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  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Patrick H. Tolan is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology, Social Sciences, and Health Professions, with particular focus on subfields such as Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Education, Safety Research, and Sociology and Political Science.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Youth Development and Social Support
  • Community Health and Development
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Health Policy Implementation Science
  • Mentoring and Academic Development

Frequent publication venues where Patrick H. Tolan has contributed include:

  • Prevention Science
  • Journal of School Psychology
  • Criminology & Public Policy
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • School Psychology Review

Collaborations are notable with several frequent co-authors, namely:

  • Nicholas S. Ialongo
  • Catherine P. Bradshaw
  • Jason T. Downer
  • Robert J. McMahon
  • Summer S. Braun

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Randomized trial testing the integration of the Good Behavior Game and MyTeachingPartner™: The moderating role of distress among new teachers on student outcomes" (2020), published in Journal of School Psychology
  • "Improving understanding of how mentoring works: Measuring multiple intervention processes" (2020), published in Journal of Community Psychology
  • "Evidence-based juvenile justice programs and practices: A critical review" (2020), published in Criminology & Public Policy
  • "Scoping Review: Digital Mental Health Interventions for Children and Adolescents Affected by War" (2024), published in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • "Psychosis Symptom Trajectories Across Childhood and Adolescence in Three Longitudinal Studies: An Integrative Data Analysis with Mixture Modeling" (2023), published in Prevention Science

Patrick H. Tolan was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • The role of exposure to community violence and developmental problems among inner-city youth.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick Tolan

  • Neighborhood disadvantage, stressful life events, and adjustment in urban elementary-school children.

    Beth K. Attar;Nancy G. Guerra;Patrick H. Tolan

  • Community violence exposure, social cognition, and aggression among urban elementary school children

    Nancy G. Guerra;L. Rowell Huesmann;and Anja Spindler

  • The relation of family functioning to violence among inner-city minority youths.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;Arnaldo Zelli;L. Rowell Huesmann

  • Exposure to community violence and violence perpetration: the protective effects of family functioning.

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan

  • Normative influences on aggression in urban elementary school classrooms.

    David Henry;Nancy Guerra;Rowell Huesmann;Patrick Tolan

  • Stressful events and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban children.

    N G Guerra;L R Huesmann;P H Tolan;R Van Acker

  • A developmental€cological perspective on antisocial behavior in children and adolescents: Toward a unified risk and intervention framework.

    Patrick H. Tolan;Nancy G. Guerra;Philip C. Kendall

  • The developmental ecology of urban males' youth violence.

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith;David B. Henry

  • Cluster analysis in family psychology research.

    David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Children's Mental Health as a Primary Care and Concern: A System for Comprehensive Support and Service.

    Patrick H. Tolan;Kenneth A. Dodge

  • A Developmental-Ecological Model of the Relation of Family Functioning to Patterns of Delinquency

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;David B. Henry

  • Longitudinal family and peer group effects on violence and nonviolent delinquency.

    David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • Linking Informant Discrepancies to Observed Variations in Young Children’s Disruptive Behavior

    Andres De Los Reyes;David B. Henry;Patrick H. Tolan;Lauren S. Wakschlag

  • Relation of Family Problems to Patterns of Delinquent Involvement Among Urban Youth

    Deborah Gorman-Smith;Patrick H. Tolan;Rolf Loeber;David B. Henry

  • Assessment of family relationship characteristics: A measure to explain risk for antisocial behavior and depression among urban youth

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith;L. Rowell Huesmann;Arnaldo Zelli

  • The implications of age of onset for delinquency risk. II: Longitudinal data.

    Patrick H. Tolan;Peter Thomas

  • Development of Serious and Violent Offending Careers

    Patrick H. Tolan;Deborah Gorman-Smith

  • A cognitive-ecological approach to preventing aggression in urban settings: Initial outcomes for high risk children

    Leonard Eron;Rowell Huesmann;Anja Spindler;Nancy Guerra

  • Research Review: 'Ain't misbehavin': Towards a developmentally-specified nosology for preschool disruptive behavior.

    Lauren S. Wakschlag;Patrick H. Tolan;Bennett L. Leventhal

Frequent Co-Authors

Deborah Gorman-Smith
Deborah Gorman-Smith University of Chicago
Nancy G. Guerra
Nancy G. Guerra University of California, Irvine
L. Rowell Huesmann
L. Rowell Huesmann University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oscar A. Barbarin
Oscar A. Barbarin University of Maryland, College Park
Kenneth A. Dodge
Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University
Velma McBride Murry
Velma McBride Murry Vanderbilt University
Albert D. Farrell
Albert D. Farrell Virginia Commonwealth University
Kathryn E. Grant
Kathryn E. Grant DePaul University
David L. Rabiner
David L. Rabiner Duke University
Sandra Graham
Sandra Graham University of California, Los Angeles

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