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  • 1985 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Irwin N. Sandler is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of psychology and social sciences. Their work extensively covers clinical psychology, sociology and political science, demography, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and general health professions.

The main topics of Sandler's research include grief, bereavement, and mental health; family dynamics and relationships; migration, health, and trauma; intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving; family support in illness; child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development; and assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy.

Some recent research papers authored or co-authored by Sandler are as follows:

  • Developmental Manifestations of Grief in Children and Adolescents: Caregivers as Key Grief Facilitators, 2022, Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma
  • Grief as a predictor of long-term risk for suicidal ideation and attempts of parentally bereaved children and adolescents, 2021, Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • A Population-Level, Randomized Effectiveness Trial of Recruitment Strategies for Parenting Programs in Elementary Schools, 2020, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • Longitudinal Effects of PostDivorce Interparental Conflict on Children's Mental Health Problems Through Fear of Abandonment: Does Parenting Quality Play a Buffering Role?, 2021, Child Development
  • Reducing suicide risk in parentally bereaved youth through promoting effective parenting: testing a developmental cascade model, 2021, Development and Psychopathology

The frequent co-authors with whom Sandler collaborates include Sharlene A. Wolchik, Jenn-Yun Tein, Karey L. O'Hara, Na Zhang, and C. Aubrey Rhodes.

Sandler's work is often published in venues such as Development and Psychopathology, Family Court Review, Journal of Traumatic Stress, UNC Libraries, and Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma.

Irwin N. Sandler was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1985.

Best Publications

  • Preliminary development of a scale of social support: Studies on college students

    Manuel Barrera;Irwin N. Sandler;Thomas B. Ramsay

  • A Dispositional and Situational Assessment of Children's Coping: Testing Alternative Models of Coping

    Tim S. Ayers;Irwin N. Sandler;Stephen G. West;Mark W. Roosa

  • Promoting and Protecting Youth Mental Health Through Evidence-Based Prevention and Treatment.

    John R. Weisz;Irwin N. Sandler;Joseph A. Durlak;Barry S. Anton

  • Locus of control as a stress moderator: The role of control perceptions and social support

    Irwin N. Sandler;Brian Lakey

  • Coping, Stress, and the Psychological Symptoms of Children of Divorce: A Cross‐sectional and Longitudinal Study

    Irwin N. Sandler;Jenn-Yun Tein;Stephen G. West

  • Standards of Evidence for Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Scale-up Research in Prevention Science: Next Generation.

    Denise C. Gottfredson;Thomas D. Cook;Frances E. M. Gardner;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Toward a multimethod approach to assessing the effects of social support

    Irwin N. Sandler;Manuel Barrera

  • Putting the Pieces Together: An Integrated Model of Program Implementation

    Cady Berkel;Anne M. Mauricio;Erin Schoenfelder;Irwin N. Sandler

  • Long-term impact of prevention programs to promote effective parenting: lasting effects but uncertain processes.

    Irwin N. Sandler;Erin N. Schoenfelder;Sharlene A. Wolchik;David P. MacKinnon

  • The critical role of nurturing environments for promoting human well-being.

    Anthony Biglan;Brian R. Flay;Dennis D. Embry;Irwin N. Sandler

  • The family bereavement program: efficacy evaluation of a theory-based prevention program for parentally bereaved children and adolescents.

    Irwin N. Sandler;Tim S. Ayers;Sharlene A. Wolchik;Jenn-Yun Tein

  • Social support resources, stress, and maladjustment of poor children.

    Irwin N. Sandler

  • Coping Efficacy and Psychological Problems of Children of Divorce.

    Irwin N. Sandler;Jenn Yun Tein;Paras Mehta;Sharlene Wolchik

  • Temperament as a predictor of symptomatology in children: addressing contamination of measures.

    Liliana J. Lengua;Stephen G. West;Irwin N. Sandler

  • The additive and interactive effects of parenting and temperament in predicting adjustment problems of children of divorce.

    Liliana J. Lengua;Sharlene A. Wolchik;Irwin N. Sandler;Stephen G. West

  • Six-year follow-up of preventive interventions for children of divorce: a randomized controlled trial.

    Sharlene A. Wolchik;Irwin N. Sandler;Roger E. Millsap;Brett A. Plummer

  • Social support as a protective factor for children in stress.

    Irwin N. Sandler;Paul Miller;Jerome Short;Sharlene A. Wolchik

  • On the Limits of Coping: Interaction between Stress and Coping for Inner-City Adolescents

    Nancy A. Gonzales;Jenn-Yun Tein;Irwin N. Sandler;Ruth J. Friedman

  • An experimental evaluation of theory-based mother and mother-child programs for children of divorce

    Sharlene A. Wolchik;Stephen G. West;Irwin N. Sandler;Jenn Yun Tein

  • War-related stress. Addressing the stress of war and other traumatic events.

    Stevan E. Hobfoll;Charles D. Spielberger;Shlomo Breznitz;Shlomo Breznitz;Charles Figley

  • Handbook of children's coping : linking theory and intervention

    Sharlene Wolchik;Irwin N. Sandler

  • The promotion of wellness in children and adolescents.

    Dante Cicchetti;Julian Rappaport;Irwin Sandler;Roger P. Weissberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Sharlene A. Wolchik
Sharlene A. Wolchik Arizona State University
Jenn-Yun Tein
Jenn-Yun Tein Arizona State University
Sanford L. Braver
Sanford L. Braver Arizona State University
Linda J. Luecken
Linda J. Luecken Arizona State University
Stephen G. West
Stephen G. West Arizona State University
Roger E. Millsap
Roger E. Millsap Arizona State University
Mark W. Roosa
Mark W. Roosa Arizona State University
David P. MacKinnon
David P. MacKinnon Arizona State University
Nancy A. Gonzales
Nancy A. Gonzales Arizona State University
Liliana J. Lengua
Liliana J. Lengua University of Washington

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