Christopher A. Kearney, Ph.D.

Kearney, C.A. (2008).  Helping school refusing children and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2008).  School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: A contemporary review.  Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 451-471.

Kearney, C.A. (2008). An interdisciplinary model of school absenteeism in youth to inform professional practice and public policy. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 257-282.

Kearney, C.A., Stowman, S., Haight, C., & Wechsler, A. (2008). Manualized treatment for anxiety-based school refusal behavior in youth. In C. LeCroy (Ed.), Handbook of evidence-based child and adolescent treatment manuals (pp. 286-313). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., Wechsler, A., & Chapman, G. (2008). School refusal behavior. In F.T.L. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling: Changes and challenges for counseling in the 21st century (pp. 387-389). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.

Kearney, C.A. (2007).  Forms and functions of school refusal behavior in youth: An empirical analysis of absenteeism severity.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 53-61.

Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2007).  When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Parent workbook (2nd ed.).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2007).  When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Therapist’s guide (2nd ed.).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2006).  Confirmatory factor analysis of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Child and parent versions.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28, 139-144.

Kearney, C.A. (2006).  Dealing with school refusal behavior: A primer for family physicians.  Journal of Family Practice, 55, 685-692.

Kearney, C.A. (2006).  Solutions to school refusal for parents and kids: Pinpoint and address reinforcers of the child’s behavior.  Current Psychiatry, 5, 67-69, 73-76, 78, 83.

Kearney, C.A., & Bensaheb, A. (2006). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior: A review and suggestions for school-based health professionals. Journal of School Health, 76, 3-7.

Kearney, C.A., & Bates, M. (2005).  Addressing school refusal behavior: Suggestions for frontline professionals. Children and Schools, 27, 207-216.

Selected posttraumatic stress disorder publications

Kearney, C.A., Wechsler, A., Kaur, H., & Lemos-Miller, A. (2010). Posttraumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth: A review of contemporary research and thought. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 13, 46-76.

Lemos-Miller, A., & Kearney, C.A. (2006). Depression and ethnicity as intermediary variables between dissociation, trauma-related cognitions, and PTSD symptomatology in youths.  Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 194, 584-590.

Linning, L.M., & Kearney, C.A. (2004).  Post-traumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth: A study of diagnostic comorbidity and child factors.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 19, 1087-1101.

Selected selective mutism publications

Kearney, C.A. (2010). Helping children with selective mutism and reluctance to speak: A guide for school-based professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., Haight, C., & Day, T.L. (2011).  Selective mutism.  In D. McKay & E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of child and adolescent anxiety disorders (pp. 275-287).  New York: Springer.

Vecchio, J.L., & Kearney, C.A. (2009). Treating youths with selective mutism with an alternating design of exposure-based practice and contingency management. Behavior Therapy, 40, 380-392.

Kearney, C.A., & Vecchio, J.L. (2007).  When a child won’t speak.  Journal of Family Practice, 56, 917-921.

Vecchio, J., & Kearney, C.A. (2007). Assessment and treatment of a Hispanic youth with selective mutism. Clinical Case Studies, 6, 34-43.

Kearney, C.A., & Vecchio, J. (2006). Functional analysis and treatment of selective mutism in children. Journal of Speech and Language Pathology – Applied Behavior Analysis, 1, 141-148.

Vecchio, J., & Kearney, C.A. (2006). Selective mutism in children: A synopsis of characteristics, assessment, and treatment. the Behavior Therapist, 25, 102-104.

Selected publications with graduate students

Kearney, C.A., Haight, C., & Day, T.L. (2011).  Selective mutism.  In D. McKay & E. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of child and adolescent anxiety disorders (pp. 275-287).  New York: Springer.

Kearney, C.A., Wechsler, A., Kaur, H., & Lemos-Miller, A. (2010). Posttraumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth: A review of contemporary research and thought. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 13, 46-76.

Kearney, C.A., Turner, D., & Gauger, M. (2010). School refusal behavior. In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s encyclopedia of psychology (4th ed.) (pp. 1517-1519). New York: Wiley.

Vecchio, J.L., & Kearney, C.A. (in press). Treating youths with selective mutism with an alternating design of exposure-based practice and contingency management. Behavior Therapy.

Cook, L.C., & Kearney, C.A. (2009). Parent and youth perfectionism and internalizing psychopathology. Personality and Individual Differences, 46, 325-330.

Drake, K.L., & Kearney, C.A. (2008). Child anxiety sensitivity and family environment as mediators of the relationship between parent psychopathology, parent anxiety sensitivity, and child anxiety.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavior Assessment, 30, 79-86.

Kearney, C.A., & Chapman, G.V. (2008). School refusal behavior. Independent Practitioner, 28, 129-130.

Kearney, C.A., Cook, L.C., Wechsler, A., Irwin, C., & Stowman, S. (2008). Behavioral assessment. In M. Hersen & A.M. Gross (Eds.), Handbook of clinical psychology, Volume 2: Children and adolescents (pp. 551-574). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Kearney, C.A., Stowman, S., Haight, C., & Wechsler, A. (2008).  Manualized treatment for anxiety-based school refusal behavior in youth. In C. LeCroy (Ed.), Handbook of evidence-based child and adolescent treatment manuals (pp. 286-313). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., & Bensaheb, A. (2007). Assessing anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. In S.R. Smith & L. Handler (Eds.), The clinical assessment of children and adolescents: A practitioner’s guide (pp. 467-483). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Kearney, C.A., Cook, L.C., & Chapman, G. (2007). School stress and school refusal behavior. In G. Fink (Ed.), Encyclopedia of stress (2nd ed.) (Vol.3) (pp. 422-425). Oxford: Academic Press.

Kearney, C.A., LaSota, M.T., Lemos-Miller, A., & Vecchio, J. (2007). Parent training in the treatment of school refusal behavior. In J.M. Briesmeister & C.E. Schaefer (Eds.), Handbook of parent training: Helping parents prevent and solve problem behaviors (3^rd ed.) (pp. 164-93). New York: Wiley.

Kearney, C.A., Cook, L.C., Chapman, G., & Bensaheb, A. (2006).  Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of the Motivation Assessment Scale and Resident Choice Assessment Scale.  Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 18, 1-11.

Kearney, C.A., Lemos, A., & Silverman, J. (2006). School refusal behavior. In R.B. Mennuti, A. Freeman, & R.W. Christner (Eds.), Cognitive-behavioral interventions in educational settings: A handbook for practice (pp. 89-105). New York: Brunner-Routledge.

Kearney, C.A., Alvarez, K., & Vecchio, J. (2005). 3-5-10-15 method for spelling. In M. Hersen, A.M. Gross, & R.S. Drabman (Eds.), Encyclopedia of behavior modification and cognitive behavior therapy (Vol. II): Child clinical applications (pp. 1068-1070).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Kearney, C.A., Chapman, G., & Cook, L.C. (2005).  Moving from assessment to treatment of school refusal behavior in youth. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 1, 46-51.

Resources for professionals and lay persons

Kearney, C.A. (2011).  Silence is not golden: Strategies for helping the shy child.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2010).  Helping youths with selective mutism and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2008).  Helping school refusing children and their parents: A guide for school-based professionals.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2007).  Getting your child to say “yes” to school: A guide for parents of youth with school refusal behavior.  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2007).  When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Parent workbook (2nd ed.).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2007).  When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Therapist’s guide (2nd ed.).  New York: Oxford University Press.

Kearney, C.A. (2006).  Casebook in childhood behavior disorders (3rd ed.).  Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Kearney, C.A. (2006).  Confirmatory factor analysis of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Child and parent versions.  Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28, 139-144.

Kearney, C.A. (2005).  Social anxiety and social phobia in youth: Characteristics, assessment, and psychological treatment.  New York: Springer.

Kearney, C.A. (2001).  School refusal behavior in youth: A functional approach to assessment and treatment.  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.