Research
APPROACH
As a researcher, I strive to take multilevel, interdisciplinary approaches while incorporating community perspectives. Ultimately, I aim to contribute to scientific knowledge, foster community engagement and psychoeducation, and mentor future researchers and scholars.
The figure below summarizes key areas of my program of research.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Swerbenski, H., & Russotti, J. (2026). Dyadic approaches to treating individual functioning: A review and dual meta-analysis of the effects of Attachment-Based Interventions on caregiver and child psychopathology. Clinical Psychology Review, 123, 102691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2025.102691
Swerbenski, H., Li, Z., Putnam, F., & Noll, J.G. (2025). Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal-axis dysregulation following child sexual abuse distinguishes posttraumatic stress trajectories from adolescence to midlife. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 187, 107782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2026.107782
*Selected as Editor’s Choice
Swerbenski, H. (2024). Towards functional specificity in parenting. Nature Reviews Psychology, 3(304), https://doi.org/10.1038/s44159-024-00309-w
Swerbenski, H., Sturge-Apple, M., Koven, M., & Davies, P. (2023). Strengths-based spillover models: Constructive interparental conflict, parental supportive problem-solving, and development of child executive functioning. Journal of Family Psychology, Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001109
Swerbenski, H., Sturge-Apple, M., Messina, G., Toth, S., Rogosch., F., & Cicchetti, D. (2023). Maternal childhood maltreatment trauma resolution: Development of a novel narrative coding measure and implications for intergenerational parenting processes. Development and Psychopathology, Advance Online Publication, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001256
Russotti, J., Swerbenski, H., Handley, E.D., Michl-Petzing, L.C., Cicchetti, D., & Toth, S. (2023). Intergenerational effects of maternal depression and co-occurring antisocial behaviors: Parenting as a mediating process. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(3), 408-419. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001021