Profile
Miriam Steele is the Alfred J. and Monette C. Marrow Professor of听听at 麻豆传媒色情片 for Social Research, and Co-Director of the听.听Her work aims to bridge the world of psychoanalytic thinking and clinical practice with contemporary research in child development. Her research began with the study 鈥淚ntergenerational Patterns of Attachment,鈥 which demonstrated how the link between parents鈥 experiences of attachment in their childhoods predict attachment relationships in the next generation, namely their children. This work was important in initiating the concept of 鈥渞eflective functioning鈥 and provided empirical data to demonstrate the importance of parental states of mind in the social and emotional development of their children.
Dr. Steele鈥檚 further research involved an NIH funded study on the efficacy of an innovative attachment-based intervention with vulnerable families, a collaborative venture with colleagues at the Rose Kennedy Center, Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Current projects include exploring attachment and body representations across a range of individuals including the transmission of body representations from mothers to their daughters: studies of body representations in individuals with physical disabilities; and research exploring smart phone use and its impact on the parent-child relationship. Dr. Steele embraces the inter-disciplinary focus at 麻豆传媒色情片 with courses which blend psychology and Parsons School of Design students in the field of Child and Adolescent Global Mental Health and she enjoys teaching the 鈥楶sychology for Designers鈥 class.听
Degrees Held
PhD 1990, University College, London
Recent Publications
Steele, H., Murphy, A., Bonuck, A, Meissner, P., & Steele, M. (2019).听
听听听听听 Randomly control trial report on the effectiveness of Group Attachment-听
听听听听听 Based Intervention听(GABI漏): Improvements in the parent-child
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听听听听听 Psychopathology, 31(1), 203-217.
Beebe, B., Hoven, C., Kaitz, M., Steele, M., Musa, G., Margolis, A.,
听听听听听 Ewing, J., Sossin, M., & Lee, S. (2020). Urgent engagement in 9/11 听听听听
听听听听听 pregnant widows and their infants: Transmission of Trauma. Infancy,
听听听听听 25, 165-189.
Hillman S, Hodges J, Steele M, Cirasola A, Asquith K, Kaniuk J. (2020)听听
听听听听听听 Assessing changes in the internal worlds of early- and late-adopted
听听听听听听 children using the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP).听Adoption &
听听听听听听 Fostering. 44, 4, 377-396. doi:
Forslund, T., Granqvist, P., van IJzendoorn, M., Sagi-Schwartz, A.,
听听听听听听 Glaser, D., Steele, M., et al听(2021)听Attachment goes to court: child
听听听听听听 protection and custody issues,听Attachment & Human
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Steele, M., Steele, H. & Murphy, A. (in press) Bringing Reflective
听听听听听听听 Functioning to the Community: Aspects of psychotherapy process in the
听听听听听听听 Group Attachment Based Intervention. Psychoanalytic Study of the
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Bekar, O., Steele, M., Shahmoon-Shanok, R., & Steele, H. (2018)听.听Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 17:2, 119-133.
Archer, M., Steele, M., Lan, J., Jin, X., Herreros, F., & Steele, H. (2015). Attachment between infants and mothers in China.听International Journal Of Behavioral Development,听39(6), 485-491.
Steele, M., Steele, H., Bate, J., Knafo, H., Kinsey, M. Bonuck, K., Meisner, P. & Murphy, A. (2014) Looking From the Outside In: The Use of Video in Attachment-Based Interventions. (.pdf) Attachment & Human Development, 16, 402鈥415.
Murphy, A., Steele, M., Dube, S.R., Bonuck, K., Meissner, P., Bate, J., Goldman, H., Steele, H. (2013) Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Questionnaire and Adult Attachment Interview (AAI): Implications for Parent Child Relationships. (.pdf) Child Abuse and Neglect, 38, 224-233.
Beebe, B. & Steele, M. (2013) How does microanalysis of mother-infant communication inform maternal sensitivity and infant attachment?听(.pdf) Attachment & Human Development, 15, 583-602.
Research Interests
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Intergenerational Patterns of Attachment
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Attachment based Interventions
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Prevention of Maltreatment
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Adoption and Foster Care
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Intergenerational Transmission of Body Representations
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Child and Adolescent Global Mental Health
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Body Representations and Physical Disabilities
Awards And Honors
2013-2014
$15,000 Co-Investigator with Sabine Seymour: 鈥淭he Body as Metaphor鈥 麻豆传媒色情片 Research Cluster Award
2012-2015
$900,000 Co-Investigator: "Birth to Three: A Pragmatic Clinical Trial for Child Maltreatment Prevention Extramural MCH Research" (MCHR) Program Award R40MC23629-01-01
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