A5057120507- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Family Support in Illness
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Pain Mechanisms and Treatments
- Disability Rights and Representation
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
Harvard University
2018-2025
Center for Children
2017-2025
Wyoming Department of Education
2021-2025
University of Wyoming
2021-2025
Western University
2018-2023
Virginia Tech
2019-2021
University of Notre Dame
2013-2021
Center for Autism and Related Disorders
2021
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2018-2019
Chestnut Hill College
2018
Maternal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes in adulthood. Less is known regarding how maternal ACEs relate to perinatal depressive symptoms or the intergenerational effect of trauma history on birth infant functioning. To address this gap, an at-risk sample 398 pregnant women was recruited from Women, Infants, Children clinics. Participants completed a prenatal ( M = 4.84 months before due date) postnatal 6.76 after...
Background Children with developmental disabilities are at heightened risk for maltreatment. However, little is known regarding the prevalence of maltreatment among specific groups, such as autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) and/or intellectual disability ID ). Information about in these groups can aid development supports and prevention strategies vulnerable children their families. Methods Using record linkage between Department Social Services DSS Autism Developmental Disabilities...
Abstract Changes in central pain processing have been shown patients with chronic low-back (cLBP). We used quantitative sensory testing methods to identify differences sensitization between cLBP (N = 167) and healthy controls 33). Results indicated that, compared pain-free controls, showed increased sensitivity greater painful aftersensations for mechanical pressure pin-prick stimuli lower tactile spatial acuity the 2-point discrimination task ( p s < 0.05). Then, we examined role of...
Transdiagnostic frameworks such as the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) and Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology (HiTOP) offer an exciting future for psychopathology research but may pose measurement data analytic challenges because historically researchers have often relied on Diagnostic Statistical Manual Mental Disorders (DSM) to guide assessment. We address these by providing recommendations (a) measure selection, (b) analysis, (c) participant recruitment when conducting from a...
Overgeneral memory (OGM) refers to difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories. The tendency be overgeneral recall is more commonly observed among individuals with emotional disorders compared those without. Despite significant advances theory and identification of mechanisms that underlie the etiology OGM, there has been little integration between normative research on development OGM. Informed by a developmental psychopathology perspective drawing social construction...
Objective Early identification of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is an essential healthcare priority. Girls may be at risk for late diagnosis, although research equivocal regarding how sex and other factors relate to ASD identification. The goals the current investigation were (1) identify child sex, cognitive abilities, demographic age first concern (AOC) diagnosis (AOD), (2) evaluate trends in AOC/AOD over time, (3) consider whether main effects on are moderated by abilities or time.Method...
Introduction COVID-19 has led to increased stress for children and families worldwide, increasing exacerbating the emotional functional impact of mental behavioral health disorders. Fortunately, telehealth offers a psychological service delivery option treating disorders when in-person services may not be plausible or preferred. During non-pandemic times, internet PCIT (I-PCIT) been shown similarly effective as standard delivered in clinic. However, added stresses pandemic negatively...
Many labels are used within and across subfields to describe personality disorder (PD) interpersonally-oriented trait dimensions. For example, "interpersonal disorders" is a suggested alternative label "personality in clinical research. Other "dark trait" terms, though not proposed as formal for PDs, also different research areas describing externalizing traits. Terminology changes have been both due concerns about descriptors' validity their usage potentially being stigmatizing. Improving...
The Personality Inventory for DSM-5-Brief Form (PID-5-BF) has become widely used providing efficient self-report assessment of trait domains from the Alternative Model Disorders (AMPD). Existing studies PID-5-BF’s psychometric properties have been informative, but they often relied on monomethod assessment. We advance research psychometrics and understanding multimethod personality-psychopathology associations by conducting analyses integrating self-report, informant, interview measures. As...
Autistic youth experience disproportionately high rates of child maltreatment and a wide range other traumatic stressful events, such as peer victimization. Very little empirical work has evaluated trauma-focused supports for youth, despite posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) trauma-related symptoms. The current study is pilot proof-of-concept evaluation telehealth-based cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) (N = 17, ages 10-17) their caregivers. Youth PTSD symptoms significantly declined...
Background: Autistic youth experience high rates of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), although it is critical to extend this work by further identifying the ACEs most commonly reported adults. We know less about benevolent (BCEs) among adults and how they are associated with psychosocial outcomes. The current study aimed (1) identify BCEs, (2) evaluate related for non-autistic adults, (3) BCEs outcomes (i.e., trauma symptoms, resilience, treatment utilization, vulnerable life [VLE])...
Abstract Theoretical and empirical evidence suggest that the way in which parents discuss everyday emotional experiences with their young children (i.e., elaborative reminiscing) has significant implications for child cognitive socioemotional functioning, maltreating have a particularly difficult time engaging this type of dialogue. This dyadic interactional exchange, therefore, potential to be an important process variable linking maltreatment developmental outcomes at multiple levels...
The manner in which mothers engage emotional discussion, or reminisce, with their young children about past experiences poses important ramifications for child socioemotional and cognitive development. Maltreating may have difficulty engaging emotionally supportive reminiscing. current study examined the role of maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing as a process variable that explain associations between maltreatment 3 self-regulatory dimensions: lability/negativity, emotion...