07.053
Maselko, J., Sikander, S., Turner, E. L., Bates, L. M., Ahmad, I., Atif, N., ... & Bilal, S. (2020). Effectiveness of a peer-delivered, psychosocial intervention on maternal depression and child development at 3 years postnatal: a cluster randomised trial in Pakistan. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(9), 775-787. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30258-3
Chung, E. O., Hagaman, A., LeMasters, K., Andrabi, N., Baranov, V., Bates, L. M., ... & Turner, E. L. (2020). The contribution of grandmother involvement to child growth and development: an observational study in rural Pakistan. BMJ global health, 5(8), e002181. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002181
Biroli, P., Baranov, V., Bhalotra, S., & Maselko, J. (2020). Maternal depression, women’s empowerment, and parental investment: evidence from a randomized controlled trial. American Economic Review, 110(3), 824-859. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20180511
LeMasters, K., Andrabi, N., Zalla, L., Hagaman, A., Chung, E. O., Gallis, J. A., ... & Maselko, J. (2020). Maternal depression in rural Pakistan: the protective associations with cultural postpartum practices. BMC public health, 20(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-8176-0
2019
Hagaman, A., Gallis, J. A., Bhalotra, S., Baranov, V., Turner, E. L., Sikander, S., & Maselko, J. (2019). Psychosocial determinants of sustained maternal functional impairment: Longitudinal findings from a pregnancy-birth cohort study in rural Pakistan. PloS one, 14(11), e0225163. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225163
Maselko, J., Hagaman, A. K., Bates, L. M., Bhalotra, S., Biroli, P., Gallis, J. A., ... & Rahman, A. (2019). Father involvement in the first year of life: Associations with maternal mental health and child development outcomes in rural Pakistan. Social Science & Medicine, 237, 112421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112421
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Atif, N., Bibi, A., Nisar, A., Zulfiqar, S., Ahmed, I., LeMasters, K., … & Rahman, A. (2019). Delivering maternal mental health through peer volunteers: A 5-year report. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 13(1), 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-019-0318-3
Sikander, S., Ahmad, I., Bates, L. M., Gallis, J., Hagaman, A., O’Donnell, K., ... & Maselko, J. (2019). Cohort Profile: Perinatal depression and child socioemotional development; the Bachpan cohort study from rural Pakistan. BMJ open, 9(5), e025644. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-025644
Scherer, E., Hagaman, A., Chung, E., Rahman, A., O’Donnell, K., & Maselko, J. (2019). The relationship between responsive caregiving and child outcomes: evidence from direct observations of mother-child dyads in Pakistan. BMC public health, 19(1), 252. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6571-1
2018
Maselko, J., Bates, L., Bhalotra, S., Gallis, J. A., O’Donnell, K., Sikander, S., & Turner, E. L. (2018). Socioeconomic status indicators and common mental disorders: evidence from a study of prenatal depression in Pakistan. SSM-population health, 4, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.10.004
Gallis, J. A., Maselko, J., O’Donnell, K., Song, K., Saqib, K., Turner, E. L., & Sikander, S. (2018). Criterion-related validity and reliability of the Urdu version of the patient health questionnaire in a sample of community-based pregnant women in Pakistan. PeerJ, 6, e5185. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5185
2016
Turner, E. L., Sikander, S., Bangash, O., Zaidi, A., Bates, L., Gallis, J., ... & Maselko, J. (2016). The effectiveness of the peer delivered Thinking Healthy Plus (THPP+) Programme for maternal depression and child socio-emotional development in Pakistan: study protocol for a three-year cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 17(1), 442. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-016-1530-y