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Donna B. Pincus is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Psychology, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology as notable subfields. Additional areas of study include Social Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.

The topics covered in their work encompass a range of issues related to emotional and mental health. Key themes include Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Family and Disability Support Research, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, COVID-19 and Mental Health, and Sleep and Related Disorders.

Donna B. Pincus has published in various venues, with several frequent publication sites such as PsycTESTS Dataset, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Clinical Case Studies, and Journal of Clinical Psychology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the researcher demonstrate a focus on anxiety and emotional development in children, as well as clinical interventions:

  • Parent and child emotion and distress responses associated with parental accommodation of child anxiety symptoms, 2020, Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Fear of illness & virus evaluation (FIVE) COVID-19 scales for children-parent/caregiver-report development and validation, 2022, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • Intensive Treatment of Chronic Pain and PTSD: The PATRIOT Program, 2024, Behavioral Sciences
  • The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) pediatric and parent-proxy short forms for anxiety: Psychometric properties in the Kids FACE FEARS sample, 2023, Journal of Anxiety Disorders
  • A Pilot Feasibility Open Trial of an Interpretation Bias Intervention for Parents of Anxious Children, 2021, Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Collaboration appears as an integral part of their research activity, with frequent co-authors including Jonathan S. Comer, Angela D. Evans, Lindsay C. Malloy, Tara S. Peris, and Hanan Salem.

The focus on child and adolescent populations is prominent in their work, with studies addressing parental roles in child anxiety, development of assessment scales for COVID-19-related stress, and interventions targeting anxiety and chronic pain. The research reflects methodological engagement with psychometrics and treatment approaches, indicating a blend of clinical application and experimental investigation.

Best Publications

  • Distinguishing Lies from Jokes: Theory of Mind Deficits and Discourse Interpretation in Right Hemisphere Brain-Damaged Patients

    Ellen Winner;Hiram Brownell;Francesca Happé;Ari Blum

  • The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale for Children and Adolescents: An Initial Psychometric Investigation

    Carrie Masia-Warner;Eric A. Storch;Donna B. Pincus;Rachel G. Klein

  • Improving children's coping with everyday stress: transporting treatment interventions to the school setting.

    Donna B. Pincus;Alice G. Friedman

  • Parental accommodation of child anxiety and related symptoms: Range, impact, and correlates

    Johanna Thompson-Hollands;Caroline E. Kerns;Donna B. Pincus;Jonathan S. Comer

  • Parent-child interaction therapy for treatment of separation anxiety disorder in young children: A pilot study

    Molly L. Choate;Donna B. Pincus;Sheila M. Eyberg;David H. Barlow

  • The metacognitions questionnaire for children: development and validation in a clinical sample of children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.

    Terri Landon Bacow;Donna B. Pincus;Jill T. Ehrenreich;Leslie R. Brody

  • Assessment of Parental Experiential Avoidance in a Clinical Sample of Children with Anxiety Disorders

    Daniel M. Cheron;Jill T. Ehrenreich;Donna B. Pincus

  • Extending parent-child interaction therapy for early childhood internalizing problems: new advances for an overlooked population.

    Aubrey L. Carpenter;Anthony C. Puliafico;Steven M. S. Kurtz;Donna B. Pincus

  • The Implementation of Modified Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Youth with Separation Anxiety Disorder

    Donna B. Pincus;Lauren C. Santucci;Jill T. Ehrenreich;Sheila M. Eyberg

  • Adapting Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Young Children with Separation Anxiety Disorder.

    Donna B. Pincus;Sheila M. Eyberg;Molly L. Choate

  • Sleep-related problems in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders.

    Rhea M. Chase;Donna B. Pincus

  • Alliance, technology, and outcome in the treatment of anxious youth

    Brian C. Chu;Muniya S. Choudhury;Alison L. Shortt;Donna B. Pincus

  • Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Panic Disorder in Adolescence

    Donna B. Pincus;Jill Ehrenreich May;Sarah W. Whitton;Sara G. Mattis

  • The effects of right-hemisphere brain damage on patients' use of terms of personal reference

    Hiram Brownell;Hiram Brownell;Hiram Brownell;Donna Pincus;Ari Blum;Alexandra Rehak;Alexandra Rehak

  • Irritability and Severity of Anxious Symptomatology Among Youth With Anxiety Disorders.

    Danielle Cornacchio;Kathleen I. Crum;Stefany Coxe;Donna B. Pincus

  • Characteristics of Anxious and Depressed Youth Seen in Two Different Clinical Contexts

    Jill Ehrenreich-May;Michael A. Southam-Gerow;Shannon E. Hourigan;Lauren R. Wright

  • Anxiety Sensitivity and Sleep-Related Problems in Anxious Youth

    Courtney L. Weiner;R. Meredith Elkins;Donna Pincus;Jonathan Comer

  • Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a One-Week Summer Treatment Program for Separation Anxiety Disorder.

    Lauren C. Santucci;Jill T. Ehrenreich;Sarah E. Trosper;Shannon M. Bennett

  • Adapting parent-child interaction therapy to treat anxiety disorders in young children.

    Anthony C. Puliafico;Jonathan S. Comer;Donna B. Pincus

  • The effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy for youth anxiety on sleep problems.

    Jeremy S. Peterman;Matthew M. Carper;R. Meredith Elkins;Jonathan S. Comer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan S. Comer
Jonathan S. Comer Florida International University
Sarah W. Whitton
Sarah W. Whitton University of Cincinnati
Hiram Brownell
Hiram Brownell Boston College
Jill Ehrenreich-May
Jill Ehrenreich-May University of Miami
Philip C. Kendall
Philip C. Kendall Temple University
Sheila M. Eyberg
Sheila M. Eyberg University of Florida
Brian C. Chu
Brian C. Chu Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ellen C. Perrin
Ellen C. Perrin Tufts Medical Center
Ellen Winner
Ellen Winner Boston College
David H. Barlow
David H. Barlow Boston University

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