Carl F. Weems, PhD
Business Address:
Department of Psychology
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 70148
(504) 280-6772 Email: [email protected]
Background:
Education
Post Doc
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A.
Stanford University, Developmental Psychopathology, July 2001
Florida International University, Psychology, December 1999
Hollins College, Psychology, May 1995
Florida State University, Psychology, May 1993
Experience
A. Academic
8/116/127/138/05-6/12
8/06 to 8/11
7/078/01 to 8/06
7/00 to 7/01
8/96 to 7/00
8/94 to 5/95
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Associate Chair
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine,
LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Undergraduate Coordinator
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Adjunct Faculty, LSU Life Course and Aging Center
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Research Director, Brain Development and Traumatic Stress Project
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development
Stanford University School of Medicine; Stanford, CA
Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology
Florida International University; Miami, FL
Teaching Assistant, Hollins College; Roanoke, VA
B. Other Professional
1/00 to 7/00
8/96 to 7/00
10/95 to 6/96
6/93 to 6/94
12/92 to 5/93
Therapist, Camelot Care Centers, Inc.; Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Research Assistant and Therapist, Child and Family Psychosocial Research
Center, Florida International University; Miami, FL
Clinical Specialist, ACT Corporation; Daytona Beach, FL
Counselor, ACT Corporation; Daytona Beach, FL
Family Skills Specialist, Kids in Home Intervention and Diagnostic Services,
Tallahassee, FL
Scholarly and Creative Productivity:
1. Publications
Books & Refereed/Invited Publications
a. -Book Chapters
1. Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W. K. (2013). Anxiety Disorders. In Theodore P. Beauchaine & Stephen P.
Hinshaw (Eds). Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Second Edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
2. Weems, C. F. & Berman, S. L. (2012). Existential Anxiety. In Roger Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
Adolescence, Part 5, Pages 890-895. New York: Springer.
3. Berman, S. L. & Weems, C. F. (2012). Identity Distress. In Roger Levesque (Ed.) Encyclopedia of
Adolescence Part 9, Pages 1357-1361. New York: Springer.
4. Weems, C. F. & Varela, R. E. (2011). Generalized Anxiety Disorder (pp. 261-274). In Dean McKay &
Eric Storch (Eds). Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders. New York: Springer.
5. Weems, C. F. (2010). Anxiety sensitivity as a specific form of distress tolerance in youth:
Developmental assessment, origins, and applied applications. In Zvolensky, Bernstein &
Vujanovic (Eds). Distress Tolerance (pp. 29-51). New York: The Guilford Press.
6. Weems, C. F. & Overstreet, S. (2009). An ecological-needs-based perspective of adolescent and youth
emotional development in the context of disaster: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina. In Katie E.
Cherry (Ed.). Lifespan Perspectives on Natural Disasters: Coping with Katrina, Rita and Other
Storms (pp. 27-44). New York: Springer.
7. Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W. K. (2008). Anxiety Disorders. In Theodore P. Beauchaine & Stephen P.
Hinshaw (Eds). Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
8. Weems, C. F. & Watts, S. E. (2005). Cognitive models of childhood anxiety. In C. M. Velotis (Ed.)
Anxiety Disorder Research (pp. 205-232). Nova Science Publishers, Inc.: Hauppauge, NY.
9. Stickle, T.R. & Weems, C.F. (2005). Improving prediction from clinical assessment: The roles of
measurement, psychometric theory, and decision theory. In Bootzin, R.R., & McKnight, P.E.
(Eds.), Strengthening research methodology: Psychological measurement and evaluation.
Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
10. Weems, C. F. & Costa, N. M. (2005). Facial screening. Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Volume II: Child Clinical Applications. Alan M. Gross & Ronald S.
Drabman (Eds.). Michael Hersen (Series Ed.). Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
11. Weems, C. F. & Costa, N. M. (2005). Positive practice. Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Volume II: Child Clinical Applications. Alan M. Gross & Ronald S.
Drabman (Eds.). Michael Hersen (Series Ed.). Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
12. Weems, C. F. & Costa, N. M. (2005). Negative Practice. Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Volume II: Child Clinical Applications. Alan M. Gross & Ronald S.
Drabman (Eds.). Michael Hersen (Series Ed.). Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
13. Weems, C. F. & Costa, N. M. (2005). Feedback. Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and
Cognitive Behavior Therapy Volume II: Child Clinical Applications. Alan M. Gross & Ronald S.
Drabman (Eds.). Michael Hersen (Series Ed.). Sage Publications: Thousand Oaks, CA.
14. Reiss, S., Silverman, W. K., & Weems, C. F. (2001) Anxiety Sensitivity. In M. W. Vasey & M. R.
Dadds (Eds.) The developmental psychopathology of anxiety. (pp. 92-111) London: Oxford
University Press.
15. Silverman, W. K., & Weems, C. F. (1999). Anxiety sensitivity in children. In S. Taylor (Ed.) Anxiety
sensitivity: Theory, research and the treatment of the fear of anxiety. (pp. 239-268) New Jersey:
Laurence Erlbaum Associates.
b. -Journal Articles
16. Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Romano, D. M., & Perry A. M. (2013). A
theoretical model of continuity in anxiety and links to academic achievement in disaster exposed
school children. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 729-738. (doi:10.1017/S0954579413000138)
17. Weems, C. F., Graham, R. A., Scott, B. G., & Banks, D. M. & Russell, J.D. (2013). Suppressor effects
and age differences in the expression of anxious emotion. Personality and Individual Differences,
55, 283-287. (doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.02.007)
18. Kletter, H., Rialon, R. A., Laor, N., Brom, D., Pat-Horenczyk, R., Shaheen, M., Hamiel., D., Chemtob,
C., Weems, C. F., Feinstein, C., Lieberman, A., Reicherter, D., Song, S., & Carrion, V.G. (2013).
Helping children exposed to war and violence: Perspectives from an international work group on
interventions for youth and families. Child and Youth Care Forum, 42, 371-388. (doi:
10.1007/s10566-013-9203-4)
19. Scott, B.G., Burke, N. J., Weems, C. F., Hellman, J.L., & Carrión, V. G. (2013). Adverse childhood
experiences among at-risk youth: The interrelation of ACES within a pediatric sample. Journal of
Child & Adolescent Trauma, 6, 217-229. DOI: 10.1080/19361521.2013.811459.
20. Horigian, V. E., Weems, C. F., Robbins, M. S., Feaster, D. J., Ucha, J., Miller, M., & Werstlein, R.
(2013). Reductions in anxiety and depression symptoms in youth receiving substance use
treatment. The American Journal on Addictions, 22, 329-337. (doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2013.12031.x)
21. Pfefferbaum, B. J., Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Nitiéma, P., Noffsinger, M.A., Pfefferbaum, R. L.,
Varma, V. & Chakraburtty, A. (2013). Research Methods in Child Disaster Studies: A Review of
Studies Generated by the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks; the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami;
and Hurricane Katrina. Child & Youth Care Forum, 42, 285-337.( doi: 10.1007/s10566-013-9211-4)
22. Weems C. F & Scheeringa, M. S. (2013). Maternal depression and treatment gains following a
cognitive behavioral intervention for posttraumatic stress in preschool children. Journal of Anxiety
Disorders, 27, 140-146.
23. Scott, B.G., & Weems, C.F. (2013). Natural disasters and existential concerns: A test of Tillich’s
theory of existential anxiety. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 53, 114-128.
24. Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Banks, D. M. Graham, R. A. (2012). Is TV traumatic for all youths? The
role of pre-existing posttraumatic stress symptoms on the link between disaster coverage and
stress. Psychological Science, 23, 1293-1297. (doi:10.1177/0956797612446952)
25. Garrett, A. S., Carrión, V. G., Kletter, H., Karchemskiy, A., Weems, C. F., & Reiss, A. L. (2012).
Brain activation to facial expressions in youth with PTSD symptoms. Depression and Anxiety, 29,
449–459.
26. Weems, C. F., & Stickle, T. R. (2012). Mediation, incremental validity, and novel intervention
development: Introduction to a special issue on youth anxiety and related problems. Child and
Youth Care Forum, 41, 509-516.
27. Taylor, L. K. & Weems, C. F. (2011). Cognitive-behavior therapy for disaster exposed youth with
posttraumatic stress: Results from a multiple-baseline examination. Behavior Therapy, 42, 349–
363.
28. Brown, T. H., Mellman, T. A., Alfano, C. A. & Weems, C. F. (2011). Sleep fears, sleep disturbance
and PTSD symptoms in minority youth exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Traumatic
Stress, 24, 575-580.
29. Weems, C. F., Feaster, D. J., Horigian, V. E., & Robbins, M. S. (2011). Parent and child agreement on
anxiety disorder symptoms using the DISC predictive scales. Assessment, 18, 213-216.
30. Laird, R. D & Weems, C. F. (2011). The equivalence of regression models using difference scores and
models using separate scores for each informant: Implications for the study of informant
discrepancies. Psychological Assessment, 23, 388-397.
31. Wiley, R., Berman, S. L., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F. & Weems, C. F. (2011). Age
differences and similarities in identity distress following the Katrina disaster: Theoretical and
applied implications of Erikson’s theory. Journal of Adult Development, 18, 184-191.
32. Nader, K. O. & Weems, C. F. (2011). Understanding and assessing cortisol levels in children and
adolescents. Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 4, 318-338.
33. Scheeringa, M. S., Weems, C. F., Cohen, J., Amaya-Jackson, L., & Guthrie, D. (2011). Traumafocused cognitive-behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in three through six year-old
children: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 853-860.
34. Burke, N. J., Hellman, J.L., Scott, B.G., Weems, C. F., & Carrión, V. G. (2011). The impact of adverse
childhood experiences in an urban pediatric population. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35, 408-413.
35. Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Marino, R., Romano, D. M., Scott, B. G., Perry A. M., &
Triplett, V. (2010). Post traumatic stress, context, and the lingering effects of the Hurricane
Katrina disaster among ethnic minority youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 49-56.
36. Cannon, M. F., & Weems, C. F. (2010). Cognitive Biases in childhood anxiety disorders: Do
interpretive and judgment biases distinguish anxious youth from their non-anxious peers? Journal
of Anxiety Disorders, 24, 751-758.
37. Creveling, C. C., Varela, R. E., Weems, C. F., & Corey, D. M. (2010). Maternal control, cognitive
style, and childhood anxiety: A test of a theoretical model in a multi-ethnic sample. Journal of
Family Psychology, 24, 439-448.
38. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., & Bradley, T. (2010). Disasters and the neurodevelopmental response to
trauma in childhood: A brief overview and call to action. Future Neurology, 5, 667-674.
39. Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Romano, D. M., Perry A. M., & Triplett, V.
(2010). Test anxiety prevention and intervention programs in schools: Program development and
rationale. School Mental Health, 2, 62-71.
40. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Richert, K., Hoffman, B., & Reiss, A. L. (2010). Decreased prefrontal
cortical volume associated with increased bedtime cortisol in traumatized youth. Biological
Psychiatry, 68, 491-493.
41. Scott, B.G., & Weems, C.F. (2010). Patterns of actual and perceived control: Are control profiles
differentially related to internalizing and externalizing problems in youth? Anxiety, Stress, and
Coping, 23, 515 - 528.
42. Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks A. & Varela, R. E. (2010). Anxiety sensitivity in childhood and
adolescence: Parent reports and factors that influence associations with child reports. Cognitive
Therapy and Research, 34, 303-315.
43. Pellerin, K. A., Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., & Dalton, R. F. (2010). An examination of treatment
completers and non-completers at a child and adolescent community mental health clinic.
Community Mental Health Journal, 46, 273-281.
44. Weems, C. F. (2010). Hurricane Katrina and the need for changes in the federal funding of disaster
mental health. American Journal of Disaster Medicine, 5, 57-60.
45. Dehon, C. & Weems, C.F. (2010). Emotional development in the context of conflict: The indirect
effects of interparental violence on children. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 19, 287-297.
46. Weems, C. F. & Pina, A. A. (2010). The assessment of emotion regulation: Improving construct
validity in research on psychopathology in youth - an introduction to the special section. Journal of
Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32, 1-7.
47. Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., & Pina, A. A. (2009). Hurricane Katrina and youth anxiety: The role of
perceived attachment beliefs and parenting behaviors. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 23, 935-941.
48. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Watson, C., Eliez, S., Menon, V. & Reiss, A. L. (2009). Converging
evidence for morphological abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex and evaluation of midsagittal
structures in pediatric Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: An MRI study. Psychiatry Research:
Neuroimaging, 172, 226-234.
49. Alfano, C.A., Zakem, A., Costa, N.M., Taylor, L. K., & Weems, C. F. (2009). Sleep problems and
their relation to cognitive factors, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in children and adolescents.
Depression and Anxiety, 26, 503-512.
50. Taylor, L. K., & Weems, C. F. (2009). What do youth report as a traumatic event? Toward a
developmentally informed classification of traumatic stressors. Psychological Trauma, 1, 91-106.
51. Weems, C. F., & Carrión, V. G. (2009). Diurnal salivary cortisol in youth: Clarifying the nature of post
traumatic stress dysregulation. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 34, 389-395.
52. Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Marks, A. B., Romano, D. M., Verrett, S. L., & Brown, D.
M. (2009). Effect of a school-based test anxiety intervention in ethnic minority youth exposed to
Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30, 218-226.
53. Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., & Petkus V. F. (2009). The prevalence and incremental validity of
Identity Distress Disorder symptoms in a high school sample. Child Psychiatry and Human
Development, 40, 183-195.
54. Kletter, H., Weems, C. F., & Carrión, V. G. (2009). Guilt and posttraumatic stress symptoms in child
victims of interpersonal violence. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 14, 71-83.
55. Taylor, L. K., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., & Carrión, V. G. (2009). Loss and the experience of
emotional distress in childhood. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 14, 1-16.
56. Weems, C. F. (2008). Developmental trajectories of childhood anxiety: Identifying continuity and
change in anxious emotion. Developmental Review, 28, 488-502.
57. Weems, C. F. (2008). Making the need salient and the benefits clear: A commentary on anxiety and
depression focused mental health checkups for children and adolescents. Clinical Psychology:
Science and Practice, 15, 212-216.
58. Carrión, V. G., Garrett, A., Menon, V., Weems, C. F. & Reiss, A. L. (2008). Posttraumatic stress
symptoms and brain function during a response-inhibition task: An fMRI study in youth.
Depression and Anxiety, 25, 514-526.
59. Weems, C. F. & Overstreet, S. (2008). Child and adolescent mental health research in the context of
Hurricane Katrina: An ecological-needs-based perspective and introduction to the special section.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 487-494.
60. Pina, A. A., Villalta, I. K., Ortiz, C. D., Gottschall, A. C., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (2008). Social
support, perceived discrimination, and coping as predictors of posttraumatic stress reactions in
youth survivors of hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37,
564-574.
61. Marsee, M. A., Weems, C. F., & Taylor, L. K. (2008). Exploring the association between aggression
and anxiety in youth: A look at aggressive subtypes, gender, and social cognition. Journal of Child
and Family Studies, 17, 154-168.
62. Weems, C. F., Piña, A. A., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., & Cannon, M. F. (2007). Predisaster trait anxiety and negative affect predict posttraumatic stress in youth after hurricane
Katrina. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75, 154-159.
63. Weems, C. F., & Carrión, V. G. (2007). The association between PTSD symptoms and salivary cortisol
in youth: The role of the time since the trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 903-907.
64. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., & Reiss, A. L. (2007). Stressing about posttraumatic stress disorder: In
reply. Pediatrics, 120, 234-235.
65. Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Carrión, V. G.,
& Piña, A. A., (2007). The psychosocial impact of Hurricane Katrina: Contextual differences in
psychological symptoms, social support, and discrimination. Behaviour Research and Therapy,
45, 2295-2306.
66. Varela, R. E., Weems, C. F., Berman, S. L., Hensley, L., de Bernal, M. C. R. (2007). Internalizing
symptoms in Latinos: The role of anxiety sensitivity. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 429440.
67. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., & Reiss, A. L. (2007). Stress predicts brain changes in children: A pilot
longitudinal study on youth stress, PTSD, and the hippocampus. Pediatrics, 119, 509-516.
68. Scheeringa, M. S., Arnberger, R., Salloum, A., Weems, C. F., Amaya-Jackson, L., & Cohen, J. (2007).
Feasibility and effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in
preschool children: Two case reports. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 20, 631-636.
69. Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Taylor L. K. & Cannon M. F., (2007). Cognitive errors,
anxiety sensitivity and anxiety control beliefs: Their unique and specific associations with
childhood anxiety symptoms. Behavior Modification, 31, 174-201.
70. Watts, S. E. & Weems, C. F. (2006). Associations among selective attention, memory bias, cognitive
errors and symptoms of anxiety in youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 838-849.
71. Cannon M. F. & Weems, C. F. (2006). Do anxiety and depression cluster into distinct groups? A test
of tripartite model predictions in a community sample of youth. Depression and Anxiety, 23, 453460.
72. Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., Rodriguez, E., & Zamora, I. (2006). Exploring the link between identity
and attachment. Journal of Adolescence, 29, 737-748.
73. Weems, C. F., & Silverman W. K. (2006). An integrative model of control: Implications for
understanding emotion regulation and dysregulation in childhood anxiety. Journal of Affective
Disorders, 91, 113-124.
74. Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., Pellerin, K., & Dalton, R. (2006). Parenting stress and childhood
psychopathology: An examination of specificity to child internalizing and externalizing symptoms.
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 28, 113-122.
75. Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., & Stickle, T. R. (2006). Existential anxiety in adolescents: Prevalence,
structure, association with psychological symptoms and identity. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 35, 303-310.
76. Saltzman, K., Weems, C. F., Reiss, A. L., & Carrión, V. G., (2006). Mixed lateral preference in
Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 142-144.
77. Saltzman, K., Weems, C. F., & Carrión, V. G. (2006). IQ and posttraumatic stress symptoms in
children exposed to interpersonal violence. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 36, 261-272.
78. Weems, C. F. (2005). Childhood anxiety disorders: An overview of recent guides for professionals and
parents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 772-778.
79. Weems, C. F. & Costa, N. M. (2005). Developmental differences in the expression of childhood
anxiety symptoms and fears. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry 44, 656-663.
80. Costa, N. M & Weems, C. F. (2005). Maternal and child anxiety: Do attachment beliefs or children’s
perceptions of maternal control mediate their association? Social Development, 14, 574-590.
81. Weems, C. F., Zakem, A., Costa, N. M., Cannon M. F., & Watts, S. E. (2005). Physiological response
and childhood anxiety: Association with symptoms of anxiety disorders and cognitive bias.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 712-723.
82. Morgan, W. L. & Weems, C. F. (2005). Synchronizing programs using Macromedia Director plug-ins:
An example from the field of Developmental Psychopathology. Behavior Research Methods, 37,
480-483.
83. Bernstein, A., Zvolensky, M. J., Weems, C. F., Stickle, T., & Leen-Feldner, E. (2005). Taxonicity of
anxiety sensitivity: An empirical test among youth. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 11311155.
84. Weems, C. F., & Stickle, T. R. (2005). Anxiety disorders in childhood: Casting a nomological net.
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 8, 107-134.
85. Cortes, A. M., Saltzman, K. M., Weems, C. F., Regnault, H. P., Reiss, A. L., & Carrión, V. G. (2005).
Development of anxiety disorders in a traumatized pediatric population: A preliminary
longitudinal evaluation. Child Abuse and Neglect. 29, 905-914.
86. Dehon, C., Weems, C. F., Stickle, T. R., Costa, N. M. & Berman, S. L. (2005). A cross sectional
evaluation of the factorial invariance of anxiety sensitivity in adolescents and young adults.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43, 799-810.
87. Roth, J., Dadds, M. R., McAloon, J., Guastella, A., & Weems, C. F. (2004). Prevalence and prediction
of internalizing disorders in early childhood: A community study. Behaviour Change, 21, 215228.
88. Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Dehon, C., & Berman, S. L. (2004). Paul Tillich’s theory of existential
anxiety: A preliminary conceptual and empirical analysis. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 17, 383-399.
89. Weems, C. F., Silverman W. K., Rapee, R. & Piña, A. A. (2003). The role of control in childhood
anxiety disorders. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 27, 557-568.
90. Weems, C. F., Saltzman, K., Reiss, A. L., & Carrión, V. G., (2003). A prospective test of the
association between emotional numbing and hyperarousal in youth with a history of traumatic
stress. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 32, 166-171.
91. Piña, A. A., Silverman, W. K., Weems, C. F., Kurtines, W. M., & Goldman, M. L. (2003). A
comparison of completers and non-completers of exposure-based cognitive and behavioral
treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders in youth. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 71, 701-705.
92. Weems, C. F. & Carrión, V. G. (2003). The treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder employing
attachment theory and cognitive behavior therapy techniques. Clinical Case Studies, 2, 188-198.
93. Piña, A. A., Silverman, W. K., Fuentes, R., Kurtines, W. M., & Weems, C. F. (2003). Exposure-based
cognitive and behavioral treatment for phobic and anxiety disorders: Treatment effects and
maintenance for Hispanic/Latino relative to Euro-American youths. Journal of the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 42, 1179-1187.
94. Fullana-Rivas, M. A., Servera, M., Weems, C. F., Tortella-Feliu, M., & Caseras, X. (2003). Reliability
and validity of the Catalan version of the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index. Anxiety, Stress, &
Coping, 16, 99-107.
95. Weems, C. F., Hayward, C., Killen, J. D., & Taylor, C. B. (2002). A longitudinal investigation of
anxiety sensitivity in adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 471-477.
96. Weems, C. F., Berman, S. L., Silverman W. K., & Rodriguez, E. (2002). The relation between anxiety
sensitivity and attachment style in adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Psychopathology
and Behavioral Assessment, 24, 159-168.
97. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Ray, R. D., Glasser, B., Hessl, D. & Reiss, A. L. (2002). Diurnal
salivary cortisol in pediatric Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Biological Psychiatry, 51, 575-582.
98. Lumpkin, P. L., Silverman, W. K., Weems, C. F., Markham, M. R., & Kurtines, W. M. (2002).
Treating a heterogeneous set of anxiety disorders in youth with group cognitive behavior therapy:
A partially non-concurrent multiple baseline evaluation. Behavior Therapy, 33, 163-177.
99. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Ray R., & Reiss, A. L. (2002). Towards an empirical definition of
pediatric PTSD: The phenomenology of PTSD symptoms in youth. Journal of the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 166-173.
100. Weems, C. F., Berman, S. L., Silverman, W. K., & Saavedra, L. S. (2001). Cognitive errors in youth
with anxiety disorders: The linkages between negative cognitive errors and anxious symptoms.
Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 559-575.
101. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Eliez, S., Patwardhan, A., Brown, W., Ray R., & Reiss, A. L. (2001).
Attenuation of frontal lobe asymmetry in pediatric PTSD. Biological Psychiatry, 50, 943-951.
102. Piña, A., Silverman, W. K., Saavedra, L. S. & Weems, C. F. (2001). An analysis of the RCMAS lie
scale in a clinic sample of anxious children. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 15, 443-457.
103. Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K., & La Greca, A. M. (2000). What do youth referred for anxiety
problems worry about? Worry and its relation to anxiety and anxiety disorders in children and
adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 28, 63-72.
104. Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K., & Kurtines, W. K. (2000). Predictors of outcome in
exposure based cognitive and behavioral interventions for phobic and anxiety disorders. Behavior
Therapy, 31, 713-731.
105. Weems, C. F. (1999). Psychological inquiry and the role of world views. Behavior and Philosophy,
27, 147-163.
106. Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K., Saavedra, L. S., Piña, A. A, & Lumpkin, P. W. (1999). The
discrimination of children's phobias using the Revised Fear Survey Schedule for Children. Journal
of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 40, 941-952.
107. Silverman, W. K., Kurtines, W. M., Ginsburg, G. S., Weems, C. F., Lumpkin, P. W., & Carmichael,
D. H. (1999). Treating anxiety disorders in children with group cognitive-behavioral therapy: A
randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 995-1003.
108. Weems, C. F. (1999). Conceptual and methodological issues in examining behavioral development
through environment-organism interactions. New Ideas in Psychology, 17, 149-164.
109. Silverman, W. K., Kurtines, W. M., Ginsburg, G. S., Weems, C. F., Rabian, B. & Serafini, L. T.
(1999). Contingency management, self-control, and education support in the treatment of
childhood phobic disorders: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 67, 675-687.
110. Weems, C. F. (1998). Theoretical psychology: Subdiscipline or metadiscipline? American
Psychologist, 53, 68-69.
111. Weems, C. F., Hammond-Laurence, K., Silverman, W. K. & Ginsburg, G. S. (1998). Testing the
utility of the anxiety sensitivity construct in children and adolescents referred for anxiety disorders.
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 27, 69-77.
112. Weems, C. F. (1998). The evaluation of heart rate biofeedback using a multi-element design. Journal
of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 29, 157-162.
113. Weems, C. F., Hammond-Laurence, K., Silverman, W. K. & Ferguson, C. (1997). The relation
between anxiety sensitivity and depression in children and adolescents referred for anxiety.
Behaviour Research and Therapy, 35, 961-966.
c. Monographs-N/A
d. Published ProceedingsAlfano, C.A., & Weems, C. F. (2008). Sleep problems and their relation to cognitive factors, anxiety, and
depressive symptoms in children and adolescents. Sleep, 31, Supplement, A74.
Cortes, A., Saltzman, K., Weems, C. F., Regnault, H., Kohrt, H., Carrión, V. G. (October, 2002).
Maintenance of elevated cortisol levels in children with history of trauma. Proceedings of the 49th
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 18,
pp.108.
Liu, Y., Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Reiss A. (October, 2002): Longitudinal MRI Findings of Brain
Morphology in Pediatric PTSD. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 18, pp.46.
Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Eliez, S., Schmitt, J., Liu, Y., Menon, V., Reiss, A. (October, 2002):
Morphological Abnormalities of the Prefrontal Cortex in Pediatric PTSD. Proceedings of the 49th
Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 18, pp.46.
C. Other Publications
a. Non-refereed Academic
1. Carrion, V. G., & Weems, C. F. (2013). Introduction to a Special Issue on Research with Youth
Exposed to Disasters and Violence. Child and Youth Care Forum, 42, 257-259. DOI
10.1007/s10566-013-9212-3
2. Weems, C. F. (2011). Guidelines for empirical papers on group care programs. Child and Youth Care
Forum, 40, 251-252.
3. Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Richert, K., Hoffman, B., & Reiss, A. L. (2011). Response to "Cortisol
and Brain: Beyond the Hippocampus". Biological Psychiatry, 69, e11.
4. Weems, C. F. (2009). Developmental psychopathology, positive psychology, and knowledge
development in child and youth care: Editorial hopes and aspirations for the forum. Child and
Youth Care Forum, 38, 1-4.
5. Taylor, L. K. & Weems, C. F. (2008). Review of the book “Helping Children Cope with Disasters and
Terrorism” for the journal Children, Youth, and Environments.
http://www.colorado.edu/journals/cye/18_1/index.htm
6. Reiss, S., Peterson, R., Taylor, S., Schmidt N. B., & Weems, C. F. (2008). Anxiety Sensitivity Index
Consolidated Test Manual: ASI, ASI-3, and CASI. Worthington, Ohio: IDS Publishing. On the
Web: www.anxietysensitivityindex.com.
7. Weems, C. F. (2006). Invited Commentary: On “Development of the Anxiety Change Expectancy
Scale” Evidence Based Mental Health, 9, 6.
b. -Working Papers
1. Weems, C. F. (2006). Manual for the Anxiety Control Questionnaire for Children. University of New
Orleans: Author.
2. Weems, C. F. (2005). Comprehensive School Based Test Anxiety and Related Problems Screening
and Intervention Program. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA: Author.
3. Weems, C. F. (2004). Manual for the Existential Anxiety Questionnaire. University of New Orleans:
Author.
2. Items Accepted for Publication but Not Yet Published
1. Carter, J., Berman, S. L., Marsee, M. A., & Weems, C. F. (accepted). Identity exploration, commitment,
and existential anxiety as predictors of the forms and functions of aggression. Identity: An
International Journal of Theory and Research.
2. Scott, B. G., Lapre, G. E., Marsee, M. A., & Weems, C. F. (in press). Aggressive behavior and its
associations with posttraumatic stress and academic achievement in youth following a natural disaster.
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.807733
3. Weems C. F. & Graham, R. A. (accepted). Resilience and trajectories of posttraumatic stress among
youth exposed to disaster. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
4. Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Russell, J.D., Reiss, A. L. & Carrión, V. G. (accepted). Developmental
Variation in Amygdala Volumes among Children with Posttraumatic Stress. Developmental
Neuropsychology.
5. Carrión, V. G., Kletter, H., Weems, C. F., Berry. R. R. & Rettger, J. P. (accepted) Cue-centered
treatment for youth exposed to interpersonal violence: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of
Traumatic Stress.
3. Artistic or other Creative Contributions
Poems published in anthologies including: The Best Poems of the 90's (1996), Best Poems of 1997 (1997),
Lyrical Heritage (1996), Forever and a Day (1996), A Delicate Balance (1995).
4. Participation at Professional Meetings
Russell, J. D., Weems, C. F., Marsee, M. A., Laird, R. D., & Scott, B. G. (2014, March). Do socially
anxious adolescents really engage in proactive-overt aggression? Considering forms and functions
across development. Poster submitted to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for
Research on Adolescence, Austin, TX.
Russell, J. D., Scott, B. G., Weems, C. F., Reiss, A. L. & Carrión, V. G. (June, 2013) Age Differences and
Change in Amygdala Volumes among Children with Posttraumatic Stress. Presented at the 20th
International Stress and Behavior 2013 Conference June 22-24, 2013, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Scott, B. G., & Weems, C. F. (June, 2013) Youths’ Vagal Response to Mental Arithmetic Task: The
Differential Role of Child- and Parent-reported Anxiety Symptoms. Presented at the 20th
International Stress and Behavior 2013 Conference June 22-24, 2013, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Scott, B. G., Russell, J. D., Sanders, A. F. P., Weems, C. F., Reiss, A. L. & Carrión, V. G. (May, 2013).
Developmental Variation in Amygdala Volumes among Children with Posttraumatic Stress. The
25th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, May 23-26, Washington, D.C.
Sanders, A. F. P., Pizzitolo, A. P., Scott, B. G., Graham, R., A., Banks, D. M., Russell, J. D., & Weems, C.
F. (May, 2013). Posttraumatic Stress Exacerbates the Link between Identity and Internalizing
Problems in Adolescents. The 25th Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention,
May 23-26, Washington, D.C.
Hertzler, E. E., Banks, D. M., Russell, J. D., Graham, R., A., Scott, B. G., & Weems, C. F., (March, 2013).
Existential Anxiety in Adolescence: Prevalence and Associations with Psychological Symptoms
Following Disaster. Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Banks, D. M., & Graham, R. (August, 2012). Trajectories of Post-Traumatic
Stress Symptoms in Minority Youth following Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav: Subsequent
Exposure and the Role of Watching TV Coverage. In A. La Greca (Chair), From Exposure to
Recovery: Traumatic Stressors and Their Impact on Children and Adolescents. Annual Convention
of American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
Scott, B.G., Lapre, G.E., Marsee, M.A., & Weems, C.F. (March, 2012). Aggression predicts academic
achievement among disaster-exposed youth: The indirect effect of disaster exposure via PTSD
symptoms and aggression. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Human Development,
New Orleans, LA.
Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Banks, D. M., & Graham, R. (March, 2012). Viewing Television Disaster
Coverage and Adolescent’s Versus Children’s Stress Reactions. Society for Research on
Adolescence biennial conference, Vancouver, Canada.
Graham, R., Banks, D. M., Scott, B. G., & Weems, C. F., (February, 2012). Viewing Television Storm
Coverage of Hurricane Gustav and Youth Post Traumatic Stress Reactions: The Role of Pre
Disaster Symptoms. Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Convention, New Orleans,
LA.
Weems, C. F. (2011, October). Using Developmental Theory & Affective Science to Inform
Comprehensive Student Success Programs. LSUHSC Brain & Behavior Research Conferences,
New Orleans, LA.
Weems, C. F. (2011, June) Theme 4, Developmental Issues (Discussant) The Dutch Royal Academy of
Arts and Sciences - Social Anxiety Conference: Towards a better understanding of geneenvironment relations. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Weems, C. F. (2011, March) Emerging Resources for the Prevention, Treatment, and Identification of
Underserved Youth at Risk for Anxiety Disorders (Chair). Anxiety Disorders Association of
America Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Brown, T. H., Mellman, T. A., Alfano, C. A. & Weems, C. F. (2011, March). The Role of Sleep Fears and
Sleep Disturbance in the Maintenance of PTSD symptoms in Minority Youth Exposed to
Hurricane Katrina. Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual Convention, New Orleans,
LA.
Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., & Edel, P. (2011, March). The UNO Test
Anxiety Prevention and Intervention Program in Urban Schools. Anxiety Disorders Association of
America Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Scott, B.G., Marks, A.B., Taylor, L.K., & Weems, C.F. (2010, November). Ethnicity, corporal
punishment, and their relations to fear and anxiety in youth. In K.M. Lewis and T.H. Ollendick
(Co-Chairs), All in the family: Exploration of parenting practices and their relation to internalizing
symptoms in children and adolescents across cultures. Convention of the Association for
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA.
Weems, C. F. (September, 2010). Anxiety and Post-Traumatic Stress in New Orleans Schools. Five Years
of Post-Katrina Educational Reform Research Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Taylor, L. K., Scott, B. G., Cannon, M. F., Weems, C. F., Romano, D. M., Perry, A. M., & Triplett, V.
(August, 2010). Test Anxiety Prevention and Intervention Programs in schools. In E. Shapiro
(Chair), Partnership to Improve Mental Health Services for Children in Schools. Annual
Convention of American Psychological Association, San Diego, CA.
Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Taylor, L. K., & Cannon, M. F. (June, 2010). A Longitudinal Study of
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Ethnic Minority Youth Exposed to Hurricanes Katrina and
Gustav: The Role of Subsequent Exposure on Symptom Trajectories. In Symposium: PTSD in
children and adolescents. Presented at the triennial meeting of the World Congress of Behavioral
and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA.
Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., & Pina, A. A. (June, 2010). The Role of Perceived Attachment Beliefs and
Parenting on Change in Youth Pre to Post Anxiety after experiencing Hurricane Katrina. In
Symposium: PTSD in children and adolescents. Presented at the triennial meeting of the World
Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA.
Scott, B.G., & Weems, C.F. (June, 2010). Can Patterns of Actual and Perceived Control Help to
Distinguish Internalizing and Externalizing Problems? Triennial meeting of the World Congress of
Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Boston, MA.
Carter, J., Berman, S., Marsee, M., Weems, C. F., & Wilson, J. (2010, March). The Role of Identity on
Peer Conflict and Aggression. Society for Research on Adolescence’ biennial convention,
Philadelphia, PA.
Weems, C. F. (2010, March). Identity Distress: What we know and still need to know (discussant). S. L.
Berman (chair) Identity Distress and Mental Health. Symposium conducted at the Society for
Research on Adolescence’ biennial convention, Philadelphia, PA.
Costa, N.M., De Los Reyes, A. & Weems, C. F. (November, 2009). Parent-Child Informant Discrepancies:
Are they Stable Over Time and Across Different Parent-Child Pairs. Annual Convention of
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.
Scott, B. G., Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B, Cannon, M. A., Edel, P. O. (August, 2009). Role
of control beliefs in the maintenance of childhood anxiety. Poster to be presented at the annual
meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
Horigian, V. E., Weems, C. F., Ucha, J., & Robbins, M. S. (May, 2009). Psychiatric Comorbidity among
Youth Receiving Substance Abuse Treatment: Prevalence and the Effects of Intervention in
Reducing Symptoms and Incidence. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, San
Francisco, CA.
Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B., Costa, N. M., & Romano, D. M. (November, 2008). Effect of
a School-Based Test Anxiety Intervention in Ethnic Minority Youth Exposed to Hurricane
Katrina. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando,
FL.
Wiley, R., Berman, S. L., & Weems, C. F. (November, 2008). Identity Disruption in the Aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina. Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Orlando, FL.
Marks, A. B., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Weems, C. F. & Costa, N. M. (November, 2008). Social
Support and the Link to Post-Disaster Outcomes: Lifespan Differences and Age-Appropriate
Responses among Individuals Exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Annual Convention of the
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
Romano, D. M., Weems, C. F., & Schayot, L. (October, 2008). Post-Disaster School Counseling Protocol.
Annual Southern Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisors (SACES) Conference,
Huston, TX.
Romano, D. M., Weems, C. F., Marino, R.C., (October, 2008). Utilizing test anxiety interventions to
reduce Post Traumatic Stress in urban charter school students. Presentation to the conference of
the Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA), Baton Rouge, LA.
Wiley, R., Berman, S. L., & Weems, C. F. (August, 2008). Psychosocial impact of hurricane Katrina on
identity. Presented at the annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Boston,
MA.
Stadnick, N. A., Villalta, I. K., Gottschall, A. C., Pina, A. A., Ortiz, C. D., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F.
(2008, May). Social support and coping but not discrimination predict Hurricane Katrina youths’
reactions. Annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.
Marsee, M.A. & Weems, C.F. (April, 2008). Invited workshop: New Research on Behavioral Disorders in
Children –Weems, C.F. --Knowledge development on childhood responses to Hurricane Katrina.
Louisiana Psychological Association, Lafayette, LA.
Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B., Cannon, M. F., & Weems, C. F. (March, 2008). Lifespan Differences in
Helpful Sources of Social Support among Individuals Exposed to Hurricane Katrina. Annual
Meeting of the LSU Life Course and Aging Center.
Wiley, R., Berman, S. L., & Weems, C. F. (March, 2008). Identity distress and PTSD among survivors of
hurricane Katrina. Meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation, Chicago, IL.
Weems, C. F., Taylor, L. K., Marks, A. B., Costa, N. M., & Romano, D. M. (March, 2008). The Impact of
Hurricane Katrina on Disadvantaged Adolescents: A Prospective Study with Results of a School
Based Intervention. Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Costa, N.M., Weems, C. F., & Piña, A.A. (November, 2007). Hurricane Katrina and Youth Anxiety: What
Effects Change between Pre and Post Disaster Anxiety? Child and Adolescent Anxiety SIG at the
annual Convention of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
Weems, C.F. Piña, A. A., & Carrión, V. G. (July, 2007). Continuity and Change in Childhood Anxiety
Disorders: Perspectives from Normative Development, Reactions to the Hurricane Katrina
Disaster, and Neurophysiology. World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Barcelona, Spain. Abstracts of the World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, S29.
Weems, C. F. (July, 2007). Indirect effects of a test anxiety intervention on post traumatic stress in youth.
Child Anxiety Theory and Treatment Seminars, Barcelona, Spain.
Weems, C. F. (June, 2007). The effect of hurricane Katrina on youth: Developing knowledge and
interventions to mitigate impact. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Weems, C.F. (April, 2007). The role of stress on brain and emotional development in youth: Stress,
cortisol and the hippocampus. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Tulane University
School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Marsee, M.A. & Weems, C.F. (March, 2007). Do anxious boys fight like girls? Childhood anxiety
symptoms and their relation to subtypes of aggression. Meeting of the Society for Research on
Child Development, Boston, MA.
Taylor, L. K., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Piña, A. A., & Barrios, B (March,
2007). Predictors of Post Disaster Emotional Functioning in Youth: Preliminary Results from a Pre
to Post Hurricane Katrina Study. Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.
Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F. (February, 2007). Contextual
differences in the psychosocial impact of Hurricane Katrina. Southeastern Psychological
Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Weems, C. F. (November, 2006). The psychosocial impact of hurricane Katrina on youth and interventions
designed to mitigate impact. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Stanford University
School of Medicine.
Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Zakem, A. H. & Weems, C. F. (November,
2006). Psychometric properties of the child PTSD checklist in a community sample of youth.
Presented at the annual Convention of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Chicago, IL.
Costa, N. M ., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Watts, S. E., Zakem, A. H. & Weems, C. F. (November,
2006). A Longitudinal Investigation of the Hypothesized Risk Factors of Child Anxiety.
Presented at the annual Convention of Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Chicago, IL.
Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Zakem, A. H. & Weems, C. F. (August, 2006).
Developing the Anxiety Control Questionnaire for Children (ACQ-C) Short Form. Presented at
the annual Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
Villalta, I. K., Ortiz, C. D., Piña, A. A., Barrios, B., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., & Weems,
C. F. (August, 2006). Coping with Hurricane Katrina: Exposure and outcomes among African
American and European American youth. Presented at the annual convention of the American
Psychological Association (APA), New Orleans, LA.
Zakem, A., Costa, N.M., Vu, P., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Taylor, L. K., & Weems, C.F. (August,
2006). Sleep Problems and their Relation to Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Youth.
Presented at the annual Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
Costa, N. M., Taylor, L. K., Zakem, A., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Vu, Ph., & Weems, C.F. (August,
2006). Correlates of child and adolescent anxious symptoms. Presented at the annual Convention
of American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
Vu, P., Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M. F., Zakem, A., Watts, S. E., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (August,
2006). Association between externalizing and internalizing symptoms and academic areas.
Presented at the annual Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
Watts, S. E., Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Taylor, L. K., & Zakem. A. (August 2006).
Selective Attention, Memory Bias, Interpretive Bias and Anxiety in Youth. Presented at the annual
Convention of American Psychological Association, New Orleans.
Berman, S., Weems, C., & Petkus, V. (2006, March). The role of identity distress as a link between
identity status and psychological symptoms. Society for Research on Adolescence’ biennial
convention, San Francisco, CA.
Weems, C. F. Discussant for Schmidt, N. B. (February, 2006). Prevention of Anxiety Pathology: Findings
from the Anxiety Sensitivity Amelioration Training (ASAT) Trial. Winter Anxiety Summit, Jay
Peak, VT.
Taylor, L.K., Costa, N.M., Watts, S.E., Cannon, M.F., Adams, C.F., & Weems, C.F. (November 2005).
Are Traumas in Childhood and Adolescence the Same? Exploring the Clinical Phenomenology of
Criteria A1 PTSD Events in Youth. Poster presented at the annual Convention of Association for
the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington.
Cannon, M. F., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (November 2005). Associations
among youth depressive symptoms, parenting behaviors, and attachment beliefs. Poster presented
at the annual Convention of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington,
DC.
Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., Pellerin, K., & Dalton, R. (November 2005). Parenting stress and childhood
psychopathology: Is there specificity to internalizing and externalizing psychopathology? Poster
presented at the annual Convention of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Washington, DC.
Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Watts, S. E., Taylor, L. K., Vu, Ph., & Weems, C. F. (November 2005).
Anxiety within the family: Associations between siblings reports of anxiety. Poster presented at
the annual Convention of Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington,
DC.
Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Watts, S. E., Cannon, M. F., Taylor, L. (May 2005). Developmental
differences in the expression of childhood anxiety and phobic disorder symptoms. Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
Costa, N. M., Cannon, M., Watts, S., Zakem, A., Wacker, K. Weems, C. F. (April, 2005). Parent-child
agreement on anxiety & depressive symptoms: The effects of child’s age, sex and parental
psychopathology. Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Watts, S. E., Costa, N.M., Cannon, M. F., Wacker, K., Vu, P., Weems, C. F. (April, 2005) Interpretive and
Judgment Biases: Their Association with Childhood Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms in a
Community Sample. Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Weems, C. F. (October, 2004) Identifying cognitive risk for childhood anxiety. Tulane University, Child
Psychiatry Grand Rounds.
Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Zakem, A., Fabian, M. & Watts, S. (November, 2004). Children’s Reasoning
about Anxiety Sensations. Annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Watts, S.E., Costa, N. M., Menandez, O., Gibson, J., Fabian, M. & Weems C. F. (November, 2004). Do
Types of Cognitive Errors Distinguish Anxiety and Depression: Implications for the Comorbidity
of Anxiety and Depression in Youth. Annual convention of the Association for the Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Fabian, M., Watts, S.E., Costa, N. M., Springer, S. & Weems C. F. (November, 2004). The Specific and
Unique Associations Between Anxiety, Anxiety Sensitivity, and Depression: Testing Two Models
of the Relationship. Annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior
Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Costa, N. M., Watts, S.E., Vu, P., Wacker, K. & Weems C. F. (November, 2004). Parent and Child
Anxiety: Do Parenting Behaviors and Attachment Beliefs Mediate the Association? Annual
convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., Rodriguez, E., & Zamora, I. (July, 2004). Exploring the link between
identity and attachment. American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Honolulu, HI.
Piña, A. A., Alfano, C., Viana, A. G., Weems, C. F., & Silverman, W. K. (March, 2004). Cognitive Errors
as Moderators of Treatment Effects and Maintenance: A Comparison of Cognitive Therapy and
Education Support in the Treatment of Childhood Phobic and Anxiety Disorders. Anxiety
Disorders Association of America Annual Convention, Miami, Florida.
Costa, N. M., & Weems, C. F. (March, 2004). Gender Differences in the Association Between
Relationship Anxiety and Depression in Ethnic Minority Youth. Biennial Meeting of the Society
for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland.
Costa, N. M., Weems, C. F., Pellerin, K., & Dalton, R. (March, 2004). The Role of Parent-Adolescent
Interactions on the Association Between Parental Anxiety and Adolescent Internalizing Symptoms.
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland.
Dehon, C., Costa, N. M, Weems, C. F., Stickle, T. R., & Berman, S. L. (November, 2003). A cross
sectional evaluation of the factorial invariance of anxiety sensitivity in adolescents and adults.
Annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Reno, NV.
Ramirez, D., Suarez, M. X., Hutardo, M. P., Plazas, M. C., Rodriguez, M. C., Weems, C. F., Berman, S. L.
(August, 2003). Anxiety sensitivity and attachment style in Columbian and American adolescents.
Presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, Canada.
Ortiz, C., Piña, A., Saunders, J., Weems, C. F., & Kurtines, W. (April, 2003) Chronological Age,
Temperament, and Attachment: An Examination of Youths With Separation Anxiety Disorder.
Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa, FL.
Weems, C. F., Costa, N. M., Ramirez S. M., & Stein, C. (March, 2003). The conceptualization and
assessment of existential anxiety. Southeastern Psychological Association Annual Convention,
New Orleans, LA.
Hayward, C., Weems, C. F., Killen, J. D., & Taylor, C. B. (November, 2002). Anxiety sensitivity and
panic in youth. Annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Reno, NV.
Costa, N. M. & Weems, C.F. (November, 2002). The phenomenology of panic in ethnic minority
adolescents. Annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Reno, NV.
Weems, C. F. (October, 2002). Anxiety sensitivity in childhood. Invited talk presented at Tulane
University, New Orleans, LA.
Weems, C. F., Ray R. D., Reiss, A. L., & Carrión, V. G. (April, 2002). Puberty and the expression of
PTSD symptoms in children and adolescents exposed to traumatic stress. Presented at the
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.
Carrión, V. G., Weems, C. F., Eliez, S., Ray R., & Reiss, A. L. (December, 2000). Cortisol and cerebral
volume in pediatric PTSD. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of
Neuropsychopharmacology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Weems, C. F., Berman, S. L., Rodriguez, E., Coll, H., Oliveros, A., Saavedra, L. M., Lopez, B., &
Silverman W. K. (November, 2000). Anxiety sensitivity and attachment style. Presented at the
annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans,
LA.
Silverman, W. K., Berman, S. L., Weems, C. F., Saavedra, L. M., & Piña, A. A. (November, 2000).
Enhancing the efficacy of cognitive behavioral treatment of children with anxiety disorders: The
role of parents. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of
Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA.
Piña, A., Silverman, W. K., Weems, C. F., & Saavedra, L. S. (November, 2000). An analysis of the
RCMAS lie scale in a clinic sample of anxious children. Presented at the annual convention of the
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, New Orleans, LA
Rodriguez, E., Berman, S., Weems, C., Zamora, I., & Silverman, W. (August, 2000). Identity status and
psychopathology as a function of developmental stage. American Psychological Association
Annual Convention, Washington, DC.
Coll, H., Piña, A., Weems, C. F., Saavedra, L. S., Silverman, W. K. (June, 2000). Social validation of the
presence/absence of anxiety in children. American Psychological Society, Miami, Florida.
Weems, C. F., Rodriguez, E., Coll, H., Haas, S., Oliveros, A., & Calleja, A. (March, 2000). The relation
between anxiety sensitivity and attachment style in adolescence and early adulthood. Presented at
the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, Illinois.
Alfonso, J., Weems, C. F., Alfano, C., Sullivan, L., Seoanes, J., & Silverman (March, 2000). Ethnic
differences in anxiety sensitivity: Changes from childhood to adolescence. Presented at the
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, Illinois.
Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W. K. (November, 1999). Anxiety sensitivity in children and the development
of panic in adolescents: A follow-up investigation. Presented at the annual convention of the
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Toronto, Canada.
Weems, C. F., Saavedra, L. S., Piña, A., & Lumpkin, P. W. (April, 1999). The discrimination of children's
phobias using parent and child versions of the Revised Fear Survey for Children. Presented at the
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W. K., Alfano, C. & Tarolla, S. (April, 1999). Control and anxiety disorders in
children. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development,
Albuquerque, NM.
Weems, C. F. (November, 1998). The use of hierarchical linear modeling in developmental and clinical
intervention design research. Presented to the Association of Developmental Graduate Students
and Developmental Faculty, Florida International University, Miami, FL.
Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K. & Hammond-Laurence, K. (November, 1997). The relation of child and
parent anxiety sensitivity to anxiety and depression in clinic-referred families. Presented at the
annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL
Weems, C. F., Silverman, W. K., La Greca, A., Rudolf, J., Cutler, A. & Hammond-Laurence, K.
(November, 1997). What do anxious children worry about? Worries and their relation to anxiety
disorders in children and adolescents. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for
the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL
Hammond-Laurence, K., Vasey, M., Weems, C. F., Delgado, S., Rawle, S. A., Piña, A. & Silverman, W.
K. (November, 1997). An examination of threat-related stroop interference among clinic-referred
children with anxiety. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for the Advancement
of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL
Hammond-Laurence, K., Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W .K. (November, 1997). Effects of cognitive
behavior treatment on comorbid disorders in children diagnosed with anxiety. Presented at the
annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL
Hammond-Laurence, K., Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W. K. (November, 1997). Case-study evaluations of
the efficacy of a cognitive-behavioral treatment for anxiety on comorbid externalizing disorders.
Presented at the annual convention of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy,
Miami, FL.
Piña, A., Hammond-Laurence, K., Weems, C. F. & Silverman, W.K. (November, 1997). Reliability of a
Feelings Thermometer Rating Scale for Children. Presented at the annual convention of the
Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Miami, FL.
Weems, C. F. (April, 1995). The evaluation of heart rate biofeedback using a multi-element design.
Presented at the Hollins College Psychology Colloquium, Roanoke, VA.
5. Other Scholarly or Creative Activities
A. Service in the role of discussant, critic, reviewer for professional meetings, publications, granting
agencies, or grant proposals
Journal Editorial Boards
Clinical Psychology Review (2012-present)
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (2012-present)
Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2010-present)
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (2004-present)
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2008-2011)
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (2002-2008)
Grant Reviewer Research Grants program of the Israel Science Foundation, March, 2008.
Grant Reviewer Research Grants program of the Israel Science Foundation, April, 2010.
Grant Reviewer Standard Research Grants program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada, January 2008.
NIH, Center for Scientific Review, Grant Panel Reviewer Child Psychopathology and Developmental
Disabilities study section (CPDD) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), June 2003
NIH, Center for Scientific Review, Grant Panel Reviewer Child Psychopathology and Developmental
Disabilities study section (CPDD) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), February 2004.
NIH, Center for Scientific Review, Grant Panel Reviewer Center for Scientific Review Special
Emphasis Panel (ZRG1 BBBP-A (60) at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), February 2004.
Abstract Reviewer for the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 29th Annual Meeting
Review Panel on Human Development for the 13th European Congress of Psychology in Stockholm
[July 9-12, 2013].
Ad hoc Journal Reviewer
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
American Psychologist
Anxiety, Stress and Coping
Anxiety and Depression
Applied Developmental Science
Behavior Modification
Behavior Therapy
Behaviour Research and Therapy
BioMed Central: Psychiatry
British Journal of Developmental Psychology
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Child Development
Children, Youth, and Environments
Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review
Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
Clinical Psychology Review
Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Development and Psychopathology
Disasters: The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management
Educational Psychology
Educational Research and Reviews
Emotion
European Review of Applied Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Adolescent Health
Journal of Affective Disorders
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines
Journal of Child and Family Studies
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Early Adolescence
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
Journal of Pain
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
Journal of Traumatic Stress
Learning and Individual Differences
Neuropsychiatry
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
Psychological Assessment
Psychological Bulletin
Psychological Trauma
Psychology of Popular Media Culture.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Spanish Journal of Psychology
Traumatology
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Book Reviewer
APA Books Division
B. Service in the role of officer of professional organization, program committee member, session
organizer for professional meeting
C. General editorship of journal, monograph series, book series
Editor in Chief: Child and Youth Care Forum: Journal of Research and
Practice in Children's Services (term 2008-present)
Associate Editor: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment (2008-2011)
Guest Editor: Special Section Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Weems, C. F. & Overstreet, S. (2008). Child and adolescent mental health research in the context of
Hurricane Katrina.
Guest Editor: Special Section Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Weems, C. F. & Pina, A. A. (2010). The Assessment of Emotion Regulation.
D. Professional society membership.
American Psychological Association
Association for Psychological Science
Society for Research on Adolescence
6. Awards, Lectureships, or Prizes
2005
Investing in Research Excellence Award
2004
Award for Early Career Achievement in Research: UNO Alumni Association
2003
NIMH Individual Research Service Award
2001
University of New Orleans Research Grant
2001
Anxiety Disorders Association of America Travel Award
2000
Stanford University Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship
1999
Florida International University Department of Psychology Travel Award
1998
1995
1992
1989 – 1993
Child and Family Psychosocial Research Center (FIU) Dissertation Award
Hollins College Graduate School Fellowship
Florida State University Academic Award Grant
State of Florida Academic Scholarship
7. Grants & Contracts
a. Grants and contracts received
1) Principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or equivalent
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Evaluation of the Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project (MBHCP)
Sub-contract PI; Source: Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project (MBHCP) at
LSU Health Sciences Center
$36,953; Dates 7/1/13 to 6/30/14
To provide data analysis; consultation on analysis; and other design issues for the
(MBHCP) at LSU Health Sciences Center. MBHCP is designed to provide mental health
outreach to schools, federally qualified health clinics and community clinics in 7
designated parishes in Louisiana impacted by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Confirmatory factor analysis and validation of the Child RMP
Principal Investigator; Source: IDS Publishing Co.
$18,000; Dates 1/20/13 to 12/31/13
Survey 550 parents of children who are currently aged 4-11 years with the Child RMP for
factor analysis. Survey parents of middle school adolescents aged 12-15 will complete the
child RMP about their child and their children will complete the RMP and as well as
measures of anxiety and externalizing behaviors, measures of locus on control, anxiety
symptoms, fear, other competencies, and aggressive behavior for validation.
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
The Efficacy and Effectiveness of a School Based Test Anxiety Intervention
Principal Investigator; Source: Institute of Mental Hygiene
$117,500; Dates 4/1/08 to 6/1/11
The study is testing the efficacy of a comprehensive test anxiety screening and
intervention program, examining its utility as an early identification and prevention
program.
Title:
Role:
Source:
Summary:
Effect of D-cycloserine on treatment of PTSD in youth.
Co-Investigator (M. Scheeringa, PI) Dates: 07-22-2010 – 7/22/12
1RC1 MH-088969-01 NIMH; Project Budget: Directs Year 1 $309,250, Year 2 $312,650
A randomized clinical trial of D-cycloserine plus cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
versus placebo plus CBT in 7-12 year-old youth. Potential biomarkers and underlying
mechanisms of change, including attentional bias to threat, autonomic cardiac control, and
cortisol regulation, are prospectively measured.
Title:
The role of real and perceived control in youth emotion regulation: Improving the
predictive capacity of physiological assessments. Source: UNO College of Sciences
Faculty Research Grant; Role: PI; Dates: 1/1/11 - 5/31/12; Budget: $10,000
The project will examine whether discrepant patterns of perceived and actual
physiological regulation relate differentially to internalizing and externalizing problems in
youth.
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Source:
Budget:
Summary:
Improving the Mental Health of New Orleans Post Katrina.
Co-Investigator (Lead director of the youth Anxiety and Mood Clinic). (PI: Martel);
Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement Program (020SS09);
$144,000; Dates: 6/1/09 to 5/31/11
Restoration and expansion of the mental health services provided by the clinics of the
Department of Psychology.
Title:
Florida Node of the Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, Source: National Institute on
Drug Abuse (U10 DA 13720), Center for Family Studies (PIs: Robbins & Szapocznik)
Subcontract PI; Dates: 9/1/09 to 8/30/10. Budget: $18,312
Dissemination of findings on the effectiveness of Brief Strategic Family Therapy in the
treatment of adolescent drug abuse focusing on the role of comorbid disorders.
Role:
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Treatment Effectiveness for PTSD in Young Children
Co-Investigator (PI: Scheeringa); Source: National Institutes of Health (R34 MH070827)
$526,661; Dates: 3/1/05 to 11/31/08
The aim of the study involved developing a treatment manual and testing the efficacy of
cognitive behavioral therapy for young children with PTSD.
Title:
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Children’s Reasoning about Anxiety Sensations
Principal Investigator; Source: National Institutes of Health (R03 MH067572)
$71,000; Dates: 1/1/04 to 12/1/06
The overall aim of the study involved developing a method of assessing children’s
reasoning about anxiety sensations.
Title:
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Identifying Cognitive Risk for Childhood Anxiety
Principal Investigator; Source: Investing in Research Excellence (UNO-IRE)
$12,000; Dates: 01/01/06 - 12/31/07
To test the construct and predictive validity of risk factors for childhood anxiety disorders.
Title:
Hurricane Katrina and Youth Anxiety: The Moderating Role of Parental Anxiety,
Attachment Beliefs, and Control
Research Mentor –Natalie Costa Recipient; Source: Koppitz Research Fellowship –
American Psychological Association.
$23,000; Dates: 6/01/06 - 6/31/07
To identify predictors of psychosocial and behavioral outcomes after exposure to traumatic
stressors in childhood.
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Predicting Outcomes of Exposure to Natural Disasters: Pre to Post Katrina
Principal Investigator (Co-PI Armando Piña); Source: Institute for Social Science
Research
$25,000; Dates: 10/1/05 - 4/30/06
To identify predictors of psychosocial outcomes in youth after exposure to traumatic
stress.
Child and Family Anxiety, Fear and Stress Project
Principal Investigator; Source: College of Science, UNO
$30,000; Dates: 8/1/01 to 8/1/03
The overall aim was to establish a protocol for assessing mechanisms and symptoms of
childhood anxiety disorders.
2) Not principal investigator
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Biobehavioral Mechanisms for Severe Disruptive Behavior in Adolescent Girls
Investigator (Shirtcliff, PI); Source: National Institute of Mental Health (MH093675)
$385,364 (total 2 years); Dates 7/1/11 to 6/30/13
The overarching goal of the proposed research is to examine if stress and sex hormones
operate as biobehavioral pathways to disruptive behavior disorder symptoms.
Title:
Role:
Summary:
Raising the Standard of Care for Pediatric PTSD; Source: Lucile Packard Foundation
Consultant (PI: Carrión); Dates: 1/1/09 - 12/31/12; Budget: $15,000
Design and statistical consulting for a randomized waitlist controlled intervention study
for youth with post traumatic stress.
Title:
Role:
Youth Exposure to Disaster and Terrorism
Consultant; Source: OSUHSC Terrorism and Disaster Center (Betty Pfefferbaum PI;
SAMHSA) Cost 20,000; Dates 6/1/12 to 7/30/12
Prepared a comprehensive report on the status of current knowledge about the effects of
natural and human-caused disasters on children, the factors associated with outcomes, and
the implications of the findings.
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Cost:
Summary:
Florida Node of the Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network, Source: National Institute on
Drug Abuse (U10 DA 13720), Center for Family Studies (PIs: Robbins & Szapocznik)
Consultant; Dates: 8/30/08 to 8/30/09. Cost: $24,085
Dissemination of findings on the effectiveness of Brief Strategic Family Therapy in the
treatment of adolescent drug abuse focusing on the role of comorbid disorders.
PTSD in Incarcerated Youth of the State of Louisiana Juvenile Detention System
Consultant; Source: State of Louisiana, Juvenile Justice System
$2,600; Dates: 7/1/03 to 1/1/04
Established the protocol for assessing symptoms of PTSD among incarcerated youth.
b. Grants and contracts applied for
Title:
Role:
Source:
Budget:
Summary:
Integrating Cognitive and Computer Science to Improve Cyber Security:
Selective Attention, Personality and Programming the Detection and Prevention of Risk
Co-Principal Investigator (Richard PI)
National Science Foundation CNS-SaTC: EAGER
$225,000 (Total, 2 years) 11/1/13 to 11/1/15
Identifying personality and cognitive indicators of cyber security risk.
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Cognitive Mechanisms of Change in Anxious Emotion
Principal Investigator; Source: National Institute of Mental Health (R15)
$430,000 (Total, 3 years) 8/1/13 to 7/31/16
The proposed research is targeted at identifying indicators and understanding core
processes and mechanisms underlying anxious emotion in youth within a developmental
framework.
Title:
Cognitive Mechanisms of Anxiety Disorder Symptom Trajectories
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Principal Investigator; Source: National Institute of Mental Health (R01)
$175,000 (per year, 5 years) 6/1/12 to 5/31/17 (not funded)
The proposed research is targeted at understanding the role of cognition in the expression
and maintenance of anxiety related difficulties by identifying time and cost-effective
indicators of the core processes and mechanisms underlying anxiety problems in
adolescents within a developmental understanding of symptom expression.
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Response to Acute Threat in Trauma-Exposed Youth
Co-Principal Inv. (PI Scheeringa); Source: National Institute of Mental Health (R01)
$250,000 (per year, 5 years) 8/1/12 to 7/31/17 (not funded)
The proposed research will attempt to answer the question of “Why do symptoms from
multiple disorders commonly arise simultaneously following trauma, and why do they
simultaneously improve with cognitive behavioral therapy?”
Title:
Role:
Summary:
Mechanisms of Preschool Disruptive Behavior Disorders
Co-Investigator (PI Martel); Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Test causal theory of mechanisms of disruptive behavior disorders (DBD) using an
experimental treatment outcome design and (2) advance personalized intervention
approaches by identifying parent moderating characteristics that influence treatment
outcome. (not funded)
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Brain Structure in Disaster-Related Pediatric PTSD
Co-Investigator (Victor Carrion, PI); Source: National Institute of Mental Health
$250,000 per year (total direct 1,000,000 5 years) 6/1/10 to 6/30/15
The overall aim of the proposed study will involve testing the impact of natural disaster
exposure precipitated PTSD on brain development in youth. (Scored: 20th %tile not
funded)
Title:
The effectiveness of a school based test anxiety intervention for New Orleans youth:
Intervention and Anxiety Disorder Prevention.
Principal Investigator.
Total direct $600,000 Total $876,000 (2 years) 10/1/09 to 9/30/11. Source: National
Center for Community Health and Research (NCCHR) via New Orleans Health
Department and the Orleans Recovery Foundation (Not funded)
The overall aim of the proposed study involves testing the utility of an early identification
and prevention program, and training school guidance counselors in New Orleans schools.
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
The neuroscience of stress and related disorders-Louisiana consortium for the study of stress
Co-Principal Investigator; Source: LA Board of Regents
$7,354,606-(Recommended for funding) by the review committee but was not funded.
Develop a multi-disciplinary and highly interactive program that will elucidate cellular,
molecular and epigenetic mechanisms as well as behavioral and psychological outcomes
of chronic stress and stress-related disorders through a multidisciplinary, multiscale
biomedical research effort.
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Identification of risk and protective mechanisms in stress-related mental disorders
Principal Investigator; Source: LA Board of Regents
$740,000 –(Recommended for funding) by the review committee but was not funded.
The overall aim of the study involves clarifying the risk and protective mechanisms in the
evolution of stress-related mental disorder in youth.
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
Identifying cognitive risk for childhood anxiety
Principal Investigator; Source: National Institute of Mental Health
$175,000 (per year, 5 years) 1/1/08 to 12/31/12 (not funded)
The overall aim of the proposed study will involve testing the construct and predictive
validity of cognitive risk factors for childhood anxiety disorders. (not funded)
Title:
Role:
Budget:
Summary:
The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Functioning of Ethnic Minority Youth
Principal Investigator; Source: William T Grant Foundation
$498,000 (not funded)
The overall aim of the proposed study will involve testing how social, cognitive, and
contextual processes confer risk for childhood anxiety problems.
8. Thesis/Dissertation Committee Service
Major Advisor for Dissertations and Master Theses:
University of New Orleans
1. Natalie M. Costa Thesis title: Parent and child anxiety: Do attachment beliefs and perceived parenting
behaviors mediate the association. (Defended May 2004).
2. Christopher Dehon Dissertation title: A mediational model of the effects of interpersonal violence on
youth. (Defended July 2004).
3. Melinda Cannon Thesis title: Comorbid anxiety and depression: Do they cluster as distinct groups in
youth. (Defended July 2005).
4. Sarah Watts Thesis title: The associations among attention, memory, interpretive biases and anxiety.
(Defended August 2005).
5. Leslie K. Taylor Thesis title: Which events constitute criteria A1 of PTSD? The phenomenology of
psychological trauma in youth (Defended August 2006).
6. Natalie M. Costa Dissertation title: Hurricane Katrina and youth anxiety: The role of parental anxiety,
parental and youth attachment beliefs, and parenting behaviors (Defended April 2007).
7. Allison Marks Thesis Title: Corporal Punishment and its Association with Anxiety in Youth (Defended
March 2009).
8. Leslie K. Taylor Dissertation title: The Feasibility and Idiographic Evaluation of School-Based
Trauma-Focused Intervention Services in the Wake of Disaster (Defended, May, 2010).
9. Melinda Cannon Dissertation Title: Cognitive Biases in Childhood Anxiety Disorders:
Do Interpretive and Judgment Biases Distinguish Anxious Youth from their Non-anxious Peers?
(Defended, April, 2010).
10. Brandon G. Scott Dissertation title: Perceived and Actual Emotional Control among Youth:
Are There Differential Relations with Anxiety and Aggression? (Defended July 1st 2013).
11. Rebecca Graham Thesis title: Anxiety sensitivity and its association with parenting behaviors
(defended August, 2013)
12. Donice Banks Thesis title: Hurricane-exposed youth and psychological distress: an examination of the
role of social support (defended August, 2013)
Committee Member for Dissertations and Master Theses:
University of New Orleans, Department of Psychology
1. Christopher Dehon Thesis title: The relationship of conduct problems, depressive symptoms, and
anxiety symptoms to substance use in late-adolescence. (Defended June 2002).
2. Lara Rachel Robinson Thesis title: Parental determinants of emotion regulation in a maltreated sample.
(Defended May 2004).
3. Angela Keyes Dissertation title: Behavioral and emotion components in a parenting intervention.
(Defended July 2005).
4. Sarah D. Robinson Thesis title: The moderating effect of parenting on the development of Externalizing
Problems in Toddlers (Defended April 2005).
5. Luna C. Munoz Dissertation title: Types of aggression, responsiveness to provocation and psychopathic
traits (Defended July 2005)).
6. Eva R. Kimonis Dissertation title: Developmental pathways to psychopathic traits in Caucasian and
African American juvenile offenders (Defended July 2005).
7. Sara Sohr-Preston Dissertation Title: Receptive vocabulary as a mediator of the relationship between
responsive communication and the development of child compliance. (Defended May, 2006)
8. Kristin L. Callahan Thesis title: The Direct and Interactive Effects of Neighborhood Risk and Harsh
Parenting on Childhood Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior (Defended May, 2006)
9. Drew Terranova Dissertation Title: Predictors of bullying victimization (Defended July, 2006)
10. Lara Rachel Robinson Dissertation title: The effects of maltreatment on emotion regulation. (Defended
June 2006).
11. Tolanda Age Thesis title: Emotion regulation and adjustment in the offspring of military personnel
(Defended August 2006).
12. Danielle Dandreaux Dissertation title: Developmental Pathways to Conduct Problems (Defended May
2007).
13. Gabriel Quintero Dissertation title: Interactions of the Striatal Gene Rhes with the Dopaminergic
System in Rodents (Defended August 2007).
14. Mathew Heinly Dissertation Title: Language dysfunction in traumatic brain injury while controlling
for effort (Defended August 2007).
15. Scott Mirabile Dissertation Title: Emotion Socialization, Emotional Competence, and Social
Competence and Maladjustment in Early Childhood (Defended May 2009).
16. Stuart White Dissertation Title: Examining the influence of Callous Unemotional Traits on Outcomes
in an Evidence-based Treatment Program for Delinquent Adolescents Defended, April, 2010).
17. Kristen L. Callahan Dissertation Title: Disrupting the Impact of Socioeconomic Disadvantage on Risk
for Behavior Problems among Preschool Children: The Role of Headstart Attendance (Defended,
April, 2010).
18. Jonathan Ord Dissertation Title: Biopsychosocial factors in chronic spine related pain: Contributions to
Pain Intensity and Perceived Disability (Defended, March, 2010).
19. Gregory Fassnacht Thesis Title: Exploring the moderating effects of CU traits on the relationship
between social intelligence and aggression. (Defended January, 2010).
20. Katherine Lau Thesis Title: Exploring the profiles of narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism
in youth: An examination of associations with antisocial behavior and aggression. (Master’s thesis,
proposed January, 2010).
21. Kelly Curtis Dissertation Title: A multi-group analysis of the psychological factors that contribute to
persisting working attention problems in mild TBI and chronic pain. (defended April 2012).
22. Moira Riley Thesis Title: Contextual Risk and the Association Between Sensitive Parenting and Social
Competence During Early Childhood. (defended Jan 2012).
23. Brenna Sapotichne Thesis title: Evaluating the Role of Environmental Stressors and Sensitive
Parenting on the Emergence of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems during Early Childhood
(defended August 2012).
24. Frank Lee Dissertation title: How the manipulation of Rhes alters the behavioral and molecular
progression of Huntington’s disease (proposed April 2012 in progress).
25. Juli L. Weiss Thesis title: The Interaction of Post-Partum Depression and Maternal Knowledge of
Infant Development on Change in Sensitive and Responsive Parenting during Early Infancy
(defended September 2012).
26. Genevieve E. Lapré Thesis Positive and Negative Parenting Strategies, Parental Psychopathology, and
Relational Aggression in Youth (defended August 2012)
27. Katherine Lau Dissertation title: Personality, Aggression, and Dysregulation: Understanding the
Unique Features of Callous-Unemotional, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Traits in
Detained Adolescents (defended August 2013).
28. Gregory Fassnacht Dissertation Title: The Association between Hostile Attribution Bias, Social
Intelligence, and Relational Aggression in Detained Boys. (Proposed May 2013, in progress).
29. Rachael Kahn Dissertation Title: Identifying Variants of Psychopathology in Youth (proposed June,
2013 in progress)
Leiden University, The Netherlands:
Sindy Sumter Dissertation Title: Growing up to be Fearful? Social Evaluative Fears during Adolescence
(Defended March 2010).
Tulane University, New Orleans:
1. Lauren Hensley Thesis Title: Pediatric Somatization and Anxiety Sensitivity following Hurricane
Katrina (Defended September 2006).
2. Lauren Hensley Dissertation Title: A Longitudinal Study of Anxiety Sensitivity and PTSD following
Hurricane Katrina (Defended April 2009).
3. C. Christiane Creveling Thesis: Controlling Parenting, Cognitive Schemas, and Anxiety among
Latino and White, Non-Latino Children (Defended September 2009).
4. Laura Niditch Thesis Title: The Relationship between Perceived Controlling Parenting and Anxiety in
Youth: The Moderating Effects of Emotional Self-Efficacy and Metacognition (Defended,
December, 2010).
5. Berre Burch Dissertation title: Reactions to forensic disclosure as predictors of children’s mental health
(Proposed October, 2012 in progress).
6. Laura Niditch Dissertation Title: Temperament, Parenting, and the Development of Anxiety in Early
Childhood. (Proposed June, 2013 in progress).
UNO Department of Biological Sciences:
Jessa Madosky Dissertation Title: Factors That Affect Harem Stability in a Feral Horse (Equus caballus)
Population on Shackleford Banks island, NC (Defended, June, 2011).
University of New England, Australia:
Mary C Kaspar Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology thesis title: Socially anxious children’s
threat perceptions: Changes following a brief intervention and associations with behavioral plans
and competency estimations. (Read 8/27/07).
9. Major Areas of Creative or Research Interest
My research has centered upon three related and integrated themes: 1) basic research in developmental
psychopathology focused on testing contextual, bio-behavioral, and cognitive-developmental models of
emotional disorders, 2) improving the empirical utility of assessment and measurement techniques for
childhood emotional problems, and 3) intervention and prevention of emotional difficulties in youth. The
focus of intervention and prevention is to move the basic science of developmental psychopathology and
measurement theory out of the lab and into real world applications by developing clinical trials and
prevention interventions for youth emotional difficulties. The main thrust in developmental
psychopathology has focused on biological and cognitive-developmental models of internalizing disorders
in youth. The goal of this research is to usefully integrate developmental, cognitive, biological and
behavioral theories in an attempt to understand the etiology and course of internalizing disorders in
childhood and identify developmental trajectories of anxiety expression throughout childhood. In terms of
assessment, a large part of my work has been on the assessment of anxiety and related constructs in
children and adolescents (with some projects crossing the lifespan) as well as the development of statistical
techniques that help to elucidate issues in assessment. Related assessment projects examine differences in
the expression of anxious symptoms across cultures and contexts, the development of culturally valid
forms of assessment, as well as the identification of biological and behavioral markers of emotional
dysregulation. Finally, in terms of interventions, I have been involved in several funded clinical trials and
other direct application projects. These intervention and applied projects attempt to build upon and apply
the knowledge garnered from the basic and assessment research.
10. Other Professional Accomplishments
a. Manuscripts currently submitted
1. Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G., Graham, R. A., Banks, D. M. Russell, J.D. Taylor, L. K., Cannon, M.
Varela, R. E., Scheeringa, M. S. Perry A. M. & Marino, R., C. (2013). Fitting Anxious Emotion
Focused Intervention into the Ecology of Schools: Results from Test Anxiety Program Evaluation.
2. Sanne M. Hogendoorn , Lidewij H. Wolters , E. de Haana, Ramon J. L. Lindauer, Tillema, L.
Vervoort, Carl F. Weems, F. Boer, & Pier J. M. Prins (2012). Advancing an understanding of
perceived control in clinically anxious and non-anxious youth: Theoretical structure, incremental
prediction and developmental differences
3. Pfefferbaum, B. J., Weems, C. F., Scott, B. G. et al. Disasters and Youth: A Systematic Review of
Research on Youth Exposure to the 2001 US Terrorist Attacks, the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake
Tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina
4. Weems C. F. & Scott, B. G. (2013). Disasters and the development of psychopathology in youth: An
ecological perspective. Chapter for Williams and Centifanti Eds: Handbook on Developmental
Psychopathology Wiley.
5. Scheeringa, M. S. & Weems C. F (2013). Randomized Placebo-Controlled D-Cycloserine with
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Pediatric Posttraumatic Stress.
6. Scott, B. G., Sanders, A. F. P., Graham, R., A., Banks, D. M., Russell, J. D., Berman S. L. & Weems,
C. F. (2013). Natural Disasters, Identity Distress, and Internalizing Problems: The Role of
Posttraumatic Stress among Katrina-Exposed Adolescents.
7. Osofsky, J.D., Osofsky, H.J., Weems, C.F., Reuther, E.T., Hansel, T.C. (2013).The Effects of Stress
Related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
b. Course/program design and development
8/01 to Present
University of New Orleans
Undergraduate Courses:
Personal Growth and Adjustment; Introduction to Statistics
History of Psychology; Special Topics: The Psychology of Trauma
Graduate Level Courses:
Advanced Statistics I
Advanced Statistics II
Developmental Seminar
Seminar in Psychological Interventions
7/00 to 7/01
Stanford University School of Medicine
Graduate Seminar Topics:
Developmental Assessment of Childhood Internalizing Disorders
Treatment of Phobias in Children and Adolescents
8/96 to 7/00
Florida International University
Undergraduate Courses:
Abnormal Psychology; Adolescent Development;
Introduction to Psychology; Personal Growth and Adjustment;
Personality; Research Methods
Courses Assisted:
Research Methods; Adult Development
Hollins College
Team Teaching:
Advanced Research Methods
Undergraduate Courses Assisted:
Learning; Introduction to Psychology
8/94 to 5/95
c. Special recognition for teaching
Teaching quality consistently maintained as indicated by student ratings on “overall this instructor
was effective in this course” with averages above 4.5 (strongly agree = 5) on the university’s 1-5
standard rating scale across the past 6 years.
d. Academic service
1) On-campus (as administrator, committee member, etc.)
- Associate Chair, (administrative appointment), Department of Psychology,
University of New Orleans (2012-present)
-Undergraduate Coordinator (administrative appointment), Department of Psychology, University
of New Orleans (2005-2012)
-Director, Childhood Anxiety Disorders Clinic, Psychological Services Clinics at the University of
New Orleans (2001-Present)
-Director, Child and Family Anxiety, Fear and Stress Laboratory, University of New Orleans,
Department of Psychology (2001-Present)
-Department Representative College of Science Courses and Curriculum Committee
(2003-Present)
- College of Science Assistant Dean Hiring Committee (2012)
-Department Representative College of Science Retention Committee (2011-2013)
-Member Department of Psychology Clinic Committee (2001-Present)
-Member, Department of Psychology New Faculty Search Committee (2003-2004; 2006-2008;
2011-2012)
-Chair, Department of Psychology Faculty Search Committee (2008-2009)
2) Off-campus
Community Service: The Childhood Anxiety Disorders Clinic in the Psychological Services Clinic
at the University of New Orleans and the Child and Family Anxiety, Fear and Stress
Laboratory has provided low cost sliding scale psychological assessments for anxiety disorders
and related emotional problems and treatment since 2001. The Clinic and Lab also serve as a
training and practicum site for advanced graduate training. School based screening and
interventions for test anxiety including counselor trainings and intervention supervision.
Other -Organized clinical assessment procedures for anxiety disorders clinic at Stanford
University’s School of Medicine (2000) -President of the Association for Developmental
Graduate Students/Student Faculty Liaison, Florida International University (1997-1999)
e. Other service N/A