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David S. DeGarmo is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research spans several fields within the social sciences, psychology, and health professions, with a significant focus on clinical psychology and general health professions. This work intersects with areas such as sociology and political science, safety research, and demography.

The academic output of David S. DeGarmo includes contributions to topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, food security and health in diverse populations, racial and ethnic identity research, COVID-19 and mental health, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, disability education and employment, and family and disability support research.

Key publication venues where DeGarmo has frequently published include Prevention Science, Development and Psychopathology, American Journal of Public Health, Journal of Family Psychology, and Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Within these venues, their work often appears alongside a network of frequent coauthors including Leslie D. Leve, Elizabeth L. Budd, Camille C. Cioffi, Stephanie De Anda, and Ellen Hawley McWhirter, reflecting collaborative research efforts.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by DeGarmo are:

  • Effectiveness of a COVID-19 Testing Outreach Intervention for Latinx Communities, 2022, JAMA Network Open
  • Using Motivational Interviewing to Improve Parenting Skills and Prevent Problem Behavior During the Transition to Kindergarten, 2020, Prevention Science
  • A Longitudinal Investigation of Discrimination and Mental Health in Chinese International Students: The Role of Social Connectedness, 2020, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Paths 2 the Future: Evidence for the Efficacy of a Career Development Intervention for Young Women With Disabilities, 2020, Exceptional Children
  • A Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families with Adolescents: Integrating Science, Culture, and a Focus on Immigration-Related Adversity, 2021, Prevention Science

Best Publications

  • Parenting through change: An effective prevention program for single mothers.

    Marion S. Forgatch;David S. DeGarmo

  • Promoting Academic Success among Latino Youths.

    Charles R. Martinez;David S. DeGarmo;J. Mark Eddy

  • Evaluating fidelity: predictive validity for a measure of competent adherence to the Oregon model of parent management training.

    Marion S. Forgatch;Gerald R. Patterson;David S. DeGarmo

  • Posttraumatic stress symptoms among National Guard soldiers deployed to Iraq: associations with parenting behaviors and couple adjustment.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Melissa A. Polusny;David S. DeGarmo;Anna Khaylis

  • A Culturally Informed Model of Academic Well-Being for Latino Youth: The Importance of Discriminatory Experiences and Social Support.

    David S. DeGarmo;Charles R. Martinez

  • How do outcomes in a specified parent training intervention maintain or wane over time

    David S. DeGarmo;Gerald R. Patterson;Marion S. Forgatch

  • Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: 2-Year Follow-Up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Patricia Chamberlain;Leslie D. Leve;David S. DeGarmo

  • Cascading effects following intervention.

    Gerald R. Patterson;Marion S. Forgatch;David S. DeGarmo

  • Parenting of divorced mothers as a link between social status and boys' academic outcomes: unpacking the effects of socioeconomic status.

    David S. DeGarmo;Marion S. Forgatch;Charles R. Martinez

  • Testing the Oregon delinquency model with 9-year follow-up of the Oregon Divorce Study.

    Marion S. Forgatch;Gerald R. Patterson;David S. Degarmo;Zintars G. Beldavs

  • Hyperactive and antisocial behaviors: Comorbid or two points in the same process?

    Gerald R. Patterson;David S. Degarmo;Nancy Knutson

  • Helping military families through the deployment process: Strategies to support parenting.

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;Christopher R. Erbes;Melissa A. Polusny;Marion S. Forgatch

  • Child Maltreatment and Foster Care: Unpacking the Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Parental Substance Use

    Dana K. Smith;Amber B. Johnson;Katherine C. Pears;Philip A. Fisher

  • Systematic changes in families following prevention trials.

    Gerald R. Patterson;David DeGarmo;Marion S. Forgatch

  • Care neglect, supervisory neglect, and harsh parenting in the development of children's aggression: a replication and extension.

    John F. Knutson;David DeGarmo;Gina Koeppl;John B. Reid

  • Social disadvantage and neglectful parenting as precursors to the development of antisocial and aggressive child behavior: Testing a theoretical model

    John F. Knutson;David S. DeGarmo;John B. Reid

  • Evaluating Mediators of the Impact of the Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) Multimodal Preventive Intervention on Substance Use Initiation and Growth across Adolescence

    David S. DeGarmo;J. Mark Eddy;John B. Reid;Rebecca A. Fetrow

  • An efficacious theory-based intervention for stepfamilies.

    Marion S. Forgatch;David S. DeGarmo;Zintars G Beldavs

  • Parenting, Parental Mental Health, and Child Functioning in Families Residing in Supportive Housing

    Abigail H. Gewirtz;David S. DeGarmo;Elizabeth J. Plowman;Gerald August

  • Early development of delinquency within divorced families: evaluating a randomized preventive intervention trial.

    David S. DeGarmo;Marion S. Forgatch

  • Ethnicity, Culture, and Sexual Aggression: Risk and Protective Factors.

    Gordon C. Nagayama Hall;Andra L. Teten;David S. DeGarmo;Stanley Sue

Frequent Co-Authors

Marion S. Forgatch
Marion S. Forgatch University of Oregon
Abigail H. Gewirtz
Abigail H. Gewirtz University of Minnesota
Gerald R. Patterson
Gerald R. Patterson Ball State University
Leslie D. Leve
Leslie D. Leve University of Oregon
Philip A. Fisher
Philip A. Fisher Stanford University
Elizabeth A. Stormshak
Elizabeth A. Stormshak University of Oregon
James J. Snyder
James J. Snyder Wichita State University
John B. Reid
John B. Reid University of Oregon
Melissa A. Polusny
Melissa A. Polusny University of Minnesota
Patricia Chamberlain
Patricia Chamberlain University of Oregon

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