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Robert J. Thompson Jr.

Robert J. Thompson Jr.

Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience
Psychology & Neuroscience
robert.thompson@duke.edu
Box 90086, Durham, NC 27708-0042
320 Reuben-Cooke Building, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Publications

Diversity of undergraduates in STEM courses: individual and demographic differences in changes in self-efficacy, epistemic beliefs, and intrapersonal attribute profiles

Journal Article Studies in Higher Education · January 1, 2024 Across undergraduate STEM learning contexts in several countries, students’ intrapersonal attributes of epistemic beliefs, self-efficacy beliefs, intrinsic motivation, and sense of identity have been found to influence learning and to change in response to ... Full text Open Access Cite

Postsecondary Faculty Attitudes and Beliefs about Writing-Based Pedagogies in the STEM Classroom.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · September 2022 Writing is an important skill for communicating knowledge in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and an aid to developing students' communication skills, content knowledge, and disciplinary thinking. Despite the importance of writing, ... Full text Open Access Cite

Anti-Intellectualism to Anti-rationalism to Post-truth Era The Challenges for Higher Education

Book · January 15, 2022 "The post-truth world threatens our collective commitment to rationality but must not become the norm. ... Cite

How faculty discipline and beliefs influence instructional uses of writing in STEM undergraduate courses at research-intensive universities

Journal Article Journal of Writing Research · February 1, 2021 Efforts to accelerate the pace of adoption of writing-to-learn (WTL) practices in undergraduate STEM courses have been limited by a lack of theoretical and conceptual frameworks to systematically guide research and empirical evidence about the extent to wh ... Full text Open Access Cite

Student Learning Dispositions: Multidimensional Profiles Highlight Important Differences among Undergraduate STEM Honors Thesis Writers.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · June 2019 Various personal dimensions of students-particularly motivation, self-efficacy beliefs, and epistemic beliefs-can change in response to teaching, affect student learning, and be conceptualized as learning dispositions. We propose that these learning dispos ... Full text Open Access Cite

Understanding the Complex Relationship between Critical Thinking and Science Reasoning among Undergraduate Thesis Writers.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · January 2018 Developing critical-thinking and scientific reasoning skills are core learning objectives of science education, but little empirical evidence exists regarding the interrelationships between these constructs. Writing effectively fosters students' developmen ... Full text Open Access Cite

The Effect of Informational Characteristics and Faculty Knowledge and Beliefs on the Use of Assessment

Journal Article Innovative Higher Education · February 1, 2017 Increasing the use of learning outcome assessments to inform educational decisions is a major challenge in higher education. For this study we used a sense-making theoretical perspective to guide an analysis of the relationship of information characteristi ... Full text Open Access Cite

The Relationship of Self-Compassion with Perfectionistic Self-Presentation, Perceived Forgiveness, and Perceived Social Support in an Undergraduate Christian Community

Journal Article Journal of Psychology and Theology · December 2015 Past research indicates that self-compassion is a unique predictor of variation in clergy burnout. Self-compassion may be a relevant and beneficial construct in Christian communities at large, but as of yet no studies have analyzed self-compassion ... Full text Open Access Cite

Identifying Adolescent Patients at Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Development of a Brief Sexual Health Screening Survey.

Journal Article Clinical pediatrics · August 2015 This study examined the association between survey responses to health behaviors, personality/psychosocial factors, and self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to create a brief survey to identify youth at risk for contracting STIs. Participan ... Full text Open Access Cite

Improved Reasoning in Undergraduate Writing through Structured Workshops

Journal Article The Journal of Economic Education · January 2, 2015 Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

"on course" for supporting expanded participation and improving scientific reasoning in undergraduate thesis writing

Journal Article Journal of Chemical Education · January 1, 2015 The Department of Chemistry at Duke University has endeavored to expand participation in undergraduate honors thesis research while maintaining the quality of the learning experience. Accomplishing this goal has been constrained by limited departmental res ... Full text Open Access Cite

Development of a measure of college students' adherence to religious doctrine concerning sexual behavior.

Journal Article Journal of American college health : J of ACH · January 2015 ObjectiveThe authors developed a 14-item measure of adherence to religious doctrine concerning sexual behavior (ARDSB). The ARDSB psychometric properties were investigated to better understand religious motivations associated with changes in sexua ... Full text Open Access Cite

Development and Assessment of the Effectiveness of an Undergraduate General Education Foreign Language Requirement

Journal Article Foreign Language Annals · December 1, 2014 This article describes a faculty-led, multiyear process of formulating learning objectives and assessing the effectiveness of a foreign language requirement for all College of Arts and Sciences undergraduates at a research university. Three interrelated re ... Full text Open Access Cite

Beyond Reason and Tolerance: The Purpose and Practice of Higher Education

Book · January 10, 2014 Careful formulation of the fundamental purposes of higher education would provide the necessary basis for colleges and universities to evaluate the effectiveness of their cur- ricular, cocurricular, and pedagogical practices in achieving these ... ... Cite

Cystic fibrosis

Chapter · January 1, 2014 Full text Cite

Changing the Conversation about Higher Education

Book · February 22, 2013 5 Assessment Approaches and Perspectives Engaging Faculty and Improving Student Learning fessica L. fonson and Robert Thompson Higher education has been endeavoring to respond to the increased calls for greater transparency and  ... ... Cite

Introduction to Behavioral Science in Medicine

Book · December 6, 2012 This book is the product of many years' experience teaching behavioral science in a way that demonstrates its relevance to clinical medicine. ... Cite

Writing-to-learn in undergraduate science education: a community-based, conceptually driven approach.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · January 2012 Despite substantial evidence that writing can be an effective tool to promote student learning and engagement, writing-to-learn (WTL) practices are still not widely implemented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, partic ... Full text Open Access Cite

Want to improve undergraduate thesis writing? Engage students and their faculty readers in scientific peer review.

Journal Article CBE life sciences education · January 2011 One of the best opportunities that undergraduates have to learn to write like a scientist is to write a thesis after participating in faculty-mentored undergraduate research. But developing writing skills doesn't happen automatically, and there are signifi ... Full text Open Access Cite

A prospective study of the relationship over time of behavior problems, intellectual functioning, and family functioning in children with sickle cell disease: a report from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · January 2003 ObjectiveTo longitudinally assess the relationship of behavioral problems, intellectual functioning, and family functioning in children with sickle cell disease (SCD).MethodThe study sample included 222 children enrolled in the Cooperativ ... Full text Cite

Neurocognitive development of young children with sickle cell disease through three years of age.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · 2002 OBJECTIVE: To determine (1) the neurocognitive development of children with sickle cell disease (SCD) from 6 months through 36 months of age, (2) the independent and combined contributions of biomedical risk and parenting risk to child neurocognitive funct ... Full text Link to item Cite

Neuropsychologic performance in school-aged children with sickle cell disease: a report from the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

Journal Article The Journal of pediatrics · September 2001 ObjectivesTo compare the results of serial neuropsychologic testing in children with sickle cell disease with the results of serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examinations, particularly to evaluate neuropsychologic function in the absence of ... Full text Cite

The impact of sickle cell disease on cognitive functioning and learning

Journal Article School Psychology Review · December 1, 1999 Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) refers to a complex group of hereditary hematologic disorders that are most common in people of African descent (Sickle Cell Disease Guideline Panel, 1993). Although most children with SCD demonstrate adequate academic functioning ... Cite

Family functioning, neurocognitive functioning, and behavior problems in children with sickle cell disease.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · December 1999 ObjectiveTo investigate the independent and combined contributions of neurocognitive and family functioning to mother-reported behavior problems in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) and evaluate the factor structure of the Family Environment ... Full text Cite

Change in the Psychological Adjustment of Children with Cystic Fibrosis or Sickle Cell Disease and Their Mothers

Journal Article Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings · January 1, 1999 Objectives: This study has three interrelated objectives: (1) to track the adjustment of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) or cystic fibrosis (CF) and their mothers through a third assessment point 2 years after the initial assessment ... Full text Cite

Home Environment and Developmental Outcome of African American and White Infants with Very Low Birthweight

Journal Article Children's Health Care · January 1, 1998 The independent and additive contribution of psychosocial and biological risk factors to developmental outcome of very low birthweight infants (< 1,500 g) were examined through 24 months corrected age as a function of race. Psychosocial risk was assessed i ... Full text Cite

Illness specific patterns of psychological adjustment and cognitive adaptational processes in children with cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · January 1998 Illness-specific patterns of adjustment and cognitive adaptational process were identified in children (7-12 years of age) with cystic fibrosis (CF, n = 40) or sickle cell disease (SCD, n = 40). Anxiety diagnoses were most frequent for both illness subgrou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Pain and stress in sickle cell disease: an analysis of daily pain records.

Journal Article Int J Behav Med · 1998 This study examined daily reports of pain, medication use, health care use, and activity reduction in adults with sickle cell disease, and their association with stress. Participants were 53 adults with sickle cell disease. They completed the Daily Hassles ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adherence behavior among adolescents with type I insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: the role of cognitive appraisal processes.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · December 1997 Guided by a transactional stress and coping model, this study examined the contribution of cognitive appraisal processes to diabetes adherence behavior among adolescents 12 to 18 years old (n = 40). Multiple hierarchical regression analyses indicated that ... Full text Cite

Developmental outcome of very low birth weight infants at four years of age as a function of biological risk and psychosocial risk.

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · April 1997 The continuing contribution of early biological and psychosocial risk factors to developmental outcome of 55 very low birth weight infants (< or = 1500 g) was assessed at 4 years of age. Biological risk, assessed by the Neurobiologic Risk Score, accounted ... Full text Link to item Cite

Assessment of supportive, conflicted, and controlling dimensions of family functioning: a principal components analysis of family environment scale subscales in a college sample

Journal Article Assessment · January 1, 1997 A principal components analysis of the Family Environment Scale (FES) was performed on a sample of 113 university undergraduates. Although the FES is extensively used to assess family environment, little research has investigated the empirical combination ... Full text Cite

Cognitive functioning and brain magnetic resonance imaging in children with sickle cell disease

Journal Article Pediatrics · June 13, 1996 Objective. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neuropsychological evaluations were conducted to determine whether neuroradiographic evidence of infarct in children with sickle cell disease between ages 6 and 12 years would result in impairment in co ... Cite

Cognitive functioning and brain magnetic resonance imaging in children with sickle Cell disease. Neuropsychology Committee of the Cooperative Study of Sickle Cell Disease.

Journal Article Pediatrics · June 1996 ObjectiveBrain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neuropsychological evaluations were conducted to determine whether neuroradiographic evidence of infarct in children with sickle cell disease between ages 6 and 12 years would result in impairmen ... Cite

Psychological adjustment of adults with sickle cell anemia: stability over 20 months, correlates, and predictors.

Journal Article Journal of clinical psychology · May 1996 The stability of psychological adjustment was assessed across three time points spanning a 20-month period with 59 African-American adults with sickle cell anemia. Stable good adjustment was associated with lower levels of daily and illness-related stress, ... Full text Cite

Behavioral characteristics of very-low-birth-weight infants of varying biologic risk at 6, 15, and 24 months of age.

Journal Article J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs · 1996 OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between developmental outcome and behavior of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants (< or = 1500 g) at high and low biologic risk. DESIGN: Descriptive, ex post facto. SETTING: Clinic for follow-up of infants at high ri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Outcome of temporal lobectomy in adolescents

Journal Article Journal of Epilepsy · January 1, 1996 We performed temporal lobectomy in 23 young patients with intractable complex partial seizures (CPS) at an average age of 14.5 years. At a mean follow-up interval of 4.8 years, we reevaluated the patients to assess the surgical outcome; 74% were seizure-fr ... Full text Cite

Commentary: sickle cell disease.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · August 1995 Full text Cite

Influence of acidosis, hypoxemia, and hypotension on neurodevelopmental outcome in very low birth weight infants.

Journal Article Pediatrics · February 1995 OBJECTIVE: We previously demonstrated that acidosis (pH < 7.15) predicts poor motor outcome in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. The present study was undertaken to examine the association between acidosis and developmental outcome in more detail and t ... Link to item Cite

Screening for child-reported behavioral and emotional problems in primary care pediatrics.

Journal Article Percept Mot Skills · February 1995 In light of the findings that mother-completed checklists do not adequately reflect children's perceptions of their own adjustment, two child-completed questionnaires were assessed as screening measures for behavioral or emotional problems with 50 children ... Full text Link to item Cite

Future directions for research on pediatric chronic disease management: Lessons from diabetes

Journal Article Journal of Pediatric Psychology · 1995 Discussed conceptual and methodological issues related to research on the management of pediatric chronic disease, focusing on diabetes. The quality of studies in this area has improved, but several problems remain. Recommendations include greater use of t ... Cite

Psychological adjustment of children with sickle cell disease: stability and change over a 10-month period.

Journal Article J Consult Clin Psychol · August 1994 Rates of poor psychological adjustment of children with sickle cell disease remained relatively constant over initial and follow-up assessment points. However, there was relatively little stability in the classification of the adjustment of individuals, lo ... Full text Link to item Cite

Developmental outcome of very low birth weight infants as a function of biological risk and psychosocial risk.

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · August 1994 The relative contribution of biological and psychosocial risk factors to developmental outcome of 102 very low birth weight infants (< 1500 g) was delineated through 24 months corrected age. Biological risk, assessed by the Neurobiologic Risk Score (NBRS), ... Link to item Cite

Change over a 12-month period in the psychological adjustment of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · April 1994 Found that group rates of mother-reported and child-reported adjustment problems remained relatively constant over initial and 12-month follow-up assessment points. However, there was less stability in the classification of the adjustment of individuals, i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stability and change in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · April 1994 Found moderate stability in the classification of maternal adjustment in two longitudinal studies of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis and sickle cell disease. In terms of the transactional stress and coping model, stable poor matern ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency: clinical course in 120 affected children.

Journal Article The Journal of pediatrics · March 1994 Medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of beta-oxidation of fatty acids manifested by episodic hypoglycemia, encephalopathy, apnea, and sudden death. Medical data were obtained on 120 patients with medium-c ... Full text Cite

Nursery neurobiologic risk score: levels of risk and relationships with nonmedical factors.

Journal Article J Dev Behav Pediatr · December 1993 This study compares the Neurobiologic Risk Score (NBRS) with developmental outcome in 199 infants < or = 1500 g birth weight to determine levels of risk and to investigate the relative contributions of the NBRS and nonmedical factors to developmental outco ... Link to item Cite

Sickle cell disease pain in children and adolescents: change in pain frequency and coping strategies over time.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · October 1993 Examined 9-month follow-up data obtained from children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCD) and their parents participating in a longitudinal study of pain coping strategies. Of 87 subjects completing the baseline assessment of pain coping strate ... Full text Cite

Psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease: the role of stress, coping methods, and family functioning.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · October 1993 Assessed the psychological adjustment of 78 mothers of children and adolescents (7-17 years of age) with sickle cell disease. Support was provided for a transactional stress and coping model in delineating the processes associated with maternal adjustment. ... Full text Cite

Screening for behavioral and emotional problems in primary care pediatrics.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · October 1993 Case identification indexes based on the mother-completed Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist (MCBC) were compared with pediatrician identification of behavioral and emotional problems in 41 children seen for well-child examinations. Case identification ... Cite

Risk status for dropping out of developmental followup for very low birth weight infants.

Journal Article Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · September 1993 Not keeping scheduled visits for medical care is a major health care issue. Little research has addressed how the interaction of demographic and biomedical parameters with psychosocial processes has an impact on appointment keeping. Typical factors are str ... Cite

Mother-child agreement on the child assessment schedule with nonreferred children: a research note.

Journal Article Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · July 1993 This study replicated with nonreferred children the finding with psychiatrically referred children that mother-child concordance was a function of symptom type. Low mother-child concordance for internalizing problems and moderate concordance for externaliz ... Full text Cite

Role of child and maternal processes in the psychological adjustment of children with sickle cell disease.

Journal Article Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · June 1993 In this study, 64% of children aged 7-12 years with sickle cell disease were found to have a parent-reported behavior problem, and 50% met the criteria for a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3rd ed.) diagnosis based on a structural cl ... Full text Cite

Maternal psychological adjustment to the birth of an infant weighing 1,500 grams or less

Journal Article Infant Behavior and Development · January 1, 1993 Guided by a transaclional stress and coping model, within-group processes associated with the psychological adjustment of 90 mothers with a very low birthweight infant (VLBW; ≤ 1,500 gms) were assessed. The rates of significant psychological distress varie ... Full text Cite

Psychological adjustment of children with cystic fibrosis: the role of child cognitive processes and maternal adjustment.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · December 1992 Found 60% of children 7-12 years old with cystic fibrosis to have a parent-reported behavior problem and 62% met the criteria for a DSM-III diagnosis based on a structured clinical interview with the child. Mixed internal and external behavior problem patt ... Full text Link to item Cite

Medical stress, appraised stress, and the psychological adjustment of mothers of children with myelomeningocele.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · December 1992 This study investigated the relationship between medical severity, stress appraisals, and psychological symptoms in a representative sample of mothers of children with myelomeningocele. Although these mothers may be at risk for the development of depressio ... Cite

The Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist behavioral classification system: a construct validity study with nonreferred children.

Journal Article Journal of clinical psychology · November 1992 This study provides validity information about the Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist (MCBC) classifications system with nonreferred children. MCBC behavior patterns of 41 children were related to DSM-III symptomatology ascertained through a structured ... Full text Cite

Stress, coping, and family functioning in the psychological adjustment of mothers of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · October 1992 Assessed the role of illness parameters, demographic parameters, and hypothesized psychosocial/mediational processes in the psychological adjustment of 68 mothers of children and adolescents (7-17 years of age) with cystic fibrosis. Together the illness an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Stress, coping, and psychological adjustment of adults with sickle cell disease.

Journal Article Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · June 1992 A transactional model of psychological adjustment to chronic illness was examined with 109 African-American adults with sickle cell disease (SCD). Good psychological adjustment was associated with lower levels of perceived daily stress and stress regarding ... Full text Cite

Behavior patterns in nonreferred children: replication of the factor structure of the Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist.

Journal Article Journal of clinical psychology · May 1992 This study provided normative data with regard to the behavior classification system based on the Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist (MCBC) with a sample of 120 nonreferred children. The factor structure of the MCBC replicated with a high degree of con ... Full text Cite

Psychological adaptation of mothers of children with spina bifida: association with dimensions of social relationships.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · February 1992 Investigated the hypothesis that dimensions of social relationships such as family support, conflict, and control; marital quality/support, social support, and social coping are associated with the psychological adjustment of mothers of children with spina ... Full text Cite

Stress, coping, and psychological adjustment of adults with sickle cell disease.

Journal Article Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology · 1992 Full text Cite

The role of biomedical and psychosocial processes in the intellectual and academic functioning of children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · January 1992 This study found intellectual and academic functioning of 76 children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis to be normally distributed. Intellectual functioning was related inversely to age, and both intellectual and academic functioning were related direct ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of parent stress and coping and family functioning in parent and child adjustment to Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Journal Article Journal of clinical psychology · January 1992 This study found 57% of parents of 35 children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (4 to 14 years of age) to have self-reported poor psychological adjustment. The hypothesized mediational variables of parent appraisal of stress, relative use of palliative cop ... Full text Cite

Sickle cell disease in children and adolescents: the relation of child and parent pain coping strategies to adjustment.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · October 1991 Examined pain coping strategies in 72 children and adolescents with sickle cell disease and their parents using the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, and found that pain coping strategies could be reliably assessed. Children high on Negative Thinking and Pa ... Full text Cite

A matched comparison of adjustment in children with cystic fibrosis and psychiatrically referred and nonreferred children.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · December 1990 Utilized the Child Assessment Schedule, a standardized clinical interview, to assess psychosocial adjustment in terms of DSM-III diagnoses. The criteria for a major DSM-III diagnosis were met by 58% of the children with cystic fibrosis compared to 23% for ... Full text Cite

Internal consistency of DSM-III diagnoses using the symptom scales of the Child Assessment Schedule.

Journal Article Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · July 1990 Internal consistency of the major diagnostic categories for children was assessed, using the symptom scale scores of the Child Assessment Schedule. Alpha coefficients were calculated for three samples: 116 nonpsychotic psychiatrically disturbed children, 6 ... Full text Cite

Behavior problems in children with the presenting problem of poor school performance.

Journal Article Journal of pediatric psychology · February 1990 Used 3 methods of assessing behavioral disturbance in 79 children presenting with poor school performance to an interdisciplinary evaluation center. Findings revealed a very high frequency of behavior problems, particularly of the internalizing type, but f ... Full text Cite

Behavior classification system for children with developmental, psychiatric, and chronic medical problems.

Journal Article J Pediatr Psychol · December 1989 Derived a new behavior classification system based on Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist (MCBC) ratings. Using an accumulated MCBC data base on 854 children, 4-14 years of age, with developmental disabilities (n = 471), psychiatric problems (n = 155), ... Full text Link to item Cite

The role of central nervous system functioning and family functioning in behavioral problems of children with myelodysplasia.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · October 1989 This study examined the frequency and type of behavioral problems in 50 children with myelodysplasia and investigated the hypothesized roles of central nervous system (CNS) functioning and family functioning in behavioral problem outcome. The findings reve ... Cite

Age, gender, and metabolic control in children and adolescents with diabetes.

Journal Article American journal of diseases of children (1960) · October 1989 Full text Cite

Psychologists in medical schools. Medical staff status and clinical privileges.

Journal Article The American psychologist · September 1987 Full text Cite

Behavior problems in children with developmental and learning disabilities

Book · October 15, 1986 Examines behavior problems in children and the extent to which they are related to illness and learning disorders ... Cite

Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist profiles with developmentally disabled children: construct validity.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · July 1985 The clinical utility and construct validity of seven new MCBC behavior profiles were evaluated and compared to the original four behavior profiles. The relationship between the seven new behavior profiles and the clinical findings and recommendations that ... Full text Link to item Cite

Angiographic contrast agent-induced acute hemolysis in a patient with hemoglobin SC disease.

Journal Article Archives of internal medicine · April 1985 Radiographic contrast media used for angiographic procedures are hyperosmolar and induce sickling in vitro of erythrocytes from patients with sickle cell disorders. We treated a 51-year-old black woman with hemoglobin SC disease, but without a history of p ... Full text Cite

Delineation of children's behavior problems: a basis for assessment and intervention.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · February 1985 Cite

Expired air carbon monoxide and saliva thiocyanate: relationships to self-reports of marijuana and cigarette smoking.

Journal Article Addictive behaviors · January 1985 This study examined the relationship between self-reports of marijuana and cigarette smoking, and the physiological measures of expired air carbon monoxide (CO) and saliva thiocyanate (SCN) in a sample of 1,130 seventh, ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ... Full text Cite

Angiographic contrast agent-induced acute hemolysis in a patient with hemoglobin SC disease

Journal Article Archives of Internal Medicine · 1985 Radiographic contrast media used for angiographic procedures are hyperosmolar and induce sickling in vitro of erythrocytes from patients with sickle cell disorders. We treated a 51-year-old black woman with hemoglobin SC disease, but without a history of p ... Full text Cite

Psychology in United States medical schools: 1983.

Journal Article The American psychologist · September 1984 Full text Cite

A construct validity study of the Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist with developmentally disabled children.

Journal Article J Clin Psychol · September 1983 Evaluated the construct validity of the MCBC scales and behavior profiles by determining the relationship between the MCBC and the clinical findings and recommendations that resulted from an interdisciplinary evaluation of children (N = 217) referred to a ... Full text Link to item Cite

Multidimensional problems and findings in developmentally disabled children.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · September 1982 The background factors, problems, findings, and recommendations emerging from the interdisciplinary evaluation of 301 children referred to the Duke Developmental Evaluation Center for assessment of suspected development disabilities are analyzed. The persp ... Full text Cite

Early intervention program for adolescent mothers and their infants.

Journal Article Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP · March 1982 Cite

Effectiveness of a home based early intervention program with infants of adolescent mothers.

Journal Article Child psychiatry and human development · January 1982 Full text Cite

Longitudinal assessment of children with enteroviral meningitis during the first three months of life.

Journal Article Pediatrics · June 1981 Nine children who had enteroviral meningitis during the first three months of life and nine matched control children were evaluated for possible sequelae of their infection. The mean age of the children with meningitis was 46.67 months at the time of testi ... Cite

The diagnostic utility of Bannatyne's recategorized WISC‐R scores with children referred to a developmental evaluation center

Journal Article Psychology in the Schools · January 1, 1981 The diagnostic utility of Bannatyne's recategorized WISC‐R scores in differentiating among children referred to a developmental evaluation center was evaluated. The results failed to provide support for the diagnostic utility of recategorized WISC‐R scores ... Full text Cite

Tourette's syndrome: an expanded view.

Journal Article Pediatrics · September 1980 Tourette's syndrome is a disorder of central nervous system functioning in which the most easily recognized symptoms of involuntary movements and vocalizations have been found to be responsive, in many cases, to pharmacotherapy with haloperidol. We have re ... Cite

The diagnostic utility of WISC-R measures with children referred to a developmental evaluation center.

Journal Article Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · August 1980 Full text Cite

The utility of behavior checklist ratings in differentiating developmentally disabled from psychiatrically referred children

Journal Article Journal of Pediatric Psychology · December 1, 1979 The Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist ratings were obtained on 50 children referred to a child psychiatry clinic, 50 children referred to a developmental disabilities clinic, and 50 nonreferred controls. Samples were individually matched on age, sex, ... Full text Cite

Gilles de la tourette's syndrome: A review and neuropsychological aspects of four cases

Journal Article Journal of Pediatric Psychology · December 1, 1979 The neurological, neuropsychological, biochemical, and familial evidence suggesting an organic dysfunctional basis for Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome which interacts with psychological stress factors resulting in manifestations with voluntary and involun ... Full text Cite

Effects of maternal alcohol consumption on offspring: Review, critical assessment, and future directions

Journal Article Journal of Pediatric Psychology · September 1, 1979 Investigations during the last decade, of the effects of maternal alcohol consumption on offspring are reviewed and considered as representing a period of "rediscovery" in the historical cycle characterizing this area. The evid-dence concerning etiology, t ... Full text Cite

Neonatal behavior of infants of adolescent mothers.

Journal Article Developmental medicine and child neurology · August 1979 The Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale was administered to 30 infants of adolescent mothers (under 18 years of age at delivery) and 30 infants of older mothers, at between two and five days of age. The infants of the adolescent mothers were found to be si ... Full text Cite

Utility of the Faschingbauer abbreviated MMPI as a function of patient group and sex.

Journal Article Journal of clinical psychology · July 1979 Assessed the utility of the 166-item FAM with medical and psychiatric patients. FAM items were extracted from MMPI data of 60 female and 45 male patients classified into pain and psychiatric patients based on suspected disorder and referral questions. Alth ... Full text Cite

The utility of parents' behavior checklist ratings with developmentally disabled children

Journal Article Journal of Pediatric Psychology · March 1, 1979 The Missouri Children's Behavior Checklist ratings were obtained on 126 males and 47 females from two separate clinics for the interdisciplinary evaluation of children with suspected developmental disabilities and from 27 male and 32 female normal controls ... Full text Cite

Consequences of using the 1972 Stanford‐Binet intelligence scale norms

Journal Article Psychology in the Schools · January 1, 1977 Comparison of Stanford‐Binet IQ scores obtained with the 1972 and 1960 norms of 228 children indicated that use of the 1972 norms resulted in substantially lower scores except at the lowest levels of functioning. The hypothesis that the 1972 norms reflecte ... Full text Cite

Single-subject design and interaction analysis in the behavioral treatment of a child with a feeding problem.

Journal Article Child psychiatry and human development · January 1977 A research paradigm, including an AB1AB2 single-subject design was developed and used in conjunction with an adult-child interaction analysis methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of a behavioral treatment approach to a feeding problem in a 2 1/2-year- ... Full text Cite

Nutrition: an integral component in the health care of children. The interdisciplinary team in action.

Journal Article Journal of the American Dietetic Association · August 1976 The purpose of this paper is not to disseminate new findings or to review past research, but simply to state a progressive clinical philosophy in practical terms. Current emphasis on specialization and the simultaneous need for comprehensive health care se ... Cite

Embryonic mania.

Journal Article Child psychiatry and human development · January 1976 It has been previously hypothesized that hyperactivity may be one childhood form of manic-depressive disorder. The authors contend that it is unlikely that hyperactivity in general is a childhood form of manic-depressive disorder. However, included in thos ... Full text Cite

A model interdisciplinary diagnostic and treatment nursery.

Journal Article Child psychiatry and human development · January 1976 A model interdisciplinary diagnostic and treatment nursery program for developmentally disabled children is objectively described to enable documentation of effectiveness and replication. The major components of the program were the parent-professional par ... Full text Cite

Adult-child interaction analysis: methodology and case application.

Journal Article Child psychiatry and human development · January 1976 A revised methodology for analyzing adult-child interactions incorporating the use of videotape is presented. Results obtained from the application of this methodology to a successfully treated case of prolonged subsistence on pureed foods demonstrate that ... Full text Cite

Female gang delinquency

Journal Article CORRECT.SOC.PSYCHIAT.J.BEHAV.TECH. · January 1, 1976 Observation of female delinquent gang members in the GUIDE program posed the question of whether there is an emerging female gang subculture among juveniles with an accompanying personality pattern and an inclination toward male oriented activities. Compar ... Cite

Applied behavior analysis in the treatment of childhood feeding problems.

Journal Article Developmental medicine and child neurology · June 1975 This paper discusses behavioral mismanagement as a cause of feeding problems in children and reports the case of a six-year-old handicapped boy who was subsisting almost entirely on pureed foods at the time of his referral. Treatment with applied behavior ... Full text Cite

Treatment of feeding problems — A behavioral approach

Journal Article Journal of Nutrition Education · January 1, 1974 Full text Cite

Physical aggression as a function of strength of frustration and instrumentality of aggression

Journal Article Journal of Research in Personality · January 1, 1974 Direct physical aggression was related to three variables through a modification of the Buss (1961) "aggression machine" and procedure. There were two intensities of frustration and a control group established on the basis of the goal gradient principle. A ... Full text Cite