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Curriculum Vitae
Paula J. Fite
University of Kansas
Clinical Child Psychology Program
Departments of Applied Behavioral Science and Psychology
1000 Sunnyside Ave., Room 2012
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: (785) 864-1887
E-mail: pfite@ku.edu
TN Clinical Psychologist License #: 2855
Education:
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
September 2007
PhD, Clinical Psychology
Major Professor: Craig R. Colder
Dissertation Title: Pathways from Proactive and Reactive Aggression to Substance Use
State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
February 2005
Master of Arts, Psychology
Major Professor: Craig R. Colder
Masters Empirical Paper Title: Characterizing Proactive and Reactive Aggression Using
Psychophysiological Measures of Temperament
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Bachelor of Science, Psychology with honors
May 2001
Professional
Experience:
University of Kansas:
Associate Professor, Tenure Track
August 2014 - current
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
August 2011 - July 2014
University of Tennessee:
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
August 2007 – July 2011
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Psychology Resident
July 2006 – June 2007
State University of New York at Buffalo:
Study Coordinator
Principal Investigator: James Waxmonsky, MD
Summer 2005
August 2001 – June 2005
Study Coordinator and Research Assistant
Principal Investigator: Craig Colder, PhD
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Awards and Honors:
American Psychological Foundation Division 37 Diane J. Willis Early Career Award, 2014
University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Award, 2014
KU K. Barbara Schowen Undergraduate Research Mentor Award Honorable Mention, 2013
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology top 10 most cited article in 5 years, 2013
University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Award, 2013
University of Kansas College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Travel Award, 2011
University of Tennessee Dept. of Psychology Graduate Teaching and Research Award, 2011
University of Tennessee International Travel Award, 2010
Top 5 downloaded article in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2008
Grants:
Title XVIX Children’s Mental Health Grant (PI: Williford)
Kansas Department of Aging & Disability Services
“School-based Mental Health Services in Kansas”
Role: Faculty Expert
August 2014 – June 2015
Level I Strategic Initiative Grant (PIs: Fite, Bortolato, Butler,
March 2014 – February 2017
Lundquist, & Manzardo)
University of Kansas
“Developing a Research Consortium on Aggression and Drug Abuse”
Title XVIX Children’s Mental Health Grant (PI: Mendenhall)
Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services
“Kansas Evaluation of Youth Mental Health Services”
Role: Consultant
September 2013- June 2014
KSDE 38123 (PI: Williford)
Kansas Department of Education
“Anti-Bullying Policy Development and Implementation”
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
June 2013-September 2015
Strategic Initiative Grant (PI: Johnson-Motoyama)
March 2013 – February 2014
University of Kansas
“Community Based Development of Pilot Program to Promote Health among Urban Latino
Youth in a School Based Setting”
Role: Co-Investigator
Strategic Initiative Grant (PI: Williford)
University of Kansas
“Anti-Bullying Intervention Development Initiative”
Role: Co-Investigator
December 2012 – November 2013
New Faculty General Research Fund Grant (PI: Fite)
University of Kansas
“Peer Relationships in Schools”
July 2012 – June 2014
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July 2011 – June 2012
L30 DA025811 Renewal (PI:Fite)
NIDA
“Etiology and Developmental Progression of Child Behavior”
General Research Support Grant (PI: Fite)
Clayton Family Foundation
October 2010
L30 DA025811 Renewal (PI:Fite)
NIDA
“Individual and Contextual Influences of Child Problem Behavior”
July 2010 – June 2011
R44 DA024911
(PI: Kabuka)
September 2009 – August 2011
NIDA
“Automated Development of Electronic Data Capture for Clinical Trials”
Role: Consultant
L30 DA025811
(PI: Fite)
NIDA
“The Development of Child and Adolescent Problem Behavior”
F31 DA018016
(PI: Fite)
NIDA
“Pathways from Subtypes of Aggression to Substance Use”
Peer Reviewed Publications:
July 2008 – June 2010
December 2004 - August 2007
* Denotes student authors
Becker, S. P., Luebbe, A. M., Greening, L., Fite, P. J., & Stoppelbein, L. (in press). A
Preliminary Investigation of the Relation between Thyroid Functioning and Sluggish Cognitive
Tempo in Children. Journal of Attention Disorders.
*Cooley, J. L., Fite, P. J., Rubens, S. L., & *Tunno, A. M. (in press). Peer
Victimization, Depressive Symptoms, and Rule-Breaking Behavior in Adolescence: The
Moderating Role of Peer Social Support. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral
Assessment.
*Evans, S. C., Fite, P. J., *Hendrickson, M. L., *Rubens, S. L., & *Mages, A. (in press).
The Role of Reactive Aggression in the Link between Hyperactive-Impulsive Behaviors and
Peer Rejection in Adolescents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development.
Fite, P. J., Becker, S. P., Rubens, S. L., & *Cheetham-Johnson, R. (in press). Anxiety
Symptoms Account for the Link between Reactive Aggression and Sleep Problems among
Latino Adolescents. Child and Youth Care Forum.
Fite, P.J., *Brown, S. *Gabrielli, J., *DiPierro, M., *Pederson., C., *Blossom, J. B.,
*Cooley, J. L., & Bortolato, M. (in press). The role of negative life events in comorbid reactive
aggression and marijuana use among Latino Adolescents. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment
and Trauma.
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Fite, P. J., *Gabrielli, J., *Cooley, J. L., *Rubens, S. L., *Pederson, C. A., & Vernberg,
E. M. (in press). Associations between Physical and Relational Forms of Peer Aggression and
Victimization and Risk for Substance Use among Elementary School-Age Youth. Journal of
Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse.
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*Rathert, J., *Pederson, C. A., Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (in press).
Associations between Proactive and Reactive Aggression, Parenting Styles, and Externalizing
Symptomatology in Children Admitted to a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. Journal of Child and
Family Studies.
Raiker, J. S., Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., & Luebbe, A. M.
(in press). Mediating Effect of Psychopathy on the Risk of Social Problems among Children
with ADHD versus Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms. Child Psychiatry and Human
Development.
Shorey, R. C., Fite, P. J., Choi, H., Cohen, J. R., Stuart, G. L., & Temple, J. R. (in
press). Dating violence and substance use as longitudinal predictors of ethnically diverse
adolescents' risky sexual behavior. Prevention Science.
*Shorey, R. C., *Sherman, A. E., *Brasfield, H., *Febres, J., Fite, P. J. & Stuart, G. L.
(in press). The Moderating Effect of Perceived Support from a Dating Partner on the
Association between Dating Violence Victimization and Adjustment. Violence Against Women.
Lochman, J. E., Evans, S. C., Burke, J. D., Roberts, M. C., Fite, P. J., Reed, G. M., de la
Pena, F., 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.
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.
Becker, S. P., Luebbe, A. M., Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2014).
Sluggish Cognitive Tempo in Psychiatrically Hospitalized Children: Factor Structure and
Relations to Internalizing Symptoms, Social Problems, and Observed Behavioral
Dysregulation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42, 49-62.
*Childs, A., Fite, P. J., Moore, T., Lochman, J. E., & Pardini, D. A. (2014).
Bidirectional Associations between Parenting Behavior and Child Callous-Unemotional Traits:
Does Parental Depression Moderate this link? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42,
1141-1151.
Elkins, S., Fite, P. J., Moore, T., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2014). Bidirectional
Effects of Parenting and Youth Substance Use during the Transition to Middle and High
School. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 475-486.
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Fite, P. J., *Cooley, J. L., Williford, A., *Frazer, A., & *DiPierro, M. (2014). Parental
School Involvement as a Moderator of the Association between Peer Victimization and
Academic Performance. Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 25-32.
Fite, P.J., *Evans, S., *Cooley, J., & *Rubens, S. (2014). Further Evaluation of
Associations between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity and Oppositional Defiance Symptoms
and Bullying-Victimization in Adolescence. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Human
Development, 45, 32-41.
Fite, P. J., *Gabrielli, J., *Cooley, J. L., Haas, S. M., Frazer, A., Rubens, S. L., &
Johnson-Motoyama, M. (2014). Hope as a Moderator of the Associations between Common
Risk Factors and Frequency of Substance Use. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral
Assessment, 36, 653-662.
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.
Fite, P. J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., *Rubens, S. L., & Peaches, A. (2014). Risk for
Being a Teen Parent: The influence of Proactive and Reactive Aggression in a sample of Latino
Adolescents. Child Indicators Research, 7, 437-450.
Fite, P. J., Rubens, S. L., & *Cooley, J. L. (2014). Influence of Contextual Factors on
Academic Performance in a Sample of Latino Adolescents: The Moderating Role of School
Attachment. Journal of Community Psychology, 42, 924-936.
Harris, A. N., Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., Becker, S., Luebbe, A., Fite, P. J. (2014).
Child routines and parental adjustment as correlates of internalizing and externalizing children
diagnosed with ADHD. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 45, 243-253.
*Pederson, C., & Fite, P. J. (2014). The impact of Parenting on the Associations
between Child Aggression Subtypes and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms. Child
Psychiatry and Human Development, 45, 728-735.
*Preddy, T. M., Fite, P. J., *Wimsatt, A. R., *Vitulano, M. L., & *Gaertner, A. E.
(2014). The Role of Intimate Exchange in the Link between Reactive Aggression and Child
Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23, 510-520.
*Rubens, S. L., Fite, P. J., *Cooley, J. L., & *Canter, K. (2014). The Role of Sleep in
the Relation between Community Violence Exposure and Delinquency among Latino
Adolescents. Journal of Community Psychology, 42, 723-734.
Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., Luebbe, A., Fite, P., & Becker, S (2014). The role
of cortisol and psychopathic traits in aggression among at-risk girls: Tests of mediating
hypotheses. Aggressive Behavior, 40, 263-272.
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Williford, A., Fite, P. J., & *Cooley, J. L. (2014). Student-Teacher congruence in
Reported Rates of Physical and Relational Victimization among Elementary School-Age
Children” The Moderating Role of Gender and Age. Journal of School Violence, 13, 1-19.
*Vitulano, M. L., Fite, P. J., Hopko, D. R., Lochman, J. E., Wells, K., & Asif, I. (2014).
Evaluation of Underlying Mechanisms in the Link between Childhood ADHD Symptoms and
Risk for Early Initiation of Substance Use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 28, 816-827.
Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., Garner, A. A., Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., & Luebbe, A. M.
(2013). Reward and punishment sensitivity are differentially associated with ADHD and
sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms in children. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 719727.
Becker, S. P., Fite, P. J., Luebbe, A. M., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2013).
Friendship Intimacy Exchange Buffers the Relation between ADHD Symptoms and Later
Social Problems among Children Attending an After-School Care Program. Journal of
Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 35, 142-153.
Becker, S. P., Luebbe, A. M., Fite, P. J., Greening, L., & Stoppelbein, L. (2013).
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms in Relation to Psychopathic Traits and Aggression
among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Children: ADHD Symptoms as a Potential Moderator.
Aggressive Behavior, 201-211.
Fite, P. J., *Hendrickson, M., *Rubens, S. L., *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.
Fite, P. J., *Rubens, S., *Preddy, T. M., Raine, A., & Pardini, D. A. (2013).
Reactive/Proactive Aggression and the Development of Internalizing Problems: The
Moderating Effect of Parent and Peer Relationships. Aggressive Behavior, 40, 69-78.
Fite, P. J., Williford, A., *Cooley, J., *DePaolis, K., *Rubens, S. L., Vernberg, E. M.
(2013). Patterns of victimization locations in elementary school children: Effects of grade level
and gender. Child and Youth Care Forum, 42, 585-597.
*Rubens, S. S. & Fite, P. J. (2013). The Influence of Physical Activity in the Relation
between Neighborhood Safety and Depressive Symptoms among School Age Children. Child
Indicators Research, 6, 23-32.
*Rubens, S. L., Fite, P. J., *Gabrielli, J., *Evans, S., *Hendrickson, M. L., &
*Pederson, C. (2013). Examining the Relation between Negative Life Events, Time Spent in
the US, Language Use, and Mental Health Outcomes in Latino Adolescents. Child and Youth
Care Forum, 42, 389-402.
*Shorey, R. C., Fite, P. J., *Elkins, S., Frissell, K. C., Tortolero, S. R., Stuart, G. L., &
Temple, J.R. (2013). The association between parental problematic substance use and
adolescent substance use in an ethnically diverse sample of 9th and 10th graders. Journal of
Primary Prevention, 34, 381-393.
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Temple, J. R., *Shorey, R. C., Fite, P. J., Stuart, G. L., Le, V. D. (2013). Substance Use
as a Longitudinal Predictor of the Perpetration of Teen Dating Violence. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 42, 596-606.
White, H. R., Fite, P. J., Pardini, D. A., Mun, E., & Loeber, R. (2013). Moderators of
the Dynamic Link between Alcohol Use and Aggressive Behavior among Adolescent Males.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41, 211-222.
*Wimsatt, A., *Grassetti, S., Fite, P. J., & *Rathert, J. L. (2013). The Moderating
Influence of Supportive Parenting on the Relation between Corporal Punishment and Child
Depressive Symptoms. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 18, 225-230.
Barry, T., Lochman, J. E., Fite, P. J., Wells, K. C., & Colder, C. R. (2012). The
Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics and Parenting Practices on Academic Problems and
Aggression Outcomes among Moderately to Highly Aggressive Children. Journal of
Community Psychology, 40, 372-378.
Becker, S. P., Luebbe, A. M., Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & Fite, P. J. (2012).
Aggression among Children with ADHD, Anxiety, or Co-occurring Symptoms: Competing
Exacerbation and Attenuation Hypotheses. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 527542.
Fite, P. J., *Preddy, T. M., *Vitulano. M. L., *Elkins, S. R., *Grassetti, S. N., &
*Wimsatt, A. R. (2012). Perceived Best Friend Delinquency Moderates the Link between
Contextual Risk Factors and Juvenile Delinquency. Journal of Community Psychology, 40,
747-761.
Fite, P. J., *Rathert, J. L., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2012). Social Problems as a
Mediator of the Link between Reactive Aggression and Withdrawn/Depressed Symptoms.
Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21, 184-189.
Fite, P. J., *Schwartz, S. S., & *Hendrickson, M. (2012). Childhood Proactive and
Reactive Aggression: Differential Risk for Substance Use? Aggression and Violent Behavior,
17, 240-246.
Fite, P. J., *Wimsatt, A., *Elkins, S., & *Grassetti, S. (2012). Contextual Influences of
Proactive and Reactive Subtypes of Aggression. Child Indicators Research, 5, 123-133.
Fite, P. J., *Wimsatt, A. R., *Vitulano, M. L., *Rathert, J. L., & *Schwartz, S. (2012).
Examination of Peer Rejection and Depressive Symptoms as Mediators of the Link between
Rule-Breaking Behavior and Poor Academic Performance. Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment, 34, 164-171.
*Preddy, T. M., & Fite, P. J. (2012). Differential Associations between Relational and
Overt Aggression and Children’s Prosocial Adjustment. Journal of Psychopathology and
Behavioral Assessment, 34, 182-190.
*Preddy, T. M., & Fite, P. J. (2012). The Impact of Aggression Subtypes and
Friendship Quality on Child Symptoms of Depression. Child Indicators Research, 5, 705-718.
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Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L. & Fite, P. J. (2012). The Role of Cortisol in PTSD
Among Women Exposed to a Trauma-Related Stressor. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 352358.
*Vitulano, M., Fite, P.J., *Wimsatt, A., *Rathert, J., & *Hatmaker, R. (2012). Gender
Differences in Consequences of ADHD Symptoms in a Community-Based Youth
Organization. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 36, 157-166.
Fite, P. J., *Rathert, J. L., *Grassetti, S., *Gaertner, A. E., *Campion, S., & Fite, J. L.,
& *Vitulano, M. (2011). Longitudinal Investigation of the Link between Proactive and
Reactive Aggression and Disciplinary Actions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral
Assessment, 33, 205-214.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., *Gaertner, A. E., Greening, L., & Elledge, L. C. (2011).
Further Evaluation of the Forms and Functions of Aggression Measure within a Child Inpatient
Population. Residential Treatment for Children and Youth, 28, 1-16.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & *Preddy, T. M. (2011). Association
between Relational Aggression, Depression and Suicidal Ideation in a Child Psychiatric
Inpatient Sample. Journal of Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 42, 666-678.
Fite, P. J., & *Vitulano, M. (2011). Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Physical
Activity. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 33, 11-18.
Fite, P.J., *Vitulano., M., & *Preddy, T. M. (2011). The Positive Impact of Attending a
Community-Based Youth Program on Child Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Community
Psychology, 39, 804-811.
*Gaertner, A. E., Fite, P. J., & Colder, C. R. (2011). Moderating Effect of Intimate
Exchange on Delinquent Socialization Processes. Journal of Early Adolescence, 31, 258-270.
*Kivisto, A. J., Moore, T. M., Fite, P. J., & Seidner, B. G. (2011). Future Orientation
and Competence to Stand Trial: The Fragility of Competence. The Journal of the American
Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 39, 316-326.
*Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., *Gaertner, A. E., & *Vitulano, M. (2011). Associations between
Effortful Control, Psychological Control and Proactive and Reactive Aggression. Journal of
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 42, 609-621.
*Shorey, R. C., Rhatigan, D. L., Fite, P. J., & Stuart, G. L. (2011). Dating Violence
Victimization and Alcohol Problems: An Examination of the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis for
Perceived Support. Partner Abuse, 2, 31-45.
*Vitulano, M., Fite, P. J., *Rathert, J., *Gaertner, A. E., *Wynn, P., & Hill, R. (2011).
The Influence of Neighborhood Safety on the Relation between Caregiver Alcohol Use and the
Risk for Child Symptoms of Depression. Journal of Substance Use, 16, 359-366.
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*Wynn, P. T., Fite, P. J., & Pardini, D. A. (2011). Childhood Predictors of Transition
into Early Adulthood among African-American and Caucasian Males. Race and Social
Problems, 3, 63-74.
Fite, P. J., Raine, A., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Pardini, D. A. (2010).
Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Adolescent Males: Examining Differential Outcomes 10
Years Later in Early Adulthood. Criminal Justice and Behavior 37(2), 141-157.
Fite, P. J., *Vitulano, M., *Wynn, P, *Wimsatt, A., *Gaertner, A, & *Rathert, J. (2010).
Influence of Perceived Neighborhood Safety on Proactive and Reactive Aggression. Journal of
Community Psychology, 38, 757-768.
*Gaertner, A.E., Fite, P. J., & Colder, C. R. (2010). Parenting and Friendship Quality as
Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Early Adolescence. Journal of Child
and Family Studies, 19, 101-108.
*Gaertner, A. E., *Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., *Vitulano, M., *Wynn, P, & *Harber, J.
(2010). Sources of Parental Knowledge as Moderators of the Relation between Parental
Psychological Control and Relational and Physical/Verbal Aggression. Journal of Child and
Family Studies, 19, 607-616.
Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., & Luebbe, A., & Fite, P.J. (2010). Aggression and the
Risk of Suicidal Behavior among Children. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 40, 337345.
Pardini, D. A., & Fite, P. J. (2010). Symptoms of CD, ODD, ADHD, and CallousUnemotional Traits as Unique Predictors of Psychosocial Maladjustment in Males: Advancing
an Evidence Base for DSM-V. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, 49, 1134-1144.
*Smith, J. D., Welsh, D. P., & Fite, P. J. (2010). Adolescents’ Relational Schemas and
their Subjective Understanding of Romantic Relationship Interactions. Journal of Adolescence,
33, 147-157.
Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & Fite, P. J. (2010). Role of Cortisol in Posttraumatic
Stress Symptoms among Mothers of Children Diagnosed with Cancer. Journal of Pediatric
Psychology, 35, 960-965.
*Vitulano, M., Fite, P. J., & *Rathert, J. (2010). Delinquent Peer Influence on
Childhood Delinquency: The Moderating Effect of Impulsivity. Journal of Psychopathology
and Behavioral Assessment, 32, 315-322.
Fite, P. J., Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., & Fabiano, G. A. (2009). Confirmatory Factor
Analysis of the Antisocial Process Screening Device with a Clinical Inpatient Population.
Assessment, 16, 103-114.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2009). Proactive and Reactive Aggression
in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology, 38, 199-205.
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Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2009). Proactive and Reactive Aggression
in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population: Relations to Psychopathic Characteristics.
Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36 481- 493.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2009). Predicting Readmission to a Child
Psychiatric Inpatient Unit: The Impact of Parenting Styles. Journal of Child and Family
Studies, 18, 621-629.
Fite, P., Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & *Gaertner, A. (2009). Further Validation of a
Measure of Proactive and Reactive Aggression within a Clinical Child Population. Child
Psychiatry and Human Development, 40, 367-382.
Fite, P. J., *Wynn, P., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2009). The Influence of
Neighborhood Disadvantage and Perceived Disapproval on Early Substance Use Initiation.
Addictive Behaviors, 34, 769-771.
Fite, P. J., *Wynn, P., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2009). The Effect of
Neighborhood Disadvantage on Proactive and Reactive Aggression. Journal of Community
Psychology, 37, 542-546.
Fite, P. J., *Wynn, P., & Pardini, D. (2009). Explaining Discrepancies in Arrest Rates
between Black and White Male Juveniles. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 77,
916-927.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C.R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2008). Developmental
Trajectories of Proactive and Reactive Aggression from Fifth to Ninth Grade. Journal of
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 412-421.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2008). The Relation between
Childhood Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Substance Use Initiation. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 261-271.
Fite, P. J., Greening, L., & Stoppelbein, L. (2008). Relation between Parenting Stress
and Psychopathic Traits among Children. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 26, 239-248.
Fite, P. J., Stauffacher, K. Ostrov, J. M., & Colder, C. R. (2008). Replication and
Extension of Little et al.’s (2003) Forms and Functions of Aggression Measure. International
Journal of Behavioral Development, 32, 238-242.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2008). Parenting Stress as a Predictor of
Age upon Admission to a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Facility. Child Psychiatry and Human
Development, 39, 171-183.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L. Greening, L., & Dhoossche, D. (2008). Child Internalizing
and Externalizing Behavior as Predictors of Age at First Admission and Risk for Repeat
Admission to a Child Inpatient Facility. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 63-69.
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Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., Fite, P. J., Dhossche, D. Erath, S., Brown, J., Cramer, R.,
& Young, L. (2008). Pathways to Suicidal Behaviors in Childhood. Suicide and Life
Threatening Behavior, 38, 35-45.
Pardini, D., Fite, P. J., and Burke, J. (2008). Bidirectional Associations between
Parenting Practices and Conduct Problems in Boys from Childhood to Adolescence: The
Moderating Effect of Age and African-American Ethnicity. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 36, 647-662.
Fite, P. J., & Colder, C. R. (2007). Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Peer
Delinquency: Implications for Prevention and Intervention. Journal of Early Adolescence, 27,
223-240.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2007). Pathways from
Proactive and Reactive Aggression to Substance Use. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21,
355-364.
O’Connor, R. M., Fite, P. J., Nowlin, P., & Colder, C. R. (2007). Children’s Beliefs
about Substance Use: An Examination of Age Differences in Implicit and Explicit Cognitive
Precursors of Substance Use Initiation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 525-533.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (2006). The Mutual
Influence of Parenting and Boys’ Externalizing Behavior Problems. Journal of Applied
Developmental Psychology, 27, 151-164.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & O’Connor, R. M. (2006). Childhood Behavior Problems and
Peer Selection and Socialization: Risk for Adolescent Alcohol Use. Addictive Behaviors, 31,
1454-1459.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & Pelham, W. E. (2006). A Factor Analytic Approach to
Distinguish Pure and Co-occurring Dimensions of Proactive and Reactive Aggression. Journal
of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35, 578-582.
Colder, C. R., Lengua, L. J., Fite, P. J., Mott, J. A., & Bush, N. R. (2006).
Temperament in Context: Infant Temperament Moderates the Relationship between Perceived
Neighborhood Quality and Behavior Problems. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology,
27, 456-467.
MacKenzie, E. P., Fite, P. J., & Bates, J. E. (2004). Predicting Outcome in Behavioral
Parent Training: Expected and Unexpected Results. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 26,
37-54.
Book Chapters: * Denotes student authors
Fite, P. J., *Rathert, J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E. & Wells, K. C. (2012). Proactive
and Reactive Aggression. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Adolescence (pp. 21642170). New York, NY: Springer.
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Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & Fite, P. J. (2009). The Role of Plasma Cortisol in
Conduct Problems and Antisocial Traits in Latency-age Girls. In C. Quin & S. Tawse (Eds.),
Handbook of Aggressive Behavior Research. Hauppauge, NY: Nova.
Manuscripts Under Review: * Denotes student authors
*Brown, S. & Fite, P. J. (under review). Negative life events as a predictor of peer
victimization: Does anxiety account for this link?
*Cooley, J. L., Fite, P. J., & *Pederson, C. A. (under review). Longitudinal
Investigation of Bidirectional Associations between Peer victimization and Reactive and
Proactive Functions of Aggression.
Fite, P. J., *Poquiz, J., *Cooley, J., Stoppelbein, L., Becker, S. A., Luebbe, A., &
Greening, L. (under review). Risk Factors Associated with Proactive and Reactive Aggression
in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Sample.
*Frazer, A., Rubens, S., Johnson-Motoyama, M., *DiPierro, M & Fite, P. J. (under
review) Acculturative Dissonance, Acculturation Strategy, Depressive Symptoms, and
Delinquency in Latino Adolescents.
Williford, A., Fite, P. J., Johnson-Motoyama, M., & *Frazer, A. (under review).
Acculturative Dissonance and Risks for Proactive and Reactive Aggression Among Latino/a
Adolescents: Implications for Culturally Relevant Intervention.
Conference Presentations:
Poquiz, J., & Fite, P. J. (August 2015). The Role of Delinquency in the Association
between Depression and Risk for Substance Use in an Elementary School-Age Population.
Poster to be presented at American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Toronto,
CA.
Blossom, J., Fite, P. J., Frazer, A., Cooley, J., & Evans, S. (March 2015). Parental
Psychological Control and Aggression in Youth: The Moderating Effect of Emotion
Dysregulation. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial
Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
DiPierro, M., & Fite, P. J. (March 2015). Academic Aspirations as a Moderator of the
Link between Negative Life Events and Delinquency in a Sample of Latino Youth. Poster
presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Evans, S, Fite, P. J., Cooley, J., & Blossom, J. (March 2015). An Examination of the
Irritable and Defiant Dimensions of Oppositionality: Correlates and Characteristics of the
School Context. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development Biennial
Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Luebbe, A., Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., Becker, S., & Fite, P. (March 2015). Family
Savoring of Positive Events is Uniquely Inversely Related to Depression among Youth
Admitted for Inpatient Psychiatric Care. Symposium presented at Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
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Pederson, C. A., Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (March 2015).
Relations between Aggression Subtypes, Parenting, and Externalizing Symptoms in Children
Admitted to a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Johnson- Motoyama, M., Moses, M. R., Lelah, T., Mariscal, S., Navarro, C., & Fite, P.
J. (January 2015). Parent Perspectives on the Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy and
HIV/STIs among Latino Adolescents. Poster presented at SSWR Annual Conference. New
Orleans, LA.
Frazer, A. L., Fite, P. J., & Johnson-Motoyama, M. (November 2014). Acculturation
Dissonance, Assimilation, and Depressive Symptoms in Latino Adolescents. Poster presented
at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Brown, S., & Fite, P. J. (October 2014). Negative Life Events as a Predictor of Peer
Victimization: Does Anxiety Account for this Link? Poster presented at the National
Conference on Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Lawrence, KS.
Cheetham-Johnson, R. J., & Fite, P. J. (October 2014). Potential Factors Contributing to
Attrition in After-School Care Programs. Poster presented at the National Conference on
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Lawrence, KS.
Cooley, J. E., Fite, P. J., Frazer, A. L., Brown, S., & DiPierro, M. (October 2014). Cooccurring Aggression and Anxiety Symptoms in the Prediction of Peer Victimization in
Childhood. Poster presented at the National Conference on Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology. Lawrence, KS.
Frazer, A. L., & Fite, P. J. (October 2014). Psychological Control, Supportive
Parenting, and Childhood Depressive Symptoms. Poster presented at the National Conference
on Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Lawrence, KS.
Fite, P. J., Brown, S., Gabrielli, J., DiPierro, M., Pederson, C., Blossom, J., Cooley, J.
& Bortolato, M. (July 2014). The Role of Negative Life Events in Comorbid Reactive
Aggression and Marijuana Use among Latino Adolescents. Oral presentation at the
International Society for Research on Aggression annual meeting. Atlanta, GA.
Bortolato, M., Mosher, L. J., Fite, P. J., & Godar, S. (July 2014). Modeling gene x
environment interaction in reactive aggression. Oral presentation at the International Society
for Research on Aggression annual meeting. Atlanta, GA.
Johnson-Motoyama, M., Moses, M., Koloroutis, T. & Fite, P. J. (May 2014). Parent
Perspectives on Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy and HIV/STDs among Latino
Adolescents. Poster to be presented at Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting.
Washington, DC.
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Rubens, S. L., Fite, P. J., & Vernberg, E. (March 2014). An Examination of the Role of
Health Behaviors in the Relation between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Internalizing
Symptoms among Latino Adolescents. Poster presented at the Society of Pediatric Psychology
Annual Conference. Philadelphia, PA.
Cooley, J. L., Fite, P. J., & Rubens, S. L. (November 2013). An Examination of the
Links between Forms of Peer Victimization and Reactive and Proactive Aggression in
Adolescents. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN.
Fite, P. J., Gabrielli, J., Cooley, J. L., Rubens, S. L., & Pederson, C. A. (November
2013). Associations between Involvement in Peer Victimization and Risk for Substance Use
among Elementary School-Age Youth. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and
Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Nashville, TN.
Pederson, C. A. & Fite, P. J. (November 2013). The Impact of Parenting on the
Associations between Child Aggression and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms. Youth.
Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting.
Nashville, TN.
Stoppelbein, L. Greening, L., Luebbe, A., Fite, P. J., & Becker. S. P. (November 2013).
Cortisol as a Predictor of Proactive and Reactive Aggression Among Girls: A Test of
Mediation. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual
Meeting. Nashville, TN.
Rubens, S. L., Fite, P. J., Cooley, J. L., & Carpenter, C. (November 2013). The Role of
Sleep in the Relation between Community Violence Exposure and Delinquency among Latino
Adolescence. Poster to be presented at International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Temple, J. R., Shorey, R. C., Fite, P. J., Stuart, G. L., Le, V. D. (May 2013). Substance
Use as a Longitudinal Predictor of the Perpetration of Teen Dating Violence. Poster to be
presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Cooley, J., Fite, P. J., Rubens, S., Hendrickson, M., & Tunno, A. (April 2013). Peer
Victimization and Rule Breaking Behavior among Adolescents: The Moderating Role of Peer
Social Support. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial
Meeting. Seattle, WA.
Evans, S., Fite, P. J., Hendrickson, M., & Rubens, S. L., (April 2013). Relations among
Reactive Aggression, ADHD Symptoms, and Social Problems in Hispanic Adolescents. Poster
presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Seattle, WA.
Fite, P. J., Rubens, S. L., Hendrickson., M., Evans, S., & Pedersen, C. (April 2013).
The Impact of Bullying and Victimization on Marijuana Use in a Sample of Hispanic Youth.
Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Seattle,
WA.
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Hendrickson, M., Fite, P. J., Evans, S. E., Cooley, J., & Rubens, S. L. (April 2013).
Gender Differences in the Relations between ADHD and ODD Symptoms and Bullying and
Victimization. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial
Meeting. Seattle, WA.
Becker, S., Luebbe, A., Stoppelbein, L., Greening, L., & Fite, P. J. (November 2012).
Psychopathic Traits and Aggression in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population: Differences
Among Children with ADHD, Conduct Disorder, or Co-occurring Symptoms. Poster presented
at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. National Harbor,
MD.
Hendrickson, M., Fite, P. J., Rubens, S., Gabrielli, J., & Evans, S. (November 2012).
The Role of Peer Rejection in the Link between Reactive Aggression and Academic
Difficulties. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual
Meeting. National Harbor, MD.
Preddy, T. M., Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M. L., Wimsatt, A. R., and Gaertner, A. (November
2012). Associations between Relational Aggression, Loneliness, and Depression in Childhood
and Adolescence. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Annual Meeting. National Harbor, MD.
Rubens, S. & Fite, P. J. (November 2012). The Influence of Physical Activity in the
Relation between Neighborhood Safety and Depressive Symptoms among School-Age
Children. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual
Meeting. National Harbor, MD.
Wimsatt, A. R., Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M. L., & Preddy, T. M. (November 2012). The
Interactive Effects of Parental Sources of Knowledge on Child Disruptive Behavior. Poster
presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. National
Harbor, MD.
Fite, P. J., Raine, A., Loeber, R., Stouthamer-Loeber, M., & Pardini, D (March 2012).
Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Adolescent Males. Poster presented at Society for
Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Vancouver, Canada.
Preddy, T., Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M., & Gaertner, A. (March 2012). The Role of Close
Intimate Friendship in the link between Reactive Aggression and Child Depressive Symptoms.
Poster presented at Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Vancouver,
Canada.
Shorey, R. C., Seavey, A. E., Brasfield, H., Febres, J., Zucosky, H., Fite, P. J., & Stuart,
G. L. (2012). Social Support Reduces the Impact of Dating Violence Victimization on
Adjustment. Poster presented at the 24th annual convention of the Association for Psychological
Science. Chicago, IL.
Elkins, S.R., Fite, P.J., Moore, T.M., Lochman, J.E., & Wells, K.C. (November 2011).
Bidirectional Relationships between Parenting and Youth Substance Use: Examination of a
Cross-Lagged Developmental Model of Reciprocal Effects. Poster presented at the Association
for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
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Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M., & Preddy, T. M. (November 2011). The Positive Impact of
Attending a Community-Based Youth Program on Child Depressive Symptoms. Poster
presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Toronto,
Canada.
Preddy, T. & Fite, P. J. (November 2011). Differential Influences of Overt and
Relational Aggression on Children’s Psychosocial Adjustment. Poster presented at the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
Wimsatt, A. R. & Fite, P. J. (November 2011). An Examination of the Bidirectional
Relations between Sources of Knowledge and Child Disruptive Behavior. Poster presented at
the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
Wimsatt, A. R. & Fite, P. J. (November 2011). The impact of psychological control on
the behavioral symptoms of ODD and CD: A closer examination of externalizing behavior.
Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting.
Toronto, Canada.
Vitulano, M. L., Fite, P.J., Wimsatt, A., Rathert, J., & Hatmaker, R. (November 2011).
Gender Differences in Consequences of ADHD Symptoms in a Community-Based Youth
Organization. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Annual Meeting. Toronto, Canada.
Raskin-White, H., Fite, P. J., Pardini, D. A., Mun, Y, & Loeber, R. (November 2011).
Moderators of alcohol’s effect on fighting among adolescent males. Thematic Panel Discussion
at the American Society of Criminology Meeting. Washington DC.
Fite, P. J., Rathert, J., Vitulano, M., Wynn, P., Gaertner, A., Wimsatt, A., Grassetti, S.
N., & Preddy, T. (March/April 2011). Longitudinal Investigation of Forms and Functions of
Aggression as Predictors of Rule-Breaking Behavior. Symposium presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (March/April 2011). Association between
Child-Reported Relational Aggression and Depression and Suicidal Ideation in a Child
Psychiatric Inpatient Sample. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada.
Preddy, T. & Fite, P. J. (March/April 2011). The Impact of Aggression Subtypes and
Friendship Quality on Child Symptoms of Depression. Poster to be presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal, Canada.
Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., & Vitulano, M. (March/April 2011). Links between symptoms of
ADHD and ODD and Child Disciplinary Problems in an After-school Care Program. Poster to
be presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Montreal,
Canada.
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Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M. L., Wynn, P., Wimsatt, A., Gaertner, A. E., & Rathert, J. L.
(November, 2010). Influence of Perceived Neighborhood Safety on Proactive and Reactive
Aggression. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Vitulano, M. L. & Fite, P. J. (November, 2010). Risk-taking and Physical Activity in
Pre-Adolescent Youth. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Wimsatt, A., Fite, P. J., & Grassetti, S. (November, 2010). Positive Parenting
Dimensions as a Moderator of the Link between Corporal Punishment and Child Depressive
Symptoms. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual
Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Gaertner, A., Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., Vitulano, M. L., Wynn, P., & Harber, J. (March,
2010). Sources of Parental Knowledge as a Moderator in the Relation between Parental
Psychological Control and Relational Aggression. Poster presented at the Society for Research
on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., Gaertner, A., Vitulano, M. L. (March, 2010). Psychological
Control and Proactive and Reactive Aggression: Does Effortful Control Moderate the Relation?
Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Philadelphia,
PA.
Vitulano, M. L., Fite, P. J., Rathert, J., Gaertner, A., Wynn, P., & Hill, R (March, 2010).
The Influence of Neighborhood Safety on the Relation between Caregiver Alcohol Use and the
Risk for Child Depressive Symptoms. Poster presented at the Society for Research on
Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.
Fite, P. J., & Vitulano, M. (November, 2009). Proactive and Reactive Aggression and
Physical Activity. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Annual Meeting. New York, NY
Rathert, J., Fite, P. J., & Vitulano, M. (November, 2009). The Relation between
Corporal Punishment and Child Reported Depression. Poster presented at the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Vitulano, M., & Fite, P. J. (November, 2009). Impulsivity as a Moderator of the
Relation between Peer Delinquency and Child Externalizing Behavior. Poster presented at the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. New York, NY.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (April, 2009). Proactive and Reactive
Aggression in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population. Poster presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Denver, CO.
Gaertner, A. E., Fite, P.J. (April, 2009). The Role of Child Disclosure in Concordance
between Parent and Child Reports of Depression. Poster presented at the Society for Research
on Child Development Biennial Meeting. Denver, CO.
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Gaertner, A. E., Fite, P.J., Colder, C. R. (April, 2009). Moderating Effect of Intimate
Exchange on the Relation Between Best Friend Delinquency and Child Externalizing Behavior.
Poster presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting. Denver,
CO.
Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., Gaertner, A., & Greening, L. (November, 2008).
Comparison of Caregiver- and Child- Reported Measures of Proactive and Reactive Aggression
in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL.
Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L, Fite, P. J. & Gaertner, A. (November, 2008). Predicting
Suicide Risk Among School-aged Children: The Role of Aggression. Poster presented at the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL.
Stoppelbein, L., Fite, P. J, & Greening, L., & Gaertner, A. (November, 2008). Proactive
and Reactive Aggression as Predictors of Psychopathy in Children. Poster presented at the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (March, 2008).
Developmental Trajectories of Proactive and Reactive Aggression from 5th to 9th Grade. Poster
presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Gaertner, A. E., Fite, P. J., & Colder, C. R. (March, 2008). Parenting and Friendship
Quality as Predictors of Change in Internalizing Behavior Problems in Early Adolescence.
Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Smith, J. D., Welsh, D. P., & Fite, P. J. (March, 2008). How Relational Views Influence
Adolescents’ Subjective Understanding of Romantic Relationship Interactions. Poster
presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Barry, T., Lochman, J. E., Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & Wells, K. C. (November, 2007).
The Influence of Neighborhood Context and Harsh Parenting on Children’s Aggressive and
Academic Behaviors. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive
Therapies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Fite, P. J., Stauffacher, K., Ostrov, J. M., & Colder, C. R. (November, 2007).
Replication and Extension of Little et al.’s (2003) Forms and Functions of Aggression
Measure. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
Fite, P. J., Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., & Dhossche, D. (November, 2007). Parenting
Stress as a Predictor of Age at First Admission to a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Unit. Poster
presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA.
Stoppelbein, L., Fite, P. J., & Greening, L. (November, 2007). Relations between
Parenting Stress and Psychopathic Traits among School-aged Children. Poster to be presented
at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
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Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (March, 2007). Pathways from
Proactive and Reactive Aggression to Substance Use. Poster presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Boston, MA.
Greening, L., Stoppelbein, L., Erath, S. A., Fite, P.J., & Dhossche, D. (March, 2007).
Application of Path Analyses for Predicting Suicidal Behaviors among Children. Poster
presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Boston, MA.
Stauffacher, K., Fite, P. J., Ostrov, J. M., & Colder, C. R. (March, 2007). Parenting and
Temperament Predictors of Relational Aggression. Poster presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting. Boston, MA.
Fite, P.J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (November, 2006). The
Relation between Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Substance Use Initiation. Poster
presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Meeting, Chicago,
IL.
Fite, P. J., & Colder, C. R. (March, 2006). Change in Proactive and Reactive
Aggression in Early Adolescence and Multiple Aspects of Parental Monitoring as Predictors of
Change. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San
Francisco, CA.
Fite, P. J., Magid, V. & Colder, C. R. (March, 2006). The Relationship between
Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Substance Use and Alcohol-Related Problems in a
College Sample. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial
Meeting. San Francisco, CA.
Fite, P.J., & Colder, C. R. (November, 2005). Proactive and Reactive Aggression and
Delinquent Peer Affiliations: Implications for Substance Use Prevention and Intervention.
Poster to be presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual
Meeting, Washington D.C.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & Pelham, W. E. (April, 2005). The Relation between Unique
and Co-occurring Factors of Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors and Friendship Quality.
Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Atlanta,
GA.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & Pelham, W. E. (November, 2004). The Relation between
Parenting Variables and Dimensions of Proactive and Reactive Aggression. Poster presented at
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., & Pelham, W. E. (November, 2004). Unique and Co-occurring
Factors of Child Internalizing and Externalizing Problems and Predictors of Deviant Peer
Affiliations. Poster presented at Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Fite, P. J. (July, 2004). Pathways from Subtypes of Aggression to Substance Use.
Poster presented at NIDA Child and Adolescent Mentee Grant Writing Workshop, Bethesda,
MD.
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Fite, P. J., & Colder, C. R. (May, 2004). Distinguishing Proactive and Reactive
Aggression and their Co-occurrence Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Poster presented at
the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.
MacKenzie, E. P., Fite, P. J., & Bates, J. E., (May, 2004). Predicting Outcome in
Behavioral Parent Training: Expected and Unexpected Results. Poster presented at the Society
for Prevention Research Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada.
O’Connor, R. M., Fite, P. J., Stauffacher, K., Nowlin, P., Magid, V., & Colder, C. R.
(May, 2004). Children’s Implicit Attitudes and Explicit Outcome Expectancies of Alcohol Use.
Organized poster symposia presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting,
Quebec City, Canada.
Colder, C. R., O’Connor, R. M., Stauffacher, K., & Fite, P. J. (February, 2004).
Children’s Smoking Related Implicit Attitudes and Explicit Outcome Expectancies. Oral
presentation given at the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting,
Scottsdale, AZ.
Fite, P. J., Colder, C. R., Lochman, J. E., & Wells, K. C. (November, 2003). The
Reciprocal Nature of Parenting and Child Externalizing Behavior Problems and the Moderating
Role of Parental Anger. Poster presented at Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy
Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Fite, P. J., O’Connor, R. M., & Colder, C. R. (April, 2003). Temperamental Risk of
Proactive and Reactive Aggression. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development Biennial, Tampa, FL.
Fite, P. J., MacKenzie, E. P., & Bates, J. E. (May, 2001). Examining the Relationship
between Client Resistance, Consumer Satisfaction, Child Behavior, and Knowledge of
Parenting Concepts in a Parent Training Program. Poster presented at the Midwestern
Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Il.
Grant Reviewer:
National Science Foundation Proposal Reviewer
NIH R15 Academic Research Enhancement Awards
Special Emphasis Study Section (ZRG1 BBBP-D52)
August 2014
December 2009
Conference Abstract Reviewer:
APA Convention Division 37
National Conference for Child and Adolescent Psychology
Society for Research in Child Development
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2014
2014
2014
Editorial Board:
Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment
July 2014 - present
January 2009 - present
October 2008 – present
Ad-Hoc Reviewer:
Addiction
Addictive Behaviors
Aggressive Behavior
Child Development
Child and Youth Care Forum
Criminal Justice and Behavior
Evaluation and Program Planning
Evaluation Review
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Journal of Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Journal of Early Adolescence
Journal of Family Issues
Journal of Marriage and Family
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Journal of Substance Use
Neurotoxicity Research
Psychological Assessment
Psychology of Violence
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
Social Development
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
Department and University Committees:
University of Kansas
Assistant Professor of Applied Behavioral Science Faculty Search Committee
Department of Psychology Awards Committee
Clinical Child Psychology Program Admissions Committee
Behavioral Sciences General Research Fund Review Committee
Applied Behavioral Sciences Minority Recruitment and Graduate Admissions
Committee
Applied Behavioral Sciences Faculty Performance Review Committee
Psychology Merit and Faculty Performance Committee
Provost Faculty Advisory Committee
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2011/2012
2011-present
2012- present
2012- present
2012-present
2012/2013
2014 & 2015
2014 –current
CCPP Visiting Professor Search Committee
Bauer Early Childhood Graduate Assistantship Review Committee
CCPP Diversity Committee
Jayhawks DREAM (student led organization) Faculty Advisor
University of Tennessee
Director of Psychology Undergraduate Studies Search Committee
Provost Junior Faculty Fellow
Clinical Psychology Graduate Admissions
2014
2014
2015-present
2015-present
2010/2011
August 2009 – May 2011
2008 – 2011
Clinical Experience:
Clinical Supervisor
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
January 2012 - present
September 2009 – present
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Tennessee
Clinical Supervisor
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
August 2007 – May 2011
Post-doctoral Clinician
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Supervisor: Bob Wahler, Ph.D; Deborah Welsh, Ph.D.
August 2007 – August 2009
Leader
Behavioral Parent Training for Court Ordered Families
Family Support Center, Jackson, MS
August 2006- June 2007
Clinical Psychology Resident,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
Supervisors: Laura Stoppelbein, PhD and T. David Elkin, PhD
July 2006 – June 2007
Clinician and Intake Interviewer
Fall 2002 – Summer 2006
University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Supervisors: John Roberts, PhD, Frank Fincham, PhD, Leonard Simms, PhD,
Jennifer Read, PhD, and Sherry Thomas, PhD
Clinician and Intake Interviewer
Fall 2002 – Summer 2006
Center for Children and Families, Buffalo, NY
Supervisors: Lisa Burrows-MacLean, PhD and Greta Massetti, PhD
Co-leader
Behavioral Parent Training Workshop
Supervisor: Craig Colder, PhD and Sherry Thomas, PhD
Fall 2001 – Summer 2006
Co-leader
Spring 2002 – Fall 2004
Psychoeducational Intervention for Parents and Children of Divorce (PACT)
Supervisor: Frank Fincham, PhD
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Teaching Experience:
Professor, Developmental Psychology
Fall 2013-present
Professor, Achievement and Intellectual Assessment
Fall 2011-present
in Clinical Child Psychology
Professor, Advanced Child Behavior and Development
Fall 2011-present
Professor, Graduate-level Structural Equation Modeling
Fall 2010
Professor, Graduate-level Developmental Psychology
Fall 2008 – Fall 2009
Professor, Abnormal Psychology
Fall 2007 – Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant/Lab Instructor, Structural Equation Modeling Workshop
May 2006
Instructor, Developmental Psychology
Fall 2004, Fall 2005
Instructor, Scientific Inquiry
Summer 2004
Invited Presentations:
“Bullying” Presentation to Eudora School District Mental Health Team.
Eudora, KS
December 2014
“Comorbidity of Aggression and Substance Use
Douglas County Family Centered System of Care Group
August 2014
“Bullying and Victimization among Children and Adolescents
University of Tennessee
February 2014
“Child Behavior: Research Findings” Presentation to Administrators
and Teachers at Eudora Elementary School. Eudora, KS
February 2013
“Behaviors of Elementary School Age Children” Presentation to BRIDGE
Coalition. Eudora, KS
February 2013
“Bullying” Presentation to Administrators and Teachers at Eudora
Elementary School. Eudora, KS.
April 2012
“Challenges in Providing Therapy for Difficult Children and Their Parents”
Presentation for the Symposium for the Advancement of Family Therapy
(SAFT) Organization. Knoxville, TN
March 2011
“Positive Child Development and the Impact of Community Programs”
Training given to state-wide Boys and Girls Club employees during annual
All Staff Training. Knoxville, TN.
March 2011
“Cognitive, Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence”
Presentation given to psychiatry residents at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center. Jackson, MS.
September 2006
“The Proper Use of Time-Out and Time Away”
August 2006
Presentation given to nurses and mental health technicians at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center Child Psychiatric In-Patient Unit. Jackson, MS.
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“Why Earn a PhD”
Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Undergraduate Conference. Buffalo, NY.
July 2006
Additional Professional Training and Seminars:
UT Grant Writing Institute
Instructor: Robert Porter
Summer 2010
Structural Equation Modeling Semester Course
Instructor: Craig R. Colder PhD, Buffalo, NY
Spring 2005
The Community Parent Education Program Training Workshop
Conducted by: Charles E. Cunningham, PhD, Buffalo, NY
Summer 2002
Structural Equation Modeling Summer Workshop
Instructor: Craig R Colder, PhD, Buffalo, NY
Summer 2002
Professional Memberships:
American Psychological Association and Division 37
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Society for Research in Child Development
Professional Service to Organizations:
Member-at-Large for Early Career Psychologists (Elected)
Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37 of APA)
Member of ICD 11 Disruptive Behavior Disorders Task Group
World Health Organization
2014-2016
2013- present
University of Kansas Student Committees (clinical child psychology program students unless otherwise noted)
Masters Thesis Committees
Chair, Casey Pederson
Chair, Jon Poquiz
Chair, Andrew Frazer
Chair, Michelle Hendrickson
Chair, John Cooley
Chair, Cassidy Belz
Chair, Moneika DiPierro
Current
Current
March 2015
September 2012
March 2014
May 2014
December 2014
Committee Member, Tarrah Mitchell
Committee Member, Spencer Evans
Committee Member, Rebecca Kanine
Committee Member, Laurie Gayes
Committee Member, Kelsey Borner
Current
August 2012
September 2012
April 2013
December 2013
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Dissertation Committees
Chair, Spencer Evans
Current
Co-Chair, Sonia Schwartz
October 2013
Committee Member, Li Chen (School Psychology)
Committee Member, Laurie Gayes
Committee Member, Kathryn DePaolis (Social Welfare)
Committee Member, Emily Kessler
Committee Member, Marvia Jones (ABS)
Committee Member, Anna Whaley (ABS)
Committee Member, Stephen Locke (School of Ed)
Committee Member, Joy Gabrielli
Committee Member, Angela Tunno
Committee Member, Cindy Boyle (ABS)
Committee Member, Kalani Makanui
Committee Member, Sarah Beals
Committee Member, Ed Morris
Committee Member, Allison Ellidge
Committee Member, Leni Wilcox
Committee Member, Marilyn Sampilo
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
October 2011
June 2012
May 2014
June 2014
June 2014
July 2014
November 2014
Qualifying Paper Committees
Committee Member, Marlo Winstead (Social Welfare)
Committee Member, Kathryn DePaolis (Social Welfare)
Committee Member, Margaret Lloyd (Social Welfare)
February 2013
November 2013
April 2015
Minor Advisor
Committee Member, Cassandra Bonitto (School Psychology)
Spring 2014-present
Qualifying Exam Committees
Committee Member, Cassandra Bonitto (School Psychology)
Spring 2015
University of Tennessee Student Committees
Masters Thesis Committees
Chair, Alden Gaertner
Chair, Jamie Rathert
Chair, Michael Vitulano
Chair, Amber Wimsatt
October 2008
August 2009
April 2010
October 2010
Committee Member, Christen Mullane
Committee Member, Miriam Frankel
Committee Member, Jennifer Willett
Committee Member, Rebecca Trupe
Committee Member, Amanda Sherman
Committee Member, Sarah Gilbert
Committee Member, Marlena Rybalt
Committee Member, Stevie Grassetti
April 2008
December 2009
May 2009
April 2010
July 2010
April 2011
April 2011
July 2011
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Committee Member, Christopher Watkins
October 2011
Dissertation Committees
Chair, Alden Gaertner
July 2011
Co-Chair, Aaron Kivisto
Co-Chair, Porche’ Wynn
Co-Chair, Sara Elkins
Co-Chair, Amber Wimsatt
Co-Chair, Jamie Rathert
Co-Chair, Michael Vitulano
November 2009
March 2010
May 2011
September 2012
October 2012
February 2013
Committee Member, Katie Fitzpatrick
Committee Member, Jennifer Christman
Committee Member, Jennifer Willett
Committee Member, Miriam Frankel
Committee Member, Lydia Eckstein
June 2009
December 2011
August 2011
May 2011
April 2012
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References:
Craig R. Colder, PhD
Professor
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department of Psychology
Park Hall, Box 604110
Buffalo, NY 14260
Voice: 716-645-0190
Fax: 716-645-3801
E-mail: ccolder@buffalo.edu
John E. Lochman, PhD, ABPP
Director, Center for Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems;
Professor and Saxon Chairholder in Clinical Psychology
University of Alabama
Department of Psychology, Box 870348
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Voice: 205-348-7678
Fax: 205-348-3648
E-mail: jlochman@as.ua.edu
Laura Stoppelbein, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Psychology
Birmingham, AL
Voice: 205-934-3850
E-mail: stoppel@uab.edu
Deborah Welsh, PhD
Professor and Department Head
University of Tennessee
Department of Psychology
1404 Circle Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37996-0900
Voice: 865-974-8540
Fax: 865-974-3330
E-mail: dwelsh@utk.edu
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