Jonathan Hill

The guiding principles in my work are that theoretical and empirical developments need to go hand in hand, with real, and not token, influences on each other. This is a philosophical, scientific and psychotherapeutic stance. Four main strands in my work reflect this perspective. 

First, the study of developmental processes contributing to vulnerability to mental disorders in children and adolescents, and to resilience. This has been through the UK ‘Wirral Child Health and Development Study’ (WCHADS), the Indian ‘Bangalore Child Health and Development Study’ (WCHADS), and the Colombian, La Sabana Parent-Child Study. Examples of recent publications:

• Hill, J., Wright, N., Sharp, H., Pickles, A., & Steele, H. (2023). On the risks of secure attachment in infancy: Childhood irritability and adolescent depression predicted by secure attachment and high approach behaviours at 14-months towards a caregiver living with inter-parental violence. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2, 1143125.
• Bozicevic, L., Hill, J., Chandra, P. S., Omirou, A., Holla, C., Wright, N., & Sharp, H. (2023). Cross-cultural differences in early caregiving: levels of mind-mindedness and instruction in UK and India. Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2, 1124883-1124883.
• Obando, D., Wright, N., & Hill, J. (2023). Warmth and reciprocity with mothers, and young children's resilience to exposure to community violence in Colombia: findings from the La Sabana Parent–Child Study. Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, 64(1), 197-205.

Second, the development of a clinically and therapeutically practical framework for understanding and working with, parents and children, the Family Domains Framework (FDF). Recent publication:

• Weinstein, N., Hill, J., & Law, W. (2023). Balancing Listening and Action is Key to Supportive Parenting. Current Opinion in Psychology, 101651.