Principal Investigator


Robert J. McMahon

Education

B.A.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA - 1975

Awarded in Psychology

M.S.

University of Georgia, Athens, GA - 1977

  Awarded in Clinical Psychology
Ph.D. University of Georgia, Athens, GA - 1979
  Awarded in Clinical Psychology

Employment and Experience

1977-1978

Clinical Psychology Intern, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1979-1984

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

1984-1986

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC (tenure awarded, 1984)

1986-1987

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO (tenure awarded, 1986)

1987-1994

Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (tenure awarded, 1987)

1988-1994

Member, National Program Advisory Committee for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Cooperative Agreement on Effective Parenting Strategies for Families of High-Risk Youth

1994-

Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1995-1996

Member, Expert Panel on the Development of Guidelines for Family-Based Prevention of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Rockville, MD

1995-

Member, National Program Advisory Committee for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Cooperative Agreement, "Stengthening America"s Families: Technical Assistance and Training Project"

1996-

Member, Prevention Enhancement Protocols System (PEPS) Planning Group, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), Rockville, MD

1997-

Member, Scientific Core Group, Research Network on the Etiology of Tobacco Dependence, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ

Honors

Echols Scholar (University of Virginia)

Phi Beta Kappa

Phi Kappa Phi

Selected Publications

McMahon, R.J., Forehand, R., & Griest, D.L. (1981). Effects of knowledge of social learning principles on enhancing treatment outcome and generalization in a parent training program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 49, 526-532.

Forehand, R., & McMahon, R.J. (1981). Helping the noncompliant child: A clinician's guide to parent training. Guilford Press.

Bond, C.R., & McMahon, R.J. (1984). Relationship between marital distress and child behavior problems, maternal personal adjustment, maternal personality, and maternal parenting behavior. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 93, 348-351.

McMahon, R.J., & Wells, K.C. (1989). Conduct disorders. In E.J. Mash & R.A. Barkley (Eds.), Treatment of childhood disorders (pp. 73-132). New York: Guilford Press.

McMahon, R.J., & Peters, R.DeV. (Eds.). (1990). Behavior disorders of adolescence: Research, intervention, and policy in clinical and school settings. New York: Plenum Press.

Peters, R.DeV., McMahon, R.J., & Quinsey, V.L., (Eds.). (1992). Aggression and violence throughout the lifespan. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

*Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (1992). A developmental and clinical model for the prevention of conduct disorders: The FAST Track Program. Development and Psychopathology, 4, 509-527.

McMahon, R.J. (1994). Diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of externalizing problems in children: The role of longitudinal data. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 62, 901-917.

Harnish, J.D., Dodge, K.A., Valente, E., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (1995). Mother-child interaction quality as a partial mediator of the roles of maternal depressive symptomatology and socioeconomic status in the development of child behavior problems. Child Development, 66, 739-753.

Lochman, J.E., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (1995). Screening of child behavior problems for prevention programs at school entry. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, 549-559.

McMahon, R.J., & Greenberg, M.T. (1995). The FAST Track Program: A developmentally focused intervention for children with conduct problems. Clinician’s Research Digest, Supplemental Bulletin 13.

McMahon, R.J., Slough, N., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (1996). Family-based intervention in the Fast Track Program. In R.DeV. Peters & R.J. McMahon (Eds.), Preventing childhood disorders, substance abuse, and delinquency (pp. 90-110). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Bierman, K.L., Greenberg, M.T., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (1996). Social skills training in the Fast Track Program. In R.DeV. Peters & R.J. McMahon (Eds.), Preventing childhood disorders, substance abuse, and delinquency (pp. 65-89). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Peters, R.DeV., & McMahon, R.J. (Eds.). (1996). Preventing childhood disorders, substance abuse, and delinquency. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Spieker, S.J., Bensley, L., McMahon, R.J., Fung, H., & Ossiander, E. (1996). Sexual abuse as a factor in child maltreatment by adolescent mothers of preschool aged children. Development and Psychopathology, 8, 497-509.

Stormshak, E.A., Bellanti, C.J., Bierman, K.L., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (1996). The quality of the sibling relationship and the development of social competence and behavioral control in aggressive children. Developmental Psychology, 32, 79-89.

Bierman, K.L., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (1996). Integrating social skill training interventions with parent training and family-focused support to prevent conduct disorders: The Fast Track Multisite Demonstration Project. In C. F. Ferris & T. Grisso (Eds.), Understanding aggressive behavior in children (pp. 256-264). New York: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

McMahon, R.J., & Estes, A.M. (in press).Conduct problems. In E.J. Mash & L.G. Terdal (Eds.), Assessment of childhood disorders (3rd. ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

McMahon, R.J., & Metzler, C.W. (in press). Selecting parenting measures for assessing family-based preventive interventions. In R.S. Ashery (Ed.), Drug abuse prevention through family interventions. NIDA Research Monograph.

Dishion, T.J., & McMahon, R.J. (in press). Parental monitoring and the prevention of problem behavior. In R.S. Ashery (Ed.), Drug abuse prevention through family interventions. NIDA Research Monograph.

Stormshak, E.A., Bierman, K.L., & the Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group.* (in press). The implications of different developmental patterns of disruptive behavior problems for school adjustment. Development and Psychopathology.

*Members of the CPPRG (in alphabetical order) are K.L. Bierman, J.D. Coie, K.A. Dodge, M.T. Greenberg, J.E. Lochman, and R.J. McMahon.

 

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