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David Rabiner

David Rabiner

Research Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
drabiner@duke.edu
Duke Box 90697, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708
Reuben-Cooke Building - Rm 318, 417 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC 27708
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Selected Publications

Investigating teacher and student effects of the Incredible Years Classroom Management Program in early elementary school.

Journal Article Journal of school psychology · April 2018 The present paper reports on the results of a cluster randomized trial of the Incredible Years® Teacher Classroom Management Program (IY-TCM) and its effects on early elementary teachers' management strategies, classroom climate, and students' emotion regu ... Full text Cite

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Interaction between socioeconomic status and parental history of ADHD determines prevalence.

Journal Article Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · March 2018 BackgroundMany studies have reported a higher prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among disadvantaged populations, but few have considered how parental history of ADHD might modify that relationship. We evaluated whether ... Full text Cite

Attention Problems and Academic Achievement: Do Persistent and Earlier-Emerging Problems Have More Adverse Long-Term Effects?

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · November 2016 ObjectiveThis study examined whether the negative association between children's attention difficulties and their academic functioning is largely confined to children whose attention problems persist across early grades and whether it depends on w ... Full text Cite

Predicting academic achievement and attainment: The contribution of early academic skills, attention difficulties, and social competence

Journal Article School Psychology Review · June 1, 2016 Research predicting academic achievement from early academic, attention, and socioemotional skills has largely focused on elementary school outcomes and rarely included peer assessments of social competence. We examined associations between these early chi ... Full text Cite

The Prevalence of ADHD in a Population-Based Sample.

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · September 2015 ObjectiveFew studies of ADHD prevalence have used population-based samples, multiple informants, and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) criteria. Moreover, children who are asymptomatic while receiving ADHD med ... Full text Cite

Racial/ethnic differences in parent-reported barriers to accessing children's health services.

Journal Article Psychological services · August 2015 The goals of this study were to identify whether barriers that parents perceived to using health care differed by service type (medical vs. mental health care) and whether there were racial/ethnic differences in barriers. Participants were a community samp ... Full text Cite

Stimulant prescription cautions: addressing misuse, diversion and malingering.

Journal Article Current psychiatry reports · July 2013 As prescriptions for stimulant medication to treat ADHD have increased, so have concerns about the nonmedical use and diversion of stimulant medication, especially among college students. There is also growing concern about young adults feigning ADHD in or ... Full text Cite

What do we really know about college students with ADHD?

Journal Article Neurotherapeutics · July 2012 Research on ADHD in college students began in the 1990s and has been steadily increasing in recent years. Because young adults with ADHD who attend college have experienced greater academic success during high school than many peers with the disorder, whic ... Cite

Teacher Management Practices for 1st Graders with Attention Problems.

Journal Article Journal of Attention Disorders · November 2011 Cite

Teacher management practices for first graders with attention problems.

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · November 2011 ObjectiveTo examine whether teacher reports of accommodations and interventions for inattentive first graders are consistent with best practice guidelines.MethodA total of 36 teachers completed the Teacher Management Questionnaire (TMQ) f ... Full text Cite

Predictors of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · May 2010 OBJECTIVE: To identify the predictors of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 843 undergraduates attending one public or one private university in southeastern United States. METHOD: Students completed a Web-based su ... Full text Link to item Cite

Instability in teacher ratings of children's inattentive symptoms: implications for the assessment of ADHD.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · April 2010 ObjectiveTo examine the cross-grade stability of clinically elevated teacher ratings of inattentive symptoms in 3 samples of elementary schoolchildren.Participants and methodsSamples 1 and 2 included 27 first graders and 24 fourth graders ... Full text Cite

Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students

Journal Article Journal of Community Psychology · March 1, 2010 The authors examine predictors of family participation in the G.R.E.A.T. Families Program of the Multisite Violence Prevention Project (MVPP), a four-site collaboration examining student, teacher, and family interventions for middle school students. Teache ... Full text Cite

A randomized trial of two promising computer-based interventions for students with attention difficulties.

Journal Article Journal of abnormal child psychology · January 2010 Few studies have examined whether attention can be improved with training, even though attention difficulties adversely affect academic achievement. The present study was a randomized-controlled trial evaluating the impact of Computerized Attention Trainin ... Full text Cite

Motives and perceived consequences of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students: are students treating themselves for attention problems?

Journal Article J Atten Disord · November 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examines why college students without a prescription take ADHD medication, what they perceive the consequences of this to be, and whether attention problems are associated with this behavior. METHOD: More than 3,400 undergraduates att ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-reported ADHD and adjustment in college: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · November 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between self-reported ADHD and college adjustment. PARTICIPANTS: Study 1 included nearly 3400 undergraduates attending a public and private university. Study 2 included 846 students who participated during freshman and ... Full text Link to item Cite

The misuse and diversion of prescribed ADHD medications by college students.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · September 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the misuse and diversion of prescribed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications. METHOD: One hundred fifteen students, attending two universities, with prescriptions for ADHD medications completed a Web sur ... Full text Link to item Cite

The shifting subtypes of ADHD: classification depends on how symptom reports are combined.

Journal Article Journal of abnormal child psychology · July 2008 Research on the correlates of ADHD subtypes has yielded inconsistent findings, perhaps because the procedures used to define subtypes vary across studies. We examined this possibility by investigating whether the ADHD subtype distribution in a community sa ... Full text Cite

Feasibility and integrity of a parent-teacher consultation intervention for ADHD students

Journal Article Child and Youth Care Forum · June 1, 2008 This study examined the feasibility and integrity of a daily report card (DRC) intervention in a small sample of randomly assigned elementary students with previously diagnosed ADHD and classroom impairment. In order to enhance implementation, a conjoint b ... Full text Cite

Investigating teacher and student effects of the Incredible Years Classroom Management Program in early elementary school.

Journal Article Journal of school psychology · April 2018 The present paper reports on the results of a cluster randomized trial of the Incredible Years® Teacher Classroom Management Program (IY-TCM) and its effects on early elementary teachers' management strategies, classroom climate, and students' emotion regu ... Full text Cite

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): Interaction between socioeconomic status and parental history of ADHD determines prevalence.

Journal Article Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · March 2018 BackgroundMany studies have reported a higher prevalence of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among disadvantaged populations, but few have considered how parental history of ADHD might modify that relationship. We evaluated whether ... Full text Cite

Attention Problems and Academic Achievement: Do Persistent and Earlier-Emerging Problems Have More Adverse Long-Term Effects?

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · November 2016 ObjectiveThis study examined whether the negative association between children's attention difficulties and their academic functioning is largely confined to children whose attention problems persist across early grades and whether it depends on w ... Full text Cite

Predicting academic achievement and attainment: The contribution of early academic skills, attention difficulties, and social competence

Journal Article School Psychology Review · June 1, 2016 Research predicting academic achievement from early academic, attention, and socioemotional skills has largely focused on elementary school outcomes and rarely included peer assessments of social competence. We examined associations between these early chi ... Full text Cite

The Prevalence of ADHD in a Population-Based Sample.

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · September 2015 ObjectiveFew studies of ADHD prevalence have used population-based samples, multiple informants, and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) criteria. Moreover, children who are asymptomatic while receiving ADHD med ... Full text Cite

Racial/ethnic differences in parent-reported barriers to accessing children's health services.

Journal Article Psychological services · August 2015 The goals of this study were to identify whether barriers that parents perceived to using health care differed by service type (medical vs. mental health care) and whether there were racial/ethnic differences in barriers. Participants were a community samp ... Full text Cite

Stimulant prescription cautions: addressing misuse, diversion and malingering.

Journal Article Current psychiatry reports · July 2013 As prescriptions for stimulant medication to treat ADHD have increased, so have concerns about the nonmedical use and diversion of stimulant medication, especially among college students. There is also growing concern about young adults feigning ADHD in or ... Full text Cite

What do we really know about college students with ADHD?

Journal Article Neurotherapeutics · July 2012 Research on ADHD in college students began in the 1990s and has been steadily increasing in recent years. Because young adults with ADHD who attend college have experienced greater academic success during high school than many peers with the disorder, whic ... Cite

Teacher Management Practices for 1st Graders with Attention Problems.

Journal Article Journal of Attention Disorders · November 2011 Cite

Teacher management practices for first graders with attention problems.

Journal Article Journal of attention disorders · November 2011 ObjectiveTo examine whether teacher reports of accommodations and interventions for inattentive first graders are consistent with best practice guidelines.MethodA total of 36 teachers completed the Teacher Management Questionnaire (TMQ) f ... Full text Cite

Predictors of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · May 2010 OBJECTIVE: To identify the predictors of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 843 undergraduates attending one public or one private university in southeastern United States. METHOD: Students completed a Web-based su ... Full text Link to item Cite

Instability in teacher ratings of children's inattentive symptoms: implications for the assessment of ADHD.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · April 2010 ObjectiveTo examine the cross-grade stability of clinically elevated teacher ratings of inattentive symptoms in 3 samples of elementary schoolchildren.Participants and methodsSamples 1 and 2 included 27 first graders and 24 fourth graders ... Full text Cite

Predictors of family participation in a multiple family group intervention for aggressive middle school students

Journal Article Journal of Community Psychology · March 1, 2010 The authors examine predictors of family participation in the G.R.E.A.T. Families Program of the Multisite Violence Prevention Project (MVPP), a four-site collaboration examining student, teacher, and family interventions for middle school students. Teache ... Full text Cite

A randomized trial of two promising computer-based interventions for students with attention difficulties.

Journal Article Journal of abnormal child psychology · January 2010 Few studies have examined whether attention can be improved with training, even though attention difficulties adversely affect academic achievement. The present study was a randomized-controlled trial evaluating the impact of Computerized Attention Trainin ... Full text Cite

Motives and perceived consequences of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students: are students treating themselves for attention problems?

Journal Article J Atten Disord · November 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study examines why college students without a prescription take ADHD medication, what they perceive the consequences of this to be, and whether attention problems are associated with this behavior. METHOD: More than 3,400 undergraduates att ... Full text Link to item Cite

Self-reported ADHD and adjustment in college: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · November 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between self-reported ADHD and college adjustment. PARTICIPANTS: Study 1 included nearly 3400 undergraduates attending a public and private university. Study 2 included 846 students who participated during freshman and ... Full text Link to item Cite

The misuse and diversion of prescribed ADHD medications by college students.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · September 2009 OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the misuse and diversion of prescribed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medications. METHOD: One hundred fifteen students, attending two universities, with prescriptions for ADHD medications completed a Web sur ... Full text Link to item Cite

The shifting subtypes of ADHD: classification depends on how symptom reports are combined.

Journal Article Journal of abnormal child psychology · July 2008 Research on the correlates of ADHD subtypes has yielded inconsistent findings, perhaps because the procedures used to define subtypes vary across studies. We examined this possibility by investigating whether the ADHD subtype distribution in a community sa ... Full text Cite

Feasibility and integrity of a parent-teacher consultation intervention for ADHD students

Journal Article Child and Youth Care Forum · June 1, 2008 This study examined the feasibility and integrity of a daily report card (DRC) intervention in a small sample of randomly assigned elementary students with previously diagnosed ADHD and classroom impairment. In order to enhance implementation, a conjoint b ... Full text Cite

Adjustment to college in students with ADHD.

Journal Article J Atten Disord · May 2008 OBJECTIVE: To examine college adjustment in students reporting an ADHD diagnosis and the effect of medication treatment on students' adjustment. METHOD: 1,648 first-semester freshmen attending a public and a private university completed a Web-based survey ... Full text Link to item Cite

The multisite violence prevention project: Impact of a universal school-based violence prevention program on social-cognitive outcomes

Journal Article Prevention Science · 2008 This study evaluated the impact of a universal school-based violence prevention program on social-cognitive factors associated with aggression and nonviolent behavior in early adolescence. The effects of the universal intervention were evaluated within the ... Cite

Improving attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder treatment outcomes through use of a collaborative consultation treatment service by community-based pediatricians: a cluster randomized trial.

Journal Article Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · September 2007 OBJECTIVE: To test whether adoption of a collaborative consultative service model results in improved patient outcomes. DESIGN: Twelve pediatric practices were randomly assigned to receive access to collaborative consultative services or to a control group ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predicting the persistence of aggressive offending of African American males from adolescence into young adulthood: The importance of peer relations, aggressive behavior, and ADHD symptoms

Journal Article Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders · January 1, 2005 This study examined the predictors of aggressive offending that persisted from adolescence into young adulthood in an initial sample of 622 African American youth who were interviewed every 2 years between the ages of 12 and 22. Participants were classifie ... Full text Cite

An exploration of the relationship between ethnicity, attention problems, and academic achievement

Journal Article School Psychology Review · December 1, 2004 There has been longstanding concern about achievement differences across ethnic groups. Inattention is a significant factor associated with underachievement, and higher ratings of inattention have been found for some minority groups. The present study exam ... Cite

Returning to roots: on social information processing and moral development.

Journal Article Child development · July 2004 Social information processing theory has been posited as a description of how mental operations affect behavioral responding in social situations. Arsenio and Lemerise (this issue) proposed that consideration of concepts and methods from moral domain model ... Full text Cite

Prevention of youth violence: The multisite violence prevention project

Journal Article American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2004 Cite

Evaluation of a multisite violence prevention study: Measures, procedures and baseline data

Journal Article American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2004 Cite

The study designed by a committee: Design of the MVPP

Journal Article American Journal of Preventive Medicine · 2004 Cite

Community-Based multiple family groups to prevent and reduce violent and aggressive behavior: the GREAT Families Program.

Journal Article American journal of preventive medicine · January 2004 This paper describes the targeted intervention component of GREAT Schools and Families. The intervention-GREAT Families-is composed of 15 weekly multiple family group meetings (e.g., 4-6 families per group) and addresses parenting practices (discipline, mo ... Full text Cite

The Multisite Violence Prevention Project: Background and overview

Journal Article American Journal of Preventive Medicine · January 2004 Cite

Does neurofeedback help kids with AD/HD

Journal Article Attention! magazine · December 2003 Cite

Developmental models of aggression

Chapter · January 1, 2003 In this chapter, we review developmental theories related to aggressive behavior. The development of aggression and other forms of antisocial behavior has been a central concern in the field of developmental psychopathology (1), and a large body of researc ... Cite

Studying the epidemiology of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: screening method and pilot results.

Journal Article Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · December 2001 ObjectiveAs part of a larger epidemiologic study of risk factors for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), this pilot study combined parent and teacher information to estimate ADHD prevalence among elementary school children in a North ... Full text Cite

Early attention problems and children's reading achievement: A longitudinal investigation

Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2000 Cite

Predicting boys' social acceptance and aggression: the role of mother-child interactions and boys' beliefs about peers.

Journal Article Developmental psychology · May 1999 Seven- to 9-year-old boys (N = 177) and their mothers participated in this study in which the associations between boys' experiences with their mothers, their beliefs about familiar and unfamiliar peers, and their peer adjustment were examined across a 2-y ... Full text Cite

An integrative approach to the study of social competence in adolescence

Journal Article Development and Psychopathology · 1995 Cite

A Cross-Contextual Analysis of Boys' Social Competence: From Family to School

Journal Article Developmental Psychology · January 1, 1994 This study examined the extent to which the hostile attributions and coercive behaviors of mothers and sons were associated with indexes of aggression, acceptance by peers, and teacher-rated social competence in the peer group. Ss were 104 married and divo ... Full text Cite

Children's Beliefs About Familiar and Unfamiliar Peers in Relation to Their Sociometric Status

Journal Article Developmental Psychology · January 1, 1993 In this study, children's general beliefs about familiar and unfamiliar peers were examined in relationship to their sociometric status and their experience with parents. In the initial phase involving 886 4th and 5th graders, submissive rejected children ... Full text Cite

Children's social competence and sociometric status: Further exploration of aggression, social withdrawal, and peer rejection

Journal Article Development and Psychopathology · January 1, 1993 Sociometric status differences in children's social competence were examined in a sample of elementary school-aged children using teacher ratings and peer nominations. Rejected children evinced significantly fewer competencies (e.g., peer group entry, resp ... Full text Cite

Automatic Versus Reflective Social Problem Solving in Relation to Children's Sociometric Status

Journal Article Developmental Psychology · January 1, 1990 Children's automatic and reflective social problem-solving skills were compared by requiring them to generate solutions to hypothetical social problems immediately after hearing them or after being required to wait 20 s before answering. When responding im ... Full text Cite

Effect of Expectancy Inductions on Rejected Children's Acceptance by Unfamiliar Peers

Journal Article Developmental Psychology · January 1, 1989 Examined the role of interpersonal expectations in rejected children's social difficulties by inducing a positive expectancy prior to their joining unfamiliar peers and assessing whether this influenced their group entry behavior and the opinions that new ... Full text Cite

Modulation of taste-induced drinking: The effects of concentration shifts and drinking interruptions

Journal Article Animal Learning & Behavior · December 1, 1988 The drinking of saccharin solutions by nondeprived rats was found to increase on initial exposure as a function of daily sessions and not as a function of previous state of deprivation or vigor of drinking. Large and persisting positive and negative succes ... Full text Cite