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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Erin Dowdy is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara, United States. Their research spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a strong emphasis on clinical psychology, education, social psychology, safety research, and sociology and political science.

Dowdy's work frequently addresses topics related to child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, early childhood education and development, family and disability support research, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, parental involvement in education, resilience and mental health, and the mental health impacts of COVID-19.

The following are some of their recent scholarly papers:

  • "Integrating Intersectionality, Social Determinants of Health, and Healing: A New Training Framework for School-Based Mental Health" (2022), published in School Psychology Review
  • "A roadmap to equitable school mental health screening" (2022), published in Journal of School Psychology
  • "Cyberbullying victimization and student engagement among adolescents: Does school climate matter?" (2020), published in School Psychology
  • "Social support profiles associations with adolescents' psychological and academic functioning" (2022), published in Journal of School Psychology
  • "Enhancement and Standardization of a Universal Social-Emotional Health Measure for Students' Psychological Strengths" (2020), published in Journal of Well-Being Assessment

Dowdy has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Karen Nylund-Gibson
  • Michael J. Furlong
  • Mei-ki Chan
  • Jill D. Sharkey
  • Delwin Carter

Their research has been published in multiple venues, notably:

  • Contemporary School Psychology
  • School Psychology Review
  • School Psychology
  • School Mental Health
  • Journal of School Psychology

Erin Dowdy received the Hellman Fellow award in 2009.

Best Publications

  • School-Based Screening: A Population-Based Approach to Inform and Monitor Children’s Mental Health Needs

    Erin Dowdy;Kristin Ritchey;R. W. Kamphaus

  • Protecting and promoting: an integrative conceptual model for healthy development of adolescents.

    Maryam Kia-Keating;Erin Dowdy;Melissa L. Morgan;Gil G. Noam

  • Enhancing School-Based Mental Health Services with a Preventive and Promotive Approach to Universal Screening for Complete Mental Health.

    Erin Dowdy;Michael Furlong;Tara C. Raines;Bibliana Bovery

  • Early Identification of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Youth: Universal Screening versus Teacher-Referral Identification

    Katie Eklund;Tyler L. Renshaw;Erin Dowdy;Shane R. Jimerson

  • Bullying victimization and student engagement in elementary, middle, and high schools: Moderating role of school climate.

    Chunyan Yang;Jill D. Sharkey;Lauren A. Reed;Chun Chen

  • Applicability of the Dual-Factor Model of Mental Health for College Students

    Katie Eklund;Erin Dowdy;Camille Jones;Michael Furlong

  • Further Validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for High School Students

    Sukkyung You;Michael J. Furlong;Erin Dowdy;Tyler L. Renshaw

  • Alternatives to Suspensions: Rationale and Recommendations

    Jenna K. Chin;Erin Dowdy;Shane R. Jimerson;W. Jeremy Rime

  • Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Risk Versus Traditional School Identification Methods

    Katie Eklund;Erin Dowdy

  • A Comparison of Teacher Nomination and Screening to Identify Behavioral and Emotional Risk Within a Sample of Underrepresented Students

    Erin Dowdy;Kymberly Doane;Katie Eklund;Bridget V. Dever

  • Addressing disproportionality in special education using a universal screening approach.

    Bridget V. Dever;Tara C. Raines;Erin Dowdy;Cody Hostutler

  • Development and predictive validity of a teacher screener for child behavioral and emotional problems at school

    Randy W. Kamphaus;Jennifer S. Thorpe;Anne Pierce Winsor;Anna P. Kroncke

  • A latent transition analysis of the longitudinal stability of dual-factor mental health in adolescence.

    Stephanie A. Moore;Erin Dowdy;Karen Nylund-Gibson;Michael J. Furlong

  • Determining the Presence of a Problem: Comparing Two Approaches for Detecting Youth Behavioral Risk

    R. W. Kamphaus;Christine DiStefano;Erin Dowdy;Katie Eklund

  • Screening for emotional and behavioral risk among students with limited English proficiency.

    Erin Dowdy;Bridget V. Dever;Christine DiStefano;Jenna K. Chin

  • Factor structure of the BASC-2 Behavioral and Emotional Screening System Student Form.

    Erin Dowdy;Jennifer M. Twyford;Jenna K. Chin;Christine A. DiStefano

  • Screening for Mental Health and Wellness: Current School-Based Practices and Emerging Possibilities

    Erin Dowdy;Michael Furlong;Katie Eklund;Elina Saeki

  • An Empirical Approach to Complete Mental Health Classification in Adolescents

    Stephanie A. Moore;Erin Dowdy;Karen Nylund-Gibson;Michael J. Furlong

  • Using the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scales–21 With U.S. Adolescents: An Alternate Models Analysis:

    Stephanie A. Moore;Erin Dowdy;Michael J. Furlong

  • Conducting Universal Complete Mental Health Screening via Student Self-Report

    Stephanie A. Moore;Oscar Widales-Benitez;Katherine W. Carnazzo;Eui Kyung Kim

  • Exploring the Relative Contributions of the Strength and Distress Components of Dual-Factor Complete Mental Health Screening

    Eui Kyung Kim;Michael J. Furlong;Erin Dowdy;Erika D. Felix

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Furlong
Michael J. Furlong University of California, Santa Barbara
Randy W. Kamphaus
Randy W. Kamphaus University of Oregon
Shane R. Jimerson
Shane R. Jimerson University of California, Santa Barbara
Tyler L. Renshaw
Tyler L. Renshaw Utah State University
Sukkyung You
Sukkyung You Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Jennifer Greif Green
Jennifer Greif Green Boston University
Amy M. Briesch
Amy M. Briesch Northeastern University
Gianluca Gini
Gianluca Gini University of Padua
Robert L. Koegel
Robert L. Koegel Stanford University

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