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Overview

Kevin M. King is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a primary focus on mental health and behavioral research.

Their recent publications cover a variety of topics and have appeared in notable academic venues. Selected papers include:

  • "Why Are Self-Report and Behavioral Measures Weakly Correlated?" (2020) published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • "Best practices for addressing missing data through multiple imputation" (2023) published in Infant and Child Development
  • "Effectiveness of Task-Shifted Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Experienced Parental Death and Posttraumatic Stress in Kenya and Tanzania" (2020) published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "The daily association between affect and alcohol use: A meta-analysis of individual participant data" (2023) published in Psychological Bulletin
  • "Interpreting Interaction Effects in Generalized Linear Models of Nonlinear Probabilities and Counts" (2021) published in Multivariate Behavioral Research

Kevin M. King's research spans several main fields of study, predominantly psychology. Their work focuses on the following subfields:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Applied Psychology
  • Epidemiology
  • General Health Professions

Key research topics addressed by Kevin M. King include:

  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Family Support in Illness

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Jonas Dora
  • Max A. Halvorson
  • Liliana J. Lengua
  • Connor McCabe
  • Adam M. Kuczynski

Kevin M. King publishes regularly in specialized academic journals. Their top publication venues are:

  • Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
  • Clinical Psychological Science
  • Journal of Research in Personality
  • Journal of Personality
  • Assessment

Best Publications

  • Sexual orientation and adolescent substance use: a meta-analysis and methodological review.

    Michael P. Marshal;Mark S. Friedman;Ron Stall;Kevin M. King

  • Trajectories of alcohol and drug use and dependence from adolescence to adulthood: the effects of familial alcoholism and personality

    Laurie Chassin;David B. Flora;Kevin M. King

  • Why Are Self-Report and Behavioral Measures Weakly Correlated?

    Junhua Dang;Kevin M. King;Michael Inzlicht

  • A prospective study of the effects of age of initiation of alcohol and drug use on young adult substance dependence.

    Kevin M. King;Laurie Chassin

  • Developmental Trajectories of Anxiety and Depression in Early Adolescence

    Katie A. McLaughlin;Kevin King

  • Improving Present Practices in the Visual Display of Interactions.

    Connor J. McCabe;Dale S. Kim;Kevin M. King

  • Differential associations of threat and deprivation with emotion regulation and cognitive control in adolescence

    Hilary K. Lambert;Kevin M. King;Kathryn C. Monahan;Katie A. McLaughlin

  • Mediating and moderated effects of adolescent behavioral undercontrol and parenting in the prediction of drug use disorders in emerging adulthood.

    Kevin M. King;Laurie Chassin

  • Psychology's Replication Crisis and Clinical Psychological Science.

    Jennifer L. Tackett;Cassandra M. Brandes;Kevin M. King;Kristian E. Markon

  • Marker or mediator? The effects of adolescent substance use on young adult educational attainment

    Kevin M. King;Barbara T. Meehan;Ryan S. Trim;Laurie Chassin

  • Individual Differences in the Development of Self-Regulation During Pre-adolescence: Connections to Context and Adjustment

    Kevin M. King;Liliana J. Lengua;Kathryn C. Monahan

  • Longitudinal modeling in developmental neuroimaging research: Common challenges, and solutions from developmental psychology.

    Kevin M. King;Andrew K. Littlefield;Connor J. McCabe;Kathryn L. Mills

  • Adolescent stressors, psychopathology, and young adult substance dependence: a prospective study.

    Kevin M. King;Laurie Chassin

  • Gender-Specific Mediational Links Between Parenting Styles, Parental Monitoring, Impulsiveness, Drinking Control, and Alcohol-Related Problems*

    Julie A Patock-Peckham;Kevin M King;Kevin M King;Antonio A Morgan-Lopez;Antonio A Morgan-Lopez;Emilio C Ulloa;Emilio C Ulloa

  • Cultural influences on positive father involvement in two-parent mexican-origin families

    Rick A. Cruz;Kevin M. King;Keith F. Widaman;Janxin Leu

  • Callous-Unemotional Traits as Unique Prospective Risk Factors for Substance Use in Early Adolescent Boys and Girls

    Brian T. Wymbs;Carolyn A. McCarty;Carolyn A. McCarty;Kevin M. King;Elizabeth McCauley;Elizabeth McCauley

  • Effectiveness of Task-Shifted Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children Who Experienced Parental Death and Posttraumatic Stress in Kenya and Tanzania: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Shannon Dorsey;Leah Lucid;Prerna Martin;Kevin M King

  • Developmental consistency in associations between depressive symptoms and alcohol use in early adolescence

    Carolyn A. McCarty;Brian T. Wymbs;Kevin M. King;W. Alex Mason

  • Evidence for a Multi-Dimensional Latent Structural Model of Externalizing Disorders

    Katie Witkiewitz;Kevin King;Robert J. McMahon;Johnny Wu

  • Adolescent substance use disorders.

    Laurie Chassin;Jennifer Ritter;Ryan S. Trim;Kevin M. King

  • Trajectories of child and caregiver psychological adjustment in families of children with cancer.

    Lynn Fainsilber Katz;Kaitlyn Fladeboe;Kevin King;Kyrill Gurtovenko

  • Co-occurrence of sexual risk behaviors and substance use across emerging adulthood: evidence for state- and trait-level associations.

    Kevin M. King;Hong V. Nguyen;Rick Kosterman;Jennifer A. Bailey

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurie Chassin
Laurie Chassin Arizona State University
Carolyn A. McCarty
Carolyn A. McCarty Seattle Children's Hospital
Liliana J. Lengua
Liliana J. Lengua University of Washington
Elizabeth McCauley
Elizabeth McCauley University of Washington
Katie A. McLaughlin
Katie A. McLaughlin University of Oregon
Kathryn C. Monahan
Kathryn C. Monahan University of Pittsburgh
Robert J. McMahon
Robert J. McMahon Simon Fraser University
Ryan S. Trim
Ryan S. Trim University of California, San Diego
Jane M. Simoni
Jane M. Simoni University of Washington
Bruce E. Compas
Bruce E. Compas Vanderbilt University

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