The Child Study Center offers various assessment and treatment studies in which children and their families may participate.
Recent Publications
Dunsmore, J. C., Noguchi, R. J. P., Casey, E., Bhullar, N., & Garner, P. W. (2008). Gender-specific linkages of Affective Social Competence with peer relations in preschool children. Early Education and Development, 19, 211-237.
Jarrett, M. A., & Ollendick, T. H. (2008). A conceptual review of the comorbidity of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and anxiety: Implications for future research and practice. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 1266-1280.
Ollendick, T. H., Costa, N. M., & Benoit, K. E. (in press). Interpersonal processes and the anxiety disorders of childhood. In G. Beck (Ed.), Interpersonal Processes in the Anxiety Disorders: Implications for Understanding Psychopathology and Treatment. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Ollendick, T. H., & Jarrett, M. A. Empirically-supported treatments for adolescent depression. In C. Essau (Ed.), Treatment of Adolescent Depression. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Ollendick, T. H., Jarrett, M. A., Grills-Taquechel, A. E., Seligman, L. D.,
& Wolff, J. C. (2008). Moving beyond treatment efficacy: Comorbidity as a
predictor and moderator of treatment outcome in youth with anxiety,
affective, attentional and oppositional/conduct disorders. Clinical
Psychology Review, 28, 1447-1471.
Ollendick, T. H., Jarrett, M. A, Wolff, J. C., & Scarpa, A. Reactive and proactive aggression: Cross-informant agreement and clinical utility. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment.
Pina, A., Villalta, I., Ortiz, C., Gottschall, A., Costa, N., & Weems, C. (in press). Social support, perceived discrimination, and coping as predictors of posttraumatic stress reactions in youth survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.
Taylor, L. K., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., & Carrion, V. G. (in press). Loss and the experience of emotional distress in childhood. Journal of Loss and Trauma.
Recent Conference Presentations
Benoit, K. E., Costa, N. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2008).
Interpersonal difficulties in children with anxiety disorders,
externalizing disorders, and their comorbid conditions. Poster
presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Benoit, K. E., Raishevich, N., Canavera, K. E., Anderson, S. R., Lewis, K. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2008). Maternal efficacy as a moderator of the relationship between maternal overprotection and child anxiety: Does the effect differ by age and gender? Poster presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Noguchi, R. J. P., White, B. A., Jarrett, M. A., & Ollendick, T. H.
(November, 2008). Mother and father parenting behaviors and emotion regulatory processes in a clinical sample of children. Poster presented at
the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Raishevich, N., Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (November, 2008).
The relationship between childhood aggression and teacher-reported
social problems: The moderating role of family environment. Poster
presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Anderson, S. R., Benoit, K. E., Lewis, K. M., Noguchi, R. J. P., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). When body mass index moderates the relationship between self-concept and anxiety among phobic children. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.
Benoit, K. E., Raishevich, N., Canavara, K. E., Anderson, S. R., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). Parental efficacy as a moderator of the relationship between parental overprotection and child anxiety. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.
Canavera, K. E., Ehrenreich, J. T., Pincus, D. B., & Ollendick, T.H. (March, 2008) Clinical correlates of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder and depressive disorders in youth. Poster presented at the 28th Annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.
Jarrett, M. A., Costa, N., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). The effect of treatment for specific phobia on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptomatology. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.
Lewis, K. M., Jarrett, M. A., Costa, N. M., Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). The relationships among maternal overcontrol, maternal anxiety, and child-reported anxiety. Poster presented at the Virginia Tech Graduate Research Symposium, Blacksburg, VA.
Raishevich, N., Benoit, K. E., & Ollendick, T. H. (March, 2008). The relationship among specific phobias, family factors, and internalizing symptoms in a child and adolescent clinic-referred sample. Poster presented at the 28th annual meeting of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Savannah, GA.

