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 ecological effects of universal and selective violence prevention programs for middle school students: A randomized trial

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 2009 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.

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

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

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

The Prevalence of ADHD in a Population-Based Sample.

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

Stimulant prescription cautions: addressing misuse, diversion and malingering.

What do we really know about college students with ADHD?

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.

Predictors of nonmedical ADHD medication use by college students.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ecological effects of universal and selective violence prevention programs for middle school students: A randomized trial

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 2009 Cite

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

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

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