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The Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment: screening for social-emotional problems and delays in competenceMargaret J Briggs-Gowan
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, PO Box 208034, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 29:143-55. 2004..To examine the reliability and validity of the 42-item Brief Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (BITSEA), a screener for social-emotional/behavioral problems and delays in competence...- Sex differences in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA, 02125 3393, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 37:86-97. 2007..Longitudinal, representative studies are needed to elucidate the developmental and etiological significance of the observed sex differences... - Social and emotional adjustment in children affected with Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome: associations with ADHD and family functioning. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderA S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 02125 3393, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 41:215-23. 2000..Finally, social-emotional adjustment in children with TS is best understood within the family context... - Assessment of young children's social-emotional development and psychopathology: recent advances and recommendations for practiceAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston 02125, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 45:109-34. 2004..As we learn more about the precursors or prodromal manifestations of clinical psychopathology we will be able to examine the efficacy of earlier targeted preventive intervention approaches... - The Infant-Toddler Social and Emotional Assessment (ITSEA): factor structure, reliability, and validityAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 31:495-514. 2003..Associations between the ITSEA and independent evaluator ratings and parental ratings of child behavior problems, temperament, and parental distress support the validity of the instrument... 
Internalizing trajectories in young boys and girls: the whole is not a simple sum of its partsAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 38:19-31. 2010..Findings suggest that, for one- to three-year-olds, examining scales of the internalizing domain separately rather than as a unitary construct reveals more meaningful developmental and gender variation...- A randomized controlled trial of Hanen's 'More Than Words' in toddlers with early autism symptomsAlice S Carter
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 52:741-52. 2011..This randomized controlled trial compared Hanen's 'More than Words' (HMTW), a parent-implemented intervention, to a 'business as usual' control group... - Maternal depression and comorbidity: predicting early parenting, attachment security, and toddler social-emotional problems and competenciesA S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:18-26. 2001..To examine relations between maternal depression (in pure and comorbid forms) and mother-infant interactions, infant attachment, and toddler social-emotional problems and competencies. A second objective was to explore sex differences... - Obsessive compulsive disorder in childhoodA S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 02125, USA
Curr Opin Pediatr 12:325-30. 2000..To fully understand the cause and course of OCD, integrated assessment of psychological and biological vulnerability as well as prospective longitudinal studies are needed... - Body mass index, eating attitudes, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnancy and the postpartum periodA S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
Psychosom Med 62:264-70. 2000..This report describes associations between body mass index (BMI; kg/m2), eating attitudes, and affective symptoms across pregnancy and the postpartum period in a sample of 64 women... - Sensory over-responsivity, psychopathology, and family impairment in school-aged childrenAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, The University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 50:1210-9. 2011..Although this was not a diagnostic study of SOR, this study was designed to investigate rates of elevated SOR symptoms and associations between elevated SOR symptoms, psychiatric disorder status, and family impairment... - Language assessment and development in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersRHIANNON J LUYSTER
Autism Consortium, Boston, MA, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1426-38. 2008..For expressive language, the most significant predictors were non-verbal cognitive ability, gestures and imitation. These findings have important implications for intervention programs targeting this population... - Parenting stress in mothers and fathers of toddlers with autism spectrum disorders: associations with child characteristicsNaomi Ornstein Davis
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1278-91. 2008..Clinical assessment of parental stress, acknowledging differences in parenting experiences for mothers and fathers of young children with ASD, is needed... - Prevalence and correlates of early onset asthma and wheezing in a healthy birth cohort of 2- to 3-year oldsJennifer Bender Berz
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125 3393, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:154-66. 2007..The combined contribution of neonatal, perinatal, and maternal health, demographic, environmental, and family psychosocial factors to early onset asthma and wheezing in a healthy birth cohort was examined... - Stability and individual change in depressive symptoms among mothers raising young children with ASD: maternal and child correlatesAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Clin Psychol 65:1270-80. 2009..Only maternal anxiety and parenting efficacy predicted individual change. Many mothers do not appear to adapt, supporting the need for early intervention for maternal well-being... 
Prevalence of DSM-IV disorder in a representative, healthy birth cohort at school entry: sociodemographic risks and social adaptationAlice S Carter
University of Massachusetts Boston, Department of Psychology, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 49:686-98. 2010....- Impact of traumatic life events in a community sample of toddlersElizabeth A Mongillo
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 37:455-68. 2009..Implications for clinicians and child care providers working with toddlers and their parents are discussed... - Reaction to diagnosis and parenting styles among mothers of young children with ASDsKaren Wachtel
University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Autism 12:575-94. 2008..This study highlights the importance of considering a mother's resolution about her child's diagnosis, suggesting that maternal emotions and cognitions associated with the diagnosis may be potential targets for intervention... - Maternal self-efficacy and associated parenting cognitions among mothers of children with autismJennifer C Kuhn
University of Massachusetts, Psychology Department, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 76:564-75. 2006..Parent- and family-based interventions designed to support parental well-being and focusing on parenting cognitions may enhance parenting self-efficacy... - Violence toward a family member, angry adult conflict, and child adjustment difficulties: relations in families with 1- to 3-year-old childrenRenee McDonald
Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75275 0442, USA
J Fam Psychol 21:176-84. 2007..These results emerged after accounting for pertinent demographic variables and for caregiver distress variables... - Anxiety and major depression comorbidity in a family study of obsessive-compulsive disorderAlice S Carter
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, USA
Depress Anxiety 20:165-74. 2004..Furthermore, age at onset in probands is associated with specific anxiety and affective comorbidity among case relatives. These findings support the hypothesis that early- and late-onset OCD represent different etiologic variants... - Extreme sensory modulation behaviors in toddlers with autism spectrum disordersAyelet Ben-Sasson
Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts, USA
Am J Occup Ther 61:584-92. 2007..Findings point to the early onset of an extreme sensory profile in ASD. Occupational therapists need to assess multiple domains of sensory behaviors to accurately identify the needs of toddlers with ASD... - Relationship between physical appearance, sense of belonging and exclusion, and racial/ethnic self-identification among multiracial Japanese European AmericansJulie M Ahnallen
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA
Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 12:673-86. 2006..There was also a significant relationship between Japanese American identity and multiracial appearance and social variables. Feelings of exclusion were shown to be the primary influence on all three racial/ethnic identities... - Audiovisual processing in children with and without autism spectrum disordersElizabeth A Mongillo
Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125 3393, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:1349-58. 2008..Exploratory results support an inverse association between audiovisual speech processing capacities and social impairment in children with ASD... - Autism spectrum disorders in young childrenFrances de L MartÃnez-Pedraza
Graduate Clinical Psychology Program, Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 18:645-63. 2009..The authors also discuss how the family context is affected by the diagnosis, in terms of adaptation to the diagnosis and to treatment. Finally, the authors present a brief review of interventions for young children with ASD... - The etiology of behavioral problems and competencies in very young twinsKimberly J Saudino
Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 117:48-62. 2008..There were also substantial shared environmental influences operating on most of the domains and subscales. Compared with behavior problems, behavioral competencies were less heritable and more influenced by shared environments... - A developmental framework for distinguishing disruptive behavior from normative misbehavior in preschool childrenLauren S Wakschlag
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 48:976-87. 2007.... - Language delay in a community cohort of young childrenSarah McCue Horwitz
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:932-40. 2003..To document the characteristics, particularly social competence and emotional/behavioral problems, related to deficits in expressive language... - The social-emotional development of "late-talking" toddlersJulia R Irwin
Child Study Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1324-32. 2002..To examine the social-emotional problems and competencies of toddlers who evidenced lags in expressive language without concomitant receptive language delays... - Social-emotional screening status in early childhood predicts elementary school outcomesMargaret J Briggs-Gowan
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave, MC 1410, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
Pediatrics 121:957-62. 2008..The goal was to examine whether children who screen positive for social-emotional/behavioral problems at 12 to 36 months of age are at elevated risk for social-emotional/behavioral problems in early elementary school... - Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part I: reliability of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS)Lauren S Wakschlag
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, MC 747, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:622-31. 2008..To examine the reliability of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS), a new observational method for assessing preschool disruptive behavior... - Observational Assessment of Preschool Disruptive Behavior, Part II: validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS)Lauren S Wakschlag
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry MC 747, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:632-41. 2008..To examine the validity of the Disruptive Behavior Diagnostic Observation Schedule (DB-DOS), a new observational method for assessing preschool disruptive behavior... - Parent identification of early emerging child behavior problems: predictors of sharing parental concern with health providersKatherine D Ellingson
School of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 8034, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:766-72. 2004.... - A comparative analysis of well-being and coping among mothers of toddlers and mothers of adolescents with ASDLeann E Smith
Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53705, USA
J Autism Dev Disord 38:876-89. 2008..Although there was evidence of maternal distress in both groups, the presence of significant buffering effects reflects adaptation in the face of stress, particularly for mothers of adolescents... - Late-talking toddlersMichael Fitzgerald
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:1141-2; author reply 1142. 2003 - Are infant-toddler social-emotional and behavioral problems transient?Margaret J Briggs-Gowan
Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:849-58. 2006..To examine the persistence of parent-reported social-emotional and behavioral problems in infants and toddlers... - Prevalence, correlates, and persistence of maternal depressionSarah McCue Horwitz
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 4945, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 16:678-91. 2007....
Research Grants
- EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS IN 1-3 YEAR OLD CHILDRENAlice Carter; Fiscal Year: 1999..Finally to evaluate the stability of and risk-factors associated with social-emotional problems and delays in competence, all children will be reassessed in a 1-year follow-up. ..
- Problems and Competence under Age5: School TransitionAlice Carter; Fiscal Year: 2005....