Research Topics
| Wendy SilvermanSummaryAffiliation: Florida International University Country: USA Publications
Research Grants
| Collaborators
|
Detail Information
Publications
Contingency management, self-control, and education support in the treatment of childhood phobic disorders: a randomized clinical trialW K Silverman
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, University Park, Miami 33199, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 67:675-87. 1999..Implications of the findings are discussed with respect to knowledge development and clinical practice...- Case study: disgust and a specific phobia of buttonsLissette M Saavedra
Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1376-9. 2002..Posttreatment, 6-month, and 12-month follow-up assessment results demonstrated maintenance of treatment gains. The role of disgust in treating specific phobias in children is discussed... - Specific phobiaWendy K Silverman
Child Anxiety and Phobia Program, Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, University Park Campus, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 14:819-43, ix-x. 2005..Finally, a case study is offered that serves to illuminate the major topics outlined in the article... 
Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for phobic and anxiety disorders in children and adolescentsWendy K Silverman
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Child Anxiety and Phobia Program, Department of Psychology, University Park, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:105-30. 2008..The article concludes with a discussion of the clinical representativeness and generalizability of treatments, practice guidelines, and future research directions...- Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents exposed to traumatic eventsWendy K Silverman
Department of Psychology, Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:156-83. 2008..The article concludes with a discussion of practice guidelines and future research directions... - Evidence-based assessment of anxiety and its disorders in children and adolescentsWendy K Silverman
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 34:380-411. 2005..Finally, tentative recommendations are made for conducting an evidence-based assessment for anxiety and its disorders in children and adolescents. Directions for future research also are discussed... - The facets of anxiety sensitivity represented in the childhood anxiety sensitivity index: confirmatory analyses of factor models from past studiesWendy K Silverman
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 112:364-74. 2003..Results support a hierarchical factor model in that there was a strong general factor, explaining 71% of the variance. Findings are discussed in the context of anxiety sensitivity theory and research with children and adolescents... 
Directionality of change in youth anxiety treatment involving parents: an initial examinationWendy K Silverman
Department of Psychology, Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Florida International University, University Park, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 77:474-85. 2009..Findings highlight the need for research on directionality and mechanisms of change to move from evidence-based treatments toward evidence-based explanations of treatment outcome...- Emerging views of the role of theoryW M Kurtines
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Clin Child Psychol 28:558-62. 1999..We conclude with ideas about future directions, including the call for methodological pluralism, theoretical pluralism, and metatheoretical development... - Treating anxiety disorders in children with group cognitive-behaviorial therapy: a randomized clinical trialW K Silverman
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 67:995-1003. 1999..These findings are discussed in terms of the need to continue to advance the development of practical, as well as conceptual, knowledge of efficacious treatment for anxiety disorders in children... - Test-retest reliability of anxiety symptoms and diagnoses with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: child and parent versionsW K Silverman
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:937-44. 2001..To examine the test-retest reliability of the DSM-IV anxiety symptoms and disorders in children with the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent Versions (ADIS for DSM-IV:C/P)... - Pubertal timing and its link to behavioral and emotional problems among 'at-risk' African American adolescent girlsRona Carter
Department of Psychology, Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Child Anxiety and Phobia Program, University Park Campus DM201, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Adolesc 32:467-81. 2009.... - External validation of comorbid patterns of anxiety disorders in children and adolescentsXimena Franco
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center, Child Anxiety and Phobia Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Anxiety Disord 21:717-29. 2007..Assessment and future research implications are discussed... - Fathers' ratings in the assessment of their child's anxiety symptoms: a comparison to mothers' ratings and their associations with paternal symptomatologyJacqueline Moreno
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Fam Psychol 22:915-9. 2008..Although either mothers or fathers can provide useful information, use of multiple informants is encouraged, especially when parental psychopathology is present. Additional implications and suggestions for future research are discussed... - Client similarities and differences in two childhood anxiety disorders research clinicsMichael A Southam-Gerow
Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Richmond, VA 23284 2018, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 35:528-38. 2006..Findings are discussed in terms of the implications of homogeneity of RCs for treatments tested there... - A comparison of completers and noncompleters of exposure-based cognitive and behavioral treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders in youthArmando A Pina
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 71:701-5. 2003..Findings were generally consistent with past research in terms of lack of differences between completers and noncompleters. Results are discussed in the context of previous child attrition research and directions for future research... - Measures matter: the relative contribution of anxiety and depression to suicidal ideation in clinically referred anxious youth using brief versus full length questionnairesRona Carter
Child Anxiety and Phobia Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, USA
Depress Anxiety 25:E27-35. 2008..California: Western Psychological Services]... - Exposure-based cognitive-behavioral treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders: treatment effects and maintenance for Hispanic/Latino relative to European-American youthsArmando A Pina
Department of Psychology, University Park Campus, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1179-87. 2003..The treatment response that can be expected is generally similar (i.e., favorable) and equivalent to that found with European-American youths based on all the available indices of change... - Clinical phenomenology, somatic symptoms, and distress in Hispanic/Latino and European American youths with anxiety disordersArmando A Pina
Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 33:227-36. 2004..Implications of findings are discussed, particularly regarding possible cultural significance of somatic symptoms... - Diagnostic efficiency of symptoms in the diagnosis of DSM-IV: generalized anxiety disorder in youthArmando A Pina
Florida International University, Miami 33199, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 43:959-67. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Despite variations in symptoms' values, with only a few exceptions, almost all symptoms were still quite useful for diagnosis, whether reported by children, adolescents, or their parents... - Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the RCMAS in Latino and White youth with anxiety disordersArmando A Pina
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287 1104, USA
J Pers Assess 91:58-61. 2009..The RCMAS appears to have measurement equivalence across Latino and White youth... - An integrative model of control: implications for understanding emotion regulation and dysregulation in childhood anxietyCarl F Weems
Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans, LA 70148, USA
J Affect Disord 91:113-24. 2006..For instance, different facets of control may have differential relevance to clinical anxiety and at different points in childhood... - Moving beyond efficacy and effectiveness in child and adolescent intervention researchAnnette M La Greca
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 77:373-82. 2009..Moving the field forward requires innovation, complex research designs, and a willingness to develop treatment models that reach beyond the current body of treatment outcome and prevention research... - Childhood behavioral and emotional disordersWilliam F Northey
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, 112 South Alfred, St Alexandria, Virginia 22314, USA
J Marital Fam Ther 29:523-45. 2003..To date, cognitive behavioral family therapy and parent management have been the two models studied, almost exclusively. Implications for family therapy and future research are considered... - Clinical distinctions between selective mutism and social phobia: an investigation of childhood psychopathologyRobin Yeganeh
Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1069-75. 2003..CONCLUSION: It remains unclear whether children with selective mutism have extreme levels of social anxiety. Potential areas that might shed further light on this interesting disorder are discussed... - Multisample cross-validation of a model of childhood posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatologyJason L Anthony
Division of Developmental Pediatrics, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
J Trauma Stress 18:667-76. 2005..These results show the model's robustness to characterize children's posttraumatic stress reactions. Implications for diagnosis, classification criteria, and an empirically supported theory of PTSD are discussed...
Research Grants
- Parent Mediation of Child Anxiety CBT OutcomeWendy Silverman; Fiscal Year: 2009....
- Psychosocial Mediation Trials and Minority TraineesWendy Silverman; Fiscal Year: 2007..With this K award, the candidate will have an opportunity to enhance her data analytic skills and her trainees will also participate in the process of learning the advanced data analytic procedures and techniques. ..
- Therapy Specificity and Mediation in Family & Group CBTWendy Silverman; Fiscal Year: 2006..g., growth curve modeling) will be used. ..
- Parent Mediation of Child Anxiety CBT OutcomeWendy K Silverman; Fiscal Year: 2010....