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Overview

Cheryl B. McNeil is affiliated with West Virginia University in the United States and specializes in the field of psychology. Their research primarily focuses on clinical psychology, where they have contributed extensively to understanding child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development.

The main topics addressed in their work include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, family and disability support research, autism spectrum disorder research, child abuse and trauma, child welfare and adoption, attachment and relationship dynamics, and child development and digital technology.

McNeil has published numerous scholarly articles in leading academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
  • Journal of Child and Family Studies
  • Children and Youth Services Review
  • BMC Psychology

Their work often involves collaborative research, with frequent coauthors including Lindsay R. Druskin, Sharon T. Phillips, Jane Kohlhoff, Corey Lieneman, and Sara Cibralic.

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by McNeil include:

  • The impact of incentives on treatment adherence and attrition: A randomized controlled trial of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with a primarily Latinx, low-income population (2020, Children and Youth Services Review)
  • A randomized controlled trial comparing parent child interaction therapy - toddler, circle of security- parenting™ and waitlist controls in the treatment of disruptive behaviors for children aged 14-24 months: study protocol (2020, BMC Psychology)
  • Attachment-Based Parenting Interventions and Evidence of Changes in Toddler Attachment Patterns: An Overview (2022, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review)
  • Translating and Implementing Evidence-Based Mental Health Services in Child Welfare (2020, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research)
  • Case report: Co-occurring autism spectrum disorder (Level One) and obsessive-compulsive disorder in a gender-diverse adolescent (2023, Frontiers in Psychiatry)

In addition to articles, McNeil has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Hogrefe Publishing eBooks titled Time-Out in Child Behavior Management (2022).

The research field concentration reflects a strong emphasis on clinical psychology, with involvement in related areas such as education, cognitive neuroscience, safety research, and social psychology.

Best Publications

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy

    Toni L. Hembree-Kigin;Cheryl Bodiford McNeil

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With Behavior Problem Children: Relative Effectiveness of Two Stages and Overall Treatment Outcome

    Toni Hembree Eisenstadt;Sheila Eyberg;Cheryl Bodiford McNeil;Katharine Newcomb

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Behavior Problem Children: One and Two Year Maintenance of Treatment Effects in the Family

    Sheila M. Eyberg;Beverly W. Funderburk;Toni L. Hembree-Kigin;Cheryl B. McNeil

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy With Behavior Problem Children: Generalization of Treatment Effects to the School Setting

    Cheryl Bodiford McNeil;Sheila Eyberg;Toni Hembree Eisenstadt;Katharine Newcomb

  • Parent–child interaction therapy, 2nd ed.

    Cheryl Bodiford McNeil;Toni L. Hembree-Kigin;Karla Anhalt;Åse Bjørseth

  • Parent-child interaction therapy: New directions in research

    Amy D. Herschell;Esther J. Calzada;Sheila M. Eyberg;Cheryl B. McNeil

  • Parent–child interaction therapy: An intensive dyadic intervention for physically abusive families.

    Anthony J. Urquiza;Cheryl Bodiford McNeil

  • Using a whole‐class token economy and coaching of teacher skills in a preschool classroom to manage disruptive behavior

    Holly A. Filcheck;Cheryl B. McNeil;Laurie A. Greco;Rebecca S. Bernard

  • Clinical Child Psychology's Progress in Disseminating Empirically Supported Treatments

    Amy D. Herschell;Cheryl B. McNeil;Daniel W. McNeil

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with Behavior Problem Children: Maintenance of Treatment Effects in the School Setting

    Beverly W. Funderburk;Sheila M. Eyberg;Katharine Newcomb;Cheryl B. McNeil

  • Importance of Early Intervention for Disruptive Behavior Problems: Comparison of Treatment and Waitlist-Control Groups

    Cheryl B. McNeil;Laura C. Capage;Alisa Bahl;Holly Blanc

  • Parent–Child Interaction Therapy: current perspectives

    Corey C Lieneman;Laurel A Brabson;April Highlander;Nancy M Wallace

  • Rationale and Considerations for the Internet-Based Delivery of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy.

    Jonathan S. Comer;Jami M. Furr;Christine Cooper-Vince;Ryan J. Madigan

  • Training foster parents in parent-child interaction therapy.

    Cheryl B. McNeil;Amy D. Herschell;Robin H. Gurwitch;Laurie Clemens-Mowrer

  • Parenting Stress in Mothers of Young Children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Other Severe Behavior Problems.

    Christine N. Ross;Holly M. Blanc;Cheryl B. McNeil;Sheila M. Eyberg

  • The Inclusion of Fathers in Behavioral Parent Training: A Critical Evaluation

    Jennifer D. Tiano;Cheryl B. McNeil

  • DSM–IV and disorders of childhood and adolescence: Can structural criteria be functional?

    Joseph R. Scotti;Tracy L. Morris;Cheryl B. McNeil;Robert P. Hawkins

  • The ADHD Classroom Kit: A Whole-Classroom Approach for Managing Disruptive Behavior.

    Karla Anhalt;Cheryl B. McNeil;Alisa B. Bahl

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and High Functioning Autism: A Conceptual Overview.

    Joshua J. Masse;Cheryl B. McNeil;Stephanie M. Wagner;Daniel B. Chorney

  • Examining the Efficacy of Parent–Child Interaction Therapy with Children on the Autism Spectrum

    Joshua J. Masse;Cheryl B. McNeil;Stephanie Wagner;Lauren B. Quetsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Sheila M. Eyberg
Sheila M. Eyberg University of Florida
Valsamma Eapen
Valsamma Eapen University of New South Wales
Daniel W. McNeil
Daniel W. McNeil West Virginia University
Jonathan S. Comer
Jonathan S. Comer Florida International University
Korey K. Hood
Korey K. Hood Stanford University
Nicholas A. Turiano
Nicholas A. Turiano West Virginia University
Natalie J. Shook
Natalie J. Shook University of Connecticut
David J. Kolko
David J. Kolko University of Pittsburgh
Lars Wichstrøm
Lars Wichstrøm Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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