{"id":375,"date":"2021-06-29T18:59:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T22:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarshdev\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2025-09-16T14:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:01:43","slug":"heather-prime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/lamarsh\/heather-prime\/","title":{"rendered":"Heather Prime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Associate Professor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Prime\u2019s research program uses a family-based approach to understanding and supporting socio-emotional and cognitive development in young children, with a focus on family interactions and relationships. She is interested in risk and resiliency processes that occur involving social disadvantage, parent and family wellbeing, and children\u2019s adjustment. Current activities include: (1) The development and evaluation of family-based early intervention programs; (2) Knowledge synthesis activities used to examine pre-existing literature on early family-based interventions; (3) The development of family-based assessment tools; and (4) Secondary analysis of pre-existing datasets in order to better understand processes of change in early childhood development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Department: Psychology
Email address: hprime@yorku.ca<\/a>
¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ Profile link: https:\/\/psyc.info.yorku.ca\/health-profiles\/index.php?dept=&mid=1894770<\/a>
Lab website: https:\/\/www.primefamilylab.com\/<\/a>
Google Scholar Link: https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=OPwkBL4AAAAJ<\/a>
Research Gate Link: https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Heather_Prime<\/a>
PubMed Link: https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Prime+H&cauthor_id=32415543<\/a>
Twitter Link: https:\/\/twitter.com\/HprimePsych<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Published Manuscripts (Select Publications)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Anderson, N., Graham, S., Prime, H.<\/strong>, Jenkins, J., & Madigan, S. (in press). Linking quality and quantity of parental linguistic input to child language skills: A meta-analysis. Child Development<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H.,<\/strong> Andrews, K., McTavish, J., Harris, M., Janus, M., Bennett, T., & Gonzalez, A. (2020). The application of positive parenting interventions to academic school readiness: A scoping review. Child: Care, Health and Development.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wade, M., Prime, H., <\/strong>& Browne, D.T. (2020). Why we need longitudinal mental health research with children and youth during (and after) the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Research.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H.,<\/strong> Wade, M., & Browne, D.T. (2020). Risk and resilience in family well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Psychologist, 75(5), 631-643.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris, M., Andrews K., Gonzalez A., Prime H.,<\/strong> Atkinson L. (2020). Technology-assisted parenting interventions for high-risk families: A meta-analysis. Prevention Science, 21. <\/em>714-727.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browne, D., May, S., Hurst-Della, P., Christakis, D., Asamoah, T., Hale, L., \u2026 Neville, R. (2019). From \u201cScreen Time\u201d to the digital level of analysis: Protocol for a scoping review of digital media use in children and adolescence. BMJ Open.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H.,<\/strong> Wade, M., & Gonzalez, A. (2019). The link between maternal and child verbal abilities: An indirect effect through maternal responsiveness. Developmental Science,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Madigan, S., *Prime, H.,<\/strong> Graham, S., Rodrigues, M., Anderson, N., Khoury, J., & Jenkins, J. (2019). Parenting behaviour and language development: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics<\/em>, 144<\/em>, e20183556<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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*<\/em><\/strong>Co-first authors, listed alphabetically<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wade, M., Prime, H.,<\/strong> Jenkins, J.M.. Yeates, K.O., Williams, T., & Lee, K. (2018). On the relation between theory of mind and executive functioning: A developmental cognitive neuroscience perspective. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, <\/em>1-22.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browne, D., Wade, M., Prime, H.,<\/strong> & Jenkins, J. (2018). School readiness amongst urban Canadian families: Risk profiles and family mediation. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(1),133.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pauker, S., Perlman, M., Prime, H.,<\/strong> & Jenkins, J. (2018). Caregiver cognitive sensitivity: Measure development and validation in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings. Early Childhood Research Quarterly<\/em>, 45<\/em>, 45-57.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wade, M., Prime, H.<\/strong>, Hoffmann, T., Schmidt, L., O'Connor, T., & Jenkins, J. (2018). Birth weight interacts with a functional variant of the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene to predict executive functioning in children. Development and Psychopathology, 30, 203-211.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H., <\/strong>Plamondon, A., & Jenkins, J. (2017). Birth order and preschool children\u2019s cooperative abilities: A within family analysis. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 35, <\/em>392-405<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rodrigues, M., Binnoon-Erez, N., Prime, H., <\/strong>Perlman, M., & Jenkins, J. (2017). Familial risk and sibling mentalization: Links with preschoolers\u2019 internalizing problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 31<\/em>, 785.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pauker, S., Perlman, M., Prime, H., <\/strong>& Jenkins, J. (2017). Differential parenting and children's social understanding. Social Development. 26<\/em>, 645-657.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browne, D. T., Leckie, G., Prime, H<\/strong>., Perlman, M., & Jenkins, J. M. (2016). Observed sensitivity during family interactions and cumulative risk: A study of multiple dyads per family. Developmental Psychology<\/em>, 52<\/em>, 1128.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H.,<\/strong> Plamondon, A., Pauker, S., Perlman, M., & Jenkins, J. M. (2016). Sibling cognitive sensitivity as a moderator of the relationship between sibship size and children\u2019s theory of mind: A longitudinal analysis.Cognitive Development<\/em>,39<\/em>, 93.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wade, M., Prime, H<\/strong>., & Madigan, S. (2015). Using sibling designs to understand neurodevelopmental disorders: From genes and environments to prevention programming.BioMed Research International<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browne, D. T., Plamondon, A., Prime, H<\/strong>., Puente-Duran, S., & Wade, M. (2015). Cumulative risk and developmental health: An argument for the importance of a family-wide science. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science<\/em>, 6,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H.,<\/strong> Browne, D., Akbari, E., Wade, M., Madigan, S., & Jenkins, J. (2015). The development of a measure of maternal cognitive sensitivity appropriate for use in primary care health settings.Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry<\/em>,56<\/em>, 488.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H<\/strong>., Pauker, S., Plamondon, A., Perlman, M., & Jenkins, J. (2014). Sibship size, sibling cognitive sensitivity, & children\u2019s receptive vocabulary. Pediatrics<\/em>, 133<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime, H<\/strong>., Perlman, M., Tackett, J., & Jenkins, J. (2014). Cognitive sensitivity in sibling interactions: Development of the construct and comparison of two coding methodologies. Early Education and Development, 25,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Browne, D., Prime, H.<\/strong>, & Wade, M. (2012). Contemporary systems psychology and integrated approaches to school and service delivery: Reincarnations of Lightner Witmer's \"Psychological Clinic\". Journal of Scientific Psychology<\/em>, 102-115.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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