Selected publications
Distinguished Professor of Psychology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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 (3rd 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.