selected publications

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  1. Charles, N. E., Bullerjahn, M. R., & Barry, C. T. (Accepted). Understanding at-risk youths: Average PAI-A scores and their associations with impulsivity-related constructs. Journal of Personality Assessment.
  2. Preston, O. C., Gillen, C. T. A., Anestis, J. C., Charles, N. E. & Barry, C. T. (Accepted). The validity of the Personality Assessment Inventory–Adolescent in assessing callous unemotional traits in at-risk adolescents. Journal of Personality Assessment.
  3. Charles, N. E., Floyd, P. N., & Barry, C. T. (In Press). The structure, measurement invariance, and external validity of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-Brief in a sample of at-risk adolescents. Assessment. doi: 10.1177/1073191119872259
  4. Anestis, J. C., Charles, N. E., Lee-Rowland, L. M., Barry, C. T., & Gratz, K. L. (In Press). Implementing dialectical behavior therapy skills training with at-risk male youth in a military-style residential program. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2019.07.001
  5. Charles, N. E., Floyd, P. N., Cole, M. L., & Barry, C. T. (In Press). Personality correlates of disciplinary infractions in a residential program for adolescents. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth. doi: 10.1080/0886571X.2019.1624238
  6. Charles, N. E., Reiter, S. R., & Barry, C. T. (2019). The extent and correlates of stressors experienced by at-risk youths in a military-style residential program. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(5), 1313-1325. doi: 10.1007/s10826-019-01350-7
  7. Mathias, C. W., Stanford, M. S., Liang, Y., Goros, M., Charles, N. E., Sheftall, A. H., Mullen, J., Hill-Kapturczak, N., Acheson, A., Olvera, R. L., & Dougherty, D. M. (2018). A test of the psychometric characteristics of the BIS-Brief among three groups of youth. Psychological Assessment, 30(7), 847-856. doi: 10.1037/pas0000531
  8. Charles, N. E., Mathias, C. W., Acheson, A., & Dougherty, D. M. (2017). Preadolescent sensation seeking and early adolescent stress relate to at-risk adolescents’ substance use by age 15. Addictive Behaviors, 69, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.01.005
  9. Charles, N.E., Ryan, S.R., Bray, B.C., Mathias, C.W., Acheson, A., & Dougherty, D.M. (2016). Altered developmental trajectories for impulsivity and sensation seeking among adolescent substance users. Addictive Behaviors, 60, 235-241. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.04.016
  10. Charles, N. E., Mathias, C. W., Acheson, A., Bray, B. C., Ryan, S. R., Lake, S. L., Liang, Y., & Dougherty, D. M. (2015). Increased pre- and early-adolescent stress in youth with a family history of substance use disorder and early substance use initiation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44(10), 1954-1967. doi:10.1007/s10964-015-0271-7
  11. Mathias, C. W., Duffing, T. M., Acheson, A., Charles, N. E., Lake, S., Ryan, S., Liang, Y., & Dougherty, D. M. (2015). Aggression as a predictor of substance use initiation among youth with a family history of substance use disorder. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment, 14(4), 230-240. doi: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000068
  12. Dougherty, D. M., Lake, S. L., Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Bray, B. C., Charles, N. E., & Acheson, A. (2015). Behavioral impulsivity and risk-taking trajectories across early adolescence in youth with and without family histories of substance use disorder. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 39(8), 1501-1509. doi: 10.1111/acer.12787
  13. Charles, N. E., Ryan, S. R., Acheson, A., Mathias, C. W., Liang, Y., & Dougherty, D. M. (2015). Childhood stress exposure among preadolescents with and without family histories of substance use disorders. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29(1), 192-200. doi:10.1037/adb0000020
  14. Dougherty, D. M., Charles, N. E., Mathias, C. W., Ryan, S. R., Olvera, R. L., Liang, Y. & Acheson, A. (2014). Delay discounting differentiates pre-adolescents at high and low risk for substance use disorders based on family history. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 143, 105-111. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.012
  15. Dougherty, D. M., Mathias, C. W., Dawes, M. A., Furr, R. M., Charles, N. E., Liguori, A., Shannon, E. E., & Acheson, A. (2013). Impulsivity, attention, memory, and decision-making among adolescent marijuana users. Psychopharmacology, 226(2), 307-319. doi: 10.1007/s00213-012-2908-5
  16. Charles, N. E., Acheson, A., Mathias, C. W., Furr, R. M. & Dougherty, D. M.  (2012). Psychopathic traits and their association with adjustment problems in girls. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 30(5), 631–642. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2029​
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