Highlights from the School of Psychology STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENT Book Chapters 1. Eisen, A.R., Sussman, J.M., Schmidt, T., Mason, L.S., Hausler, L.A., and Hashim, R. (2011). Separation anxiety disorder. In D. McKay and E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders (pp. 245-260). New York: Springer. 2. Loeb, K. L., Brown, M., & Munk Goldstein, M. (In press). Assessment of eating disorders in children and adolescents. In D. Le Grange & J. Lock (Eds.), Handbook of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders. Guilford Press: New York. 3. Prentky, R. A., Lamade, R., & Coward, A. (2011). Sex offenders: A research agenda. In B. Rosenfeld & S. Penrod (Eds.), Research methods in forensic psychology. New York: Wiley. 4. Prentky, R. A., Gabriel, A., & Coward, A. (2010). Sex offender services: Efficacy, obstacles, public policy. In J. W. White, M. P. Koss, & A. E. Kazdin (Eds.), Violence against women and children: Consensus, critical analyses, and emergent priorities. Volume II: Navigating solutions. Washington DC: APA Books 5. Prentky, R. A., Gabriel, A., & Coward, A. (2010). Sexual abuse. In J. C. Thomas & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of clinical psychology competencies. Volume II: Intervention and treatment for adults. New York: Springer. Articles 1. Lamade, R., Gabriel, A., & Prentky, R. A. (2011). Optimizing risk mitigation in management of sex offenders: A structural model. International Journal of Psychiatry and the Law. 2. Lo Presti, R., Lai, J., Hildebrandt, T., & Loeb, K. L. (In Press). Psychological treatments for obesity in youth and adults. Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine. 3. McGrath, R. E., Mitchell, M., Kim, B. H., & Hough, L. (2010). Evidence for response bias as a source of error variance in applied assessment. Psychological Bulletin, 136, 450-470. 4. Raz, A., & Wolfson, J. (2010). From dynamic lesions to brain imaging of behavioral lesions: Alloying the gold of psychoanalysis with the copper of suggestion. Neuropsychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Psychoanalysis and the Neurosciences, 12(1), 5-18. 5. Reed, R., McGrath, R. E., & Armeli, S. (in press). Prediction of sexual trauma via disruption of sex-aggression associations. Journal of Traumatic Stress. Highlights from the School of Psychology STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENT Presentations 1. Brown, M., Loeb, K. L., Craigen, K. E., Munk Goldstein, M., & Fairburn, C. G. F. (2010, June). Multiple informants in the selfreport of the psychological symptoms of anorexia nervosa among adolescents: Comparisons of the Eating Disorder Examination – Questionnaire (EDE-Q) and the EDE-Q Parent Version. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria. 2. Conway, M.A., Ulrich, S.M., Viezel, K.D., Smith, M.C., Novitskie, D.W., Beischer, C.G., Jeltova, I., & Foley, C.M. (2010). Asperger’s at college: An innovative support program for residential undergraduates. Poster presented at the 2010 annual convention of the American Psychological Association. 3. Conway, M., Beischer, C., Viezel, K.D., & Ulrich, S. (November, 2010). Transitioning to college for students with Asperger’s Syndrome: Lessons learned. Workshop presented at Fairleigh Dickinson University. 4. Craigen, K. E., Loeb, K. L., Baird, J. P., DiBartolo, P. M., Packard, B. W., & Striegel-Moore, R. (2010, June). A comparison of disordered eating attitudes in all-women’s and coeducational colleges: The role of self-objectification. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Conference on Eating Disorders, Salzburg, Austria. 5. Davis, A. & Radnitz, C. L. (2010, November). The Influence of Parental Dietary Modeling On Child BMI In Urban Preschoolers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Francisco, CA. 6. De Thomas, C. A., Dumont, R., Reddy, L. A., & McGrath, R. E. (2010, August). Differential Ability Scales—Second Edition: Children with ADHD or mathematics disorder. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA. 7. Jeltova, I., Viezel, K.D., Sebold, S., Ulrich, S., & Foley, C. (2010). Improving executive functioning in college students with Asperger’s syndrome. Poster presented at the 2010 annual convention of the American Psychological Association. 8. Gabriel, A., Lamade, R. V., & Prentky, R. A. (March 2011). The role of antisocial personality characteristics in predicting pornography consumption habits. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41, A.P.A.), Miami. 9. Lamade, R. V., Gabriel, A., & Prentky, R. A. (March 2011). Differentiating Internet only, hands on and dual child sexual offenders: The role of cognitive, personality, and interpersonal factors in predicting risk of child battery. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41, A.P.A.), Miami. 10. Gabriel, A., Lamade, R. V., & Prentky, R. A. (March 2011). The role of pornographic preferences in predicting sexual offense type. Presented at the Annual Meeting of American Psychology-Law Society (Division 41, A.P.A.), Miami. Highlights from the School of Psychology STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENT 11. Hausler, L.A., Hashim, R., Mason, L.S., Schmidt, T., and Eisen, A.R. (2011).Parental expectancies and self-efficacy as predictors of social and emotional behavior problems in anxious youth. Poster presented at the 31st annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference (March). New Orleans, LA. 12. Jacobs, S. & Radnitz, C. L. (2010, November). Connections Between Overweight Parents, Children’s Food Consumption, and Child Obesity Present In Very Young Children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Francisco, CA. 13. Feinberg, S., Feinberg, J., & Kassoff, L. (2010, August). The effects of humor and anxiety on task performance. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA. 14. Zibulsky, J., Liberman, A., Masi, R., Davis, J. (2011, August). The response to response-to-intervention: Evaluating change within a school district. Poster to be presented at annual conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. 15. Loeb, K. L., Craigen, K. E., Munk Goldstein, M., Lock, J., & Le Grange, D. (In press). Early treatment of eating disorders. In D. Le Grange & J. Lock (Eds.), Handbook of assessment and treatment for children and adolescents with eating disorders. Guilford Press: New York. 16. Masi, R., Zibulsky, J., Liberman, A. & Davis, J. (2011, April). Relationship between maternal depression and engagement in home language and literacy activities. Poster to be presented at bi-annual conference of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada. 17. Masi, R., Zibulsky, J., Liberman, A. & Davis, J. (2011, March). Exploring the connection between teachers' literacy knowledge, beliefs, and practices. Poster presented at annual conference of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston. 18. Mason, L.S., Hashim, R., Hausler, L.A., Schimdt, T., and Eisen, A.R. (2011).Impaired recognition of emotional expressions predicts social and emotional behavior problems in anxious youth. Poster presented at the 31st annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference (March). New Orleans, LA. 19. McGrath, R. E., & Smith, M. W. (2010, December). VASRD-Mental Disorders: Overview of the revision process. Presented to the Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission, Washington, DC. 20. Munk, M., Loeb, K. L., & Le Grange, D. (2010, August). Expressed emotion and attributions of control in an adolescent overweight population. Presented at the meeting of the 11th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC. 21. Nagy, D., Pogge, D., & Stokes, J. (2011). Establishing the psychometric properties of the Children’s Psychiatric Symptom Rating Scale: A validity study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA, March 9-13. 22. Parkin, S., Pogge, D., & Stokes, J. (2011). A proposed demoralization scale for the MMPI-A. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA, March 9-13. Highlights from the School of Psychology STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENT 23. Nagy, D., Pogge, D., & Stokes, J. (March 2011). Establishing the psychometric properties of the Children’s Psychiatric Symptom Rating Scale: A reliability study. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Boston, MA, 24. Nguyen, C. T., Green, D., & Barr, W. B. (2011, June). Evaluation of the Validity Scales of the MMPI-2-RF in a Civil Forensic Setting. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Washington, DC. 25. Green, D. Nguyen, C. T., Barr, W. B. (2011, June). Impact of Premorbid Intelligence on Measures of Cognitive Effort. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Washington, DC. 26. Schmidt, T., Hashim, R., Hausler, L.A., Mason, L.S., and Eisen, A.R. (2011).The clinical utility of separation anxiety symptom dimensions and parent protection factors in anxious youth. Poster presented at the 31st annual Anxiety Disorders Association of America Conference (March). New Orleans, LA. 27. Scotti, C. & Radnitz, C. L. (2010, November). Bad habits begin early: the association between television watching and junk food consumption in pre-school age children. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. San Francisco, CA. 28. Uy, P.J., & Tiersky, L.A. (2010). Working Memory, Processing Speed, and Performance on the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT). International Neuropsychological Society, Acapulco, Mexico. 29. Uy, P.J., & Tiersky, L.A. (2010). Impulsivity/Emotional Lability Related to Attentional Problems and Rebelliousness in the MMPI2. Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA. 30. Uy, P.J., & Tiersky, L.A. (2010). Association between Self-Esteem and Social Adjustment in Adults with Learning Disabilities. Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA. 31. Uy, P.J., & Tiersky, L.A. (2010). Measuring Anxiety and Depression using MMPI-2 in Learning Disabled Adults. APA, Division 12: Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA. 32. Uy, P.J., & Tiersky, L.A. (2010). Anxiety Mediating Depression and Work Satisfaction in Learning Disabled Adults. APA, Division 33: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, San Diego, CA. Awards 1. Courtney DeThomas was the recipient of a travel award from APA to attend the 2010 convention. 2. Victoria Chun, Courtney DeThomas, and Erik Newman were recipients of the "Article of the Year Award" from the Journal of School Psychology for a co-authored article. 3. Melanie Brown, a 2nd year Ph.D. student is this year’s recipient of the Guterman-FitzSimons Fellowship for excellence in research productivity.