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Education

Ph.D., University of North Carolina, 1997

Assessment and Procedures

Geek Culture Engagement Scale (GCES)

Geek Identity Scale

Psychological Entitlement Scale (PES, Appendix B) (Polish Translation) (Japanese Translation) (Spanish Translation) (ChineseTranslation) (Chinese Translation) The PES is free for research use - there is no need to ask for permission.

Narcissistic Personality Inventory - 13

The Relationship Closeness Induction Task

Exploration Scale (Green & Campbell, 2000)

Books

Twenge, J. M. & Campbell, W. K. (2016). Personality Psychology: Understanding yourself and others. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Campbell, W. K. & Miller, J. D. (2011). The handbook of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder: Theoretical approaches, empirical findings, and treatments.  Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons.

Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K. (2009). The narcissism epidemic: Living in the age of entitlement. New York: Free Press.

Campbell, W. K. (2005). When you love a man who loves himself: How to deal with a one-way relationship. Chicago: Sourcebooks Casablanca. (translated into Polish, 2006)

Selected Publications

Sedikides, C., & Campbell, W. K. (2017). Narcissistic force meets systemic resistance: The energy clash model. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(3), 400-421.

McCain, J. L., & Campbell, W. K. (2016). Narcissism and Social Media Use: A Meta-Analytic Review. Psychology of Popular Media Culture. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000137

Miller, J. D., Lynam, D. R., Hyatt, C. S., & Campbell, W. K. (2017). Controversies in narcissism. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 13, 291-315.

Miller, J. D., McCain, J., Lynam, D. R., Few, L. R., Gentile, B., MacKillop, J., & Campbell, W.    K. (2014). A comparison of the criterion validity of popular measures of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder via the use of expert ratings. Psychological Assessment, 26, 958-969.

Miller, J. D., McCain, J., Lynam, D. R., Few, L. R., Gentile, B., MacKillop, J., & Campbell, W. K. (2014, April 28). A Comparison of the Criterion Validity of Popular Measures of Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder via the Use of Expert Ratings. Psychological Assessment. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0036613

Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K. & Gentile, B. (2012). Increases in individualistic words and phrases in American books, 1960-2008. PLoS ONE.

Twenge, J. M., Campbell, W. K., & Gentile, B. (2012). Generational increases in agentic self- evaluations among American college students, 1966-2009. Self and Identity, 11, 409-427.

Twenge, J.M., Campbell, W. K., & Freeman, E. C. (2012). Generational differences in young adults’ life goals, concern for others, and civic orientation, 1966-2009. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102, 1045-1062.

Campbell, W. K., Hoffman, B. J., Campbell, S. M., & Marchisio, G. (2011). Narcissism in organizational contexts. Human Resource Management Review, 21, 268-284.

Miller, J. D., Widiger, T. A., & Campbell, W. K. (2010). Narcissistic Personality Disorder and the DSM-5. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 119, 640-649.

Twenge, J. M., Abebe, E. M., & Campbell, W. K. (2010). Fitting in or standing out: Trends in American parents’ choices for children’s names, 1880-2007. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1, 19-25.

Finkel, E. J., Campbell, W. K., Buffardi, L. E., Kumashiro, M., & Rusbult, C. E. (2009). The Metamorphosis of Narcissus: Communal activation promotes relationship commitment among narcissists. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35, 1271-1284.

Campbell, W. K., & Campbell, S. M. (2009). On the self-regulatory dynamics created by the peculiar benefits and costs of narcissism: A Contextual Reinforcement Model and examination of leadership. Self and Identity, 2-3, 214-232.

Bosson, J. K., Lakey, C. E., Campbell, W. K., Zeigler-Hill, V., Jordan, C. H., & Kernis, M. H. (2008). Untangling the Links Between Narcissism and Self esteem: A Theoretical and Empirical Review. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2, 1415-1439

Buffardi, L. E., & Campbell, W. K. (2008). Narcissism and social networking websites. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1303-1324.

Krusemark, E. A., Campbell, W. K., & Clementz, B. A. (2008). Attributions, deception, and event related potentials: An investigation of the self-serving bias. Psychophysiology, 45, 511-515

Miller, J. D. & Campbell, W. K. (2008). Comparing clinical and social-personality conceptualizations of narcissism. Journal of Personality, 76, 449-476.

Twenge, J. M. & Campbell, W. K. (2008). Increases in positive self-views among high school students: Birth cohort changes in anticipated performance, self-satisfaction, self-liking, and self-competence. Psychological Science, 19, 1082-1086.

Twenge, J. M., Konrath, S., Foster, J. D., Campbell, W. K., & Bushman, B. J. (2008). Egos inflating over time: A cross-temporal meta-analysis of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality, 76, 875-902 .

Campbell, W. K., Bonacci, A. M., Shelton, J., Exline, J. J., & Bushman, B. J. (2004). Psychological entitlement: Interpersonal consequences and validation of a new self-report measure.Journal of Personality Assessment, 83, 29-45. (Paper includes Psychological Entitlement Scale (PES) in appendix) 

Education

Ph.D. SUNY-Buffalo, 1985

Research Interests

Visual perception, information processing, attention, eye movement behavior

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Publications

Song, J., Brown, J.M. The influence of “advancing” and “receding” colors on figure-ground perception under monocular and binocular viewing. Atten Percept Psychophys 86, 2707–2720 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-024-02956-w 

Song, J., Breitmeyer, B. G., & Brown, J. M. (2024). Further examination of the pulsed- and steady-pedestal paradigms under hypothetical parvocellular- and magnocellular-biased conditions. Vision, 8, 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision8020028

Song, J., Breitmeyer, B. G., & Brown, J. M. (2024). Examining increment thresholds as a function of pedestal contrast under hypothetical parvocellular- and magnocellular-biased conditions. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 86:213–220, https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-023-02819-w

Greene, H. H., Diwadkar, V., & Brown, J. M. (2023). Regularities in vertical saccadic metrics: new insights, and future perspectives. Frontiers in Psychology: Insights in Cognitive Science, Vol. 14, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1157686

Hale, R. G. & Brown, J. M. (2023). Exploring watercolor illusion spreading between dissected stimulus parts. Perception, 53, 2, 1-15; https://doi.org/10.1177/03010066231210455

Hale, R. G. & Brown, J. M. (2021). Influence of context on spatial expanse of color spreading in the watercolor illusion. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. 83, 3201–3215. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13414-021-02306-0

Brown, J.M., Plummer, R.W. (2020) When figure–ground segregation fails: Exploring antagonistic interactions in figure–ground perception. Atten Percept Psychophys 82, 3618–3635. 

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Strauss, G. P. (2020). Shorter fixation durations for up-directed saccades during saccadic exploration: A meta-analysis. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 12(8). 

McDunn, B.A., Brown, J.M. & Plummer, R.W. The influence of object structure on visual short-term memory for multipart objects. Atten Percept Psychophys 82, 1613–1631 (2020).

Brown, J. M., Breitmeyer, B. G., Hale, R. G., & Plummer, R. W. (2018). Contrast sensitivity indicates processing level of visual illusions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. July 9, https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000554.

Breitmeyer, B. G., Tripathy, S. P., & Brown, J. M. (2018). Can contrast-response functions guide research on visual processing levels? Vision, 2, 14; doi:10.3390/vision2010014.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (2017). Where did I come from? Where am I going? Functional differences in visual search fixation duration. Journal of Eye Movement Research, 10(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.16910/jemr.10.1.5

McDunn, B. A., Brown, J. M., Hale, R. G., & Siddiqui, A. P. (2017). Disentangling boundary extension and normalization of view memory for scenes.Visual Cognition, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/13506285.2016.1274810

Hale, R., Brown, J. M., & McDunn, B. A. (2016). Increasing task demand by obstructing object recognition increases boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Advance online publication, DOI 10.3758/s13423-016-1018-5.

Hale, R., Brown, J.M., McDunn, B.A., & Siddiqui, A.P. (2015). An influence of extremal edges on boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 22, 961-966, DOI 10.3758/s13423-014-0751-x.

Brown, J. M., Guenther, B. A., Narang, S., & Siddiqui, A., & Foley, N. (2014). The object advantage can be eliminated under equiluminant conditions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 21:1459–1464, DOI 10.3758/s13423-014-0630-5.

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Dauphin, B. (2014). When do you look where you look? A visual field asymmetry. Vision Research, 102, 33-40.

Hale, R., Brown, J.M., McDunn, B.A., & Siddiqui, A.P. (2015) An influence of extremal edges on boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 22:961–966 DOI 10.3758/s13423-014-0751-x

McDunn, B.A., Siddiqui, P. A., & Brown, J.M. (2014). Exploring the boundary of boundary extension. Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, 21, 370-375, DOI 10.3758/s13423-013-0494-0  

Greene, H. H., Brown, J. M., & Paradis, B. A. (2013). Luminance contrast, eye movement indices, and the visual span during visual target localization. Displays, 34, 27-32.

Brown, J.M. (2013). A sex difference in location-based IOR. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 721-725.

Brown, J. M., & Guenther, B. A. (2012). Magnocellular and parvocellular pathway influences on location-based inhibition-of-return. Perception, 41, 319-338.

Guenther, B. A., & Brown, J. M. (2012). Exploring the effect of stimulus characteristics on location-based inhibition of return using abrupt and ramped stimulus presentation. Vision Research, 60, 28-33.

Brown, J. M. (2009). Visual streams and shifting attention. In N. Srinivasan (Ed.), Progress in Brain Research (Volume 176, Attention, pp. 47-63): Elsevier.

Bedwell, J. S., Brown, J. M., & Orem, D. M. (2008). The effect of a red background on location backward masking by structure. Perception & Psychophysics, 70, 503-507.

Brown, J. M., & Denney, H. I. (2007). Shifting attention into and out of objects: Evaluating the processes underlying the object advantage. Perception & Psychophysics, 69, 606-618.

Bedwell, J.S., Miller, L.S., Brown, J.M., and Yanasak, N.E. (2006). Schizophrenia and red light: fMRI evidence for a novel biobehavioral marker. International Journal of Neuroscience, 116, 1-14.

Srinivasan, N., & Brown, J. M. (2006). Effects of endogenous spatial attention on the detection and discrimination of spatial frequencies. Perception, 35, 193-200.

Brown, J. M., Breitmeyer, B. G., Leighty, K. A., Denney, H. I. (2006). The path of visual attention. Acta Psychologica, 121, 199-209.

Bedwell, J. S., Miller, L. S., Brown, J. M., McDowell, J. E. & Yanasak, N. E. (2004). Functional magnetic resonance imaging examination of the magnocellular visual pathway in nonpsychotic relatives of persons with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 71(2-3), 509-510.

Bedwell, J. S., Brown, J. M., & Miller, L. S. (2003). The magnocelllular visual system and schizophrenia: What can the color red tell us? Schizophrenia Research, 63, 273-284.

Solberg, J. L., & Brown, J. M. (2002). No sex differences in contrast sensitivity and reaction time to spatial frequency. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 94, 1053-1055.

Brown, J. M., Gyoba, J., & May, J. G. (2001). Stationary phantoms and grating induction with oblique inducing gratings: Implications for different mechanisms underlying the two phenomena. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 8, 278-283.

Brown, J. M. (2000). Fundus pigmentation and equiluminant moving phantoms. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 963-973.

Brown, J. M., & Koch, C. (2000). Influences of occlusion, color, and luminance on the perception of fragmented pictures. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 1033-1044.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (2000). Amodal completion and localization. Vision Research, 40, 383-390.

May, J. G., Brown, J. M., & Roberts, S. (1999). Afterimages, grating induction and illusory phantoms. Vision Research, 39, 3025-3031.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (1997). Spatial interactions with real and gap-induced illusory lines in a vernier acuity task. Vision Research, 37, 597-604.

Greene, H. H., & Brown, J. M. (1995). The effect of nearby luminance contrast polarity on color boundary localization. Vision Research, 35, 2767-2771.

Koch, C., & Brown, J. M. (1994). Examining the time course of prime effects on Stroop processing. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 79, 675-687.

Brown, J. M., & Koch, C. (1993). Influences of closure, occlusion, and size on the perception of fragmented pictures. Perception & Psychophysics, 53, 436-442.

Brown, J. M. (1993). Moving phantom visibility as a function of fundus pigmentation. Perception & Psychophysics, 53, 367-371.

Brown, J. M., Weisstein, N., & May, J. G. (1992). Visual search for simple volumetric shapes. Perception & Psychophysics, 51, 40-48.

Brown, J. M., & Weisstein, N. (1990). Conflicting figure ground and depth information reduces moving phantom visibility. Perception, 20, 155 165.

May, J. G., Brown, J. M., Scott, S., & Donlon, M. (1990). Visual persistence for spatially filtered images. Perception & Psychophysics, 47, 563 567.

May, J. G., Brown, J. M., Gutierrez, C., & Donlon, M. (1990). The effects of spatial phase on reaction time to spatially filtered images. Psychological Research, 52, 22 27.

Brown, J. M., & Weisstein, N. (1988a). A phantom context effect: visual phantomsenhance target visibility. Perception & Psychophysics, 43, 53 56.

Brown, J. M., & Weisstein, N. (1988b). A spatial frequency effect on perceived depth. Perception and Psychophysics, 44, 157 166.

Education

Ph.D. West Virginia University

Research Interests

My research is within the area of pediatric psychology. During the last ten years, my team at UGA and I have focused primarily on children and adolescents who have received kidney, liver, or heart transplants. We also conduct research with children who have cardiac conditions, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Tourette syndrome, and neuropsychological conditions. A goal of our research is to better understand the influence of child and family factors that are associated with medical adherence, barriers to adherence, health-related quality of life, medical outcomes, transition from pediatric to adult healthcare, and adjustment to illness. We have multiple ongoing studies addressing these topics.

My long-term research on children’s coping, pain, and distress during medical procedures is currently being conducted through collaboration with investigators at other institutions.

Current Research Initiatives

1. Medication adherence, quality of life, and health outcomes in pediatric transplant recipients. Two longitudinal studies.
2. Psychosocial functioning and adjustment, adherence, family factors, and health outcomes for children and adolescents with cardiomyopathy.
3. Transition of healthcare responsibility from parent to adolescent, and transition from pediatric to adult care.
4. Adjustment and therapeutic camp outcomes for children with Tourette's syndrome.
5. Other areas of Pediatric Psychology.

Recent Publications

Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., Loiselle, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Mee, L. L., Gutierrez-Colina, A., & Blount, R. L. (In press, accepted September 6, 2016). Pre-transplant patient, parent, and family psychosocial functioning varies by organ type and patient age. Pediatric Transplantation.

Eaton C. K., Jones, A. M., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Ivey, E. K., Carlson, O., Melville, L., Kardon, P., & Blount, R. L. (First published online April 4, 2016). The influence of environmental consequences and internalizing symptoms on children’s tic severity. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. DOI: 10.1007/s10578-016-0644-5

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lee, J. L., Reed-Knight, B., Hayutin, L., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (First published online on March 17, 2016). The Pediatric Symptom Checklist: Comparison of symptom profiles using three factor structures between pediatric gastroenterology and general pediatric patients. Children’s Health Care. DOI: 10.1080/02739615.2016.1163493

Reed-Knight, B., Lee, J. L., Greenley, R. N., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2016). Disease activity doesn’t explain it all: How internalizing symptoms and caregiver depressive symptoms relate to health-related quality of life among youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 22(4), 963-967. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000686

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K., Mee, L. L., LaMotte, J., Liverman, R., & Blount, R. L. (2016). Executive functioning, barriers to adherence, and nonadherence in adolescent and young adult transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 41, 759-767. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv107

Eaton, C. K., La Motte, J., Gutierrez-Colina, A., Kardon, P., & Blount, R. L. (2016). Changes in socio-emotional and behavioral functioning after attending a camp for children with Tourette Syndrome: A preliminary investigation.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1197-1203. doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0105-9

Huston, S. A., Blount, R. L., Heidsch, T., & Southwood, R. (First published online January 14, 2016). Resilience, emotion processing and emotion expression among youth with Type 1 diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12347

Gilleland Marchak, J., Reed-Knight, B., Amaral, S., Mee, L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Providers' assessment of transition readiness among adolescent young adult kidney transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation, 19, 849-857. DOI: 10.1111/petr.12615

Eaton, C. K. & Blount, R. L. (2015). Developing pediatric psychology science and application competencies in doctoral-level graduate programs: Timing and sequencing of training at the University of Georgia. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 3, 191-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000105

Gutierrez-Colina, A. Eaton, C. K., LaMotte, J., Kardon, P., & Blount, R. L. (2015). The role of self-competence in health-related quality of life and emotional/behavioral functioning of children with Tourette Syndrome. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 36, 743-751. DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000214

Loiselle, K. A., Gutierrez-Colina, A.M., Eaton, C. K., Simons, L. E., Devine, K. A., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Longitudinal stability of medication adherence among adolescent solid organ transplant recipients.  Pediatric Transplantation. 19, 428-435. doi/10.1111/petr.12480

Eaton, C., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Lee, J. L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Predictors of experiences and attitudes at a summer camp for children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome. Children’s Health Care, 44, 221-234. DOI:10.1080/02739615.2014.948159

Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., Simons, L., Devine, K., Mee, L., & Blount, R. L. (2015). Clinical cutoffs for adherence barriers in solid organ transplant recipients: How many is too many? Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 40(4), 431-441. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsu102

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton C., Lee, J., LaMotte, J., & Blount, R. (2015). Health-related quality of life and psychosocial functioning in children with Tourette Syndrome: Parent-child agreement and comparision to healthy norms. Journal of Child Neurology, 30, 326-332. DOI: 10.1177/0883073814538507.

Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Eaton C., Cheng, P. Strieper, M., Frias, P., Gooden, K., & Blount, R. (2014). Perceived self-competence, psychosocial adjustment, and quality of life in pediatric patients with pacemakers. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 35(6), 360-366. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000073

Lee, J. L., Eaton, C., Gutierrez-Colina, A. M., Devine, K., Simons, L. Mee, L., & Blount, R. L. (2014). Longitudinal stability of individual barriers to medication adherence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 39, 667-676. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsu026

Reed-Knight, B., Blount, R. L., & Gilleland, J. (2014). The transition of healthcare responsibility from parents to youth diagnosed with a chronic illness: A developmental systems perspective. Families, Systems, and Health. 32, 219-234. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000039

Cheng, P., Gutierrez-Colina, A.M., Loiselle, K.A., Strieper, M., Frias, P., Gooden, K., & Blount, R. L. (2014). Quality of life and social support in pediatric patients with pacemakers. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 21: 92-102. DOI 10.1007/s10880-013-9381-0

McCormick King, M. L., Mee, L. L., Gutiérrez-Colina, A., Eaton, C. K., Lee, J. L., & Blount, R. L. (2014). Emotional functioning, barriers, and medication adherence in pediatric transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 39(3) 283-293. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jst074

Greenley, R. N., Reed-Knight, B., Blount, R. L., Wilson, H. W. (2013). Dyadic confirmatory analysis of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(8), 871-882.doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jst030 

Reed-Knight, B., Lewis, J., Blount, R. L. (2013). Behavioral functioning in youth with inflammatory bowel disease: Perceived barriers as mediator of medication adherence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(3), 309-320. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jss122 

Lee, J. L., Gilleland, J. Campbell, R. M., Johnson, G. L., Simpson, P., Dooley, K. J., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Internalizing symptoms and functional disability in children with noncardiac chest pain and innocent heart murmurs. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 38(3)255-264. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss111 

Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K. A., Devine, K. A., Simons, L. E., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Health-related quality of life and need for mental health services in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 20(1), 88-96. DOI 10.1007/s10880-012-9303-6 

Lee, J., Gilleland, J., Campbell, R. M., Simpson, P., Johnson, G. L., Dooley, K. J., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Health care utilization and psychosocial factors in pediatric noncardiac chest pain. Health Psychology, 32, 320-327. doi: 10.1037/a0027806 

Payne, M. E., Eaton, C. K., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2013). Promoting medication adherence and regimen responsibility in two adolescents on hemodialysis for end-stage renal disease: A case study. Clinical Case Studies, 12(2), 95-110. DOI: 10.1177/1534650112467079 

Loiselle, K. A., Lee, J. L., Gilleland, J., Campbell, R., Simpson, P, Johnson, G., Dooley, K., Blount, R. L. (2012). Factors associated with health care utilization among children with noncardiac chest pain and innocent heart murmurs. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37(7), 817-825. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jss055  

Gilleland, J. Amaral, S., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2012). Getting ready to leave: Transition readiness in adolescent kidney recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 37(1), 85-96. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsr049 

Reed-Knight, B., McCormick, M., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2012). Participation and attrition in a coping skills intervention for adolescent girls with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 12, 188-196. doi: 10.1007/s10880-011-9269-9 

Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K. A., Simons, L. E., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Predictors of long-term health-related quality of life in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 36(8), 891-901. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsr007 

Martin, S. R., Chorney, J. M., Tan, E. T., Fortier, M. A., Blount, R. L., Wald. S. H., Shapiro, N. L., Storm, S. L., Patel, S., & Kain, Z. N. (2011). Changing healthcare providers’ behavior during pediatric inductions with an empirically-based intervention. Anesthesiology, 15(1), 18-27.  doi: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182207bf5 

Reed-Knight, B., Hayutin, L. G., Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Factor structure of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist with a pediatric gastroenterology sample. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 18, 299-306. doi: 10.1007/s10880-011-9242-7. 

Fortier, M. A., Blount, R. L., Wang, S. M., Mayes, L. C., & Kain, Z. N. (2011). Analysing a family-centered preoperative intervention programme: A dismantling approach. British Journal of Anesthesiology, 106(5), 713-718.  doi:10.1093/bja/aer010. 

Reed-Knight, B, Lewis, J. D., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Association of disease, adolescent, and family factors on medication adherence in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. 36, 308-317.  doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq076.  

Loiselle, K. A., Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., & Blount, R. L. (2011). Post-traumatic growth associated with a relative's serious illness. Families, Systems, & Health, 29, 64-72. DOI: 10.1037/a0023043 

Williams, S., Blount, R. L., & Walker, L. S. (2011). Children's pain threat appraisal and catastrophizing moderate the impact of parent verbal behavior on children's symptom complaints.Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36(1), 55-63. doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsq043 

Lutton, L. M., Reed-Knight, B. Loiselle, K, O'Toole, K., & Blount, R. (2011). A pilot study evaluating an abbreviated version of the cognitive remediation program for youth with neurocognitive deficits. Brain Injury, 25(4), 409-415. DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2011.558044

Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Loiselle, K. A., Fenton, N., & Blount, R. L. (2010). Posttraumatic growth in young adults who experienced serious childhood illness: A mixed methods approach. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings,17(4), 340-348. DOI 10.1007/s10880-010-9210-7 

Devine, K. A., Reed-Knight, B., Simons, L. E., Mee, L. L., & Blount, R. L. (2010). Prospective comparison of parent and adolescent report of health-related quality of life in adolescent solid organ transplant recipients. Pediatric Transplantation, 14, 1000-1006. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2010.01392.x 

Simons, L. E., McCormick, M. L., Devine, K. A., & Blount, R. L. (2010). Medication barriers predict adolescent transplant recipients' adherence at 18 month follow-up. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35(9) 1038-1048. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsq025 

Ratcliff, M. B., Blount, R. L., & Mee, L. (2010). The relationship between adolescent renal transplant recipients' perceived adversity, coping, and medical adherence. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 17, 116-124. DOI 10.1007/s10880-010-9194-3.  

Lab association:

Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory

I rejoined the Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Lab as a faculty member in Fall 2010. Previously, I had been a graduate student working with Drs. McDowell and Clementz. I spent 3 years in Boston doing a post-doctoral fellowship with Dr. Dara Manoach at the Martinos Center affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital. My research has involved investigating changes in brain activation following practice of a task. I am interested in how brain function changes as we get better at something and are able to perform it faster and/or more accurately. I have used both fMRI and EEG to look at these changes in young adults. I have also been involved in a number of projects investigating cognitive function in schizophrenia both at UGA and MGH. We are currently interested in whether patients with schizophrenia can improve on cognitive tasks similar to healthy young adults and how changes in brain function support this.

Dr. Beach will not be accepting applications for the admission of a graduate student for Fall 2026.

Education

Ph.D. SUNY-Stony Brook, 1985

Research Interests

Epigenetics, Community Intervention, Marital and Family processes, marital discord, depression and anxiety in close relationships.

Some Selected Recent Publications   (Click for full vita below)

Beach SRH, Carter SE, Ong ML, et al. Childhood exposure to danger increases Black youths’ alcohol consumption, accelerated aging, and cardiac risk as young adults: A test of the incubation hypothesis. Development and Psychopathology. Published online 2025:1-16. doi:10.1017/S0954579425000264

Weber, D. M., Lavner, J. A., & Beach, S. R. H. (2024). Different Trajectories of Relationship Satisfaction Among Rural Black Couples Following Preventive Relationship Intervention. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Adesogan, O., Lavner, J. A., Carter, S. E., & Beach, S. R. H. (2024). Additive Benefits of Individual, Relational, and Community Factors on Physical and Mental Health Trajectories among Black Americans.  Clinical Psychological Science.

Simons, R. L., Ong, M. L., Lei, M-K., Beach, S. R. H., Zhang, Y., Philibert, R. A., Mielke, M. M.  (2024). Racial discrimination during middle age predicts higher serum phosphorylated tau and neurofilament light chain levels a decade Later: A study of aging Black Americans. Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

Weber, D. M., Lavner, J. A., & Beach, S. R. H. (2023). Couples’ communication quality differs by topic.  Journal of Family Psychology.  2023 May 18. doi: 10.1037/fam0001111. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37199946.

Adesogan, O., Lavner, J. A., Carter, S. E., Beach, S. R. H.  (May, 2023 online). Stress Accumulation and Depressive Symptoms Among Black Women in the Rural South. Clinical Psychological Science.  https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026231170839 NIHMSID: NIHMS1889301

Adesogan, O., Lavner, J. A., Carter, S. E., & Beach, S. R. H. (June, 2023 online). Shift-and-persist coping and health among rural African American Adolescents .  Journal of Research on Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12870

Beach, S. R. H., Lei, M-K., Lavner, J. A., Adesogan, O., Carter, S. E., Barton, A. W. (2023). Strengthening couple functioning promotes resilience to COVID-19-related stressors among Black Americans. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(4), 497-506. doi: 10.1037/fam0001082. Epub 2023 Apr 13. PMID: 37053419; PMCID: PMC10238637.  NIHMSID: 1878406

Lavner, J. A., Hohman, E. E., Beach, S. R. H., Stansfield, B. K., & Savage, J. S. (2023). Effects of a responsive parenting intervention among Black families on infants’ sleep: A secondary analysis of the Sleep SAAF randomized clinical trial. JAMA Network Open, 6(3), e236276. doi:10.1001/Jamanetworkopen.2023.6276

Simons, R. L., Ong, M. L., Lei, M-K., Beach, S. R. H., Zhang, Y., Philibert, R. A., Mielke, M. M. (2023). Changes in loneliness, BDNF, and biological aging predict trajectories
in a blood-based epigenetic measure of cortical aging: A Study of Older Black
Americans.  Genes, 14, 842. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14040842

Simons, R. L., Ong, M. L., Beach, S. R. H., Lei, M-K., Philibert, R. A., Mielke, M. M. (available on line, 22 February, 2023). Direct and Indirect Effects of Socioeconomic Status and Discrimination on Subjective Cognitive Decline: A Longitudinal Study of African American Women.   The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2023; [SRHB1] gbad029, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbad029

Armah, A. E., Lavner, J. A., Varner, F. A., and Beach, S. R. H. (published on line, February 6, 2023).  Racial Discrimination, Depressive Symptoms, and Parenting in African American Families.  Family Relations.https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12846

Lavner, J. A., Ong, M. L., Carter, S. E., Hart, A. R., & Beach, S. R. H. (2023). Racial Discrimination PredictsDepressive Symptoms Throughout Adolescence Among Black Youth. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001456 

Heyman, R. E., Lorber, M. F., Kim, S., Wojda-Burlij, A. K., Stanley, S. M., Ivic, A., Snyder, D. K., Rhoades, G. K., Whisman, M. A., & Beach, S. R. H. (2023). Overlap of Relationship Distress and Intimate Partner Violence in Community Samples. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(1), 37-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0001031

Whisman, M. A., Beach, S. R. H., & Davila, J. (2023). Couple Therapy for Depression and Co-Occurring Internalizing Disorders.  Chapter 22 In Lebow, J., & Snyder, D. K. Clinical handbook of couple therapy, (6th ed.). New York, NY: Guilford Press. ISBN 9781462550128

*Barr, A. B., Simons, R. L., Beach, S. R. H., Simons, L. G. (2023).  Racial Discrimination and the weathering of nonmarital relationships.  Journal of Marriage and the Family, 85, 723-738. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12900. NIHMSID: NIHMS185446

Barton, A. W., Jenkins, A. I. C., Gong, Q., Sutton, N. C., & Beach, S.R.H. (2023). The protective effects of perceived gratitude and expressed gratitude for relationship quality among African American couples. Journal of Social & Personal Relationships, 40(5), 1622-1644. doi: 10.1177/02654075221131288

*Lei, M-K. & Beach, S. R. H. (2023). Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with biological aging: intervention-induced enhancement of couple functioning confers resilience. Family Process. 62 (2), 818-834.  https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12808

*Lavner, J. A., Carter, S. E., Hart, A. R., Adesogan, O., & Beach, S. R. H. (online June, 2023). Racial discrimination and private regard among Black youth: Testing between- and within-person associations over time. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 43(2), 141–163. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316221096076

2022

*Lavner, J. A., Ong, M. L., Carter, S. E., Hart, A. R., & Beach, S. R. H. (2022). Racial Discrimination Predicts Depressive Symptoms Throughout Adolescence Among Black Youth BRIEF REPORT. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, 9 pages. doi:10.1037/dev0001456

*Beach, S. R. H., Klopack, E. T., Carter, S. E., Philibert, R. A., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., Ong, M. L., et al. (2022). Do Loneliness and Per Capita Income Combine to Increase the Pace of Biological Aging for Black Adults across Late Middle Age? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(20), 13421. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192013421

Adesogan, O., Lavner, J. A., Carter, S. E., & Beach, S. R. H. (2022). COVID-19 stress and the health of Black Americans in the rural South. Clinical Psychological Science, 10, 1111–1128. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211049379

Beach, S. R. H., Ong, M. L., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Lei, M-K., Dawes, K., Philibert, R. A. (2022). Epigenetic and Proteomic Biomarkers of Elevated Alcohol Use Predict Epigenetic Aging and Cell-Type variation Better than Self-Report.  Genes, 13(10), 1888. doi: 10.3390/genes13101888 

*Lei, M-K., Berg, M. T., Simons, R. L., & Beach, S. R. H. (2022). Specifying the psychosocial pathways whereby juvenile adversity leads to adult health outcomes. Psychological Medicine, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1017/S003329172200318X

*Hernandez, E., Lavner, J.A., Moore, A.M., Stansfield, B.K., Beach, S.R.H, Smith, J.J., & Savage, J.S., (2022). Sleep SAAF responsive parenting intervention improves mothers’ feeding practices: A randomized controlled trial among African American mother-infant dyads. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19, 129. 
10.1186/s12966-022-01366-1

*Ong, M. L., Carter, S. E., Lei, M-K., Klopack, E. T., Simons, R. L., Beach, S. R. H. (2022).  School Disengagement Predicts Accelerated Aging Among Black American Youth: Mediation by Psychological Maladjustment and Moderation by Supportive Parenting.  International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health, 19(19), 12034.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912034

*Zhang, Y., Lei, M.-K., Simons, R. L., Beach, S. R. H., & Carter, S. E. (2022). Childhood adversity and adult health: A dyadic analysis of Black American couples. Health Psychology. 41(12), 923–927. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001238

*Lei, M-K., Gibbons, F. X., Gerrard, M., Beach, S.R. H., Philibert, R. A. (2022). Digital Methylation Assessments of Alcohol and Cigarette Consumption Account for Common Variance in Accelerated Epigenetic Aging.  Epigenetics, 17(13), 1991-2005.  DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2022.2100684   NIHMS1891638. PMC9665121

Simons, R. L., Ong, M-L., Lei, M-K., Klopack, E. T., Berg, M., Zhang, Y., Philibert, R. A., Gibbons, F. X., Beach, S. R. H.  (2022). Shifts in Lifestyle and Socioeconomic Circumstances Predict Change—for Better or Worse—in Speed of Epigenetic Aging: A Study of Middle-Aged Black Women.  Social Science & Medicine, 307, 115175.  doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115175

Simons, R. L., Ong, M-L., Lei, M-K., Klopack, E., Berg, M., Zhang, Y., Philibert, R. A., Gibbons, F. X.,  Beach, S. R. H.  (2022). Unstable Childhood, Adult Adversity, and Smoking Accelerate Biological Aging Among Middle-Age African Americans:  Similar findings for GRIMAGE and POAM.  Journal of Aging and Health, 34(4-5), 487-498.  doi: 10.1177/08982643211043668. 

Lei, M-K., Brody, G. H., Beach, S. R. H. (2022).  Intervention effects on self-control decreases speed of biological aging mediated by decreases in substance use: A longitudinal study of African American youth.  Family Process, 61(2), 659-673. http://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12715

Lei, M-K.,  Lavner, J. A., Carter, S. E., Adesogan, O., Beach, S. R. H. (2022). Relationship Intervention Indirectly Buffers Financial Strain’s Effect on Biological Aging Among Black Adults.  Journal of Family Psychology.36(4), 502–512. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000926  PMCID: PMC9021333 NIHMSID: NIHMS1764189. PMID: 34672636

Lavner, J. A., Savage, J. S., Stansfield, B. K., Beach, S. R. H., Marini,  M. E., Smith, J. J., Sperr, M. C., Anderson,  T. N., Hernandez, E., Moore, A. M, Caldwell, A. L., & Birch, L. L. (2022). Effects of the Sleep SAAF Responsive Parenting Intervention on Rapid Infant Weight Gain: A Randomized Clinical Trial of African American Families.  Appetite, 175, 106080. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2022.106080. PMID: 35577176

Barr, A. B., Simons, R. L., Beach, S. R. H., Simons, L. G. (2022). Racial Discrimination and Health among Two Generations of African American Couples.  Social Science & Medicine, 296, 114768.  DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114768

*Beach, S. R. H., Gibbons, F. X., Carter, S. E., Ong, M-L, Lavner, J. A., Lei, M-K., Simons, R. L., Gerrard, M., & Philibert, R. A. (2022).  Childhood Adversity Predicts Black Young Adults’ DNA Methylation-Based Accelerated Aging: A Dual Pathway Life History Model.  Development and Psychopathology, 34(2). 689-703.doi:10.1017/S0954579421001541  PMID: 34924087. 

Barton, A. W., Lavner, J. A., Sutton, N. C., McNeil Smith, S., & Beach, S. R. H. (2022). African Americans’ relationship quality and depressive symptoms: A longitudinal investigation of the Marital Discord Model. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(7), 1061–1072.  https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000967[SRHB3] 

Lei, M-K., Berg, M.  T., Simons, R. L., Beach, S. R. H. (2022). Neighborhood structural [SRHB4] disadvantage and biological aging in a sample of Black middle age and young adults.   Social Science & Medicine, 293, 114654. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114654  

Lavner, J. A., Hart, A. R., Carter, S. E., & Beach, S. R. H. (2022).  Longitudinal Effects of Racial Discrimination on Depressive Symptoms Among Black Youth: Between- and Within-Person Effects. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(1), 56-65.  doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2021.04.020 PMID: 34015482.

*Beach, S. R. H., Ong, M-L., Lei, M-K., Carter, S. E., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., (2022).  Methylation of FKBP5 is Associated with Accelerated DNA methylation Aging and Cardiometabolic Risk:  Replication in young-adult and middle-aged Black Americans.  Epigenetics, 17(9), 982-1002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2021.1980688  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15592294.2021.1980688

Barton, A. W., Lavner, J.A., Beach, S.R.H. (2021). Can interventions that strengthen couples’ relationships confer additional benefits for their health? A randomized controlled trial with African American couples. Prevention Science, 22,  386–396. doi:10.1007/s11121-020-01175-7. 

Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., & Beach, S. R. H. (2020). Direct and indirect effects of a couple-focused preventive intervention on children’s outcomes: A randomized controlled trial with African American families. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88, 696–707. doi:10.1037/ccp0000589

Beach, S. R. H., Ong, M. L., Lei, M. K., Klopack, E., Carter, S. E., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., Lavner, J. A., Philibert, R. A., & Ye, K. (2020).  Childhood adversity is linked to adult health among African Americans via adolescent weight gain and effects are genetically moderated.  Development and Psychopathology, 1-18.  Doi: 10.1017/S0954578420000061  NIHMSID: 1547621

Lei, M. K., Beach, S. R. H. (Online publication, February, 2020). Can We Uncouple Neighborhood Disadvantage and Delinquency?  An Experimental Test of Family Resilience Guided by the Social Disorganization Theory of Delinquency.  Family Process, 59 (4), Special Issue: Black Lives Matter, 1801-1817.  DOI: 10.1111/famp.12527  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7434646

Holmes, C.,  Owens, M.,  Beach, S. R. H.,  McCormick, M., Hallowell, E., Clark, U., Barton, A., Brody, G., MacKillop, J., & Sweet, L. (2020). Peer influence, frontostriatal connectivity, and delay discounting in African American emerging adults. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 14, 155-163. doi:10.1007/s11682-018-9977-y

Carter, S., Ong, M-L., Simons, R. L., Gibbons, F. X., Man Kit Lei5, Beach, S. R. H. (2019). The effect of early discrimination on accelerated aging among African Americans.  Health Psychology. 38(11), 1010-1013.  doi: 10.1037/hea0000788.

Beach, S. R. H., Lei, M. K., Simons, R. L., Barr, A. B., Simons, L. G., Cutrona, C. E., Philibert, R. A. (2019). Perceived Relationship Support Moderates the Association of Contextual Stress with Inflammation Among African Americans.  Journal of Family Psychology, 33(3), 338-348. doi: 10.1037/fam0000509.  PubMed PMID: 30742465. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7685221

Owens, M. M., Syan, S. K., Amlung, M. T., Beach, S. R. H., Sweet, L. H., MacKillop, J.  (2019).  Functional and Structural Neuroimaging Studies of Delayed Reward Discounting in Addiction: A Systematic Review.  Psychological Bulletin, 145(2), 141-164.  doi:10.1037%2Fbul0000181

Lavner, J. A., Barton, A. W., & Beach, S. R. H. (2019). Improving couples’ relationship functioning leads to improved coparenting: A randomized controlled trial with rural African American couples. Behavior Therapy, 50, 1016–1029. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.12.006

Dogan, M. V., Beach, S. R. H., Simons, R. L., Lendasse, A., Penaluna,B., Philibert, R. A. (2018). Blood-based Biomarkers for Predicting Risk for Five-Year Incident Coronary Heart Disease in the Framingham Heart Study via Machine Learning. Gene, 9(12), 641; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes9120641  PMID: 30567402.

Lei, M. K., Beach, S. R. H., Simons, R. L. (2018). Childhood trauma, pubertal timing and cardiovascular risk in adulthood. Health Psychology. 37(7), 613- 617.  DOI: 10.1037/hea0000609 PMC6002938.

Simons, R. L., Lei, M. K., Beach, S. R. H., Barr, A. B., Simons, L. G., Gibbons, F.X., Philibert, R. A. (2018).  Discrimination, Segregation, and Chronic Inflammation: Testing the Weathering Explanation for the Poor Health of Black Americans. Developmental Psychology, 54, 1993-2006. DOI: 10.1037/dev0000511  PMID: 30234347.

Andersen, A. M., Lei, M-K., Philibert, R. A., Beach, S. R. H. (2018). Methylation of MTHFR Moderates the Effect of Smoking on Genomewide Methylation Among Middle Age African Americans.  Frontiers in Genetics, 9, 622.  DOI:  10.3389/fgene.2018.00622

Barton, A. W., Beach, S. R. H., Wells, A. C., Ingels, J. B., Corso, P. S., Sperr, M. C., Anderson, T. N., Brody, G. H. (2018). The Protecting Strong African American Families Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial with Rural African American Couples.  Prevention Science.  19 (7), 904-913.  DOI: 10.1007/s11121-018-0895-4  (PMID:29629507) PMC6177321.

Barton, A. W., Beach, S. R. H., Bryant, C. M., Lavner, J. A., & Brody, G. H. (2018). Stress spillover, African Americans’ couple and health outcomes, and the stress-buffering effect of family-centered prevention. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(2), 186-196. doi. 10.1037/fam0000376 PMC5905714.

Beach, S. R. H., Lei, M. K., Simons, R. L., Dogan, M. V., Gibbons, F. X., Philibert, R. A. (2018). MTHFR Regulatory effects on methylation of CG05575921 in response to smoking: Effects are also discernable using MTHFR expression. American Journal of Medical Genetics: Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics. 177 (5), 529-534. DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32624  NIHMSID 948391

Teaching Interests

I am interested in studying community level interventions and their impact of close relationships and health. I require that any student involved in directed research experiences with me be available to meet with me and my team. Many of the interesting discussions take place during this time and I view it as an essential part of the learning process.  Students have the opportunity to see research ideas develop and to discuss those ideas and various methods of psychological research.