Samantha Burns

2025

Burns, S., Brathwaite, L., Yu, E., Hoan, E., Yasiniyan, S., White, L., Dhuey, E. & Perlman, M. Children’s Collaboration Skills in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: A Scoping Review and Network Analysis. Educational Review https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2025.2450228

 

Burns, S., Luo, Z. & Perlman, M. Examining Profiles of Quality Interactions Children Experience and Developmental Outcomes: A group-based multi-trajectory model analysis (Accepted)

 

Burns, S., Puri, A., Brathwaite, L., Yu, E., Hoan, E., Yasiniyan, S., White, L., Dhuey, E. & Perlman, M. (2025). Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Creativity in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Scoping Review. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000689

 

Burns, S., Saleem, S., McMullen, E., Falenchuk, O., White, L., Dhuey, E., & Perlman, M. (2025). A systematic review and meta‐analysis of approaches to teaching problem‐solving skills in early childhood education and care settings: A focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities. Review of Education, 13(2), e70079. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.70079

 

Burns, S., Saleem, S., McMullen, E., Dhuey, E., White, L. A., & Perlman, M. (2025). Enhancing Children’s Creativity in Early Childhood Education and Care: A Systematic Review and Multivariate Meta-Analysis of Studies Between 1969 and 2019. Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-025-01937-4

 

Burns S., Yu, E. & Perlman, M. Beyond Free Play and Physical Activity: Assessing the Quality and Determinants of Outdoor Environments for Children (Accepted)

 

Burns, S., Yu, E., Perlman, J., Kahlon, K., & Perlman, M. (2025). “It is almost impossible to get a spot when you need it”: Understanding parental knowledge and experiences of Canada’s new child care policy promoting access to quality early childhood education and care. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 73, 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2025.05.004

 

Jegatheeswaran, C., Burns, S. & Perlman, M. Examining the Mediating Role of Parental Practices on Children’s Academic and Mental Health in Low-income Families. Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060786

 

Yu, E., Burns, S., Jegatheeswaran, C. & Perlman, M. Both Me and My Daughter would Cry Sometimes: Parent and Child Experiences with Home Education During the Early and Later COVID-19 Pandemic. Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-21 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-025-01887-x

 

Yu, E., Burns, S., Jenkins, J., & Perlman, M. (2025). Assessing Educator Responsivity in Outdoor Early Childhood Education and Care Settings: Validating the Outdoor Environment Version of the Responsive Interactions for Learning Measure. Early Education and Development, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2025.2496369

2024

Burns, S., Brathwaite, L., Hepditch, A., Turner, S., Carson, B., Bernard-Ward, H., & Perlman, M. (2024). Understanding and Defining Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care Outdoor Environments: Comparing Stakeholder Perspectives. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 70(1), 1-53. https://doi.org/ 10.1353/mpq.2024.a949141 

 

Burns, S., Davidson, A., White, L., Hampton, D., & Perlman, M. (2024). Navigating Parenthood in the Pandemic: Revealing the Trade-offs of Childcare Choices Through Conjoint Analysis. Journal of Family Issues, https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X241297995

 

Burns, S., Hoan, E., Hreno, S., Yu, E., Brathwaite, L., Wiebe, J. P., ... & Perlman, M. (2024). Navigating technology in the classroom: a scoping review of technology use during peer collaboration in early educational settings. Educational Review, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2336970   

 

Burns, S., Jegatheeswaran, C., Barron, C., & Perlman, M. (2024). The Unique Impacts of COVID-19 on Low-Income and Diverse Canadian Women’s Mental Health Profiles: A Latent Transition Analysis. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-024-03992-6

 

Burns, S., Luo, R., Brunsek, A., Jegatheeswaran, C. & Perlman, M. Examining Early Childhood Educators Personality, and its Associations with Educator Responsivity. (2024). Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 67, 374-385 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2024.02.004

 

Burns, S., Yu, E., Brathwaite, L., Masum, M., White, L., Dhuey, E. & Perlman, M. (2024) Improving Young Children’s Peer Collaborative Skills in Educational Settings: A Systematic Review. Review of Education, 12, e3484. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3484

 

Davidson, A., Burns, S., White, L. & Perlman, M. (2024). “I shall not poison my child with your human experiment, this is a form of child abuse”: Investigating predictors of parent’s vaccine hesitancy in children. Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.12.073

 

Hacioglu, B., Burns, S., Davidson, A., Perlman, M. & White, L. (2024). How Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Affect Stability of Child Care Arrangements and What Factors Predicted Instability? Canadian Public Policy, https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.2023-037

 

Jang, E.E., Burns, S., Hunte, M., Vincette, M. & Church, P. Effects of Early Interventions on Preterm Infant Caregivers’ Mental Well-being and Caregiving Practices. Early Human Development, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106112

 

Jegatheeswaran, C., Burns, S., Barron, C., & Perlman, M. (2024). Beyond the Mask: Decoding Children’s Mental Health Patterns Amidst COVID-19 and the Role of Parenting. Child Youth Care Forum, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-024-09793-w  

 

Saleem, S., Burns, S, & Perlman, M. (2024). Cultivating young minds: Exploring the relationship between child socio-emotional well-being, early childhood education and care quality, and 21st century skills. Learning and Individual Differences, 111, 102440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2024.102440

 

Wong, A., Burns, S., Chen, S. & Woodruff, E. Systematic Review of Cardiac Autonomic Reactivity to Face-to-Face Social Stressor Stimuli in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 117, 102459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2024.102459

 

2023

Burns, S., Barron, C., Saleem, S., Jegatheeswaran, C., Jenkins, J., & Perlman, M. (2023). Examining interactions between educators and across children: Evaluating the validity of the responsive interactions for Learning-Educator-Child Dyad version. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 62, 405-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2022.10.002  

Burns, S., Falenchuk, O., McMullen, E., & Perlman, M. (2023). Instability in early childhood education arrangements from birth to 30 months of age: Associations with children’s mental health. Early Childhood Education Journal, 1-13. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-023-01513-8

 

Burns, S., Jegatheeswaran, C., & Perlman, M. (2023). I felt like I was going crazy: Understanding Mother’s and young children’s educational experiences at home during COVID-19. Early Childhood Education Journal, 51(3), 469-482. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-022-01306-5

 

Jegatheeswaran, C., Burns, S., Jenkins, J., & Perlman, M. (2023). Influence of Maternal Cognitions on Child Mental Health and Educational Experiences at Home During COVID-19. Early Education and Development, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2023.2275508

 

Perlman, M., Falenchuk, O., Burns, S., Hepditch, A., & Gray, K. (2023). Instrument Development and Validation of the Home Child Care Version of the Assessment for Quality Improvement. Early Education and Development, 1-17. http://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2016.1186468   

 

Wong, A. S., Moreno, M., Burns, S., & Woodruff, E. (2023). The effects of expressions of fear induced by background music on reading comprehension. Journal of Research in Reading, 46(2), 143-162. http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9817.12418  

 

2022

 

Burns, S., Davidson, A., White, L., Hampton, D., & Perlman, M. (2022). Information effects on parental choices for early childhood education and care. Behavioural Public Policy, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2022.18

 

Davidson, A. M., Burns, S., Hampton, D., White, L., & Perlman, M. (2022). Policy frameworks and parental choice: Using conjoint analysis to understand parental decision making for child care. Journal of Family Issues, 43(5), 1335-1363. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211022386

 

Saleem, S., Burns, S., Davidson, A., Hampton, D., White, L., & Perlman, M. (2022). What do parents want in terms of early childhood education and care?. Early Education and Development, 33(7), 1270-1288. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2021.1952391

 

Saleem, S., Burns, S., Falenchuk, O., Varmuza, P., & Perlman, M. (2022). Heterogeneity in maternal and child mental health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 59, 203-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2021.12.004

 

Wong, A. S., Burns, S., & Woodruff, E. (2022). Examining the impact of social stressor stimuli in eliciting physiological reactivity in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. BMJ open, 12(6), http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060048.

 

2021

Burns, S., Doering, K., Koller, D., & Stratton, C. (2021). Protocol: School reintegration following hospitalisation for children with medical complexity and chronic disease diagnoses: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 11(10). http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052493

 

Howe, N., Perlman, M., Bergeron, C., & Burns, S. (2021). Scotland embarks on a national outdoor play initiative: Educator perspectives. Early Education and Development, 32(7), 1067-1081. http://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2020.1822079.

 

2020

Davidson, A., Burns, S., White, L., Hampton, D., & Perlman, M. (2020). Child care policy and child care burden: Policy feedback effects and distributive implications of regulatory decisions. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.32.188