About the ACT Lab:

 

The Adolescent and Child Trauma (ACT) Lab researches childhood trauma and childhood posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ACT Lab has focused its efforts on examining risk and protective factors for childhood PTSD, with a particular emphasis on the effects of child maltreatment in the development of PTSD.

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Current Projects:

 

Current projects are investigating the diagnostic criteria for PTSD within maltreated youth to advance the diagnosis and treatment of childhood PTSD. In collaboration with the Department of Family Services (DFS) sites in Las Vegas, the ACT Lab conducts assessments and provides group therapy services for maltreated youth in Southern Nevada.

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Selected Publications:

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Burke, S., & Kearney, C. A. (2022). Diagnostic disparities among maltreated youth in a child protective services agency. Journal of Public Child Welfare. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548732.2022.2162654

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Howard, A., Gonzálvez, C., & Kearney, C. A. (2021). Unique Factor Structures Of The Adolescent Dissociative Experiences Scale And Posttraumatic Cognitions Inventory And Their Relation To PTSD Symptom Clusters In Maltreated Youth. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 1-16.

 

Velasco, V., Howard, A., & Kearney Ph D, C. (2017). Differential Effects of Child Maltreatment Type and Chronicity Variables on PTSD Symptoms. UNLV McNair Scholars Research Journal.

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Silverman, J. R., Ross, E. H., & Kearney, C. A. (2018). Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Among Male Adjudicated Adolescents: Psychosocial Concerns, Coping Responses, Diagnoses, and Functions. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 1-8.

 

Ross, E. H., & Kearney, C. A. (2017). Posttraumatic symptoms among maltreated youth using classification and regression tree analysis. Child abuse & neglect, 69, 177-187.

 

Day, T., & Kearney, C. A. (2016). Resilience variables and posttraumatic symptoms among maltreated youth. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 25(9), 991-1005.

 

Kaur, H., & Kearney, C. A. (2015). An examination of posttraumatic stress symptoms among maltreated multiracial youth. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 24(5), 487-500.

 

Ross, E. H., & Kearney, C. A. (2015). Identifying heightened risk for posttraumatic symptoms among maltreated youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(12), 3767-3773.

 

Kearney, C. A., Ross, E. H., & Day, T. L. (2014). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Youth. Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 1-9.

 

Kaur, H., & Kearney, C. A. (2013). Ethnic identity, family cohesion, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22(10), 1085-1095.

 

Wechsler-Zimring, A., Kearney, C. A., Kaur, H., & Day, T. (2012). Posttraumatic stress disorder and removal from home as a primary, secondary, or disclaimed trauma in maltreated adolescents. Journal of Family Violence, 27(8), 813-818.

 

Wechsler‐Zimring, A., & Kearney, C. A. (2011). Posttraumatic stress and related symptoms among neglected and physically and sexually maltreated adolescents. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 24(5), 601-604.

 

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(1), 46-76.

 

Lemos-Miller, A., & Kearney, C. A. (2006). Depression and ethnicity as intermediary variables among dissociation, trauma-related cognitions, and PTSD symptomatology in youths. The Journal of nervous and mental disease, 194(8), 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(10), 1087-1101.

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