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In Press
Prinstein, M.J. & Giletta, M. (in press). Future directions in peer relations research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.pdf
Telzer, E.H., Jorgensen, N.A., Prinstein, M.J., & Lindquist, K.A. (in press). Neurobiological sensitivity to social rewards and punishments moderates relationship between peer norms and adolescent risk taking. Child Development.
Massing-Schaffer, M., Nesi, J., Telzer, E. H., Lindquist, K. A., & Prinstein, M. J. (in press). Adolescent peer experiences and prospective suicidal ideation: The protective role of online only friendships. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Clarkson, T., Kang, E., Capriola-Hall., N., Lerner, M.D., Jarcho, J.M., Prinstein, M.J. (in press). RDoC special issue: A meta-Analysis of the RDoC Social Processing Domain across units of analysis. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Schleider, J.L., Burnette, J.L., Widman, L., Hoyt, C.L., & Prinstein, M.J. (in press). Randomized trial of a single-session growth mindset intervention for rural adolescents’ internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Henry, T. R., Gates, K. M., Prinstein, M. J. & Steinley, D. (in press). Modeling Heterogeneous Peer Assortment Effects using Finite Mixture Exponential Random Graph Models. Psychometrika.
*Clayton, M.G., Giletta, M., Boettiger, C.A., & Prinstein, M.J. (in press). Determinants of excessive reassurance-seeking: Adolescents’ internalized distress, friendship conflict, and behavioral inhibition as prospective predictors. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Madubata, I., Spivey, L.A., Alvarez, G.M., Neblett, E.W., & Prinstein, M.J. (in press). Forms of racial/ethnic discrimination and suicidal ideation: A prospective examination of African-American and Latinx youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Choukas-Bradley, S., *Sheppard, C.S., Prinstein, M.J., & Abela, J.R.Z. (in press). A cross-cultural examination of adolescent peer status and social correlates in the U.S. and China. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.
2020
Prinstein, M.J., Nesi, J., & Telzer, E.H. (2020). Commentary: An updated agenda for the study of digital media use and adolescent development – future directions following Odgers & Jensen (2020). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61, 349-352. pdf
Slavich, G.M., Giletta, M., Helms, S.W., Hastings, P.D., Rudolph, K.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2020). Interpersonal life stress, inflammation, and depression in adolescence: Testing social signal transduction theory of depression. Depression and Anxiety, 37, 179-193. pdf
Maheux, A. J., Evans, R., Widman, L., Nesi, J., Prinstein, M. J., & Choukas-Bradley, S. (2020). Brief Report: Popular peer norms and adolescent sexting behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 78, 62-66. pdf
2019
*Miller, A. B. & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). Adolescent suicide as a failure of acute stress response systems. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 15, 425-450. pdf
*Eisenlohr-Moul, T., *Miller, A. B., Giletta, M., Hastings, P. D., Rudolph, K. D., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). HPA axis response and psychosocial stress as interactive predictors of suicidal ideation and behavior in adolescent females: A multilevel diathesis-stress framework. Neuropsychopharmacology, 43, 2564-2571. pdf
Teachman, B. A., McKay, D., Barch, D.M., Prinstein, M. J., Hollon, S. D., & Chambless, D. (2019). How psychosocial research can help the National Institute of Mental Health achieve its grand challenge to reduce the burden of mental illnesses and psychological disorders. American Psychologist, 74, 415-431. pdf
Miller, A. B., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Glenn, C., Turner, B., Chapman, A., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019) Does higher-than-usual stress predict non-suicidal self-injury? Evidence from two prospective studies in adolescent girls and emerging adult females. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 1076-1084. pdf
*Nesi, J. & Prinstein, M.J. (2019). In search of likes: Longitudinal associations between adolescents’ digital status seeking and health-risk behaviors. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 740-748. pdf
Stewart, J. L., *Spivey, L. A., Widman, L., Choukas-Bradley, S., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). Developmental patterns of sexual identity, romantic attraction, and sexual behavior among adolescents over three years. Journal of Adolescence, 77, 90-97.
*Miller, A. B., Prinstein, M. J., Munier, E., Machlin, L., & Sheridan, M. A. (2019). Emotion reactivity and regulation in adolescent girls following an interpersonal rejection. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 249-261. pdf
Marshall, S. A., Henry, T. R., *Spivey, L. A., Rhodes, S. D., Prinstein, M. J., & Ip, E. H. (2019). Social context of sexual minority adolescents and relationship to alcohol use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 64, 615-621. pdf
*Massing-Schaffer, M., Helms, S.W., Rudolph, K.D., Slavich, G.M., Hastings, P.D., Giletta, M., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2019). Preliminary associations among relational victimization, targeted rejection, and suicidality in adolescents: A prospective study. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 288–295.
*Sheppard, C. S., Giletta, M., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). Peer victimization trajectories at the adolescent transition: Associations among chronic victimization, Peer-reported status, and adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 218-227.
*Spivey, L.A. & Prinstein, M.J. (2019). A preliminary examination of the association between adolescent gender nonconformity and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 707–716. pdf
*Owens, S. A., Helms, S. W., Hastings, P. D., Rudolph, K. D. & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). Interpersonal stress severity longitudinally predicts adolescent girls’ depressive symptoms: The moderating role of subjective and HPA axis stress responses. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 895–905. pdf
Domino, M. E., Lin, C.-C., Morrissey, J. P., Ellis, A. R., Fraher, E., Richman, E. L., Thomas, K. C., & Prinstein, M.J. (2019). Training psychologists for rural practice: Exploring opportunities and constraints. Journal of Rural Health, 35, 35-41.
2018
Giletta, M., Slavich G.M., Rudolph, K.D., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2018). Peer victimization predicts heightened inflammatory reactivity to social stress in cognitively vulnerable adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59, 129-139. pdf
*Miller, A. B., *Linthicum, R., Helms, S., Giletta M., Rudolph, K. D., Hastings, Paul D., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2018). Reciprocal associations between adolescent girls’ chronic interpersonal stress and nonsuicidal self-injury: A multi-wave, prospective investigation. Journal of Adolescent Health, 63, 694-700.
Widman, L., Golin, C. E., Kamke, K., Burnette, J. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (2018). Sexual assertiveness skills and sexual decision-making in adolescent girls: Randomized controlled trial of an online program. American Journal of Public Health, 108, 96-102. pdf
*Nesi, J., *Choukas-Bradley, S., & Prinstein, M.J. (2018). Transformation of adolescent peer relations in the social media context part 1: A theoretical framework and application to dyadic peer relationships. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 21, 267-294. pdf
*Nesi, J., *Choukas-Bradley, S., & Prinstein, M.J. (2018). Transformation of adolescent peer relations in the social media context part 2: Application to peer group processes and future directions for research. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 21, 295-319. pdf
Hoffman, M., Steinley, D., Gates, K. M., Prinstein, M. J., Brusco, M. J. (2018). Detecting clusters/communities in social networks. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 53, 57-73. pdf
2017
Giletta, M., Hastings, P.D., Rudolph, K.D., Bauer, D.J., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Suicide ideation among high-risk adolescent females: Examining the interplay between parasympathetic regulation and friendship support. Development & Psychopathology, 29, 1161-1175. pdf
Youngstrom, E.A., Van Meter, A.R., Frazier, T.W., Hunsley, J., Prinstein, M.J., Ong, M., & Youngstrom, J.K. (2017). Evidence-based assessment as an integrative model for applying psychological science to guide the voyage of treatment. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 24, 331-363. pdf
*Miller, A. B., *Eisenlohr-Moul, T., Giletta, M. Hastings, P. D., Rudolph, K. D., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2017). A within-person approach to risk for suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior: Examining the roles of depression, stress, and abuse exposure. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 85, 712-722. pdf
*Nesi, J., *Miller, A.B., & Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Adolescents’ depressive symptoms and subsequent technology-based interpersonal behaviors: A multi-wave study. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 51, 12-19. pdf
Dean, D., Bauer, D.J., & Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Friendship dissolution within social networks modeled through multilevel event history analysis. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 52, 271-289. pdf
Widman, L., Golin, C. E., Kamke, K., Massey, J., & Prinstein, M. J. (2017). Feasibility and acceptability of a web-based HIV/STD prevention program for adolescent girls targeting sexual communication skills. Health Education Research, 32, 343-352. pdf
Helms, S. W., Christon, L. M., Dellon, E. P., & Prinstein, M. J. (2017). Patient and provider perspectives on communication about body image with adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 42, 1040.1050. pdf
*Vanhalst, J., Gibb, B., & Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Lonely adolescents exhibit heightened sensitivity for facial cues of emotion. Cognition and Emotion, 31, 377-383. pdf
*Nesi, J.L., Widman, L.M., Choukas-Bradley, S.C., & Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Technology-based communication and the development of interpersonal competencies within adolescent romantic relationships: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27, 471-477. pdf
2016
Glenn, C. R., Kleiman, E. M., Cha, C. B., Nock, M. K., & Prinstein, M. J. (2016). Implicit cognition about self-injury predicts actual self-injurious behavior: Results from a longitudinal study of adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57, 805-813. pdf
Payne, K.B. Lee, K., Giletta, M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2016). Implicit attitudes predict drinking onset in adolescents: Shaping by social norms. Health Psychology, 35, 829-836. pdf
*Widman, L., *Choukas-Bradley, S., *Helms, S. W., & Prinstein, M. J. (2016). Adolescent susceptibility to peer influence in sexual situations. Journal of Adolescent Health, 58, 323-329. pdf
*Franken, A., Prinstein, M.J., Dijkstra, J.K., Steglich, C.E.G., Harakeh, Z., & Vollebergh, W.A.M. (2016). Early adolescent friendship selection based on externalizing behavior: The moderating role of pubertal development. The SNARE study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1647-1657. pdf
Teunissen, H. A., Kuntsche, E., Scholte, R. H. J., Spijkerman, R., Prinstein, M. J., & Engels, R. C. M. E. (2016). Friends’ drinking norms and male adolescents’ alcohol consumption: The moderating role of performance-based peer influence susceptibility. Journal of Adolescence, 53, 45-54. pdf
*Widman, L., Golin, C. E., Noar, S. M., Massey, J., & Prinstein, M.J. (2016). ProjectHeartForGirls.com: Development of a web-based HIV/STD prevention program for adolescent girls emphasizing sexual communication skills. AIDS Education and Prevention, 28, 365-377. pdf
Stein, G.L., Supple, A., Huq, N., Dunbar, A. & Prinstein, M.J. (2016). A longitudinal examination of perceived discrimination and depressive symptoms in ethnic minority youth: The roles of attributional style, positive ethnic/racial affect, and emotional reactivity. Developmental Psychology, 52, 259-271. pdf
2015
*Nesi, J.L. & Prinstein, M.J. (2015). Using social media for social comparison and feedback-seeking: Gender and popularity moderate associations with depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 1427-1438. pdf
*Giletta, M., *Calhoun, C.D., Hastings, P.D., Rudolph, K.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2015). Multi-level risk factors for suicidal ideation among at-risk adolescent females: The role of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to stress. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 807-820. pdf
*Choukas-Bradley, S., Giletta, M., Cohen, G. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (2015). Peer influence, peer status, and prosocial behavior: An experimental investigation of peer socialization of adolescents’ intentions to volunteer. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2197-2210. pdf
*Choukas-Bradley, S.C., *Giletta, M., Neblett, E.W., & Prinstein, M.J. (2015). Ethnic differences in associations among popularity, likeability, and trajectories of adolescents’ alcohol use and frequency. Child Development, 86, 519-535. pdf
Hoffman, M., Steinley, D., Gates, K. M., Prinstein, M. J., Brusco, M. J. (2015). Detecting clusters/communities in social networks. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 50, 740-741.
*Giletta, M., Prinstein, M. J., Abela, J. R. Z., Gibb, B. E., Barrocas, A. L., & Hankin, B. L. (2015). Trajectories of suicide ideation and nonsuicidal self-injury among adolescents in mainland China: Peer predictors, joint development and risk for suicide attempts. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 265-279. pdf
*Helms, S. W., *Gallagher, M., *Calhoun, C. D., *Choukas-Bradley, S., *Dawson, G. C., & Prinstein, M. J. (2015). Intrinsic religiosity buffers the longitudinal effects of peer victimization on adolescent depressive symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 44, 471-479. pdf
*Helms, S.W., Dellon, E.P., & Prinstein, M.J. (2015). Friendship quality and health-related outcomes among adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 40, 349-358. pdf
Barrocas, A.L., *Giletta, M., Hankin, B.L., Prinstein, M.J., & Abela, J.R.Z. (2015). Nonsuicidal self-injury in adolescence: Longitudinal course, trajectories, and intrapersonal predictors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 369-380. pdf
2014
*Helms, S. W., *Choukas-Bradley, S., *Widman, L., *Giletta, M., Cohen, G. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Adolescents misperceive and are influenced by high-status peers’ health risk, deviant, and adaptive behavior. Developmental Psychology, 50(12), 2697-2714. doi:10.1037/a0038178 pdf
*Calhoun, C.D., *Helms, S.W., Heilbron, N., Rudolph, K.D., Hastings, P.D., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Relational victimization, friendship, and adolescents’ hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to an in vivo social stressor. Development & Psychopathology, 26¸ 605-618. pdf also see Erratum
*Choukas-Bradley, S., *Giletta, M., *Widman, L., Cohen, G. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Experimentally measured susceptibility to peer influence and adolescent sexual behavior trajectories: A preliminary study. Developmental Psychology, 50(9), 2221-2227. doi:10.1037/a0037300 pdf
*Rancourt, D., *Choukas-Bradey, S.C., Cohen, G.L., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014) An experimental examination of peers’ influence on adolescent girls’ intent to engage in maladaptive weight-related behaviors. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 47, 437-447. pdf
*Gallagher, M., Prinstein, M.J., Simon, V., Spirito, A. (2014). Social anxiety symptoms and suicidal ideation in a clinical sample of early adolescents: Examining loneliness and social support as longitudinal mediators. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 42, 871-873. pdf
*Helms, S.W. & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Risk assessment and decision-making regarding imminent suicidality in pediatric settings. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 2, 176-193. pdf
Liu, R. T., Frazier, E. A., Cataldo, A. M., Simon, V. A., Spirito, A., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Negative life events and non-suicidal self-injury in an adolescent inpatient sample. Archives Of Suicide Research, 18(3), 251-258. doi:10.1080/13811118.2013.824835. pdf
*Widman, L., *Nesi, J., *Choukas-Bradley, S., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Safe sext: Adolescents’ use of technology to communicate about sexual health with dating partners. Journal of Adolescent Health, 54, 612-614. pdf
*Widman, L., *Choukas-Bradley, S., *Helms, S. W., Golin, C. E., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Sexual communication between early adolescents and their dating partners, parents, and best friends. Journal of Sex Research, 51, 731-741. pdf
*Franklin, J.C., *Puzia, M.E., *Lee, K.M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Low implicit and explicit aversion toward self-cutting stimuli longitudinally predict nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 123, 463-469. pdf
*Franklin, J.C., *Lee, K.M., *Puzia, M.E., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Recent and frequent nonsuicidal self-injury is associated with diminished implicit and explicit aversion toward self-cutting stimuli. Clinical Psychological Science, 2, 306-318. pdf
O’Brien, K. H., Becker, S. J., Spirito, A., Simon, V., & Prinstein, M. J. (2014). Differentiating adolescent suicide attempters from ideators: Examining the interaction between depression severity and alcohol use. Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 44, 23-33. pdf
*Teunissen, H.A., Spijkerman, R., Cohen, G.L., Prinstein, M.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., & Scholte, R.H.J. (2014). An experimental study on the effects of peer drinking norms on adolescents’ drinker prototypes. Addictive Behaviors, 39, 85-93. pdf
Southam-Gerow, M.A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Evidence base updates: The evolution of the evaluation of psychological treatments for children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43, 1-6. pdf
2013
La Greca, A.M., Lai, B., Llabre, M.M., Silverman, W., Vernberg, E.M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2013). Children’s postdisaster trajectories of PTS symptoms: Predicting chronic distress. Child and Youth Care Forum, 42, 351-369. pdf
*Giletta, M., Burk, W.J., Scholte, R.H.J., Engles, R.C.M.E., & Prinstein, M.J. (2013). Direct and indirect peer socialization of adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 450-463. pdf
*Franklin, J.C., *Puzia, M.E., *Lee, K.M., *Chung, G., *Hanna, E.K., *Spring, V.L., & Prinstein, M.J. (2013). The nature of pain offset relief in nonsuicidal self-injury: A laboratory study. Clinical Psychological Science, 1, 110-119. pdf
*Franklin, J.C., *Lee, K.M., *Hanna, E.K, & Prinstein, M.J. (2013). Feeling worse to feel better: Pain offset relief simultaneously stimulates positive affect and diminishes negative affect. Psychological Science, 24, 521-529. pdf
*Rancourt, D., *Conway, C. C., Burk, W. J., & Prinstein, M. J. (2013). Gender composition of preadolescents’ friendship groups moderates peer socialization of body change behaviors. Health Psychology, 32, 283-292. pdf
Seaton, E.K., Neblett, E.W., *Cole, D.J., & Prinstein, M.J. (2013). Perceived discrimination and peer victimization among African American and Latino youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42, 342-350. pdf
Creemers, D.H.M., Scholte, R.H.J., Engles, R.C.M.E., Prinstein, M.J., & Reinout, WW. (2013). Damaged self-esteem is associated with internalizing problems. Frontiers in Psychology, 4. pdf
2012
*Franklin, J. C., *Aaron, R. V., *Arthur, M. S., *Shorkey, S., & Prinstein, M. J. (2012). Nonsuicidal self-injury and diminished pain perception: The role of emotion dysregulation. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 53(6), 691-700. pdf
*Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., Ciairano, S., & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: A cross-national study of community samples from Italy, the Netherlands and the United States. Psychiatry Research, 197, 66-72. pdf
*Guan, K., *Fox, K.R., & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Nonsuicidal self-injury as a time-invariant predictor of adolescent suicide ideation and attempts in a diverse community sample. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80, 842-849. pdf
*Calhoun, C.D., *Franklin, J.C., *Adelman, C.B., *Guerry, J.D., Hastings, P.D., Nock, M.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Biological and cognitive responses to an in vivo interpersonal stressor: Longitudinal associations with adolescent depression. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 5, 283-299
*Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Prinstein, M.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., Rabaglietti, E., & Burk, W.J.(2012). Friendship context matters: Examining the domain specificity of alcohol and depression socialization among adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 40, 1027-1043. pdf
*Teunissen, H.A., Spijkerman, R., Prinstein, M.J., Cohen, G.L., Engles, R.C.M.E., Scholte, R.H.J. (2012). Adolescents’ conformity to their peers’ pro-alcohol and anti-alcohol norms: The power of popularity. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 36, 1257-1267. pdf
Becker, S. J., Nargison, J., Wolff, J., Uhl, J., Simon, V., Spirito, A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Temporal relationship between substance use and delinquent behavior among young psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 43, 251-259. pdf
Nargiso, J.E., Becker, S.J., Wolff, J.C., Uhl, K.M., Simon, V., Spirito, A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Psychological, peer, and family influences on smoking among an adolescent psychiatric sample. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 42, 310-318. pdf
*Creemers, D.H.M., Scholte, R.H.J., Engles, R.C.M.E., Prinstein, M.J., Wiers, R.W. (2012). Implicit and explicit self-esteem as concurrent predictors of suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms, and loneliness. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 43, 638-646. pdf
Haydon, A.A., Herring, A.H., Prinstein, M.J., & Halpern C.T. (2012). Beyond age at first sex: Patterns of emerging sexual behavior in adolescence and young adulthood. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50, 456-463. pdf
2011
*Giletta, M., Scholte, R.H.J., Burk, W.J., Engels, R.C.M.E., Larsen, J.K., Prinstein, M.J., & Ciairano, S. (2011). Similarity in depressive symptoms in adolescents’ friendship dyads: Selection or socialization. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1804-1814. pdf
*Conway, C.C., *Rancourt, D., *Adelman, C.B., Burk, W.J., & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Depression socialization within friendship groups at the transition to adolescence: The roles of gender and group centrality as moderators of peer influence. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 857-867. pdf
Prinstein, M.J., *Choukas-Bradley, S.C., *Helms, S.W., *Brechwald, W., & *Rancourt, D. (2011). High peer popularity longitudinally predicts adolescent health risk behavior, Or does it?: An examination of linear and quadratic associations. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 980-990. pdf
*Franklin, J.C., *Hessel, E.T., & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Clarifying the role of pain tolerance in suicidal capability. Psychiatry Research, 362-367. pdf
*Landoll, R.R., *Schwartz-Mette, R.A., Rose, A.J., & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Girls’ and boys’ disclosure about problems as a predictor of changes in depressive symptoms over time. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 410-420. pdf
Prinstein, M.J., *Brechwald, W.A., & Cohen G.L. (2011). Susceptibility to peer influence: Using a performance-based measure to identify adolescent males at heightened risk for deviant peer socialization. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1167-1172. pdf
*Banny, A.M., *Heilbron, N., *Ames, A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Relational benefits of relational aggression: Adaptive and maladaptive associations with adolescent friendship quality. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1153-1166. pdf
*Teunissen, H., *Adelman, C.B., Prinstein, M.J., Spijkerman, R., Poelen, E.A., Engels, R.C., & Scholte, R.H. (2011). The interaction between pubertal timing and peer popularity for boys and girls: An integration of biological and interpersonal perspectives on adolescent depression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39, 413-423 pdf
*Rock, P.F., *Cole, D.J., *Houshyar, S., *Lythcott, M., & Prinstein, M.J. (in press). Peer status in an ethnic context: Associations with African-American adolescents’ ethnic identity. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 32, 163-169. pdf
*Brechwald, W.A. & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Beyond homophily: A decade of advances in understanding peer influence processes. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 166-179. pdf
Spirito, A., Simon, V., Cancilliere, M.K., Stein, R., Norcott, C., Loranger, K., & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Outpatient psychotherapy practice with adolescents following psychiatric hospitalization for suicide ideation or a suicide attempt. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 16, 53-64. pdf
2010
Aikins, J.W., Simon, V.A., & Prinstein, M.J. (2010). Romantic partner selection and socialization of young adolescents’ substance use and behavior problems. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 813-826. pdf
*Franklin, J.C., *Hessel, E.T., *Aaron, R.V., *Arthur, M.S., *Heilbron, N., & Prinstein, M.J. (2010). The functions of nonsuicidal self-injury: Support for cognitive-affective regulation and opponent processes from a novel psychophysiological paradigm. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111, 850-862. pdf
*Heilbron, N. & Prinstein, M.J. (2010). Adolescent peer victimization, peer status, suicidal ideation, and nonsuicidal self-injury: Examining concurrent and longitudinal associations. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 56, 388-419. pdf
*Guerry, J.D. & Prinstein, M.J. (2010). Longitudinal prediction of adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: Examination of a cognitive vulnerability-stress model. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, 77-89. pdf
*Rancourt, D. & Prinstein, M.J. (2010). Peer status and victimization as possible reinforcements of adolescent girls’ and boys’ weight-related behaviors and cognitions. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35, 354-367. pdf
Prinstein, M.J., *Heilbron, N., *Guerry, J.D., *Franklin, J.C., *Rancourt, D., Simon, V., & Spirito, A. (2010). Peer influence and nonsuicidal self injury: Longitudinal results in community and clinically-referred adolescent samples. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38, 669-682. pdf
*Gibson, C.M., Penn, D.L., Prinstein, M.J., Perkins, D.O., & Belger, A. (2010). Social skill and social cognitive deficits in adolescents at genetic risk for psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 122, 179-184. pdf
2009
Nock, M.K., Prinstein, M.J., & Sterba, S.K. (2009). Revealing the form and function of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A real-time ecological assessment study among adolescents and young adults. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 118, 816-827. pdf
Prinstein, M. J. & La Greca, A. M. (2009). Childhood depressive symptoms and adolescent cigarette use: A six-year longitudinal study controlling for peer relations correlates. Health Psychology, 28, 283-291. pdf
Otten, R., Engels, R.C.M.E., & Prinstein, M.J. (2009). A prospective study of perception in adolescent smoking. Journal of Adolescent Health, 44, 478-484. pdf
2008
*Heilbron, N., Prinstein, M. J., & Hilt, L. M. (2008). A lab-based examination of adolescent girls’ expressed negative cognitions in response to an in vivo social stressor: Links to depressive symptoms. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 1, 298-312. pdf
*Hilt, L. M., Nock, M. K., Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., & Prinstein, M. J. (2008). Longitudinal study of non-suicidal self-injury among young adolescents: Rates, correlates, and preliminary test of an interpersonal model. Journal of Early Adolescence, 28, 455-469. pdf
Prinstein, M. J. (2008). Introduction to the Special Section on suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury: A review of unique challenges and important directions for self-injury science. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 1-8. pdf
Prinstein, M. J., Nock, M. K., Simon, V., Aikins, J. W., Cheah, C. S. L., & Spirito, A. (2008). Longitudinal trajectories and predictors of adolescent suicidal ideation and attempts following inpatient hospitalization. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 92-103. pdf
Simon, V. A., Aikins, J. W., & Prinstein, M. J. (2008). Romantic partner selection and socialization during early adolescence. Child Development, 79, 1676-1692. pdf
*Heilbron, N., & Prinstein, M. J. (2008). A review and reconceptualization of social aggression: Adaptive and maladaptive correlates. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 11, 176–217. pdf
*Heilbron, N., & Prinstein, M. J. (2008). Peer influence and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury: A theoretical review of mechanisms and moderators. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 12, 169-177. pdf
2007
*Sterba, S., Prinstein, M. J., & Cox, M. J. (2007). Trajectories of internalizing problems across childhood: Heterogeneity, external validity, and gender differences. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 345-366. pdf
Prinstein, M. J. (2007). Moderators of peer contagion: A longitudinal examination of depression socialization between adolescents and their best friends. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36, 159-170. pdf
Prinstein, M. J. (2007). Assessment of adolescents’ preference- and reputation-based popularity using sociometric experts. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 53, 243-261. pdf
2006
*Borelli, J. L. & Prinstein, M. J. (2006). Reciprocal, longitudinal associations between adolescents’ negative feedback-seeking, depressive symptoms, and friendship perceptions. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 159-169. pdf
*Wang, S. S., *Houshyar, S., & Prinstein, M. J. (2006). Adolescent girls’ and boys’ weight-related behaviors and cognitions: Associations with reputation- and preference-based peer status. Health Psychology, 25, 658-663. pdf
Nock, M. K., Joiner, T. E., Gordon, K. H., Lloyd-Richardson, E., & Prinstein, M. J. (2006). Non-suicidal self-injury among adolescents: Diagnostic correlates and relation to suicide attempts. Psychiatry Research, 144, 65-72. pdf
Cohen, G. L. & Prinstein, M. J. (2006). Peer contagion of aggression and health-risk behavior among adolescent males: An experimental investigation of effects on public conduct and private attitudes. Child Development, 77, 967-983. pdf
2005
Prinstein, M. J., *Borelli, J. L., *Cheah, C. S. L., *Simon, V. A., & *Aikins, J. W. (2005). Adolescent girls’ interpersonal vulnerability to depressive symptoms: A longitudinal examination of reassurance-seeking and peer relationships. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 676-688. pdf
Prinstein, M. J., *Cheah, C. S. L., & *Guyer, A. E. (2005). Peer victimization, cue interpretation, and internalizing symptoms: Concurrent and longitudinal findings for children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 11-24. pdf
*Stevens, E. A. & Prinstein, M. J. (2005). Peer contagion of depressogenic attributional styles among adolescents: A longitudinal study. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33, 25-37. pdf
Prinstein, M. J. & *Wang, S. S. (2005). False consensus and adolescent peer contagion: Examining discrepancies between perceptions and actual reported levels of friends’ deviant and health risk behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 33, 293-306. pdf
Nock, M. K. & Prinstein, M. J. (2005). Contextual features and behavioral functions of self-mutilation among adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 114, 140-146. pdf
Anthony, J. L., Lonigan, C. J., Vernberg, E. M., Silverman, W. K., La Greca, A. M., & Prinstein, M.J. (2005). Multisample cross-validation of a model of childhood posttraumatic stress disorder symptomotology. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 18, 667 – 676. pdf
2004
*De Los Reyes, A. & Prinstein, M. J. (2004). Applying depression-distortion hypotheses to the assessment of peer victimization in adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 33, 325-335.pdf
Prinstein, M. J. & *Aikins, J. W. (2004). Cognitive moderators of the longitudinal association between peer rejection and adolescent depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 147-158.pdf
D’Eramo, K. S. Prinstein, M. J. Freeman, J., Grapentine, W. L. & Spirito, A. (2004). Psychiatric diagnoses in relation to suicidal behavior among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 35, 21-35. pdf
Prinstein, M. J. & La Greca, A. M. (2004). Childhood peer rejection and aggression as predictors of adolescent girls’ externalizing and health risk behaviors: A six year longitudinal study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 103-112. pdf
*Nock, M. K. & Prinstein, M. J. (2004). A functional approach to the assessment of self-mutilative behavior in adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72, 885-890. pdf
2003
Prinstein, M. J. & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2003). Forms and functions of adolescent peer aggression associated with high levels of peer status. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 49, 310-342. pdf
Prinstein, M. J., *Meade, C. S., & Cohen, G. L. (2003). Adolescent oral sex, peer popularity, and perceptions of best friends’ sexual behavior. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 28, 243-249.pdf
Prinstein, M. J. & *Nock, M. K. (2003). Invited commentary: Parents under-report children’s suicidal ideation and attempts. Evidence Based Mental Health, 6, 12. pdf
2002
Prinstein, M. J. & La Greca, A. M. (2002). Peer crowd affiliation and internalizing distress in childhood and adolescence: A longitudinal follow-back study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 12, 325-351.pdf
Pearce, M. J., Boergers, J., & Prinstein, M. J. (2002). Adolescent obesity, overt and relational peer victimization, and romantic relationships. Obesity Research, 10, 386-393. pdf
2001
Prinstein, M. J., *Nock, M., Spirito, A., & Grapentine, W.L. (2001). Multi-method assessment of adolescent suicidality in adolescent psychiatric inpatients: Preliminary results. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 1053-1061. pdf
Prinstein, M. J., Boergers, J., & Vernberg, E. M. (2001). Overt and relational aggression in adolescents: Social-psychological functioning of aggressors and victims. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, 477-489.pdf
Prinstein, M.J., Boergers, J., & Spirito, A. (2001). Adolescents’ and their friends’ health-risk behavior: Factors that alter or add to peer influence. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 26, 287-298. pdf
La Greca, A. M., Prinstein, M. J., & Fetter, M. D. (2001). Adolescent peer crowd affiliation: Linkages with health-risk behaviors and close friendships. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 26, 131-143.pdf
Zakriski, A.L., & Prinstein, M.J. (2001). Sociometric status of child inpatients in clinical and normative peer groups: Is peer status in a clinical setting a useful measure of adjustment? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 22, 1-17.pdf
2000
Prinstein, M. J., Boergers, J., Spirito, A., Little, T.D., & Grapentine, W. L. (2000). Peer functioning, family dysfunction, and psychological symptoms in a risk factor model for adolescent inpatients’ suicidal ideation severity. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 392-405.pdf
Donaldson, D., Prinstein, M. J., Danovsky, M., & Spirito, A. (2000). Patterns of children’s with life stress: Implications for clinicians. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 70, 351-359.pdf
1999
Prinstein, M. J., & La Greca, A. M. (1999). Links between mothers’ and children’s social competence, and associations with maternal adjustment. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 28, 197-210.pdf
Kuttler, A. F., La Greca, A. M., & Prinstein. M. J. (1999). Friendship qualities and social-emotional functioning of adolescents with close, cross-sex friendships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 9, 339-366.pdf
Zakriski, A. L., Seifer, R., Sheldrick, R. C., Prinstein, M. J., Dickstein, S, & Sameroff, A. (1999). Child-focused versus school-focused sociometrics: A challenge for the applied researcher. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 20, 481 – 499.pdf
1996
Prinstein, M.J., La Greca, A.M., Vernberg, E.M., & Silverman, W.K. (1996). Children’s coping assistance: How parents, teachers, and friends help children cope after a natural disaster. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 25, 463-475.pdf
La Greca, A.M., Silverman, W.K., Vernberg, E.M., & Prinstein, M.J. (1996). Symptoms of posttraumatic stress in children following Hurricane Andrew: A prospective study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 712-723.pdf
Vernberg, E.M., La Greca, A.M., Silverman, W.K., & Prinstein, M.J. (1996). Prediction of posttraumatic stress symptoms in children after Hurricane Andrew. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 105, 237-248.pdf
Books, Chapters, Encyclopedias, Textbooks
Prinstein, M. (2017). Popular – The power of likability in a status-obsessed world. Viking/Penguin. Buy
Prinstein, M.J. (2017). Future work in clinical child and adolescent psychology. A research agenda. New York: Routledge.
Trull, T. & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Clinical Psychology (8th Edition). Wadsworth Publishing.
Brown, B.B & Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Editors in Chief: B.B. Brown and M.J. Prinstein). London: Elsevier.
Volume 1: Normative Processes in Individual Development.
Volume 2: Interpersonal and Sociocultural Factors
Volume 3: Psychopathology and Non-normative Processes
Prinstein, M.J., Rancourt, D., Adelman, C.B., Ahlich, E., Smith, J., Guerry, J.D. (in press). Peer status and psychopathology. In W. Bukowski, B. Laursen, & K. H. Rubin (Eds.), Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups, Second Edition. New York: Guilford.
*Miller, A. B., *Massing-Schaffer, M., *Owens, S., & Prinstein, M. J. (in press). Non-suicidal Self-injury among Children and Adolescents. In Ollendick, T.H., White, S.W., & White, B.A. (Eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Oxford University Press.
Prinstein M. J. & *Giletta, M. (2016). Peer relations and developmental psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti, (Ed.), Developmental Psychopathology, Third Edition (Volume 1, pp. 527-579). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
*Choukas-Bradley, S. & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Peer relationships and the development of psychopathology. In M. Lewis & K. D. Rudolph (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Psychopathology, Third Edition, New York: Springer.
*Heilbron, N., *Franklin, J. C., *Guerry, J. D., & Prinstein, M.J. (2014). Social and ecological approaches to suicidal behaviors and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). In M. K. Nock (Ed.)., Oxford Handbook of Suicide and Self-Injury. Oxford University Press, New York: NY.
Sterba, S. K., Christ, S. L., Prinstein, M. J., & Nock, M. K. (2011). Beyond treating complex sampling designs as simple random samples: Data analysis and reporting. In A. T. Panter, S. K. Sterba, A. T. Panter, S. K. Sterba (Eds.) , Handbook of ethics in quantitative methodology (pp. 267-291). New York, NY US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Browne, C. B., Prinstein, M. J., & Heilbron, N. (2009). Peer status. In I. B. Weiner & W. E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini encyclopedia of psychology (4th ed., pp. 1181-1183). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Prinstein, M.J., Heilbron, N., Browne, C.B., Guerry, J.D., & Franklin, J.C. (2009). Peer relations. In R. Ingram (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Depression. New York: Springer.
*Guerry, J.D., Reilly, N.N., & Prinstein, M.J. (2010). Suicide risk and self-injury. In G.P. Koocher & A.M. La Greca (Eds.) Emotional first aid for parents: Helping children and adolescents cope with predictable life crises. New York: Oxford University Press.
Prinstein, M. J., *Guerry, J. D., *Browne, C. B., & *Rancourt, D. (2009). Interpersonal models of nonsuicidal self-injury. In M. K. Nock (Ed.), Non-suicidal self-injury: Current science and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
Prinstein, M. J. *Rancourt, D., *Guerry, J. D., & *Browne, C. B. (2009). Peer reputations and psychological adjustment. In K. H. Rubin, W. Bukowski, & B. Laursen (Eds.), Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. New York: Guilford.
Prinstein, M. J. & Dodge, K. A. (2008). Understanding peer influence in children and adolescents. New York: Guilford.
Prinstein, M. J. & Dodge, K. A. (2008). Current issues in peer influence research. In M. J. Prinstein & K. A. Dodge (Eds.), Understanding peer influence in children and adolescents. New York: Guilford.
Lloyd-Richardson, E. E., Nock, M. K. & Prinstein, M. K. (2008). Functions of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury. In M. K. Nixon & N. Heath (Eds.), Self-injury in youth: Essential guide to assessment and intervention. New York: Routledge.
Prinstein, M.J. (2003). Social factors: Peer relationships. In A. Spirito & J. C. Overholser (Eds.), Evaluating and treating adolescent suicide attempters: From research to practice. New York: Academic Press.
Prinstein, M. J. (2002). Cliques. In N. J. Salkind (Ed.), Child Development. New York: Macmillan.
La Greca, A. M. & Prinstein, M. J. (2002). Hurricanes and earthquakes. In A. M. La Greca, W. K. Silverman, E. M. Vernberg, and M. C. Roberts (Eds.), Helping children cope with disasters and terrorism. Washington, DC: APA Books.
La Greca, A. M. & Prinstein, M. J. (1999). Peer group. In W. K. Silverman & T. H. Ollendick (Eds.),Developmental issues in the clinical treatment of children and adolescents. New York: Wiley.
La Greca, A. M., Vernberg, E. M., Silverman, W. K., Vogel, A. L., & Prinstein, M. J. (1995). Helping children. Japanese translation of: Helping children prepare for and cope with natural disasters: A manual for professionals working with elementary school children. Published by: Asahi, Tokyo, Japan.
La Greca, A.M., Vernberg, E.M., Silverman, W.K., Vogel, A.L., & Prinstein, M.J. (1994). Helping children prepare for and cope with natural disasters: A manual for professionals working with elementary school children. Miami, FL: Author.
Professional Development Publications and Professional Commentaries
Books
Prinstein, M. J. (Ed.) (2012). The portable mentor: Expert guide to a successful career in psychology. Second Edition. New York: Springer.
Willia
ms-Nickelson, C., Prinstein, M. J., & Keilin, W. G (2008 ; 2012, Third Edition). Internships in psychology: The APAGS workbook for writing successful applications and finding the right fit. Washington, DC: APA.
Williams-Nickelson, C. & Prinstein, M.J. (Eds.) (2004, First Edition; 2005, Revised; 2007 Second Edition). Internships in psychology: The APAGS workbook for writing successful applications and finding the right match. Washington, DC: APA.
Prinstein, M. J. & Patterson, M. (Eds.) (2003). The portable mentor: Expert guide to a successful career in psychology. New York: Springer/Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Papers
Prinstein, M.J., Fox, K.R., Guan, K., Arthur, M.S., & Gur, S. (2012). Psychologists’ and trainees’ perceptions of the future of clinical psychology. the Behavior Therapist, 35, 101-106.
Prinstein, M.J. (2011). Me, Myron Prinstein, and I: A troubling case of confused academic identity. Ethics & Behavior, 21, 173-181.
Prinstein, M. J. & Roberts, M. C. (2006). The professional adolescence of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Pediatric Psychology: Grown up and striving for autonomy. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 13, 263-268.
Chapters
Calhoun, C.D. & Prinstein, M.J. (2012). Before you apply to graduate programs in psychology: Knowing when you’re ready, and gaining post-baccalaureate experiences. In M.J. Prinstein (Ed.), The portable mentor: Expert guide to a successful career in psychology. Second Edition. New York: Springer.
Prinstein, M.J., Choukas-Bradley, S. C., & Guan, K. (2012). Deciding to apply and successfully gaining admission to graduate schools in psychology. In M.J. Prinstein (Ed.), The portable mentor: Expert guide to a successful career in psychology. Second Edition. New York: Springer.
Prinstein, M. J. (2012). Navigating the internship application process. In M.J. Prinstein (Ed.), The portable mentor: Expert guide to a successful career in psychology. Second Edition. New York: Springer.
Prinstein, M. J., Lopez, S. J., & Rasmussen, H. N. (2003). Navigating the internship application process. In M. J. Prinstein & M. Patterson (Eds.), The portable mentor: Expert guide to a successful career in psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
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