- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Sleep and related disorders
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Family Support in Illness
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Community Health and Development
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Infant Health and Development
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Nursing education and management
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Marquette University
2019-2025
Boston University
2018-2020
Suffolk University
2020
Arizona State University
1800-2017
Abstract Objective Parental accommodation contributes to the maintenance of child anxiety and related symptoms. The current study examines contributions parent factors parental in a sample anxious youth. Methods Sixty‐four treatment‐seeking youth (6–16 years) their mothers, as well subset fathers ( N = 41) reported on accommodation, distress emotion regulation, psychopathology, externalizing behaviors, intolerance uncertainty. Results was not or regulation. Parents who viewed being more...
Engaging youth and caregivers as active collaborators in the treatment planning process is a patient-centered approach with potential to facilitate personalization of established evidence-based treatments. This study first randomized clinical trial evaluate shared decision-making (SDM) plan psychotherapy.Forty (7-15 years; 33% ethnic minority) were randomly assigned psychosocial planned using SDM (n = 20) or primarily by clinician 20). In condition, clinicians guided through collaborative...
In the child and adolescent anxiety area, some progress has been made to develop evidence-based prevention protocols, but less is known about how best target these problems in children families of color. general, data show differential program effects with minority benefiting significantly less. Our preliminary data, however, promise suggest cultural parameters consider tailoring process beyond language symbols. It appears that a more focused approach culture might help activate intervention...
Authoritative parenting is typically considered the gold-standard approach based on studies with largely European American (EA) samples. The current study evaluated a novel, “no-nonsense” style in Mexican (MA) and EA families, not captured by traditional classifications. Parenting styles of mothers fathers, cultural values, youth internalizing externalizing problems were assessed 179 MA ( n = 84) 95) parents adolescents across 2 years (seventh to ninth grade). families showed higher...
The objective of this study was to document the direct impact COVID-19 pandemic on parents and families in United States.
ABSTRACT: Objective: Sleep-related problems, defined as sleep patterns atypical for the child's developmental stage, are common in children with elevated anxiety symptoms and linked to significant mental physical health consequences. Despite consequences of sleep-related it remains unclear how these problems initiated maintained symptoms. The current study examines relationship between parental accommodation (e.g., co-sleeping) determine whether higher levels associated more frequent a...
This randomized controlled trial tested the Family Assessment and Feedback Intervention (FAFI), a new intervention to enhance family engagement with emotional behavioral health services. The FAFI is guided conversation families about results of their multidimensional assessment that set in context motivational enhancement. It differs from other assessment-with-feedback interventions by extending focus beyond target child parents environment, addressing parental problems competencies,...
Nurse educators are essential to the success of other nurses by supporting attainment professional competencies, knowledge, and continual development. In addition, board-certified nurse also role models in lifelong learning. They an optimal position promote support others pursuit board certification. [J Contin Educ Nurs. 2021;52(11):497-499.].