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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: [email protected]

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 May 2001

Bachelor of Science, Psychology with honors

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 Summer 2005

Principal Investigator: James Waxmonsky, MD

Study Coordinator and Research Assistant August 2001 – June 2005

Principal Investigator: Craig Colder, PhD

mailto:[email protected]

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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 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) August 2014 – June 2015

Kansas Department of Aging & Disability Services

“School-based Mental Health Services in Kansas”

Role: Faculty Expert

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) September 2013- June 2014

Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services

“Kansas Evaluation of Youth Mental Health Services”

Role: Consultant

KSDE 38123 (PI: Williford) June 2013-September 2015

Kansas Department of Education

“Anti-Bullying Policy Development and Implementation”

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Strategic Initiative Grant (PI: Johnson-Motoyama) March 2013 – February 2014


“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) December 2012 – November 2013


“Anti-Bullying Intervention Development Initiative”

Role: Co-Investigator

New Faculty General Research Fund Grant (PI: Fite) July 2012 – June 2014


“Peer Relationships in Schools”

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L30 DA025811 Renewal (PI:Fite) July 2011 – June 2012

NIDA

“Etiology and Developmental Progression of Child Behavior”

General Research Support Grant (PI: Fite) October 2010

Clayton Family Foundation

L30 DA025811 Renewal (PI:Fite) July 2010 – June 2011

NIDA

“Individual and Contextual Influences of Child Problem Behavior”

R44 DA024911 (PI: Kabuka) September 2009 – August 2011

NIDA

“Automated Development of Electronic Data Capture for Clinical Trials”

Role: Consultant

L30 DA025811 (PI: Fite) July 2008 – June 2010

NIDA

“The Development of Child and Adolescent Problem Behavior”

F31 DA018016 (PI: Fite) December 2004 - August 2007

NIDA

“Pathways from Subtypes of Aggression to Substance Use”

Peer Reviewed Publications: * 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, 719-

727.

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, 527-

542.

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, 352-

358.

*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


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, 337-

345.

Pardini, D. A., & Fite, P. J. (2010). Symptoms of CD, ODD, ADHD, and Callous-

Unemotional 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


*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.


Fite, P. J., Stoppelbein, L., & Greening, L. (2009). Proactive and Reactive Aggression

in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Population. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent


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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


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


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. 2164-

2170). 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). Co-

occurring 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 August 2014

NIH R15 Academic Research Enhancement Awards December 2009

Special Emphasis Study Section (ZRG1 BBBP-D52)

Conference Abstract Reviewer:

APA Convention Division 37 2014

National Conference for Child and Adolescent Psychology 2014

Society for Research in Child Development 2014

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Editorial Board:

Child Psychiatry and Human Development July 2014 - present

Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment January 2009 - present

Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 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:


Assistant Professor of Applied Behavioral Science Faculty Search Committee 2011/2012

Department of Psychology Awards Committee 2011-present

Clinical Child Psychology Program Admissions Committee 2012- present

Behavioral Sciences General Research Fund Review Committee 2012- present

Applied Behavioral Sciences Minority Recruitment and Graduate Admissions

Committee 2012-present

Applied Behavioral Sciences Faculty Performance Review Committee 2012/2013

Psychology Merit and Faculty Performance Committee 2014 & 2015

Provost Faculty Advisory Committee 2014 –current

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CCPP Visiting Professor Search Committee 2014

Bauer Early Childhood Graduate Assistantship Review Committee 2014

CCPP Diversity Committee 2015-present

Jayhawks DREAM (student led organization) Faculty Advisor 2015-present

University of Tennessee

Director of Psychology Undergraduate Studies Search Committee 2010/2011

Provost Junior Faculty Fellow August 2009 – May 2011

Clinical Psychology Graduate Admissions 2008 – 2011

Clinical Experience:

Clinical Supervisor January 2012 - present

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Licensed Clinical Psychologist September 2009 – present

Tennessee

Clinical Supervisor University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN August 2007 – May 2011

Post-doctoral Clinician August 2007 – August 2009

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Supervisor: Bob Wahler, Ph.D; Deborah Welsh, Ph.D.

Leader August 2006- June 2007

Behavioral Parent Training for Court Ordered Families

Family Support Center, Jackson, MS

Clinical Psychology Resident, July 2006 – June 2007

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Supervisors: Laura Stoppelbein, PhD and T. David Elkin, PhD

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 Fall 2001 – Summer 2006

Behavioral Parent Training Workshop

Supervisor: Craig Colder, PhD and Sherry Thomas, PhD

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. December 2014

Eudora, KS

“Comorbidity of Aggression and Substance Use August 2014

Douglas County Family Centered System of Care Group

“Bullying and Victimization among Children and Adolescents February 2014


“Child Behavior: Research Findings” Presentation to Administrators February 2013

and Teachers at Eudora Elementary School. Eudora, KS

“Behaviors of Elementary School Age Children” Presentation to BRIDGE February 2013

Coalition. Eudora, KS

“Bullying” Presentation to Administrators and Teachers at Eudora April 2012

Elementary School. Eudora, KS.

“Challenges in Providing Therapy for Difficult Children and Their Parents” March 2011

Presentation for the Symposium for the Advancement of Family Therapy

(SAFT) Organization. Knoxville, TN

“Positive Child Development and the Impact of Community Programs” March 2011

Training given to state-wide Boys and Girls Club employees during annual

All Staff Training. Knoxville, TN.

“Cognitive, Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence” September 2006

Presentation given to psychiatry residents at the University of Mississippi

Medical Center. Jackson, MS.

“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” July 2006

Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program Undergraduate Conference. Buffalo, NY.

Additional Professional Training and Seminars:

UT Grant Writing Institute Summer 2010

Instructor: Robert Porter

Structural Equation Modeling Semester Course Spring 2005

Instructor: Craig R. Colder PhD, Buffalo, NY

The Community Parent Education Program Training Workshop Summer 2002

Conducted by: Charles E. Cunningham, PhD, Buffalo, NY

Structural Equation Modeling Summer Workshop Summer 2002

Instructor: Craig R Colder, PhD, Buffalo, NY

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) 2014-2016

Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Division 37 of APA)

Member of ICD 11 Disruptive Behavior Disorders Task Group 2013- present

World Health Organization

University of Kansas Student Committees (clinical child psychology program students unless otherwise noted)

Masters Thesis Committees

Chair, Casey Pederson Current

Chair, Jon Poquiz Current

Chair, Andrew Frazer March 2015

Chair, Michelle Hendrickson September 2012

Chair, John Cooley March 2014

Chair, Cassidy Belz May 2014

Chair, Moneika DiPierro December 2014

Committee Member, Tarrah Mitchell Current

Committee Member, Spencer Evans August 2012

Committee Member, Rebecca Kanine September 2012

Committee Member, Laurie Gayes April 2013

Committee Member, Kelsey Borner December 2013

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Dissertation Committees

Chair, Spencer Evans Current

Co-Chair, Sonia Schwartz October 2013

Committee Member, Li Chen (School Psychology) Current

Committee Member, Laurie Gayes Current

Committee Member, Kathryn DePaolis (Social Welfare) Current

Committee Member, Emily Kessler Current

Committee Member, Marvia Jones (ABS) Current

Committee Member, Anna Whaley (ABS) Current

Committee Member, Stephen Locke (School of Ed) Current

Committee Member, Joy Gabrielli Current

Committee Member, Angela Tunno Current

Committee Member, Cindy Boyle (ABS) October 2011

Committee Member, Kalani Makanui June 2012

Committee Member, Sarah Beals May 2014

Committee Member, Ed Morris June 2014

Committee Member, Allison Ellidge June 2014

Committee Member, Leni Wilcox July 2014

Committee Member, Marilyn Sampilo November 2014

Qualifying Paper Committees Committee Member, Marlo Winstead (Social Welfare) February 2013

Committee Member, Kathryn DePaolis (Social Welfare) November 2013

Committee Member, Margaret Lloyd (Social Welfare) 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 October 2008

Chair, Jamie Rathert August 2009

Chair, Michael Vitulano April 2010

Chair, Amber Wimsatt October 2010

Committee Member, Christen Mullane April 2008

Committee Member, Miriam Frankel December 2009

Committee Member, Jennifer Willett May 2009

Committee Member, Rebecca Trupe April 2010

Committee Member, Amanda Sherman July 2010

Committee Member, Sarah Gilbert April 2011

Committee Member, Marlena Rybalt April 2011

Committee Member, Stevie Grassetti July 2011

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Committee Member, Christopher Watkins October 2011

Dissertation Committees

Chair, Alden Gaertner July 2011

Co-Chair, Aaron Kivisto November 2009

Co-Chair, Porche’ Wynn March 2010

Co-Chair, Sara Elkins May 2011

Co-Chair, Amber Wimsatt September 2012

Co-Chair, Jamie Rathert October 2012

Co-Chair, Michael Vitulano February 2013

Committee Member, Katie Fitzpatrick June 2009

Committee Member, Jennifer Christman December 2011

Committee Member, Jennifer Willett August 2011

Committee Member, Miriam Frankel May 2011

Committee Member, Lydia Eckstein 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


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


Laura Stoppelbein, PhD

Associate Professor

University of Alabama at Birmingham


Birmingham, AL

Voice: 205-934-3850


Deborah Welsh, PhD

Professor and Department Head



1404 Circle Dr.

Knoxville, TN 37996-0900

Voice: 865-974-8540

Fax: 865-974-3330


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