Peer-Reviewed Publications

Accepted, In Press, & Advance Online

Evans, S. C., & Santucci, L. (in press, 2020). A modular, transdiagnostic approach to treating severe irritability in children and adolescents. Invited submission for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. In G. A. Carlson and M. Singh (Eds.), Special Edition on Development and Treatment Issues for Emotion Dysregulation.

Evans, S. C., Abel*, M. R., Doyle*, R. L., Skov*, H., & Harmon, S. L. (in press, 2020). Measurement and correlates of irritability in clinically referred youth: Further examination of the Affective Reactivity Index. Journal of Affective Disorders.

Evans, S. C., Bonadio, F. T., Bearman, S. K., Ugueto, A. M., Chorpita, B. F., & Weisz, J. R. (2019). Assessing the irritable and defiant dimensions of youth oppositional behavior using CBCL and YSR items. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/15374416.2019.1622119 PDF

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Evans, S. C., Cooley, J. L., Blossom, J. B., Pederson*, C. A., Tampke*, E., & Fite, P. J. (2019). Examining ODD/ADHD symptom dimensions as predictors of social, emotional, and academic trajectories in middle childhood. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/15374416.2019.1644645 PDF

Evans, S. C., de la Peña, F. R., Matthys, W., & Lochman, J. E. (2020). Disruptive Behaviour and Dissocial Disorders and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. Invited chapter to appear in G. M. Reed, P. L.-J. Ritchie, & A. Maercker (Eds.), A psychological approach to diagnosis using the ICD-11 as a framework. APA Books and IUPsyS. In press.

Evans, S. C., Diaz*, K. I., Callahan*, K. P., Wolock*, E. R., & Fite, P. J. (in press, 2020). Parallel trajectories of proactive and reactive aggression in middle childhood and their outcomes in early adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. PDF

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Evans, S. C., Roberts, M. C., Keeley, J. W., Rebello, T. J., de la Peña, F., Lochman, J. E., Burke, J. D., Fite, P. J., Ezpeleta, L., Matthys, W., Youngstrom, E. A., Matsumoto, C., Andrews, H. F., Medina-Mora, M. E., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Khoury, B., Kulygina, M., Robles, R., Sharan, P., Zhao, M., & Reed, G. M. (2020). Diagnostic classification of irritability and oppositionality in youth: A global field study comparing ICD-11 with ICD-10 and DSM-5. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13244 PDF

Evans, S. C., Roberts, M. C., Guler*, J., Keeley, J. W., & Reed, G. M. (2020). Taxonomy and utility in the diagnostic classification of mental disorders. Manuscript provisionally accepted for publication. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

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First, M. B., Wolfgang G., Maj, M., Stein D., Kogan, C. S., Saunders, J. B.,  Poznyak, V. B., Gureje, O., Lewis-Fernández, R. L., Maercker, A.,  Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Claudino, A., Pike, K. M., Baird, Gillian, Skuse, D., Krueger, R. B., Briken, P., Burke, J. D, Lochman, J. E., Evans, S. C., Woods, D. W., & Reed, G. M. (in press, 2020). An organization- and category-level comparison of diagnostic requirements for mental disorders in ICD-11 and DSM-5. World Psychiatry.

Weisz, J. R., Bearman, S. K., Ugueto, A. M., Herren, J. A., Evans, S. C., Cheron, D. M., Alleyne, A. R., Weissman, A. S., Tweed, J. L., Pollack, A. A., Langer, D.A., Southam-Gerow, M. A., Wells, K. C., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2019). Testing the robustness of Child STEPs effects: A randomized controlled effectiveness trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1655757 PDF

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Weisz, J. R., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Santucci, L. C., MacPherson, H. A., Rodriguez, G. M., Bearman, S. K., Lang, J. M., Vanderploeg, J. J., Marshall, T. M., Lu, J. J., Jensen-Doss, A., & Evans, S. C. (in press, 2020). Clinician training, then what? A randomized controlled effectiveness trial of low-cost Child STEPs implementation support with vs. without expert consultation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

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Weisz, J. R., Vaughn-Coaxum, R. A., Evans, S. C., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J. Lee, E. H., Ng, M. Y., Lau, N., Raftery-Helmer, J. N., & Mair, P. (2019). Efficient monitoring of treatment response during youth psychotherapy: Development and psychometrics of the behavior and feelings survey. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1547973 PDF

2020

Evans, S. C., Weisz, J. R., Carvalho*, A. C., Garibaldi*, P. M., Bearman, S. K., Chorpita, B. F., & The Research Network on Youth Mental Health. (2020). Effects of standard and modular psychotherapies in the treatment of youth with severe irritability. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88, 255-268. doi: PDF

Evans, S. C., Blossom, & Fite, P. J. (2020). Exploring longitudinal mechanisms of irritability in children: Implications for cognitive-behavioral intervention. Behavior Therapy, 51, 238-252. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.05.006 PDF

2019

Evans, S. C., Frazer, A. L., Blossom, J. B., & Fite, P. J. (2019). Forms and functions of aggression in early childhood. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48(5), 790-798, doi:10.1080/15374416.2018.1485104 PDF

Evans, S. C., & Fite, P. J. (2019). Dual pathways from reactive aggression to depressive symptoms in children: Further examination of the failure model. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 85-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0426-6 PDF

Evans, S. C., Boan, A. D., Bradley, C., & Carpenter, L. A. (2019). Sex/gender differences in screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Implications for evidence-based assessment. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 840-854. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1437734 PDF

Claudino, A. M., Pike, K. M., Hay, P., Keeley, J. W., Evans, S. C., Rebello, T., Bryant-Waugh, R., Dai, Y., Zhao, M., Matsumoto, C. Herscovici, C. R., Mellor-Marsá, B., Stona, A.-C., Kogan, C. S., Andrews, H. F., Monteleone, P., Pilon, D. J., Thiels, C., Sharan, P., Al-Adawi, S. & Reed, G. M. (2019). The classification of eating disorders in ICD-11: Results of a field study comparing proposed ICD-11 guidelines with existing ICD-10 guidelines. BMC Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1327-4 PDF

Eckshtain, D., Marchette, L. K., Schleider, J., Evans, S., & Weisz, J. R. (2019). Parental depressive symptoms as a predictor of outcome in the treatment of child internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 459-574. doi:10.1007/s10802-018-0446-2 PDF

2018

Evans, S. C., Amaro, C. M., Herbert*, R., Blossom, J. B., & Roberts, M. C. (2018). “Are you gonna publish that?” Peer-reviewed publication outcomes of doctoral dissertations in psychology. PLoS ONE. PDF

Fite, P. J., Rubens, S. L., Evans, S. C., & Poquiz*, J. (2018). The broader context: School and neighborhood factors contributing to ODD and CD symptomatology. In J. E. Lochman and W. Matthys (Eds.), The Wiley handbook of disruptive and impulse control disorders (pp. 355-370). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.

2017

Evans, S. C., Burke, J. D., Roberts, M. C., Fite, P. J., Lochman, J. E., de la Peña, F. R., & Reed, G. M. (2017). Irritability in child and adolescent psychopathology: An integrative review for ICD-11. Clinical Psychology Review, 53, 29-45. PDF

Fite, P. J., Evans, S. C., Pederson*, C. A., & Tampke*, E. (2017). Functions of aggression and disciplinary actions among elementary school age youth. Child & Youth Care Forum, 46, 825-839. doi:10.1007/s10566-017-9410-5 PDF

Roberts, M. C., Blossom, J. B., Evans, S. C., Amaro, C. M., & Kanine, R. M. (2017). Advancing the scientific foundation for evidence-based practice in clinical child and adolescent psychology. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 915–928. doi:10.1080/15374416.2016.1152554. Article reprinted in M. J. Prinstein (Ed.) (2017), Future work in clinical child and adolescent psychology: A research agenda. Routledge. PDF

Rubens, S. L., Evans, S. C., Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., & Tountas, M. A. (2017). Self-reported time in bed and sleep quality in association with internalizing and externalizing problems in school-age youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 48, 455-467. doi:10.1007/s10578-016-0672-1 PDF

2016

Evans, S. C., Blossom, J. B., Canter, K. S., Poppert-Cordts, K., Kanine, R., Garcia, A., & Roberts, M. C. (2016). Self-reported emotion reactivity among early-adolescent girls: Evidence for convergent and discriminant validity in an urban community sample. Behavior Therapy, 47, 299-311. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2016.01.003 PDF

Evans, S. C., Pederson, C. A., Fite, P. J., Blossom, J. B. & Cooley, J. L. (2016). Teacher-reported irritable and defiant dimensions of Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Social, behavioral, and academic correlates. School Mental Health, 8, 292-304. doi:10.1007/s12310-015-9163-y PDF

Mitchell, T. B., Cooley, J. C., Evans, S. C., & Fite, P.J. (2016). The moderating effect of physical activity on the association between ADHD symptoms and peer victimization in middle childhood. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 47, 871-882. doi:10.1007/s10578-015-0618-z PDF

Blossom, J. B., Fite, P. J., Frazer, A. L., Cooley, J. L., & Evans, S. C. (2016). Parental psychological control and aggression in youth: The moderating effect of emotion dysregulation. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 44, 12-20. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2016.02.006 PDF

Keeley, J. W., Reed, G. M., Roberts, M. C., Evans, S. C., Medina-Mora, M.-E, Robles, R., Rebello, T., Sharan, P., Gureje, O., First, M. B., Andrews, H. F., Ayuso-Mateos, J. K., Gaebel, W., Zielasek, J., & Saxena, S. (2016). Developing a science of clinical utility in diagnostic classification systems: Field study strategies for ICD-11 Mental and Behavioural Disorders. American Psychologist, 71, 3-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039972 PDF

Keeley, J. W., Reed, G. M., Roberts, M. C., Evans, S. C., Robles, R., Matsumoto, C., Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Perkonigg, A., Rousseau, C., Gureje, O., Lovelle, A. M., Sharan, P., & Maercker, A. (2016). Disorders specifically associated with stress: A case-controlled field study for ICD-11 mental and behavioural disorders. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 16, 109-127. doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2015.09.002 (Article in English and Spanish.) PDF-En PDF-Es

Roberts, M. C., Kanine, R. M., Amaro, C. M., Evans, S. C., Blossom, J. B., & Garcia, A. M. (2016). International education and training for clinical child and adolescent psychology. South African Journal of Psychology, 46, 9-24. doi:10.1177/0081246315619510 PDF

2015

Evans, S. C., Fite, P. J., Hendrickson, M. L., Rubens, S. L, & Mages*, A. K. (2015). The role of reactive aggression in the link between hyperactive-impulsive behaviors and peer rejection in adolescents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 46, 903-912. doi:10.1007/s10578-014-0530-y PDF

Evans, S. C., Roberts, M. C., Keeley, J. W., Blossom, J. B., Amaro, C. M., Garcia, A. M., Odar-Stough, C., Canter, K. S., Robles, R. & Reed, G. M. (2015). Vignette methodologies for studying clinicians’ decision-making: Validity, utility, and application in ICD-11 field studies. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 15, 160-170. doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2014.12.001 (Article in English and Spanish) PDF-En PDF-Es

Evans, S. C., & Roberts, M. C. (2015). The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) mental and behavioural disorders section. In R. L. Cautin and S. O. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The encyclopedia of clinical psychology (pp. 1520-1529). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118625392

Lochman, J. E., Evans, S. C., Burke, J. D., Roberts, M. C., Fite, P. J., Reed, G. M., de la Peña, Matthys, W., Ezpeleta, L., Siddiqui, S., & Garralda, M. E. (2015). An empirically based alternative to DSM-5’s Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder for ICD-11. World Psychiatry, 14, 30-33. doi:10.1002/wps.20176 PDF

Reed, G. M., Rebello, T. J., Pike, K. M., Medina-Mora, M. E., Gureje, O., Zhao, M., Dai, Y., Roberts, M. C., Maruta, T., Matsumoto, C., Krasnov, V. N., Kulygina, M., Lovell, A. M., Stona, A.-C., Sharan, P., Robles, R., Gaebel, W., Zielasek, J., Khoury, B., Mari, J. d. J., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Evans, S. C., Kogan, C. S., & Saxena, S. (2015). WHO’s Global Clinical Practice Network for mental health. Lancet Psychiatry, 2, 379-380. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00183-2 PDF

Roberts, M. C., Beals-Erickson, S. E., Evans, S. C., Odar, C., & Canter, K. S. (2015). Resolving ethical lapses in the nonpublication of dissertations. In R. Sternberg and S. Fiske (Eds.), Ethical challenges in the behavioral and brain sciences: Case studies and commentaries (pp. 59-62). New York: Cambridge University Press. 

2014

Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M. L., Rubens, S. L., Evans, S. C., & Cooley, J. L. (2014). Examining anxiety and depression as moderators of the associations between ADHD symptoms and academic and social problems in Hispanic adolescents. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 36, 265-275. doi:10.1007/s10862-013-9394-x PDF

Fite, P. J., Evans, S. C., Cooley, J., & Rubens, S. (2014). Further evaluation of associations between symptoms of inattention-hyperactivity and oppositional defiance and bullying and victimization in adolescence. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 45, 32-41. doi:10.1007/s10578-013-0376-8 PDF

Fite, P. J., Hendrickson, M., Evans, S., Rubens, S. L., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & Savage*, J. (2014). Associations between proactive and reactive subtypes of aggression and lifetime substance use in a sample of predominantly Hispanic adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 23, 398-406. doi:10.1080/1067828X.2012.748440 PDF

Robles-García, R., Fresán, A., Evans, S. C., Medina-Mora, M. E., Lovell, A. M., Maj, M., & Reed, G. M. (2014). Problematic, absent, and stigmatizing diagnoses in current mental disorders classifications: Results from WHO-WPA and WHO-IUPsyS Global Surveys. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 14, 165-177. doi:10.1016/j.ijchp.2014.03.003 (Article in English and Spanish) PDF-En PDF-Es

2013

Evans, S. C., Reed, G. M., Roberts, M. C., Esparza, P., Watts, A. D., Correia, J. M., Ritchie, P., Maj, M., & Saxena, S. (2013). Psychologists’ perspectives on the diagnostic classification of mental disorders: Results from the WHO-IUPsyS Global Survey. International Journal of Psychology, 48, 177-193. doi:10.1080/00207594.2013.804189 PDF

Fite, P. J., Hendrickson, M., Rubens, S., Gabrielli, J., & Evans, S. (2013). The role of peer rejection in the link between reactive aggression and academic performance. Child and Youth Care Forum, 42, 193-205. doi:10.1007/s10566-013-9199-9 PDF

Reed, G. M., Roberts, M. C., Keeley, J., Hooppell, C., Matsumoto, C., Sharan, P., Robles, R., Carvalho, H., Wu, C., Gureje, O., Leal-Leturia, I., Flanagan, E. H., Correia, J. M., Maruta, T., Ayuso-Mateos, J. L., Mari, J. d. J., Evans, S. C., Saxena, S., & Medina-Mora, M. E. (2013). Mental health professionals’ natural taxonomies of mental disorders: Implications for the clinical utility of the ICD-11 and the DSM-5. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69, 1191-1212. doi:10.1002/jclp.22031 PDF

Roberts, M. C., & Evans, S. C. (2013). The International Classification of Diseases system (ICD-10). In G. Koocher, J. Norcross, and B. Greene (Eds.), Psychologists’ desk reference (3rd ed.) (pp. 71-75). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.

Roberts, M. C., Odar, C. C., Canter, K. S., Evans, S. C., & Kessler, E. D. (2013). Psychological disorders of children and adolescents: Etiology, diagnosis and treatment. In T. G. Plante (Ed.). Abnormal psychology across the ages, Vol. II: Disorders and treatments (pp. 133-147). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger/ABC-CLIO.

Rubens, S. L., Fite, P. J., Gabrielli, J., Evans, S. C., Hendrickson, M. L., & Pederson, C. A. (2013). Examining relations between negative life events, time spent in the United States, language use, and mental health outcomes in Latino adolescents. Child and Youth Care Forum, 42, 389-402. doi:10.1007/s10566-013-9205-2 PDF

2012

Reed, G. M., Anaya, C. & Evans, S. C. (2012). ¿Qué es la CIE y por qué es importante en la psicología? [What is the ICD and why is it important for psychology?]. International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 12, 461-473. (Article in Spanish only) PDF

Wu, Y. P., Aylward, B. A., Roberts, M. C., & Evans, S. C. (2012). Searching the scientific literature: Implications for quantitative and qualitative reviews. Clinical Psychology Review, 32, 553-557. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2012.06.007 PDF