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Department of Psychology

2006 - 2007 Academic Year Publications

(Students are indicated with an asterisk. Includes recent graduates.)

Apple, K.J. & Beers, M.J. (in press). The power of the situation.  In R.J. Gerrig (Ed.) The Psychology of Survivor.  Texas: BenBella Books.

Baranik, L.E*., Barron, K.E., & Finney, S.J. (in press). An evaluation of a 2 x 2 measure of achievement goals for a work domain. Educational and Psychological Measurement.

Barron, K.E., Benedict, J., Saville, B., Serdikoff, S., & Zinn, T. (2007). Alternative approaches to teaching research methods and statistics.  To appear In D. Dunn, R. Smith, & B. Beins (Eds.) Best Practices for Teaching Statistics and Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences. (pp. 143-158).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates Press.

Barron, K.E., Evans, S.W., Baranik, L.E.*, Serpell, Z.N., & Buvinger, E.* (2006). Achievement goals of students with ADHD. Learning Disability Quarterly, 29, 137 – 158.

Barron, K. E. & Hulleman, C.S.* (August, 2006). Is there a formula to help understand and improve student motivation? Excellence in Teaching, Retrieved [ August 7, 2006] from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://list.kennesaw.edu/archives/psychteacher.html

Beers, M.J. & Apple, K.J. (2007). Intergroup conflict in the world of Harry Potter.  In N. Mulholland (Ed.) The Psychology of Harry Potter.  Texas: BenBella Books.

Belgrave, F.Z., Clark, T., & Nasim, A. (in press) Effective interventions for African American substance use behaviors.  In S. Utsey et al., Handbook of African American Psychology.

Buvinger, L.*, Evans, S.W. & Forness, S. R. (in press). Issues in evidence-based practice in special education for children with emotional and behavioral disorders. In Evans, S.W., Weist, M., & Serpell, Z. (Eds.), Advances in School-Based Mental Health Interventions: Best Practices and Program Models (Vol. 2). New York: Civic Research Institute.

Creasy, B.* & Evans, S.W. (2006). Book Review: Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Adolescents. Attention! (CHADD), 13(6).

Dunn, D.S., McCarthy, M., Baker, S.C., Halonen, J.S., & Hill, G.W. (in press). Quality benchmarks in undergraduate psychology programs.  American Psychologist

Echterling, L., Cowan, E., Evans, W., Staton,R., McKee, E., Presbury, J., & Stewart, A.  (2008).  Thriving!  A manual for students in the helping professions (2nd Edition).  Boston: Lahaska Press.

Ernst, W., Webb, N, & Grayson, J. (2006, Summer). Maltreatment and Its Effects on Early Brain Development. Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 77, 1-16. This and all previous editions of the newsletter. The newsletter is also available online at http://psychweb.cisat.jmu.edu/graysojh.

Evans, S.W., Serpell, Z.N., Schultz, B. & Pastor, D. (in press). Cumulative benefits of secondary school-based treatment of students with ADHD. School Psychology Review.

Evans, S.W., Timmins, B.*, Sibley, M.*, White, L.C.*, Serpell, Z.N. & Schultz, B. (2006). Developing coordinated, multimodal, school-based treatment for young adolescents with ADHD. Education & Treatment of Children, 29(2), 195-214.

Evans, S.W., Weist, M., & Serpell, Z. (Eds.) (in press). Advances in School-Based Mental Health Interventions: Best Practices and Program Models (Vol. 2). New York: Civic Research Institute.

Evans, S.W., White, L.C.*, Sibbley, M.* & Barlow, E.* (in press). School-based mental health treatment of children and adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In Evans, S.W., Weist, M., & Serpell, Z. (Eds.), Advances in School-Based Mental Health Interventions: Best Practices and Program Models (Vol. 2). New York: Civic Research Institute.

Evans, S.W. & Youngstrom, E. (2006). Evidence based assessment of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Measuring outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45(9), 1132-1137.

Forsyth, D. R., Lawrence, N. K., Burnette, J. L., & Baumeister, R.F. (in press). Attempting to improve the academic performance of struggling college students by bolstering their self-esteem: An intervention that backfired. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 

Gibson, P. R. (2006). Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Survival Guide (Second Edition). Churchville, Virginia: Earthrive Books.

Gibson, P.R. & Lindberg, A.* (in press)  Work accommodation for people with multiple chemical sensitivity.  Disability and Society, 22(7).

Gibson, P.R. & Lindberg, A.* (2006, Fall).  Confronting the isms.  Teaching Tolerance, 15.

Gibson, P.R. (2007, March).  Coping with MCS as a chronic disease.  The NEEDS Newsletter, 1-3.

Grayson, J. (2006). Culturally competent services.  In Course and trainer resources for VISSTA course 1121: Domestic Violence and Cultural Diversity, Richmond, VA, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Grayson, J. (2006). Post-traumatic stress disorder and its relationship to brain development, Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 77, 7.

Grayson, J. (2006). Animal-assisted therapy, Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 77, 14.

Grayson, J. (2006). Early childhood intervention, Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 77, 9.

Grayson, J. (2006). Teen dating violence: How schools can help, Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 78, 1-16.

Grayson, J. (2006). Spotlight: Virginia's nurturing parenting programs, Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 78, 8-10.

Grayson, J. (2007)Virginia's prevention plan- an update, Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 78, 11.

Grayson, J. (2007). Teen dating violence. Virginia Youth Advisory Council Newsletter (in press). 

Grayson, J. (2006). Sexual abuse by educators and school staff. In CornerHouse Interagency Child Abuse Evaluation and Training Center Training Manual, Minneapolis, MN. 

Grayson, J. (2006). Parents with serious mental illness. In Protective Services Training Institute of Texas online training module. University of Texas at Austin: Texas. 

Grayson, J. (2007). Methamphetamine and child maltreatment.  Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 79, 1-6, 19.

Grayson, J. (2007). Treatment for methamphetamine.  Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 79, 7-11, 24.

Grayson, J. (2007). Drug courts.  Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 79, 12-13.

Grayson, J. (2007). Virginia’s family drug treatment courts. Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 79, 14-15.

Grayson, J. (2007). Methamphetamine use during pregnancy. Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 79, 16-18.

Grayson, J. (2007). Preventing substance abuse. Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 79, 20-22.

Grayson, J. (2007). Parents with serious mental illness.  In on-line training module for State of Texas child protective services workers.  Protective Services Training Institute of Texas (University of Texas at Austin).

Grayson, J. (2007). Parents with serious mental illness (Special issue, edited by J. McCrory & S. Ayers-Lopez). Protection Connection, 13 (2) pp. 2-17, Protective Services Training Institute of Texas.

Grayson, J. (in press). Teen dating violence.  Virginia Youth Advisory Council Newsletter.

Harackiewicz, J.M., Durik, A.M., Barron, K.E., Linnenbrink, E.M., & Tauer, J.M. (in press).  The role of achievement goals in the development of interest: Reciprocal relations between achievement goals, interest, and performance.  Journal of Educational Psychology

Hall, M. D. &  Andre, J. (2006).  Effects of the range of distractor positions on auditory target detection.  Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society, 11, 125.

Harris, C.M., Mazoue, J.G, Hamdan, H., & Casiple, A. R. (2007). Designing an Online Introductory Statitics Course. In Dunn, D. S., Smith, R. A., & Beins, B. C. (Eds.) Best Practices for Teaching Statistics and Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences. Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.

Horst, S.J.*, Finney, S.J., & Barron, K.E. (in press). Moving beyond academic achievement goal measures: A study of social achievement goals. Contemporary Educational Psychology.

Lawrence, N. K. (in press). An interview with Roy Baumeister. Teaching of Psychology.

Lawrence, N.K. (in press).  Attitudes and attitude change: In S.F. Davis and W. Buskist (Eds.) 21st century psychology.  Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage.

Nasim, A., Corona, R., Belgrave, F.Z., Utsey, S.O., & Fallah, N.* (2006). Cultural orientation as a protective factor against smoking among African American young women. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, Online First

Nasim, A., Utsey, S.O., Corona, R., Belgrave, F.Z. (2006).  Religiosity, drug refusal efficacy, and substance use among African Americans. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. , 5, 3, 27-48.

Nasim, A., Belgrave, F.Z., Jagers, R.J, Wilson, K.D., & Owens, K. (2006). The moderating effects of culture on peer deviance and alcohol use among high-risk African American adolescents.  Journal of Drug Education.  

Pastor, D., Barron, K.E., Davis, S.L.*, & Miller, B.J.*  (2007). A latent profile analysis of college students’ achievement goal orientation. Contemporary Educational Psychology. 32, 8-47.

Saville, B. K. (in press). A guide to teaching research methods in psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Saville, B. K. (in press). Single-subject designs. In S. F. Davis & W. Buskist (Eds.), The Handbook of 21st Century Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Saville, B.K. & Zinn, T.E. (in press).  Educational goals related to the research experience.  In R. Miller (Ed)  Promoting the Undergraduate Research.Experience in Psychology.  Syracuse, NY: Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

Saville, B.K., Zinn, T.E., Meyers, S.A., & Stowell, J.R. (Eds.). (in press).  Essays from e-xcellence in teaching, 2006. To be published on the Society for the Teaching of Psychology web site: http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/eitindex.php.

Saville, B. K., & Zinn, T. E. (2007)  Editing E-xcellence in Teaching: The mishaps of moving and other lessons learned.  Retrieved [December 23, 2006] from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://list.kennesaw.edu/archives/psychteacher.html

Saville, B. K. (in press). A guide to teaching research methods in psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Saville, B. K. (in press). Single-subject designs. In S. F. Davis & W. Buskist (Eds.), The handbook of 21st century psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Serpell, Z., Clauss-Ehlers, C., & Lindsey, M.A. (in press).  Schools’ provision of information regarding mental health and associated services to culturally diverse families.  In Evans, S.W., Weist, M., & Serpell, Z., (Eds.) Advances in School-Based Mental health Interventions, Vol. 2.  Civic Research Institute, Inc., Kingston, N.J.

Serpell, Z., Boykin, A., Madhere, S., & Nasim, A. (2006).  The significance of contextual factors on African American students’ transfer of learning.  The Journal of Black Psychology, 32, 4, 418-441.

Short, K.H., Evans, S.W., Woehrle, T.S. & Ridolfi, C.M.* (in press). E-BEST:  Bridging the science and practice divide in school-based mental health. In Evans, S.W., Weist, M., & Serpell, Z. (Eds.), Advances in School-Based Mental Health Interventions: Best Practices and Program Models (Vol. 2). New York: Civic Research Institute.

Staton, A.R., Benson, A. J., Kielty-Briggs, M., Cowan, E. W., Echterling, L. G., Evans, W. F., McKee, J. E., Presbury, J., & Stewart, A. L. (2007). Becoming a Community Counselor. Boston: Lahaska Press.

Thomas, J.A.*, & Barron, K.E. (2006). A test of multiple achievement goal benefits in physical education activities. Applied Journal of Sport Psychology, 18, 114-135.

Van Eck, K.*, Evans, S.W., & Ulmer, L.J.* (2007). From evidence-based to best practices: What does it mean? Report on Emotional & Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 7, 35-40..

Warner, M. J. & Evans, W. F. (2006). Inspiring Leadership: It’s Not About the Power. Boston: Pearson Publishing.

Yoder, J., Fischer, A., Kahn, A. & Groden, J. (in press).  Changes in students' explanations for gender differences after taking a psychology of women class: More constructionist and less essentialist.  Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Zinn, T.E.  (in press).  Organizational behavior management.  In S. Davis & B. Buskist (eds). 21st Century Psychology.  Invited chapter.

Zinn, T. E., Saville, B. K., & Williams, J. (Eds). (2006).  Essays from e-xcellence in teaching, 2005. Published on the  Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://teachpsych.org/resources/e-books/eit2005/eit2005.php

Zinn, T. E., & Saville, B. K. (in press). Interteaching: A unique approach to peer-based instruction. Psychology Teachers Network.

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