Publications of Sara J Becker    :chronological  combined  bibtex listing:

Journal Articles

1. Becker, S. J., Sanchez, C. C., Curry, J. F., Silva, S., & Toney, S. (2008). Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Depression: Processes of Cognitive Change. Psychiatric Times, 25, 56-58.
2. Becker, S. & Curry, J. (2007). Interactive Effect of Substance Abuse and Depression on Adolescent Social Competence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 36, 469-475.
3. Becker, S. J. & Curry, J. F. (2008). Outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse: A quality of evidence review [Featured Article]. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 76, 531-544.
4. Sanchez, C. C., Becker, S. J., & Curry, J. F. (in press). Personality styles associated with binge eating and binge drinking. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
5. Kim, J., Keininger, D., Becker, S., & Crawley, J (2005). Simultaneous Development of the Pediatric GERD Caregiver Impact Questionnaire in American English and American Spanish. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 3(5). (http://www.hqlo.com/content/3/1/5).

Chapters in Books

1. Curry, J. F., & Becker, S. J. "Better but not well: Strategies for Difficult to Treat Youth Depression."  Ed. McKay, D., & Storch, E. in press
2. Becker, S. J. & Blumenthal, J. "Defining the intervention." Randomized controlled trials in the behavioral clinical sciences: Methods and analyses. Ed. P. Kaufman, K. Davidson, & H. Kraemer Springer Publisher, in press
3. Curry, J. & Becker, S. "Empirically Supported Treatments for Adolescent Mood Disorders." Handbook of Evidence Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents. Ed. R. Steele, M. Roberts, & D. Elkin Springer Publishers, 2008

Articles Submitted

1. Kelly, M. A. R., Morse, J. Q., Stover, A., Hofkens, T., Huisman, E., Shulman, S., Eisen, S., Becker, S. J., Weinfurt, K., & Pilkonis, P. A. (manuscript submitted). Describing depression: Congruence between patient experiences and clinical assessments.
2. Becker, S. J., Curry, J. F., & Yang, C. (article submitted). Longitudinal association between frequency of use and quality of life among adolescent substance abusers receiving a brief intervention. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

Other

1. Becker, S. J., & Scott, J. (October, 2002). Assessing health-related quality of life data in episodic illness. Poster presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, Orlando, FL. Selected for citation poster session.
2. Becker, S. J., & Curry, J. F. (March, 2008). Combined effect of substance abuse and depression on adolescent functional outcomes following treatment.. Poster presented at 2008 Joint Meeting for Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Washington, DC.
3. Becker, S. J., & Sanchez, C. C. (March, 2006). Data management at a University Medical Center. In Ives, M. (Chair), Eckert, J., Leichtling, G., Becker, S. J., Sanchez, C. C. & Mireles, C. Data Management at Sites using ABS and the GAIN. Panel presentation at the 2006 Joint Meeting for Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Baltimore, MD.
4. Becker, S. J., Hersh, J., Stein, G., Curry, J. F., & Pendl, K. (2009). Gender and ethnic differences in frequency of substance use, substance problems, and comorbid conditions among adolescents.. Poster presented at 2008 Joint Meeting for Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Washington, DC.
5. Hirsch, J., Becker, S. J., & Curry, J. F. (October, 2008). Impact of conduct disorder and depression on adolescent substance use outcomes. Poster presented at the 2008 Kansas Conference of Child Clinical and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.
6. Becker, S. J., Sanchez, C. C., & Curry, J. F. (April, 2007). Influence of motivation level and type and co-occurring disorders on treatment outcomes of adolescent substance abusers. Poster presented at the 2007 Joint Meeting for Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Baltimore, MD. Finalist for Best Poster Award.
7. Becker, S. J., Sanchez, C. C., Jones, C., & Curry, J. F. (October, 2005). Link between quality of life and frequency of use among adolescent substance abusers. Poster presented at the 39th Annual Convention of Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington, DC.
8. Becker, S. J. (chair), Fenton, B., Turner, W., McGovern, M., Jones, C., Looney, J. & Curry, J. F. (March, 2006). MET/CBT-5 with challenging populations. Panel presentation at the 2006 Joint Meeting for Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness, Baltimore, MD.
9. Becker, S. J., Sanchez, C. C., Mariaskin, A. R., & Curry, J. F. (October, 2007). Moderators of the relationship between adolescent substance use and quality of life. Poster presented at the 41st Annual Convention of Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA.
10. Kennard, B. (chair), Curry, J. F., Becker, S. J., Hughes, J. L., Rohde, P., & Garber, J. (November, 2008). Post-acute treatment outcomes in adolescent depression: Substance abuse prevention, relapse prevention, and sustained response. Panel presentation at the 42nd Annual Convention of Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.
11. Becker, S. J., & Curry, J. F. (October, 2004). Substance abuse and depression: Interactive effect on adolescent adaptive functioning. Poster presented at 51st Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington, DC.
12. Becker, S. J., & Curry, J. F. (November, 2008). Temporal ordering of change in frequency of substance abuse and quality of life among adolescents receiving a brief intervention. Poster presented at the 42nd Annual Convention of Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL.