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PhD, 2017, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
MS, 2012, University of Massachusetts Amherst
 

Advisor: 

Lisa Harvey PhD

Research Area(s): 

Clinical Psychology

Dissertation: 

Research

As a postdoctoral fellow, I am assisting with several interventions for adolescents and young adults with ADHD and a longitudinal sleep study examining the association between sleep and adolescent academic achievement and social/emotional well-being.  I am also currently evaluating mechanisms of change and outcomes of several completed interventions for organization skills and social skills for adolescents with ADHD.

Teaching

Previous Courses:

Psych 240 (Online and In-person) - Teaching

Psych 350 (Online) - Teaching

Psych 380 - Teaching Assistant

Psych 681 - Teaching Assistant

Psych 640 - Teaching Assistant

Psych 641 - Teaching Assistant

Psych 494RI - Teaching Assistant

Service

  • 2017-               Postdoctoral Representative, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology

  • 2014-2015       Student Representative, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology

  • 2013-2014       Listserv Facilitator, Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology Student Listserv

Publications

Breaux, R. P., Brown, H., & Harvey, E.A. (2017). Mediators and moderators of the relation between parental ADHD symptomatology and the early development of child ADHD and ODD symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 443-456. doi:10.1007/s10802-016-0213-1

Breaux, R. P., Griffith, S. F., & Harvey, E. A. (2016). Preschool neuropsychological measures as predictors of later attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1455-1471. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0140-1

Breaux, R. P., Harvey, E. A., & Lugo-Candelas, C. I. (2015). The role of parent psychopathology in emotion socialization. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 731-743. doi: 10.1007_s10802-015-0062-3

Breaux, R. P., Harvey, E. A., & Lugo-Candelas, C. I. (2014). The role of parent psychopathology in the development of preschool children with behavior problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 43, 777-790. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2013.836451

Breaux, R. P., McQuade, J. D., Harvey, E. A., & Zakarian, R. J. Longitudinal associations of parental emotion socialization and children’s emotion regulation: The moderating role of ADHD symptomatology. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Advanced Online Publication. doi: 10.1007/s10802-017-0327-0

Harvey, E. A., Breaux, R. P., & Lugo-Candelas, C. I. (2016). The development of comorbidity between symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity and oppositional defiant disorder in preschool children at risk for ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 125, 154–167. doi:10.1037/abn0000090.

Harvey, E. A., Lugo-Candelas, C. I., & Breaux, R. P. (2014). Longitudinal changes in individual symptoms across the preschool years in children with ADHD.  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 44, 580-594. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2014.886253

Herbert, S. D., Harvey, E. A., Lugo-Candelas, C. I., & Breaux, R. P. (2013). Early fathering as a predictor of later psychosocial functioning among preschool children with behavior problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41, 691-703. doi: 10.1007/s10802-012-9706-8

Lugo-Candelas, C. I., Harvey, E. A., & Breaux, R. P. (2015). Emotion socialization practices in Latina and European American mothers of preschoolers with behavior problems. Journal of Family Studies, 21, 144-162. doi: 10.1080/13229400.2015.1020982

Lugo-Candelas, C. I., Harvey, E. A., Breaux, R. P., & Herbert, S. D. (2015). Ethnic differences in the relation between parental emotion socialization and mental health in emerging adults. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 922-938. doi: 10.1007/s10826-015-0266-8

Mayes, S. D., Breaux, R. P., Calhoun, S. L., & Frye, S. S. High prevalence of dysgraphia in elementary through high school students with ADHD and autism. Journal of Attention Disorders. Advanced Online Publication. doi: 10.1177.1087054717720721

Mayes, S. D., Calhoun, S. L., Waschbusch, D. A., Breaux, R. P., & Baweja, R. (2017) Reactive attachment/disinhibited social engagement disorders: Callous-unemotional traits and comorbid disorders. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 63, 28-37. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2017.02.012

McQuade, J. D., & Breaux, R. P. (2016).  Are elevations in ADHD symptoms associated with physiological reactivity and emotion dysregulation in children? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Advanced Online Publication. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0227-8

McQuade, J. D., Breaux, R. P., Miller, R., & Mathias, L. (2017). Executive functioning and engagement in physical and relational aggression among children with ADHD. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 899-910. doi: 10.1007/s10802-016-0207-z

McQuade, J. D., Mendoza, S., Larsen, K., & Breaux, R. P. (2017). The nature of social positive illusory bias: Reflection of social impairment, self-protective motivation, or poor executive functioning? Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45, 289-300. doi: 10.1007/s10802-0172-6

McQuade, J. D., Breaux, R. P., Gómez, A. F., Zakarian, R. J., & Weatherly J. A. (2016). Biased self-perceived social competence and engagement in subtypes of aggression: Examination of peer rejection and social dominance goals as moderators. Aggressive Behavior, 42, 498-509. doi: 10.1002/ab.21645.

Collaborators

Elizabeth Harvey, Claudia Lugo-Candelas, Hallie Brown, Shayl Griffith, Julia McQuade.

Biography

Rosanna is completing her postdoctoral fellowship in School- and University-Based Intervention Development and Evaluation Research with Dr. Josh Langberg at VCU.

While at UMass, Rosanna's primary interests included examining parent-child interactions and child, parental, and environmental factors that influence functioning in young children with behavior problems over time.