Publications

Publications by Study – Pediatric Oncology

• Coping and Communication in Children with Cancer and their Parents
• Stress and Emotion Regulation in Parents of Children with Cancer
• Communication, Coping, and Executive Function in Children with Cancer
• Prospective Study of Neurocognitive Effects in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients
• Neuroimaging of Social-Emotional Functioning of Pediatric Brain Tumor Survivors

Publications by Study – Pediatric Cancer and Family Adjustment

Parental Depression

• Family Cognitive-Behavioral Prevention of Depression

Additional Stress and Coping Studies

• Neuorcognitive Bases of Coping and Emotion-Regulation
• Psychobiology of Attention and Social Stress Study

Publications by Year

In Press

• Compas, B.E., Champion, J.E., Forehand, R., Cole, D.A., Reeslund, K.L., Fear, J., Hardcastle, J., Keller, G., Rakow, A., Garai, E., Merchant, M.J., & Roberts, L. (In press).  Mediators of 12-month outcomes of a family group cognitive-behavioral preventive intervention with families of depressed parents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
• Compas, B.E., Forehand, R., & Keller, G. (in press).  Prevention of depression in families of depressed parents.  In T. Strauman (Ed.), Prevention of Depression in Adolescent Girls.  Duke University Press.
• Colletti, C., Forehand, R., Garai, E., McKee, L., Potts, J., Haker, K., Champion, J., & Compas, B.E. (in press).  Associations of parent-child anxious and depressive symptoms when a caregiver has a history of depression.  Journal of Child and Family Studies. 

2010

• Dunn, M. J., Rodriguez, E. M., Miller, K. S., Gerhardt, C., Vannatta, K., Saylor, M., Scheule, C. M., & Compas, B. E. (2010). Assessment of mother-child communication in pediatric cancer: Direct observation of verbal and non-verbal behavior and emotion. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, in press.
• Rodriguez, E. M., Saylor, M. M., Schuele, C. M., Zuckerman, T., Van Slyke, D. A., Gerhardt, C. A., Vannatta, K., & Compas, B. E. (2010). Parent-child communication about childhood cancer: Parental linguistic complexity, openness, and distress. Submitted for publication.
• Robinson, K.E., Kuttesch, J.F., Champion, J.E., Andreotti, C.F., Hipp, D.W., Bettis, A., Barnwell, A., & Compas, B.E. (2010).  A quantitative meta-analysis of neurocognitive sequelae in survivors of pediatric brain tumors.  Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 55, 525-531.

2009

• Miller, K. S., Vannatta, K., Compas, B. E., Vasey, M., McGoron, K., Salley, C. G., & Gerhardt, C. A. (2009). The role of coping and temperament in the adjustment of children with cancer. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34, 1135-1143.
• Compas, B.E., Campbell, L.K., Robinson, K.E., & Rodriguez, E. (2009).  Coping and memory: Automatic and controlled processes in responses to stress.  In J. Quas & R. Fivush (eds.), Emotion and Memory in Development: Biological, Cognitive and Social Consideration.  Oxford University Press.
• Compas, B.E., Forehand, R., Keller, G., Champion, J.E., Rakow, A., Reeslund, K.L., McKee, L., Fear, J.M., Colletti, C.J.M., Hardcastle, E., Merchant, M.J., Roberts, L., Potts, J., Garai, E., Coffelt, N., Roland, E., Sterba, S.K., & Cole, D.A. (2009).  Randomized controlled trial of a family cognitive-behavioral preventive intervention for children of depressed parents.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77, 1007-1020.  PMCID:  PMC2821830.
• Rakow, A., Forehand, R., McKee, L., Champion, J., Fear, J., & Compas, B.E. (2009).  The relation of parental guilt induction to child internalizing problems when a caregiver has a history of depression.  Journal of Child and Family Studies, 18, 367-377.  PMCID: PMC2808109.
• Champion, J.E., Jaser, S.S., Reeslund, K.L., Simmons, L., Potts, J.E., Shears, A.R., & Compas, B.E. (2009).  The cost of caring:  Caretaking behaviors by adolescent children of mothers with a history of depression.  Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 156-166.
• Colletti, C.J.M., Forehand, R., Garai, E., Rakow, A., McKee, L., Fear, J.M., & Compas, B.E. (2009).  Parent depression and child anxiety:  An overview of the literature with clinical implications.  Child and Youth Care Forum, 183, 151-160.
• Fear, J., Forehand, R., Colletti, C., Roberts, L., Champion, J., Reeslund, K., & Compas, B.E. (2009).  Parental depression and interparental conflict:  Adolescents’ self-blame and coping responses.  Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 762-766.
• Garai, E.P., Forehand, R., Colletti, C.J.M., Reeslund, K., Potts, J., & Compas, B.E. (2009).  The relation of maternal sensitivity to children’s internalizing and externalizing problems within the context of maternal depressive symptoms.  Behavior Modification, 33, 559-582.  PMCID: PMC2799993.
• Compas, B.E., Jaser, S.S., & Benson, M. (2009).  Coping and emotion-regulation:  Implications for understanding depression during adolescence.  In S. Nolen-Hoeksema (Ed.), Handbook of Adolescent Depression.
• Compas, B.E., Campbell, L.K., Robinson, K.E., & Rodriguez, E. (2009).  Coping and memory: Automatic and controlled processes in responses to stress.  In J. Quas & R. Fivush (eds.), Emotion and Memory in Development: Biological, Cognitive and Social Considerations.  Oxford University Press.

2008

• McKee, L., Colletti, C. Rakow, A., Jones, D.J., & Forehand, R. (2008).  Parent and child externalizing behaviors:  Are the associations specific or diffuse?  Aggressive and Violent Behavior:  A Review Journal, 13, 201-215.
• McKee, L., Forehand, R., Rakow, A., Reeslund, K., Roland, E., Hardcastle, E., & Compas, B.E. (2008).  Parenting specificity:  An examination of the relation between three parenting behaviors and child problem behaviors in the context of a history of caregiver depression.  Behavior Modification, 32, 638-658.

2006

• Compas, B.E. (2006).  Psychobiological processes of stress and coping: Implications for resilience in childhood and adolescence.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1094, 226-234.
• Compas, B.E., Boyer, M.C., Stanger, C., Colletti, R.B., Thomsen, A.H., Dufton, L.M., & Cole, D.A. (2006).  Latent variable analysis of coping, anxiety/depression, and somatic symptoms in adolescents with chronic pain.  Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 1132-1142.
• Compas, B.E., Beckjord, E., Agocha, B., Sherman, M.L., Langrock, A., Grossman, C., Dausch, B., Glinder, J., Kaiser, C., Anderson-Hanley, C., & Luecken, L. (2006).  Measurement of coping and stress responses in women with breast cancer.  Psycho-Oncology, 15, 1038-1054.

2005

• Jaser, S.S., Langrock, A.M., Keller, G., Merchant, M.J., Benson, M., Reeslund, K., Champion,J.E., & Compas, B.E. (2005).  Coping with the Stress of Parental Depression II: Adolescent and Parent Reports of Coping and Adjustment.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 193-205.

2004

• Connor-Smith, J. K., & Compas, B. E. (2004). Coping as a moderator of relations between reactivity to interpersonal stress, health status, and internalizing problems. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 28(3), 347-368.
• Wadsworth, M.E., Reickmann, T., Benson, M., & Compas, B.E. (2004).  Coping and responses to stress in Navajo adolescents: Psychometric properties of the Responses to Stress Questionnaire.  Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 391-411.

2002

• Wadsworth, M.E., & Compas, B.E. (2002).  Coping with family conflict and economic strain: The adolescent perspective.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12, 243-274.
• Langrock, A.M., Compas, B.E., Keller, G., Merchant, M.J., & Copeland, M. E. (2002). Coping with the Stress of Parental Depression: Parents’ Reports of Children’s Coping and Emotional/Behavioral Problems.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31, 312-324.

2001

• Compas, B. E., Connor-Smith, J. K., Saltzman, H., Thomsen, A. H., & Wadsworth, M. E. (2001). Coping with stress during childhood and adolescence: Progress, problems, and potential in theory and research. Psychological Bulletin, 127, 87-127.

2000

• Connor-Smith, J. K., Compas, B. E., Wadsworth, M. E., Thomsen, A. H., & Saltzman, H. (2000). Responses to stress in adolescence: Measurement of coping and involuntary stress responses. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 976-992.

1995

• Grant, K.E. & Compas, B.E. (1995). Stress and anxious-depressed symptoms among
  adolescents: Searching for mechanisms of risk. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63(6), 1015-1021.

1989

• Compas, B.E., Howell, D.C., Ledoux, N., Phares, V., & Williams, R.A. (1989). Parent
  and child stress and symptoms: An integrative analysis. Developmental Psychology, 25(4), 550-559.
• Compas, B.E., Howell, D.C., Phares, V., Williams, R.A., & Giunta, C.T. (1989). Risk
  factors for emotional/behavioral problems in young adolescents: A prospective analysis of adolescent and parental stress and symptoms. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 57(6), 732-740.

1990

• Wagner, B.M. & Compas, B.E. (1990). Gender, instrumentality, and expressivity:
  Moderators of the relation between stress and psychological symptoms during adolescence. American Journal of Community Psychology, 18(3), 383-406.

1988

• Wagner, B.M., Compas, B.E., & Howell, D.C. (1988). Daily and major life events: A test
  of an integrative model of psychosocial stress. American Journal of Community Psychology, 16(2), 189-205.

1987

• Compas, B.E., Davis, G.E., Forsythe, C.J., & Wagner, B.M. (1987). Assessment of major
  and daily stressful events during adolescence: The adolescent perceived events scale. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55(4), 534-541.