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Dr. Christian DeLucia’s current research examines the roles of professional treatments and community-based 12-step organizations in supporting recovery from substance use disorders. He is also interested in statistical and methodological issues relevant to the design and analysis of psychosocial interventions.

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Dr. Christian DeLucia’s current research examines the roles of professional treatments and community-based 12-step organizations in supporting recovery from substance use disorders. He is also interested in statistical and methodological issues relevant to the design and analysis of psychosocial interventions.

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Journal articles written or co-written by Dr. Christian DeLucia

Do Mothers And Fathers Agree? Examining Interparental Ratings of Youth Externalizing Behaviors among Ethnically Diverse Families (Areti Vassilopoulos, Christian DeLucia and Cynthia Torres) Journal of Clinical Psychology (2021)

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between youth, parent, and family characteristics in mother-father agreement of youth externalizing behaviors among ethnically diverse families. METHOD: Eighty-eight mother-father dyads of youth (44% Latino, 38% European-American, 17% African ...

Do Mothers And Fathers Agree? Examining Interparental Ratings of Youth Externalizing Behaviors among Ethnically Diverse Families (Areti Vassilopoulos, Christian DeLucia and Cynthia Torres) Journal of Clinical Psychology (2021)

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between youth, parent, and family characteristics in mother-father agreement of youth externalizing behaviors among ethnically diverse families. METHOD: Eighty-eight mother-father dyads of youth (44% Latino, 38% European-American, 17% African ...

Do Mothers And Fathers Agree? Examining Interparental Ratings of Youth Externalizing Behaviors among Ethnically Diverse Families (Areti Vassilopoulos, Christian DeLucia and Cynthia Torres) Journal of Clinical Psychology (2021)

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the association between youth, parent, and family characteristics in mother-father agreement of youth externalizing behaviors among ethnically diverse families. METHOD: Eighty-eight mother-father dyads of youth (44% Latino, 38% European-American, 17% African ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Impact on Health Outcomes in Gulf War Illness (Mary G Jeffrey, Fanny Collado, Jeffrey L. Kibler, et al.) BMC Psychology (2021)

Background: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25–32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Impact on Health Outcomes in Gulf War Illness (Mary G Jeffrey, Fanny Collado, Jeffrey Kibler, et al.) BMC Psychology (2021)

BACKGROUND: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25-32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Impact on Health Outcomes in Gulf War Illness (Mary G Jeffrey, Fanny Collado, Jeffrey L. Kibler, et al.) BMC Psychology (2021)

Background: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25–32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Impact on Health Outcomes in Gulf War Illness (Mary G Jeffrey, Fanny Collado, Jeffrey Kibler, et al.) BMC Psychology (2021)

BACKGROUND: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25-32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Impact on Health Outcomes in Gulf War Illness (Mary G Jeffrey, Fanny Collado, Jeffrey Kibler, et al.) BMC Psychology (2021)

BACKGROUND: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25-32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, ...

Post-Traumatic Stress Impact on Health Outcomes in Gulf War Illness (Mary G Jeffrey, Fanny Collado, Jeffrey L. Kibler, et al.) BMC Psychology (2021)

Background: Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic, multi-symptomatic disorder affecting an estimated 25–32% of the returning military veterans of the 1990–1991 Persian Gulf War. GWI presents with a wide range of symptoms including fatigue, ...

Evaluating Substance Use Treatment Experience within a Music-Based Residential Treatment Setting by Ethnicity (L. Crawford, Christian DeLucia and Ashley Strong) 127th Convention of the American Psychological Association (2019)

Comparison of Diabetes Management Trajectories in Hispanic versus White Non-Hispanic Youth with Type 1 Diabetes across Early Adolescence (Meg C Nicholl, Jessica M. Valenzuela, Keith Lit, et al.) Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2019)

Objective: Ethnic minority youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) often have poorer glycemic control and lower rates of adherence compared to White Non-Hispanic (WNH) youth. Variables such as family conflict, autonomy support, and youth regimen ...

Comparison of Diabetes Management Trajectories in Hispanic versus White Non-Hispanic Youth with Type 1 Diabetes across Early Adolescence (Meg C Nicholl, Jessica M. Valenzuela, Keith Lit, et al.) Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2019)

Objective: Ethnic minority youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) often have poorer glycemic control and lower rates of adherence compared to White Non-Hispanic (WNH) youth. Variables such as family conflict, autonomy support, and youth regimen ...

Comparison of Diabetes Management Trajectories in Hispanic versus White Non-Hispanic Youth with Type 1 Diabetes across Early Adolescence (Meg C Nicholl, Jessica M. Valenzuela, Keith Lit, et al.) Journal of Pediatric Psychology (2019)

Objective: Ethnic minority youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) often have poorer glycemic control and lower rates of adherence compared to White Non-Hispanic (WNH) youth. Variables such as family conflict, autonomy support, and youth regimen ...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Yoga as a Complementary and Alternative Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review and Synthesis (Nicole A Sciarrino, Christian DeLucia, Kaitlin O'Brien, et al.) Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.) (2017)

OBJECTIVES: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that affects many who have experienced trauma. In addition to skills-focused treatments, exposure-based treatments, cognitive therapy, combination treatments, and EMDR, a number of alternative treatments for ...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Yoga as a Complementary and Alternative Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review and Synthesis (Nicole A Sciarrino, Christian DeLucia, Kaitlin O'Brien, et al.) Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.) (2017)

OBJECTIVES: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that affects many who have experienced trauma. In addition to skills-focused treatments, exposure-based treatments, cognitive therapy, combination treatments, and EMDR, a number of alternative treatments for ...

Assessing the Effectiveness of Yoga as a Complementary and Alternative Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review and Synthesis (Nicole A Sciarrino, Christian DeLucia, Kaitlin O'Brien, et al.) Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (New York, N.Y.) (2017)

OBJECTIVES: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that affects many who have experienced trauma. In addition to skills-focused treatments, exposure-based treatments, cognitive therapy, combination treatments, and EMDR, a number of alternative treatments for ...

Recovery in Narcotics Anonymous from the Perspectives of Long-term Members: A Qualitative Study (Christian DeLucia, Brandon G. Bergman, Diana Formoso, et al.) Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery (2015)

Narcotics Anonymous (NA) is a community-based, 12-step organization that holds nearly 62,000 meetings weekly in 129 countries. Relatively little is known about NA members’ recovery experiences. This study presents results of focus groups conducted with ...

Beyond Abstinence: An Examination of Psychological Well-Being in Members of Narcotics Anonymous (Christian DeLucia, Brandon G Bergman, Danette Beitra, et al.) Journal of Happiness Studies (2015)

While a growing body of literature supports the role of mutual help organizations in helping members achieve abstinence, fellowships other than Alcoholics Anonymous and outcomes beyond abstinence have been studied far less often. The current ...

Beyond Depression: Correlates of Suicidal Behavior in Abused Children (S. Nelson, Jan Faust, K. Doyle, et al.) Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma (2015)

The current study aimed to examine the role that a history of abuse plays in the association with suicide attempts in children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. Children and adolescents were recruited from a ...

Clinical trainees' knowledge and beliefs about 12-step organizations: Implications for training and future practice (Brandon G. Bergman and Christian DeLucia) Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly (2014)

Generalist mental health practitioners are likely to encounter patients with substance use disorders, indicating community-based, 12-Step mutual-help organizations (MHOs) can be a valuable referral source for these clinicians. Little is known, however, about how generalist ...

Evidence-based fitness promotion in an afterschool setting: Implementation fidelity and its policy implications (J. M. Thaw, M. Villa, David Reitman, et al.) New Directions for Youth Development (2014)

Little is known about how the adoption of evidence-based physical activity (PA) curricula by out-of-school time (OST) programs affects children's physical fitness, and there are no clear guidelines of what constitutes reasonable gains given the ...

Trajectories of Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescents with Spina Bifida: A Six-Year Four-Wave Longitudinal Follow-Up (Grayson N Holmbeck, Christian DeLucia, Bonnie Essner, et al.) Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2010)

Objective: As a follow-up to an earlier cross-sectional study (Holmbeck et al., 2003), the current multimethod, multi-informant investigation examined individual growth in psychosocial adjustment across the adolescent transition in 2 samples: young adolescents with spina ...

SPAACE (smart physical activity assessment of curriculum-based exercise study: Evaluation of two contract options for promoting physical activity in out-of-school programs (Christian DeLucia, David Reitman, M. Villa, et al.) Annual Meeting of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2010)

Trajectories of Family Processes across the Adolescent Transition in Youth with Spina Biﬁda (Barbara Jandasek, Grayson N Holmbeck, Christian DeLucia, et al.) Journal of Family Psychology (2009)

The current study investigated change in family processes, including conﬂict, cohesion, and stress, across the adolescent transition, comparing the developmental trajectories of youth with and without spina biﬁda. Individual growth curve modeling procedures were utilized ...

Trajectories of Autonomy Development across the Adolescent Transition in Children with Spina Bifida. (Deborah Friedman, Grayson N Holmbeck, Christian DeLucia, et al.) Rehabilitation Psychology (2009)

Objective: The current study investigated individual growth in autonomy development across the adolescent transition, comparing the trajectories of children with and without spina bifida. Method: Individual growth curve modeling procedures were utilized to describe the ...