Research
At BCSC, we strive to advance the definitions and boundaries of healthcare through innovative, collaborative research that sets new standards for outpatient psychotherapy. Our research endeavors focus on improving treatments, expanding access to care, and ultimately shaping the future of medicine.
One of our primary missions at BCSC is to disseminate research on empirically-supported & evidence-based interventions and practices for the families we serve.
Our goal is to conduct innovative and impactful research that can have direct clinical application both within our practice and to the larger community. Current areas of interest include the development of strategies to increase the availability of services, the expansion of currently validated treatments to other conditions, and the investigation of barriers to treatment implementation or access to community resources.
In addition to publishing our findings in peer-reviewed journals, our faculty frequently present our results in webinars and at conferences. Coupled with the research we do within BCSC, we also collaborate with external colleagues.
For more information on our research, contact Dr. Beth Jerskey at [email protected].
Prior Research Collaborations:
- McLean Hospital:
- Dissociative Disorders & Trauma Research Program
- Ressler Neurobiology of Fear Lab
- Pediatric Mood, Imaging, & NeuroDevelopment Program
- Harvard University:
- Stress & Development Lab
- Boston University:
- Promoting Empathy & Affiliation in Relationships (PEAR) Study
- Center for Early Detection, Assessment, & Response to Risk (CEDAR Clinic)
Explore Our Research:
Trauma, Adversity, & Developmental Risk
Our clinicians have contributed to research examining how trauma, adversity, and caregiving environments shape developmental pathways and long-term mental health risk across childhood and adolescence.
Research Topics:
- Modeling bidirectional effects between family conflict and child symptoms
- Identifying protective caregiving factors that buffer trauma exposure
- Tracing long-term mental health effects of community violence and disasters
- Examining developmental trajectories of psychopathology following maltreatment, trauma, or adversity
- Clarifying pathways from early stress to later internalizing/externalizing outcomes
- Examining intergenerational transmission of psychopathology
- Informing trauma-informed prevention and intervention strategies
Authors/Papers:
- Morelli et al. (family conflict, maltreatment, victimization)
- Hong et al. (out-of-home care trajectories)
- Evans et al. (community violence pathways)
- Zacher et al.; Arkin et al. (disaster exposure)
- Swetlitz et al. (maternal reminiscing)
- Morelli, Villodas, Hong, Evans, Garcia, Duong (multiple studies)
- Stanton et al.; Dvir et al. (trauma and psychosis)
Child & Adolescent Psychopathology
Our team’s scholarship includes work focused on understanding, diagnosing, and treating child and adolescent mental health conditions across development, with attention to diagnostic clarity and developmentally tailored intervention.
Research Topics:
- Improving diagnostic precision for anxiety, mood, psychosis-risk, and tic disorders
- Understanding how youth interpret screening tools, informing better assessment design
- Testing developmentally tailored interventions for early-onset conditions
- Linking relationship aggression to later psychosocial outcomes
Authors/Papers:
- Mian, Darling, & Carter (early childhood anxiety)
- Woodberry et al. (psychosis screening interpretation)
- Tolin et al. (DIAMOND-KID)
- Bennett et al. (CBIT-JR for tics)
- Collibee et al.; Schneider et al. (dating aggression)
Autism & Neurodevelopmental Diversity
Our clinicians have contributed to research characterizing the diverse developmental pathways within autism and related neurodevelopmental conditions to inform early identification, tailored intervention, and strengths-based support.
Research Topics:
- Characterizing heterogeneity in autism at population scale
- Testing evidence-based behavioral interventions adapted for ASD
- Examining language, executive function, and adaptive outcomes
- Advancing early identification and personalized approaches
Authors/Papers:
- McCormick et al. (RI-CART autism heterogeneity)
- Patel et al. (AI + biomarkers)
- Allen et al. (PCIT-Autism RCT)
- Hastedt et al. (bilingual autistic toddlers)
- Braverman et al. (EF and adaptive functioning)
Executive Function, Emotion Regulation, & Neurobiology
Our scholarship examines the cognitive, emotional, and neurobiological processes that link stress and caregiving environments to children’s academic, social, and mental health outcomes.
Research Topics:
- Linking stress physiology and executive control to academic and social outcomes
- Understanding how early caregiving and context shape emotion regulation
- Identifying EF as a mechanism explaining discrepancies between cognitive and adaptive skills
- Using neurobiological and behavioral data to study threat sensitivity and anxiety risk
- Studying how children and adults detect and respond to social threats
Authors/Papers:
- Lengua, Moran, Thompson, Zalewski (multiple papers)
- Carolus et al. (conversation disruptions → EF outcomes)
- Darling et al. (physiological regulation in classrooms)
- Harrewijn et al.; Smith et al. (threat processing, attention)
- Plate et al. (social threat processing)
Assessment, Measurement, & Diagnostic Innovation
Our work includes contributions to improving how mental health symptoms are measured, interpreted, and monitored across development to support more accurate diagnosis and meaningful clinical decision-making.
Research Topics:
- Evaluating reliability, validity, and clinical utility of commonly used measures
- Improving progress monitoring for internalizing symptoms
- Identifying limits of self-report and implications for diagnosis
- Developing new tools for burnout, engagement, and service evaluation
Authors/Papers:
- Dwight et al. (DASS-21 reviews)
- Briesch et al. (progress monitoring scales)
- Adamczyk et al. (dating anxiety scale)
- Everett et al. (self-report vs interview discordance)
- Damashek et al. (measure development)
- Arkin et al. (burnout scale)
Intervention, Implementation, & Systems of Care
Our clinicians have contributed to scholarship focused on translating evidence-based treatments into real-world settings and strengthening systems of care through implementation science, service delivery innovation, and clinician support.
Research Topics:
- Translating evidence-based treatments into real-world settings
- Comparing in-person vs remote service delivery outcomes
- Supporting clinicians and systems during technology-driven transitions
- Using community engagement to enhance adoption of equity-focused interventions
Authors/Papers:
- Price et al. (human-centered design, equity)
- Cheron et al. (modular psychotherapy benchmarking)
- Bar-Halpern et al. (telehealth in day treatment)
- Frankel et al. (medication + family therapy integration)
- Hersch et al. (campus mental health services)
- Damashek et al. (home visiting, client perceptions)
AI, Digital Mental Health, & Methodological Innovation
Our clinicians have contributed to scholarship exploring how artificial intelligence, digital tools, and innovative research methods can enhance early identification, expand access to care, and strengthen the rigor of mental health research in evolving technological contexts.
Research Topics:
- Using AI and biomarker analytics for early identification of autism and neurodevelopmental disorders
- Designing youth-centered digital mental health services in nontraditional settings (e.g., public libraries)
- Establishing best practices for remote data collection, telehealth, and virtual research methods
- Developing novel evidence synthesis methods to address rapidly evolving terminology and technologies
Authors/Papers:
- Patel et al. (AI-enabled biomarkers in autism)
- Knapp et al. (teen digital mental health in libraries)
- Lattie et al.; Hersch et al. (mobile apps, remote services)
- Risser et al. (virtual data collection integrity)
- Dorste, Jerskey, & Fogler (chrono-sequential citation tracing)
Equity, Identity, & Sociocultural Contexts
Our clinicians have contributed to scholarship examining how stigma, identity, ideology, and sociocultural contexts influence mental health experiences, care access, and public discourse.
Research Topics:
- Examining vicarious and self-stigma among caregivers
- Analyzing ideological frameworks shaping opposition to care
- Understanding how identity, belief systems, and context affect health engagement and outcomes
- Understanding how norms are rapidly inferred in new environments
- Applying social-cognitive science to legal and policy contexts
Authors/Papers:
- Serchuk & Corrigan (parent stigma)
- Boskey, Kant, & Berman (bioessentialism, gender-affirming care)
- Bono et al. (TGD youth in medical settings)
- Arkin et al. (religious coping)
- Schroeder et al. (prosocial norm learning)
- Skorinko et al. (juror decision-making)
What Does BCSC Research Help With?
- Identifying possible causes of mental health disorders
- Developing comprehensive treatment plans
- Expanding existing treatment options to better serve our community
Publications By Year
Our team at BCSC actively contributes to advancing the field of mental and behavioral health. Browse our publications by year to see the latest research findings, with BCSC clinicians highlighted in bold for their contributions.
2025
Woodberry, K. A., Johnson, K. A., Keller, A. E., Ryrie, C. L., & Shrier, L. A. (2025). How Do Youth Interpret Self‐Report Questions Screening for Psychosis? Insights From Cognitive Interviewing. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 19(10), e70101.
Price, M. A., Mulkern, P. J., Condon, M., Rakhilin, M., Johansen, K., Lyon, A. R., Saldana, L., Pachankis, J., Woodward, S. A., Roeder, K. M., Moran, L. R., & Jerskey, B. A. (2025). Leveraging Community Engagement and Human-Centered Design to Develop Multilevel Implementation Strategies to Enhance Adoption of a Health Equity Intervention. Research square, rs.3.rs-5702080. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-5702080/v1
Dorste, A., Jerskey, B. A., & Fogler, J. (2025). Chrono-sequential citation tracing: a novel searching method for historical information or rapidly changing terminology. JBI evidence synthesis, 23(8), 1602–1608. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-24-00257
Patel, R., Jerskey, B. A., Shannon, J., Soares, N., & Fogler, J. M. (2025). AI-Enabled Technologies and Biomarker Analysis for the Early Identification of Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Disorders. Children, 12(12), 1670. https://doi.org/10.3390/children12121670
Morelli, N., Straub, D., Hong, K., Nguyen, T., Tabibian, D., & Villodas, M. T. (2025). Effectiveness of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Youth with Complex Trauma Exposure: A Systematic Review. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380251383938
Hong, K., Morelli, N., D. R. Tabibian, M. G. Jimenez, D. Straub., & Villodas, M. T. (2025). Systematic Review of Parent-Youth Discrepancies in Exposures to Community Violence. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-025-00532-8
Morelli, N., Hong, K., Nguyen, T., Tabibian, D., Alvarez-Rodriguez, R., Gusman, M., & Villodas, M. (2025). The effects of maternal childhood victimization on depression, harsh parenting, and child externalizing problems over 10 years. Development and Psychopathology, 1–14. https://doi:10.1017/S0954579425000392
Boskey, E. R., Kant, J. D., & Berman, A. K. (2025). The role of reactionary bioessentialism in conservative opposition to gender-affirming care. The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(6), 90–92. https://doi.org/10.1080/15265161.2025.2497993
Serchuk, M. D., Qin, S., & Corrigan, P. W. (2025). The impact of stigmas experienced by parents/caregivers of children with mental health challenges. Social Work in Mental Health, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2025.2582867
Mian, N. D., Darling, L. N., & Carter, A. S. (2025). Anxiety Disorders in Young Children: Phenomenology, Identification, and Diagnosis. Psychiatric Annals, 55(4), e80–e85. https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20250207-01
Schroeder, K. B., Darling, L. N., & Blake, P. R. (2025). Children adjust behavior in novel social environments to reflect local prosocial norms inferred from brief exposure. PLoS ONE, 20(7), e0325984. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325984
Hersch, E., Werntz, A., Schwartz, S.E.O., Raposa, E., Hughes, J., Parnes, M., & Rhodes, J. (2025). Testing the Effects of a Social Capital Intervention on College Student Retention and Academic Success. American Journal of Community Psychology.
Braverman, Y., Edmunds, S. R., Hastedt, I., & Faja, S. (2025). Mind the gap: Executive function is associated with the discrepancy between cognitive and adaptive functioning in autistic children without cognitive delay. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 55(8), 2601-2614.
Arkin, M., Lubeznik-Warner, R. P., Eisenhower, A., & Rhodes, J. E. (2025). Development and validation of a self-report measure of summer camp counselor burnout. Applied Developmental Science. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2025.2512869
2024
Bono, M. H., Smith, H. L., Williams, C. R., McGregor, K., Berman, A. K., & Boskey, E. R. (2024). Clinical characteristics and care trajectories of transgender and gender diverse patients with cancer seen in a pediatric gender clinic. Psycho-Oncology, 33(11), e70017. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.70017
Jerskey, B. A., Reid, A. A., Spencer, K., Diekroger, E., & Fogler, J. (2024). Co-occurring epilepsy and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in a 6-year-old boy. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 45(4), e387–e389. https://doi.org/10.1097/DBP.0000000000001284
Carolus, A. E., McLaughlin, K. A., Lengua, L. J., Moran, L. R., & Sheridan, M. A. (2024). Conversation disruptions in early childhood predict lower executive function and academic achievement in adolescence. Developmental Science, 27(1), e13414.
Dwight, A. R., Briesch, A. M., Hoffman, J. A., & Rutt, C. (2024). Systematic Review of the Psychometric Evidence Supporting Use of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Short Form (DASS-21) with Youth. Child and Youth Care Forum, 1-16.
Dwight, A. R., Briesch, A. M., Hoffman, J. A., & Rutt, C. (2024). Dependability and usability of the DASS-21 as a progress monitoring tool for youth. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 0(0), 1-14.
Frankel, S. J., Lorberg, B., & Sargent, J. (2024). Pediatric psychopharmacology and family therapy integration. In B. Lorberg (Ed.), Pediatric psychopharmacology evidence: A clinician’s guide. Springer Science & Business Media.
Skorinko, J. L. M., Laurent, S., Bendremer, E., Schneider, K., Hale, V., Iannacchione, A., … & Blumenthal, J. (2024). Victim impact statements limit the effects of perspective taking on juror decisions. Frontiers in Cognition, 3, 1430999. doi: 10.3389/fcogn.2024.1430999
Drabick, D.A.G., Jakubovic, R., Friedman, A. L., Everett, V.S., Emory, G., Rosales Gerpe, M., Deloreto, K.M., Campagnolio, A.P., Galante, M.K., Nachman, S., & Gadow, K.D (2024). Are family factors differentially associated with externalizing symptoms among youth with perinatally acquired HIV? Child Psychiatry and Human Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-023-01651-5
Hersch, E., Taple, B., Lakhtakia, T., Lattie, E.G. (2024). Comparing University Students’ Experiences with Face-to-Face and Remote Delivered Mental Health Services on College Campuses. Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science.
Risser, H.J., Morford, A., Murphy, A.N., Pinkerton, L.M., Law, C., Yexinyu, Y., Hersch, E., Wisner, K.L., Boisseau, C.L. (2024). Best Practices for Online and Virtual Data Collection Methods to Ensure Data Integrity. Translational Issues in Psychological Science.
Risser, H.J., Morford, A., Murphy, A.N., Pinkerton, L.M., Law, C., Yexinyu, Y., Hersch, E., Wisner, K.L., Boisseau, C.L. (2024). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Family Navigator Program to Support Foster Parents of Youth with Mental Health Concerns. Children and Youth Services Review.
2023
Ads, M. M., & Keller, A. E. (2023). Whole-body health: Behavioral approaches to managing depression in primary care. Pediatric Annals, 52(11), e413–e417.
Tolin, D. F., Sain, K. S., Davis, E., Gilliam, C., Hannan, S. E., Springer, K. S., Stubbing, J., George, J. R., Jean, A., Goldblum, R., Katz, B. W., Everhardt, K., Darrow, S., Ohr, E. E., Young, M. E., & Serchuk, M. D. (2023). The DIAMOND-KID: Psychometric properties of a structured diagnostic interview for DSM-5 anxiety, mood, and obsessive-compulsive and related disorders in children and adolescents. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911221143994
Collibee, C., Schneider, K., Brennan, M., & Canning, O. (2023). Physical dating aggression and proximal changes in psychosocial symptoms in young adulthood. Journal of Family Violence, 39(4), 681–692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00510-0
Allen, K., Harrington, J., Quetsch, L., Masse, J., Cooke, C., Paulson, J. (2023) Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Children with Disruptive Behaviors and Autism: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Jan;53(1):390-404.
Harrewijn, A., Ruiz, S. G., Abend, R., Haller, S. P., Subar, A. R., Swetlitz, C., Valadez, E., Brotman, M., Chen, G., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Leibenfult, E., Bar-Haim, Y., Fox, N., & Pine, D. S. (2023). Development of neural mechanisms underlying threat processing: associations with childhood social reticence and adolescent anxiety. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
Knapp, A.A., Hersch, E., Wijaya, C., Herrera, M.A., Kruzan, K.P., Carroll., A.J., Lee, S., Baker, A., Gray, A., Harris, V., Simmons, R., Sodhi, D.K., Hannah, N., Reddy, M., Karnik, N.S., Smith, J.D., Brown, C.H., & Mohr, D.C. (2023). “The Library is so Much More Than Books”: Considerations for The Design and Implementation of Teen Digital Mental Health Services in Public Libraries. Frontiers in Digital Health.
2022
Morelli, N., Hong, K., Garcia, J., Elzie, X., Alvarez, A., & Villodas, M. T. (2022). Everyday conflict in families at risk for maltreatment: Examining unique, bidirectional associations with children’s anxious- and withdrawn-depressed symptoms. Journal of Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00966-6.
Evans, M. C., Duong, J. B., Morelli, N., Hong, K., Voss, C., Mendez, L., Garcia, J., Elzie, X., & Villodas, M. T. (2022). Conduct problems as a pathway from childhood adversity to community violence exposure: The protective roles of caregiver knowledge and involvement. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605221081932
Lengua, L. J., Thompson, S. F., Ruberry, E. J., Klein, M. R., Zalewski, M., Moran, L. R., & Kiff, C. J. (2022). Concurrent and prospective effects of income, parenting, and stress physiology on children’s executive control. Social Development, 31(3), 733–748.
Parrish, K. H., Smith, M. R., Moran, L. R., & Thompson, S. F. (2022). Maternal prenatal stress and children’s emotion regulation: The role of caregiving sensitivity. Infant and Child Development, 31(4), e2314.
Cheron, D. M., Becker-Haimes, E. M., Stern, H. G., Dwight, A. R., Stanick, C. F., Chiu, A. A., Daleiden, E. L., & Chorpita, B. F. (2022). Assessing practical implementation of modular psychotherapy for youth in community-based settings using benchmarking. Implementation Research and Practice, 3, 1-13.
Mendez, L., Morelli, N., Cromer, K. D., & Villodas, M. T. (2022). Parallel process of posttraumatic stress and externalizing problems among youth at high risk for victimization. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12796
Morelli, N., Hong, K., Elzie, X., Garcia, J., Evans, M. C., Duong, J., & Villodas, M. T. (2022). Bidirectional associations between family conflict and child behavior problems in families at risk for maltreatment. Child Abuse & Neglect, 133, 105832. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105832
Briesch, A. M., Donaldson A., Matta, M., Volpe, R. J., Daniels, B & Owens, J. S. (2022). Development of brief rating scales for progress monitoring internalizing behavior. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 30(3), 199-209.
Darling, L. N., Holochwost, S. J., Coffman, J., Propper, C. B., & Wagner, N. J. (2022). Context is key: Parasympathetic regulation in the classroom differentially predicts preschoolers’ socially competent behaviors. Developmental Psychobiology, 64(2), e22246.
Pincus, D. B., Darling, L. N., & Leyfer, O. (2022). Delivering treatment for adolescent panic disorder with flexibility and fidelity. In P. C. Kendall (Ed.), Flexibility within fidelity: Breathing life into a psychological treatment manual (pp. 231–259). Oxford University Press.
Everett, V.S., & Drabick, D.A.G. (2022). Community violence exposure and internalizing symptoms: do callous-unemotional behaviors moderate this relation among urban youth? Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00973-7
Bar-Halpern, M., Rutt, C., Madigan, R.J. (2022). Telehealth Adaptations in Day Treatment Programs. In: Leffler, J.M., Frazier, E.A. (eds) Handbook of Evidence-Based Day Treatment Programs for Children and Adolescents. Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14567-4_23
Lattie, E.G., Cohen, K.A., Hersch, E., Williams, K.A., Kruzan, K.P., Kwasny, M., & Mohr, D.C. (2022). Uptake and Effectiveness of a Self-Guided Mobile App Platform for College Student Mental Health. Internet Interventions.
Hong, K., Morelli, N., Garcia, J., Duong, J. B., Evans, M. C., Litrownik, A. J., & Villodas, M. T. (2022). Trajectories of adolescent psychopathology among youth who were maltreated and placed in out-of-home care. Child Abuse & Neglect, 128, 105589. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105589
Morelli, N. M., & Villodas, M. T. (2022). A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and clinical utility of Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD) symptom criteria. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 25(2), 376–394. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-021-00374-0
Hersch, E.,* Cohen, K.A.,* Saklecha, A., Williams, K., Tan, Y., & Lattie, E.G. (2022). Remote-Delivered Services During COVID-19: A Mixed-Methods Survey of College Counseling Center Clinicians. Journal of American College Health. *Indicates equal authorship
Arkin, M., Poon, Y., Lowe, S. R., & Rhodes, J. (2022). Associations between religious coping and long-term mental
health in survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality.
https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000483
Zacher, M., Arkin, M., Rhodes, J., & Lowe, S. R. (2022). The effects of maternal disaster exposure on adolescent mental
health 12 years later. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s10802-022-00917-1
Hastedt, I., Eisenhower, A., Sheldrick, R. C., & Carter, A. S. (2023). Bilingual and monolingual autistic toddlers: Language and social communication skills. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 53(6), 2185-2202
2021
Otis, J. D., Keller, A.E., & Chevalier, L. (2021). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain. In A. Wenzel (Ed.). Handbook of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. American Psychological Association.
Damashek, A., Berman, A., Belachew, B., & Kothari, C. (2023). Pilot test of a measure to assess clients’ perceptions of their home visitors. Infant Mental Health Journal, 44(1), 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.22028
Thompson, S. F., Klein, M. R., Ruberry, E. J., Moran, L. R., Zalewski, M., & Lengua, L. J. (2021). Clarifying the unique effects of pre- and postnatal stress on child executive function. Infant and Child Development, 30(1), e2202.
Lengua, L. J., Thompson, S. F., Moran, L. R., Zalewski, M., Ruberry, E. J., Klein, M. R., & Kiff, C. J. (2021). Corrigendum: Pathways from early adversity to later adjustment: Tests of the additive and bidirectional effects of executive control and diurnal cortisol in early childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 33(3), 1140–1141.
Serchuk, M. D., Corrigan, P. W., Reed, S., & Ohan, J. L. (2021). Vicarious stigma and self- stigma experienced by parents of children with mental health and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. Community Mental Health Journal, 57(8), 1537-1546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-021-00774-0
Sayer, J., & Serchuk, M. D. (2021). Smoking. In Corrigan, P. W., & Ballentine, S. L., (Ed.), Health and Wellness in People Living with Serious Mental Illness. (pp. 239-268). American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
Comer, J. S., Nelson Darling, L., del Busto, C., Musser, E. D., & Pincus, D. B. (2021). Stress and stress management in children and adolescents. Principles and Practice of Stress Management; Lehrer, PM, Woolfolk, RL, Eds, 93-129.
Briesch, A. M., Chafouleas, S. M., Dineen, J. N., McCoach, D. B., & Donaldson, A. (2021). School building administrator reports of screening practices across academic, behavioral, and physical health domains. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 24(4), 266–277. https://doi.org/10.1177/10983007211003335
Modrowski, C. A., Rizzo, C. J., Collibee, C., Houck, C. D., & Schneider, K. (2021). Victimization profiles in girls involved in the juvenile justice system: A latent class analysis. Child abuse & neglect, 111, 104774. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104774
Adamczyk, K., Morelli, N., M., Segrin, C., Jiao, J., Park, J. Y., & Villodas, M. T. (2021). Psychometric Analysis of the Dating Anxiety Scale for Adolescents in Samples of Polish and U.S. Young Adults: Examining the Factor Structure, Measurement Invariance, Item Functioning, and Convergent Validity. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911211017659
Villodas, M. T., Morelli, N., Hong, K., Duong, J., Evans, M. C., Elson, D., Rose, E., Picci, G., & Fishbein, D. (2021). Differences in late adolescent psychopathology among youth with histories of co-occurring abuse and neglect experiences. Child Abuse & Neglect, 120, 105189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2021.105189
Morelli, N., Liuzzi, M., Duong, J., Chad-Friedman, E., Kryza-Lacombe, M., Villodas, M. T., Dougherty, L. R., & Wiggins, J. L. (2021). Reward-related neural correlates of early life stress in school-aged children. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2021.100963
Schneider, K., Collibee, C., & Rizzo, C. (2021). Associations between dating aggression involvement and subsequent relationship commitment. Journal of Family Violence, 36(7), 837-847. DOI:10.1007/s10896-021-00250-z
Masse, J., McNeil, C., BigFoot D., McNeil, D. (2021). Parenting Practices and Acceptability of Behavioral Parent Training in American Indians and European Americans. The Behavior Therapist, 44(4), 171-181.
Swetlitz, C.*, Nauphal, M.*, Smith, L., Rosellini, A.J. (2021). A preliminary examination of the acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness of a telehealth cognitive behavioral therapy group for social anxiety disorder. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 28(4), 730-742
Swetlitz, C., Lynch, S.F., Propper C., Coffman, J., Wagner, N.J. (2021). Examining maternal reminiscing style as a protective factor in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology, 49(8), 989-999
Cardinale, E.*, Pagliaccio, D.*, Swetlitz, C., Grassie, H., Costa, V., Averbeck, B., Brotman, M.A., Pine, D.S., Leibenluft, E., Kircanski, K. (2021). Deliberative choice strategies in Youth: Relevance to Transdiagnostic Anxiety Symptoms. Clinical Psychological Science, 9(5), 979-989.
Drabick, D.A.G., Jakubovic, R., Everett, V.S., Friedman, A. L., Emory, G. & Kalchthaler, F. (2021). Conduct problems among children in low-income, urban neighborhoods: A developmental psychopathology- and RDoC-informed approach. Development and Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579421001103
2020
Bennett, S.M., Capriotti, M., Bauer, C., Chang, S., Keller, A.E., Walkup, J., Woods, D. & Piacentini, J. (2020). Development and Open Trial of a Psychosocial Intervention for Young Children with Chronic Tics: The CBIT-JR Study. Behavior Therapy, 51(4), 659-669.
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