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Overview

Alan J. Litrownik is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Psychology, with a particular emphasis on Clinical Psychology. Additional subfields in their work include General Health Professions, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science, and Information Systems.

The scientist's research topics span several areas related to child development and welfare. These include:

  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
  • Educational Systems and Policies
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Alan J. Litrownik has published numerous papers, with recent notable works including:

  • Trajectories of adolescent psychopathology among youth who were maltreated and placed in out-of-home care, 2022, Child Abuse & Neglect
  • Trajectories of Maltreatment Re-Reports From Ages 4 to 12: Evidence for Persistent Risk After Early Exposure, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Linking Mother and Youth Parenting Attitudes: Indirect Effects via Maltreatment, Parent Involvement, and Youth Functioning, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Childhood maltreatment, emotional distress, and early adolescent sexual intercourse: Multi-informant perspectives on parental monitoring, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Parent-youth discordance about youth-witnessed violence: Associations with trauma symptoms and service use in an at-risk sample, 2020, UNC Libraries

The majority of their publications appear in the venues UNC Libraries and Child Abuse & Neglect.

  • UNC Libraries
  • Child Abuse & Neglect

Frequent collaborators include colleagues with whom Alan J. Litrownik has worked extensively. These co-authors include:

  • Howard Dubowitz
  • Dallas R. English
  • Richard Thompson
  • Laura J. Proctor
  • Terri L. Lewis

Best Publications

  • Children and youth in foster care: disentangling the relationship between problem behaviors and number of placements

    Rae R Newton;Alan J Litrownik;John A Landsverk

  • Mental Health Problems of Children in Foster Care

    June M. Clausen;John Landsverk;William Ganger;David Chadwick

  • Maltreatment's Wake: The Relationship of Maltreatment Dimensions to Child Outcomes.

    Diana J. English;Mukund P. Upadhyaya;Alan J. Litrownik;Jane M. Marshall

  • Effect of early childhood adversity on child health.

    Emalee G. Flaherty;Richard Thompson;Alan J. Litrownik;Adrea Theodore

  • Exposure to Family Violence in Young At-Risk Children: A Longitudinal Look at the Effects of Victimization and Witnessed Physical and Psychological Aggression

    Alan J. Litrownik;Rae Newton;Wanda M. Hunter;Diana English

  • Father involvement and children's functioning at age 6 years: a multisite study.

    Howard Dubowitz;Maureen M. Black;Christine E. Cox;Mia A. Kerr

  • Importance of early neglect for childhood aggression.

    Jonathan B. Kotch;Terri Lewis;Jon M. Hussey;Diana English

  • Defining Maltreatment Chronicity: Are There Differences in Child Outcomes?.

    Diana J. English;J. Christopher Graham;Alan J. Litrownik;Mark Everson

  • Adverse Childhood Exposures and Reported Child Health at Age 12

    Emalee G. Flaherty;Richard Thompson;Alan J. Litrownik;Adam J. Zolotor

  • Concordance between adolescent reports of childhood abuse and Child Protective Service determinations in an at-risk sample of young adolescents.

    Mark D. Everson;Jamie B. Smith;Jon M. Hussey;Diana English

  • Examination of a conceptual model of child neglect

    Howard Dubowitz;Rae R. Newton;Alan J. Litrownik;Terri Lewis

  • Measuring the severity of child maltreatment.

    Alan J. Litrownik;Anna Lau;Diana J. English;Ernestine Briggs

  • Caregiver substance abuse among maltreated children placed in out-of-home care.

    Bridgett A. Besinger;Ann F. Garland;Alan J. Litrownik;John A. Landsverk

  • Defining Child Neglect Based on Child Protective Services Data.

    Howard Dubowitz;Steven C. Pitts;Alan J. Litrownik;Christine E. Cox

  • Linking Childhood Sexual Abuse and Early Adolescent Risk Behavior: The Intervening Role of Internalizing and Externalizing Problems

    Deborah J. Jones;Terri Lewis;Alan Litrownik;Richard Thompson

  • Response latencies to auditory stimuli in autistic children engaged in self-stimulatory behavior

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  • Predictors of cigarette and alcohol susceptibility and use among Hispanic migrant adolescents

    John P. Elder;Nadia R. Campbell;Alan J. Litrownik;Guadalupe X. Ayala

  • Trajectories of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Self-Reported Health at Age 18

    Richard Thompson;Emalee G. Flaherty;Diana J. English;Alan J. Litrownik

  • Youth Self-Report of Physical and Sexual Abuse: A Latent Class Analysis.

    Kate B. Nooner;Alan J. Litrownik;Richard Thompson;Benjamin Margolis

  • Trajectories of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Early Adolescent HIV/AIDS Risk Behaviors: The Role of Other Maltreatment, Witnessed Violence, and Child Gender

    Deborah J. Jones;Desmond Kimo Runyan;Terri Lewis;Alan J. Litrownik

  • Unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms after abuse in a prospective study of children at risk for abuse and neglect.

    Miranda A. L. van Tilburg;Desmond K. Runyan;Adam J. Zolotor;J. Christopher Graham

Frequent Co-Authors

Diana J. English
Diana J. English University of Washington
Howard Dubowitz
Howard Dubowitz University of Maryland, Baltimore
Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson Juvenile Protective Association
Terri L. Lewis
Terri L. Lewis McMaster University
Maureen M. Black
Maureen M. Black University of Maryland, Baltimore
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
Ernestine C. Briggs
Ernestine C. Briggs Duke University
Deborah J. Jones
Deborah J. Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ann F. Garland
Ann F. Garland University of California, San Diego
Anna S. Lau
Anna S. Lau University of California, Los Angeles

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