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  • 1989 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

William E. Pelham was affiliated with Florida International University in the United States. Their research contributions primarily spanned the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Clinical Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience. They also worked within Developmental and Educational Psychology, as well as Education.

The scientist's major research topics included Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Children's Physical and Motor Development, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, and Behavioral and Psychological Studies.

Frequent publication venues for their work were:

  • Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology
  • Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • UNC Libraries
  • Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Notable recent papers they contributed to included:

  • Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Complex Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (2020), Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Adolescent civic engagement: Lessons from Black Lives Matter (2021), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Substance use patterns in 9 to 13-year-olds: Longitudinal findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study (2022), Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports
  • The Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics Clinical Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Complex Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Process of Care Algorithms (2020), Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
  • Comprehensive Meta-Analysis of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Psychosocial Treatments Investigated Within Between Group Studies (2021), Review of Educational Research

Frequent coauthors included:

  • Elizabeth M. Gnagy
  • Brooke S. G. Molina
  • Brittany M. Merrill
  • Gregory A. Fabiano
  • Amy R. Altszuler

William E. Pelham was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1989.

Best Publications

  • Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Steven Pliszka;William Bernet;Oscar Bukstein;Heather J. Walter

  • The Development and Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale

    C. R. Snyder;Betsy Hoza;William E. Pelham;Michael Rapoff

  • Teacher Ratings of DSM-III-R Symptoms for the Disruptive Behavior Disorders

    William E. Pelham;Elizabeth M. Gnagy;Karen E. Greenslade;Richard Milich

  • ADHD Comorbidity Findings From the MTA Study: Comparing Comorbid Subgroups

    Peter S. Jensen;Stephen P. Hinshaw;Helena C. Kraemer;Nilantha Lenora

  • Clinical relevance of the primary findings of the MTA: success rates based on severity of ADHD and ODD symptoms at the end of treatment.

    James M. Swanson;Helena C. Kraemer;Stephen P. Hinshaw;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Evidence-Based Psychosocial Treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    William E. Pelham;Gregory A. Fabiano

  • Empirically supported psychosocial treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    William E. Pelham;Trilby Wheeler;Andrea Chronis

  • Evidence-based assessment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents.

    William E. Pelham;Gregory A. Fabiano;Greta M. Massetti

  • Childhood predictors of adolescent substance use in a longitudinal study of children with ADHD.

    Brooke S. G. Molina;William E. Pelham

  • Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and problems in peer relations: predictions from childhood to adolescence.

    Catherine L. Bagwell;Brooke S.G. Molina;William E. Pelham;Betsy Hoza

  • 3-Year Follow-up of the NIMH MTA Study

    Peter S. Jensen;L. Eugene Arnold;James M. Swanson;Benedetto Vitiello

  • A meta-analysis of behavioral treatments for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

    Gregory A. Fabiano;William E. Pelham;Erika K. Coles;Elizabeth M. Gnagy

  • What aspects of peer relationships are impaired in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder?

    Betsy Hoza;Sylvie Mrug;Alyson C. Gerdes;Stephen P. Hinshaw

  • The economic impact of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents.

    William E. Pelham;E. Michael Foster;Jessica A. Robb

  • Peer relationships in hyperactive children: Description and treatment.

    William E. Pelham;Mary E. Bender

  • Enhancements to the behavioral parent training paradigm for families of children with ADHD: review and future directions

    Andrea M. Chronis;Anil Chacko;Gregory A. Fabiano;Brian T. Wymbs

  • Instability of the DSM-IV Subtypes of ADHD From Preschool Through Elementary School

    Benjamin B. Lahey;William E. Pelham;Jan Loney;Steve S. Lee

  • A practical measure of impairment: psychometric properties of the impairment rating scale in samples of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and two school-based samples.

    Gregory A. Fabiano;William E. Pelham;Daniel A. Waschbusch;Elizabeth M. Gnagy

  • Symptom profiles in children with ADHD: effects of comorbidity and gender

    Jeffrey H. Newcorn;Jeffrey M. Halperin;Peter S. Jensen;Howard B. Abikoff

  • Validity of DSM-IV attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder for younger children

    Benjamin B. Lahey;William E. Pelham;Mark A. Stein;Jan Loney

  • Teacher ratings of DSM-III—R symptoms for the disruptive behavior disorders: Prevalence, factor analyses, and conditional probabilities in a special education sample.

    William E. Pelham;Steven W. Evans;Elizabeth M. Gnagy;Karen E. Greenslade

  • The Development and Validation of the Children's Hope Scale1

    C. R. Snyder;Betsy Hoza;William E. Pelham

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth M. Gnagy
Elizabeth M. Gnagy Florida International University
Daniel A. Waschbusch
Daniel A. Waschbusch Pennsylvania State University
Betsy Hoza
Betsy Hoza University of Vermont
Gregory A. Fabiano
Gregory A. Fabiano Florida International University
James M. Swanson
James M. Swanson University of California, Irvine
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Stephen P. Hinshaw University of California, Berkeley
Brooke S. G. Molina
Brooke S. G. Molina University of Pittsburgh
Margaret H. Sibley
Margaret H. Sibley University of Washington
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University
John S. March
John S. March Duke University

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