Ongoing projects

• Role of genetic and experiential factors in the intergenerational transmission of infant abuse in rhesus macaques

                                     Relevant Publications

D. Maestripieri.
    Infant abuse associated with psychosocial stress in a group-living pigtail macaque (Macaca
    nemestrina) mother.
    American Journal of Primatology, 32: 41-49, 1994.
D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen, K. A. Carroll.
    Infant abuse runs in families of group-living pigtail macaques.
    Child Abuse & Neglect, 21: 465-471, 1997.
D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen, K. A. Carroll.
    Genealogical and demographic influences on infant abuse and neglect in group-living sooty
    mangabeys (Cercocebus atys).
    Developmental Psychobiology, 31: 175-180, 1997.
D. Maestripieri.
    Parenting styles of abusive mothers in group-living rhesus macaques.
    Animal Behaviour, 55: 1-11, 1998.
D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Risk factors for infant abuse and neglect in rhesus monkeys.
    Psychological Science, 9: 143-145, 1998.
D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Child abuse and neglect: Usefulness of the animal data.
    Psychological Bulletin, 123: 211-223, 1998.
K. A Carroll, D. Maestripieri.
    Infant maltreatment in monkeys: A discussion of definitions, epidemiology, etiology, and
    implications for child maltreatment.
    Psychological Bulletin, 123: 234-237, 1998.
D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Behavioral and environmental correlates of infant abuse in group-living pigtail macaques.
    Infant Behavior & Development, 21: 603-612, 1998.
D. Maestripieri, M. Tomaszycki, K. A. Carroll.
    Consistency and change in the behavior of rhesus macaque abusive mothers with
    successive infants.
    Developmental Psychobiology, 34: 29-35, 1999.
D. Maestripieri.
    Fatal attraction: Interest in infants and infant abuse in rhesus macaques.
    American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 110: 17-25, 1999.
D. Maestripieri, K. A. Carroll.
    Causes and consequences of infant abuse and neglect in monkeys.
    Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5: 245-254, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, T. Jovanovic, H. Gouzoules
    Crying and infant abuse in rhesus monkeys.
    Child Development, 71: 301-309, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, Megna, N. L., Jovanovic, T.
    Adoption and maltreatment of foster infants by rhesus macaque abusive mothers.
    Developmental Science, 3: 287-293, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, N. L. Megna.
    Hormones and behavior in abusive and nonabusive rhesus macaque mothers.
    1: Social interactions during late pregnancy and early lactation.
    Physiology & Behavior, 71: 35-42, 2000.
D. Maestripieri, N. L. Megna.
    Hormones and behavior in abusive and nonabusive rhesus macaque mothers.
    2: Mother-infant interactions.
    Physiology & Behavior, 71: 43-49, 2000.
F. C. Graves, K. Wallen, D. Maestripieri.
      Opioids and attachment in rhesus macaque abusive mothers.
      Behavioral Neuroscience, 116: 489-493, 2002.
D. Maestripieri, K. Wallen.
     Nonhuman primate models of developmental psychopathology: problems
     and prospects. In: Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms in Psychopathology. Ed. by
     D. Cicchetti & E. Walker, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 187-214, 2003.
D. Maestripieri, S. G. Lindell, A. Ayala, P. W. Gold, J. D. Higley
     Neurobiological characteristics of rhesus macaque abusive mothers and their
     relation to social and maternal behavior.
     Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 29: 51-57, 2005.
D. Maestripieri.
     Effects of early experience on female behavioral and reproductive development in rhesus macaques.
     Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 272: 1243-1248, 2005.
D. Maestripieri.
     Early experience affects the intergenerational transmission of infant abuse in rhesus monkeys.
     Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A., 102: 9726-9729, 2005.
K. McCormack, M. M. Sanchez, M. Bardi, D. Maestripieri.
     Maternal care patterns and behavioral development of rhesus macaque abused infants in
     in the first 6 months of life.
     Developmental Psychobiology, 48: 537-550, 2006.
D. Maestripieri, J. D. Higley, S. G. Lindell, T. K. Newman, K. McCormack, M. M. Sanchez.
     Early maternal rejection affects the development of monoaminergic systems and adult
     abusive parenting in rhesus macaques.
     Behavioral Neuroscience, 120: 1017-1024, 2006.
M. M. Sanchez, K. M. McCormack, D. Maestripieri.
     Ethological case study: Infant abuse in rhesus macaques.
     In: Formative Experiences: The Interaction of Caregiving, Culture, and Developmental Psychobiology
     (ed. by C. Worthman, P. Plotsky, & D. Schachter).
     Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, in press.