Representative Publications

Current/Former Lab Member

*Student/Trainee Author 

**previous publications under name “Desir, M.P.”

Brown, M.P., Allen, B., *Davis, A., *Shacklewood, C., Brettler, R., & Bucher, A. (in press). The impact of caregiver trauma on youth TF-CBT attrition: Moderation by youth emotion regulation. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2025.08.012

 *Johnson, A., *Witmer, R., Brown, M.P., Rogosch, F., & Cicchetti, D. (2025). An attachment interchange: The role of parent and peer relationships in the psychopathology of maltreated adolescents. Development and Psychopathology. Published online 2025:1-12. doi:10.1017/S095457942510045X

Brown, M.P., Shenk, C.E., Allen, B., *Dunning, E.D., *Lombera, M.A., Bucher, A.M., & Dreschel, N.A. (2024). The influence of pre-treatment respiratory sinus arrhythmia on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy outcomes: Findings from a randomized controlled feasibility trial. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.23053

Brown, M.P., *Witmer, R., & *Johnson, A. (2024). The influence of friendships on the mental health of maltreated youth: A pre-registered systematic review using a developmental psychopathology perspective. Development and Psychopathology. doi:10.1017/S0954579424000476

Brown, M. P., Rogosch, F., *Shacklewood, C., & Cicchetti, D. (2023). The role of child maltreatment and adolescent victimization in predicting adolescent psychopathology and problematic substance use. Child Abuse & Neglect, 146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106454

Brown, M. P., Ng., R., *Lisle, J., Koenig, M., *Sannes, D., Rogosch, F., & Cicchetti, D. (2023). Mind-mindedness in a high-risk sample: Differential benefits for developmental outcomes based on child maltreatment. Developmental Psychology, 59(6), 1126-1135. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001506

Allen, B. & Brown, M. (2022). Attachment security as an outcome and predictor of response to Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy among maltreated children with posttraumatic stress: A pilot study. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 28(3), 1080-1091. https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045221144588

Shenk, C.E., Allen, B., Dreschel, N.A., Wang, M. Felt, J.M., Brown, M.P., Bucher, A.M., Chen, M.J., & Olson, A.E. (2022). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia change during Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Results from a pilot randomized controlled trial. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 1487-1499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00946-w

Allen, E.K., Desir, M. P., & Shenk, C.E. (2021). Child maltreatment and adolescent externalizing behavior: Examining peer relationships as a mediator. Child Abuse & Neglect, 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104796

Desir, M. P. & Karatekin, C. (2019). Characteristics of disclosing childhood victimization and risk for revictimization in young adulthood. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 36(21-22), NP12225-NP12251. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260519889932