PUBLICATIONS
Leon, S. C., Stoner, A. M., & Dickson, D. A. (in press). Return to the hospital: A multi-level survival analysis approach. Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
Gaylord-Harden, N., Dickson, D. A., & Pierre, C. (in press). Profiles of community violence exposure among African American youth: An examination using latent class analysis. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Goldner, J. S., Richards, M. H., Quimby, D., Zakaryan, A., Miller, S. A., Romero, E., Dickson, D.A., & Chilson, J. (in press). Relations of parenting to adolescent externalizing and internalizing distress moderated by perception of neighborhood danger. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Conley, C. S., Kirsch, A., Dickson, D. A., & Bryant, F.B. (2014). Negotiating the transition to college: Developmental patterns and gender differences in psychological functioning, cognitive-affective strategies, and social well-being. Emerging Adulthood, 2, 195-210.
Lee, C., Dickson, D. A., Conley, C. S., & Holmbeck, G. (2014). A closer look at self-esteem, perceived social support, and coping strategy: A prospective study of depressive symptomatology during the transition to college. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33, 558-583.
Conley, C. S., Durlak, J. A., Dickson, D. A. (2013). An evaluative review of outcome research on universal mental health promotion and prevention programs for higher education students. Journal of American College Health, 61 (5), 286-301.
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C. S., & Bryant, F. Developmental Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms During the First Year of College: A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach.
Dickson, D. A., Silton, R. L., & Lee, C. Vulnerabilities to Depression: The Interaction Effects of Domain Specific Dysfunctional Attitudes and Life Stress.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Dickson, D.A., Lee, C., & Silton, R.L. (2015). Vulnerabilities to depression: The interaction effects of domain-specific dysfunctional attitudes and life stress in emerging adulthood. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
Martin, M. L., Lee, C., Dickson, D. A., Kais, L. A., Zakaryan, A. V. & Silton, R. L. (April, 2014). From parents to offspring: The mediating effect of executive functions on the association between parental depression and subsequent depression symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.
Pierre, C., Dickson, D. A., & Gaylord, N. K. (April, 2013). Profiles of community violence exposure among African American youth: An examination using latent class analysis. Poster presented at the 2013 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Dickson, D. A., & Gaylord, N. K. (November, 2012). The role of thought suppression and rumination on depressive affect: A cross-lagged panel model. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.
Rolnik, A. M., Dickson, D. A., Leon, S., & Kalble, C. (August, 2012). Women’s cognitive reactions to the media: The detrimental effect of comparison-making. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
Feigon, M. Dickson, D. A., Piper, L., Fong, M., Jones, J., & Lee, E. (August, 2012). Stressful life events, executive functioning, quality of life, and depression in individuals with epilepsy. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
Feigon, M. S., Novitski, J., Dickson, D., Guidotti Breting, L. M., & Sweet, J. J. (June, 2012). Investigation of the relationship between levels of insight in patients with dementia and performance on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Seattle, W.A.
Novitski, J., Feigon, M. S., Dickson, D., Guidotti Breting, L. M., & Sweet, J. J. (June, 2012). Investigation of the relationship between levels of insight in patients with dementia and performance on the MMSE and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale-2nd Edition. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Seattle, W.A.
Lee, C., Dickson, D. A., Pope, E., & Conley, C. S. (March, 2012). Proposing a path from self-esteem to depression during the transition to college. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Vancuver, BC, Canada.
Kesselring, A., Gaylord-Harden, N., Dickson, D. A., & Grant, K. (March, 2012). Gender invariance of the children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire in a community sample of low-income minority adolescents. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Vancuver, BC, Canada.
Dickson, D. A. & Conley, C. S. (November, 2011). Trajectories of negative affect during the transition to college: A latent growth curve analysis. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Conley, C. S., Durlak, J., Rolnik, A. M., & Dickson, D. A. (May, 2011). Current status of prevention programs for college students: Why are we overlooking attending to our own campus communities? Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A., Zaddach, C., Conley, C., & Conway, J. (May, 2011). Gender differences in response to life stress: the mediating effect of cognitive avoidance on depressive outcomes. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C. S., Patel, K. A., & Cunningham, D. (May, 2011). Moderating role of social support on first-year college student outcomes. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A, Conley, C. S., & Mir, A. (April, 2011). The mediating effect of resiliency in the longitudinal relationship between maladaptive coping and depressive symptoms in females. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Conley, C. S., Dickson, D. A., Zaddach, C. W., Lata, M. M., Wilson Merriman, S. J., & Durlak, J. A. (March, 2011). Collaborative relationships to assess and promote student success. Talk presented at the 2011 meeting for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Philadelphia, PA.
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C., & Carey, D. (November, 2010). Interaction of gender, avoidant coping, and stressful experiences predicting depression: important differences between social and non-social contexts. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA.
Patterson, K. L., Dickson, D. A., Conley, C., & Rolnik, A. (April, 2010). Gender differences in the effects of social support and self-efficacy on perceived stress. Paper presented for presentation at the annual meeting of the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Patel, K., Dickson, D. A., & Conley, C. (April, 2010). The effect of perceived stress on academic outcomes of first generation college students. Poster presented for presentation at the annual meeting of the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C., & Patel, K. (April, 2010). Gender differences in coping behaviors as predictors of psychological symptoms. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Bostick, S., Epstein, A., Dickson, D. A., Craske, M. G., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R., & Griffith, J. (November, 2008). Anxiety and depression: Potential mediators between stressful life events and alcohol use disorders at follow up. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Convention, Orlando, FL.
Epstein, A. M., Dickson, D. A., Glenn, D. E., Castriotta, N., Craske, M. G., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R. & Griffith. J. (July, 2007). Risk Factors Predicting Lifetime and Future Alcohol Use Disorders in Male and Female Adolescents. Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL. (Abstract in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 157A).
Merz, J., Fox, E., Hinnohara, A., Dickson, D. A., Khodari, L., & Baker, J. K., (May, 2006). Child behavior problems and maternal stress: The moderating role of father support. Poster presented at UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA.
Leon, S. C., Stoner, A. M., & Dickson, D. A. (in press). Return to the hospital: A multi-level survival analysis approach. Administration and Policy in Mental Health.
Gaylord-Harden, N., Dickson, D. A., & Pierre, C. (in press). Profiles of community violence exposure among African American youth: An examination using latent class analysis. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Goldner, J. S., Richards, M. H., Quimby, D., Zakaryan, A., Miller, S. A., Romero, E., Dickson, D.A., & Chilson, J. (in press). Relations of parenting to adolescent externalizing and internalizing distress moderated by perception of neighborhood danger. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Conley, C. S., Kirsch, A., Dickson, D. A., & Bryant, F.B. (2014). Negotiating the transition to college: Developmental patterns and gender differences in psychological functioning, cognitive-affective strategies, and social well-being. Emerging Adulthood, 2, 195-210.
Lee, C., Dickson, D. A., Conley, C. S., & Holmbeck, G. (2014). A closer look at self-esteem, perceived social support, and coping strategy: A prospective study of depressive symptomatology during the transition to college. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 33, 558-583.
Conley, C. S., Durlak, J. A., Dickson, D. A. (2013). An evaluative review of outcome research on universal mental health promotion and prevention programs for higher education students. Journal of American College Health, 61 (5), 286-301.
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C. S., & Bryant, F. Developmental Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms During the First Year of College: A Growth Mixture Modeling Approach.
Dickson, D. A., Silton, R. L., & Lee, C. Vulnerabilities to Depression: The Interaction Effects of Domain Specific Dysfunctional Attitudes and Life Stress.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Dickson, D.A., Lee, C., & Silton, R.L. (2015). Vulnerabilities to depression: The interaction effects of domain-specific dysfunctional attitudes and life stress in emerging adulthood. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL.
Martin, M. L., Lee, C., Dickson, D. A., Kais, L. A., Zakaryan, A. V. & Silton, R. L. (April, 2014). From parents to offspring: The mediating effect of executive functions on the association between parental depression and subsequent depression symptoms. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, Chicago, IL.
Pierre, C., Dickson, D. A., & Gaylord, N. K. (April, 2013). Profiles of community violence exposure among African American youth: An examination using latent class analysis. Poster presented at the 2013 meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
Dickson, D. A., & Gaylord, N. K. (November, 2012). The role of thought suppression and rumination on depressive affect: A cross-lagged panel model. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, National Harbor, MD.
Rolnik, A. M., Dickson, D. A., Leon, S., & Kalble, C. (August, 2012). Women’s cognitive reactions to the media: The detrimental effect of comparison-making. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
Feigon, M. Dickson, D. A., Piper, L., Fong, M., Jones, J., & Lee, E. (August, 2012). Stressful life events, executive functioning, quality of life, and depression in individuals with epilepsy. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.
Feigon, M. S., Novitski, J., Dickson, D., Guidotti Breting, L. M., & Sweet, J. J. (June, 2012). Investigation of the relationship between levels of insight in patients with dementia and performance on the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Seattle, W.A.
Novitski, J., Feigon, M. S., Dickson, D., Guidotti Breting, L. M., & Sweet, J. J. (June, 2012). Investigation of the relationship between levels of insight in patients with dementia and performance on the MMSE and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale-2nd Edition. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Seattle, W.A.
Lee, C., Dickson, D. A., Pope, E., & Conley, C. S. (March, 2012). Proposing a path from self-esteem to depression during the transition to college. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Vancuver, BC, Canada.
Kesselring, A., Gaylord-Harden, N., Dickson, D. A., & Grant, K. (March, 2012). Gender invariance of the children’s Attributional Style Questionnaire in a community sample of low-income minority adolescents. Poster presented at the 2012 meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, Vancuver, BC, Canada.
Dickson, D. A. & Conley, C. S. (November, 2011). Trajectories of negative affect during the transition to college: A latent growth curve analysis. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Conley, C. S., Durlak, J., Rolnik, A. M., & Dickson, D. A. (May, 2011). Current status of prevention programs for college students: Why are we overlooking attending to our own campus communities? Symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A., Zaddach, C., Conley, C., & Conway, J. (May, 2011). Gender differences in response to life stress: the mediating effect of cognitive avoidance on depressive outcomes. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C. S., Patel, K. A., & Cunningham, D. (May, 2011). Moderating role of social support on first-year college student outcomes. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A, Conley, C. S., & Mir, A. (April, 2011). The mediating effect of resiliency in the longitudinal relationship between maladaptive coping and depressive symptoms in females. Poster presented at the 2011 meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Conley, C. S., Dickson, D. A., Zaddach, C. W., Lata, M. M., Wilson Merriman, S. J., & Durlak, J. A. (March, 2011). Collaborative relationships to assess and promote student success. Talk presented at the 2011 meeting for the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Philadelphia, PA.
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C., & Carey, D. (November, 2010). Interaction of gender, avoidant coping, and stressful experiences predicting depression: important differences between social and non-social contexts. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Francisco, CA.
Patterson, K. L., Dickson, D. A., Conley, C., & Rolnik, A. (April, 2010). Gender differences in the effects of social support and self-efficacy on perceived stress. Paper presented for presentation at the annual meeting of the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Patel, K., Dickson, D. A., & Conley, C. (April, 2010). The effect of perceived stress on academic outcomes of first generation college students. Poster presented for presentation at the annual meeting of the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium, Chicago, IL.
Dickson, D. A., Conley, C., & Patel, K. (April, 2010). Gender differences in coping behaviors as predictors of psychological symptoms. Paper presented at the 2010 meeting for the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.
Bostick, S., Epstein, A., Dickson, D. A., Craske, M. G., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R., & Griffith, J. (November, 2008). Anxiety and depression: Potential mediators between stressful life events and alcohol use disorders at follow up. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Association for Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies Convention, Orlando, FL.
Epstein, A. M., Dickson, D. A., Glenn, D. E., Castriotta, N., Craske, M. G., Mineka, S., Zinbarg, R. & Griffith. J. (July, 2007). Risk Factors Predicting Lifetime and Future Alcohol Use Disorders in Male and Female Adolescents. Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism, Chicago, IL. (Abstract in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 31, 157A).
Merz, J., Fox, E., Hinnohara, A., Dickson, D. A., Khodari, L., & Baker, J. K., (May, 2006). Child behavior problems and maternal stress: The moderating role of father support. Poster presented at UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Los Angeles, CA.