​Orlitsky, T., Davidov, M., Paz, Y., Ram-Berger, M., Roth-Hanania, R., Yizhar, L., & Zahn-Waxler, C. (in press). Which forms of responsive parenting predict the development of empathic concern across infancy? Developmental Science.

 

Paz, Y., Roth-Hanania, R., Gabis, L. D., Orlitsky, T., Zilka-Cohen, N., Zahn-Waxler, C., & Davidov, M. (in press). Prediction of autism from young infants’ empathic responses:
A prospective study. Development and Psychopathology.

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Cohen, R., Gershy, N. & Davidov, M. (2024). Why things can go wrong when parents try to help children with their homework: The role of parental emotion regulation and mentalization. Journal of Educational Psychology, 116, 921–935. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000873

 

Malti, T. & Davidov, M. (2023). The Cambridge handbook of prosociality: Development, mechanisms, promotion. Cambridge University Press. 

https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108876681

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Paz, Y., Davidov, M., Orlitsky, T., Hayut, M., Roth-Hanania, R. & Zahn-Waxler, C. (2023). Prosocial behavior in toddlerhood and early childhood: Consistency across subtypes and over time. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 950160. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.950160

 

Paz, Y., Davidov, M., Orlitsky, T., Roth‐Hanania, R., & Zahn‐Waxler, C. (2022). Developmental trajectories of empathic concern in infancy and their links to social competence in early childhood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63, 762-770. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13516

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Davidov, M., Bar-Tuvia, S. M., Polacheck-Benishti, N., & Grusec, J. E. (2022). Two Forms of Mother-Child Reciprocity and their Links to Children’s Cooperativeness. Social Development, 31, 339– 355. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12558

 

Davidov, M., Oren-Gabai, M., Abu-Asaad, I. (2021). Religiosity as a moderator of the links between parental psychological control and children's prosociality. Child Development, 92, 1171– 1185. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13678

 

Davidov, M. (2021). Cultural moderation of the effects of parenting: Answered and unanswered questions. Child Development Perspectives, 15, 189-195. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12422

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Davidov, M., Paz, Y., Roth-Hanania, R., Uzefovsky F., Orlitsky, T., Mankuta, D. & Zahn-Waxler, C. (2021). Caring babies: Concern for others in distress during infancy. Developmental Science, 24, e13016. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13016

 

Paz, Y., Orlitsky, T., Roth-Hanania, R., Zahn-Waxler, C. & Davidov, M. (2021). Predicting externalizing behavior in toddlerhood from early individual differences in empathy. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 62, 66-74. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13247

 

Uzefovsky, F., Paz, Y., & Davidov, M. PI (2020). Young infants are pro‐victims, but it depends on the context. British Journal of Psychology, 111, 322-334. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12402

 

Davidov, M., Vaish, A. Knafo-Noam, A., & Hastings, P. D. (2016). The motivational foundations of prosocial behavior from a developmental perspective: Evolutionary roots and key psychological mechanisms. Child Development, 87, 1655-1667. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12639

 

Davidov, M. & Atzaba-Poria, N. (2016). Maternal discipline and children's adjustment: The role of the cultural and situational context. Social Development, 25, 99-119.  https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12132

 

Davidov, M., Knafo-Noam, A., Serbin, L. A., & Moss, E. (2015). The Influential Child: How children affect their environment and influence their own risk and resilience.  Development and Psychopathology, 27, 947-951. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579415000619

 

Davidov, M., & Khoury-Kassabri, M. (2013). Recollections of Harsh Discipline in Childhood and Depressive Feelings in Adulthood: The Roles of Culture and Gender. Children and Youth Services Review, 35, 1007-1014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.03.009

 

Davidov, M., Zahn-Waxler, C., Roth-Hanania, R., & Knafo, A. (2013). Concern for others in the first year of life: Theory, evidence, and future directions. Child Development Perspectives, 7, 126-131. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12028

 

Davidov, M. (2013). The socialization of self-regulation from a domains perspective. In G. Seebass, M. Schmitz, & P. M. Gollwitzer (Eds). Acting intentionally and its limits: Individuals, groups, institutions (pp. 223-244). Berlin: De Gruyter Publishers. 

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110284461.223

 

Roth-Hanania, R., Davidov, M., Zahn-Waxler, C. (2011). Empathy development from 8-16 months: Early signs of concern for others. Infant Behavior and Development, 34, 447-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2011.04.007

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Grusec, J. E. & Davidov, M. (2010). Integrating different perspectives on socialization theory and research: A domain-specific approach. Child Development, 81, 687-709. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01426.x

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