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Mary Lou Kelley is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of psychology and medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields, including clinical psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, psychiatry and mental health, radiological and ultrasound technology, and general health professions.

The scientist's main research topics include resilience and mental health, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, palliative care and end-of-life issues, family and patient care in intensive care units, American constitutional law and politics, posttraumatic stress disorder research, and disaster response and management.

Recent publications by Mary Lou Kelley include the following papers:

  • "Developing a compassionate community: a Canadian conceptual model for community capacity development" (2023), published in Palliative Care and Social Practice
  • "Young Adult Routines Inventory (YARI): Development and Initial Validation" (2022), published in Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • "Building Palliative Care Capacity for Generalist Providers in the Community: Results From the Capaciti Pilot Education Program" (2022), published in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
  • "Examining Influences on Problem Recognition and Help-Seeking for Child Externalizing Behaviors Among African American Mothers" (2022), published in Behavior Therapy
  • "Trajectories of Posttraumatic Stress in Youths After Natural Disasters" (2021), published in JAMA Network Open

Mary Lou Kelley has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • PsycTESTS Dataset
  • JAMA Network Open
  • American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
  • Palliative Care and Social Practice

The scientist has collaborated multiple times with these coauthors:

  • Jennifer Piscitello
  • Morgan Grinnell
  • Kristen Hollas
  • Kelsey Coulthard
  • Adrienne Anderson

Best Publications

  • Characteristics and functions of non-suicidal self-injury in a community sample of adolescents

    Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson;Nicholas Perrine;L. Dierker;Michelle L. Kelley

  • Development of a modified treatment evaluation inventory

    Mary L. Kelley;Robert W. Heffer;Frank M. Gresham;Stephen N. Elliott

  • Psychopathology of eating disorders: A controlled comparison of bulimic, obese, and normal subjects.

    Donald A. Williamson;Mary Lou Kelley;C. J. Davis;Laurie Ruggiero

  • Development and Initial Validation of the Child Routines Inventory

    Sara E. Sytsma;Mary L. Kelley;Joy H. Wymer

  • Social problem solving in suicidal adolescents

    Christine Sadowski;Mary Lou Kelley

  • Development and validation of the Screen for Adolescent Violence Exposure (SAVE).

    Teresa L. Hastings;Mary Lou Kelley

  • School-Home Notes: Promoting Children's Classroom Success

    Mary Lou Kelley

  • Mothers' acceptance of behavioral interventions for children: The influence of parent race and income *

    Robert W. Heffer;Mary L. Kelley

  • THE USE OF GOAL SETTING AND CONTINGENCY CONTRACTING FOR IMPROVING CHILDREN'S HOMEWORK PERFORMANCE

    Deborah L. Miller;Mary Lou Kelley

  • The moderating effects of maternal psychopathology on children's adjustment post-Hurricane Katrina.

    Annie W Spell;Mary Lou Kelley;Jing Wang;Shannon Self-Brown

  • Parent vs. Self-Report: Contributions Toward Diagnosis of Adolescent Psychopathology

    Tana L. Hope;Christina Adams;Larissa Reynolds;Denise Powers

  • Promoting Academic Performance in Inattentive Children: The Relative Efficacy of School-Home Notes with and without Response Cost

    Mary Lou Kelley;Alyson P. McCain

  • Predicting posttraumatic stress symptoms in children following Hurricane Katrina: A prospective analysis of the effect of parental distress and parenting practices

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  • Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom trajectories in Hurricane Katrina affected youth

    Shannon Self-Brown;Betty S. Lai;Julia E. Thompson;Tia McGill

  • Use of the high-probability instructional sequence and escape extinction in a child with food refusal.

    Jennifer E. Dawson;Cathleen C. Piazza;Bart M. Sevin;Charles S. Gulotta

  • Parents' acceptance of reductive treatment methods: The influence of problem severity and perception of child behavior

    Carol Frentz;Mary L. Kelley

  • Posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms among children after Hurricane Katrina: a latent profile analysis

    Betty S. Lai;Mary Lou Kelley;Katherine M. Harrison;Julia E. Thompson

  • Interventions for improving homework performance: A critical review.

    Deborah L. Miller;Mary L. Kelley

  • Senior-friendly emergency department care: an environmental assessment.

    Mary Lou Kelley;Belinda Parke;Nancy Jokinen;Michael Stones

  • Psychological Adjustment of Children with Sickle Cell Anemia

    Kathleen L. Lemanek;Sheila Lytle Moore;Frank M. Gresham;Donald A. Williamson

  • Testing the efficacy of the theory of planned behavior to explain strength training in older adults.

    Rachel N Dean;Jocelyn M Farrell;Mary Lou Kelley;M Jane Taylor

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy A. Cavell
Timothy A. Cavell University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Frank M. Gresham
Frank M. Gresham Louisiana State University
Donald A. Williamson
Donald A. Williamson Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Daniel A. Waschbusch
Daniel A. Waschbusch Pennsylvania State University
Stephen N. Elliott
Stephen N. Elliott Arizona State University
Cathleen C. Piazza
Cathleen C. Piazza Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Michael P. Carey
Michael P. Carey Brown University
Rochelle F. Hanson
Rochelle F. Hanson Medical University of South Carolina
Annette M. La Greca
Annette M. La Greca University of Miami
Dorothea C. Lerman
Dorothea C. Lerman University of Houston - Clear Lake

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