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Kate Sofronoff is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia, contributing extensively to research in psychology and medicine, with a focus on clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including education, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, and psychiatry and mental health.

Their primary research topics include family and disability support, autism spectrum disorder, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, infant development and preterm care, child development and digital technology, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and child nutrition and feeding issues.

Frequent publication venues where Kate Sofronoff's work appears include:

  • Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Autism
  • Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Kate Sofronoff has authored several significant papers such as:

  • Randomized Controlled Trial of a Video Gaming-Based Social Skills Program for Children on the Autism Spectrum (2021), Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Evaluating the effects of a yoga-based program integrated with third-wave cognitive behavioral therapy components on self-regulation in children on the autism spectrum: A pilot randomized controlled trial (2020), Autism
  • Coercive parenting: modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors in parents of children with developmental disabilities (2021), Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
  • Parental Adjustment Scale: Validation of a brief, five-item measure of parental adjustment for use with families of typically developing children and children with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in Australia (2022), Research in Developmental Disabilities
  • Predictors of Change in Stepping Stones Triple Interventions: The Relationship between Parental Adjustment, Parenting Behaviors and Child Outcomes (2022), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The researcher collaborates frequently with other scholars, including:

  • Stewart Einfeld
  • Kylie M. Gray
  • Matthew R. Sanders
  • Bruce J. Tonge
  • Julie Hodges

Best Publications

  • A randomised controlled trial of a CBT intervention for anxiety in children with Asperger syndrome.

    Kate Sofronoff;Tony Attwood;Sharon Hinton

  • A multi-component social skills intervention for children with Asperger syndrome: the Junior Detective Training Program.

    Renae Beaumont;Kate Sofronoff

  • Stepping Stones Triple P: An RCT of a Parenting Program with Parents of a Child Diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Koa Whittingham;Kate Sofronoff;Jeanie Sheffield;Matthew R. Sanders

  • The Effectiveness of Parent Management Training to Increase Self-Efficacy in Parents of Children with Asperger Syndrome

    Kate Sofronoff;Michelle Farbotko

  • ADHD and Parental Psychological Distress: Role of Demographics, Child Behavioral Characteristics, and Parental Cognitions

    Christine Harrison;Kate Sofronoff

  • Adolescents' willingness to seek psychological help: Promoting and preventing factors

    Jeanie K. Sheffield;Erika Fiorenza;Kate V. Sofronoff

  • A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural intervention for anger management in children diagnosed with Asperger syndrome.

    Kate V. Sofronoff;Tony Attwood;Sharon L. Hinton;Irina Levin

  • Anxiety and social worries in children with Asperger syndrome.

    Emily Russell;Kate Sofronoff

  • Finding meaning in parenting a child with Asperger syndrome: correlates of sense making and benefit finding

    Kenneth I Pakenham;Kate Sofronoff;Christina Samios

  • Every family: a population approach to reducing behavioral and emotional problems in children making the transition to school

    Matthew R. Sanders;Alan Ralph;Katherine V. Sofronoff;Paul Gardiner

  • Adjustment in mothers of children with Asperger syndrome An application of the double ABCX model of family adjustment

    Kenneth I. Pakenham;Christina Samios;Kate Sofronoff

  • Social vulnerability and bullying in children with Asperger syndrome

    Kate Sofronoff;Elizabeth Dark;Valerie Stone

  • Parent Management Training and Asperger Syndrome A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate a Parent Based Intervention

    Kate Sofronoff;Anthony Leslie;Wendy Brown

  • Pathways Triple P-positive parenting program: effects on parent-child relationships and child behavior problems.

    Tamera L. Wiggins;Kate Sofronoff;Matthew R. Sanders

  • Improving child and parenting outcomes following paediatric acquired brain injury: A randomised controlled trial of Stepping Stones Triple P plus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

    Felicity L. Brown;Felicity L. Brown;Koa Whittingham;Roslyn N. Boyd;Lynne McKinlay;Lynne McKinlay;Lynne McKinlay

  • Stepping Stones Triple P seminars for parents of a child with a disability: a randomized controlled trial.

    Kate Sofronoff;Diana Jahnel;Diana Jahnel;Matthew Sanders

  • The Efficacy and Acceptability of the Triple P-Positive Parenting Program With Japanese Parents

    Yuki Matsumoto;Kate Sofronoff;Matthew R. Sanders

  • Does Stepping Stones Triple P plus Acceptance and Commitment Therapy improve parent, couple, and family adjustment following paediatric acquired brain injury? A randomised controlled trial.

    Felicity L. Brown;Felicity L. Brown;Koa Whittingham;Roslyn N. Boyd;Lynne McKinlay

  • Parenting a child with a traumatic brain injury: Experiences of parents and health professionals

    Felicity L Brown;Koa Whittingham;Kate Sofronoff;Roslyn N Boyd

  • Psychometric Properties of the Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised Short-Form: Is the Short Form a Valid and Reliable Measure for Young Adults?

    Deanne Hawkins;Kate Sofronoff;Jeanie Sheffield

  • Stepping Stones Triple P: A pilot study to evaluate acceptability of the program by parents of a child diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder

    K. Whittingham;K. Sofronoff;J. K. Sheffield

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew R. Sanders
Matthew R. Sanders University of Queensland
Jeanie Sheffield
Jeanie Sheffield University of Queensland
Kylie Megan Gray
Kylie Megan Gray University of Birmingham
Stewart L. Einfeld
Stewart L. Einfeld University of Sydney
Bruce J Tonge
Bruce J Tonge Monash University
Alina Morawska
Alina Morawska University of Queensland
Kenneth I. Pakenham
Kenneth I. Pakenham University of Queensland
Nancy A. Pachana
Nancy A. Pachana University of Queensland
Edward Helmes
Edward Helmes James Cook University
Patricia Howlin
Patricia Howlin King's College London

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