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  1. Cargill, M.I.,* Lerner, M.D., & Kang, E.,* (2024). The moderating effect of sex on autistic trait
    emotional intelligence, alexithymia, and empathy [Manuscript in press]. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
  2.  Fjermestad, K. W., Wallin, M. H., Naujokat, F., McLeod, B. D., Silverman, W. K., Öst, L.-G., Lerner, M. D., Heiervang, E. R., & Wergeland, G. J. (2024). Group cohesion and alliance predict cognitive-behavioral group treatment outcomes for youth with anxiety disorders. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/16506073.2024.2385906.
  3. Terroso, S. R., McKenney, E. E., Brunwasser, S. M., Richards, J. K.,* Day, T. C.,* Kofner, B., McDonald, R. G., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Kang, E., Lerner, M.D., & Gotham, K. O. (2024). Longitudinal Relationships Between Depressive Attributional Style and Internalizing Symptoms in an Autism-enriched Sample of Incoming College Students. Autism in Adulthood.
  4. Rosen, T,* Rodriguez-Seijas, C., Gadow, K.D., Lerner, M.D. (in press). Incorporating autism traits into an anxiety and depression model results in improved fit and distinct factor structure for autistic youth. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.
  5. Gerber, A.H.,* Nahmias, A.S., Schleider, J.L., & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Single-Session Growth-Mindset Intervention for Internalizing Symptoms in Autistic Youth. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders.
  6. Simmons, G.L.,* Corbett, B.A., Lerner, M.D., Wofford, K. & White, S.W. (in press). Social competence in autism: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach. Autism Research.
  7. Collins, A.S.,* Carroll, K.J.,* Gerber, A.H.,* Keenan, E.G.,* Lerner, M.D. (in press). Theory of Mind and Social Informant Discrepancy in Autism. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 
  8. McNair, M.L.,* Mondejar, V.,* Libsack, E.J.,* Mordekai, N.H.,* McKown, C., Russo-Ponsaran, N.M., Lerner, M.D. (in press). Examining the Process and Impact of Social Problem Solving in Autistic Youth. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 
  9. Hutton, J.S., Piotrowski, J.T., Bagot, K., Blumberg, F., Canli, T., Chein, J., Christakis, D.A., Grafman, J., Griffin, J.A., Hummer, T., Kuss, D., Lerner, M.D., Marcovitch, S., Paulus, M.P., Perlman, G., Romeo, R., Thomason, M.E., Turel, O., Weinstein, A., West, G., Hurst-Della Pietra, P., Potenza, M.N. (in press). Digital Media and Developing Brains: Concerns and Opportunities. Current Addiction Reports.
  10. Gerber, A.H.,* Griffin, J.W., Keifer, C.M., Lerner, M.D. & McPartland, J.C. (in press). Social Anhedonia Accounts for Greater Variance in Internalizing Symptoms than Autism Symptoms in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders.
  11. McKenney, E. E., Richards, J. K.,* Day, T. C.,* Brunwasser, S. M., Cucchiara, C.L., Kofner, B., McDonald, R. G., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Lamm, J., Kang, E., Lerner, M.D., & Gotham, K. O. (in press). Satisfaction with social connectedness is associated with depression and anxiety symptoms in neurodiverse first-semester college students. Autism.
  12. Gerber, A.H.*, Keluskar, J. & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Longitudinal Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Social Disruption and Loneliness in Autistic and Non-Autistic Youth. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
  13. Drahota, A., Sridhar, A., Moskowitz, L., Kerns, C., Soorya, L., Wainer, A., Cohn, E., & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Usual care for autistic youth: Community-based providers’ reported use of treatment practices in the United States. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
  14. Gates, J.A.,* McNair, M.L.,* Richards, J.K.,* & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Social knowledge& performance in autism: a critical review & recommendations. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
    • 2022 IACC Summary of Advances in Autism Research - top 20 advances in autism research of 2022.
  15. Lerner, M.D., Gurba, A.N.,* Gassner, D.L. (in press). A framework for neurodiversity-affirming interventions for autistic individuals. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
  16. McNair, M.L.,* Keenan, E.G.,* Houck, A.,* Lerner, M.D. (in press). Seeking Contexts that Promote Neurodiverse Social Success: Patterns of behavior during minimally-structured interaction settings in autistic and non-autistic youth. Development & Psychopathology.
  17. Day, T.C.,* Gerber, A.,* McNair, M.L.,* Reicher, D., & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Trajectories of internalizing symptoms among autistic and nonautistic youth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Autism Research.
  18. Brown, C.E.,* Lerner, M.D., Stadheim, J.L.,* Kerns, C., Moskowitz, L., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Soorya, L., & Wainer, A. (in press). Provider self-reported use and usefulness of intervention strategies for externalizing behaviors in youths with ASD. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
  19. Keenan, E. G.,* Gurba, A. N.,* Mahaffey, B., Kappenberg, C. F., & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Leveling up dialectical behavior therapy for autistic individuals with emotion dysregulation: Clinical and personal insights. Autism in Adulthood.  
  20. Mayor-Torres, J. M.,* Medina-DeVillers, S.,* Clarkson, T.,* Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (in press) Evaluation of interpretability for deep learning algorithms in EEG emotion recognition: a case study in autism. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine.
  21. Corbett, B. A., White, S. W., Lerner, M. D., Preacher, K. J., Klemencic, M. E., Simmons, G. L., Pilkington, J., Gable, P., Gioia, A.,* & Key, A. P. (in press). Peers, play, and performance to build social salience in autistic youth: A multisite randomized clinical trial. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
  22. Fjermestad, K. W., McLeod, B. D., Silverman, W. K., Bjaastad, J. F, Lerner, M. D., & Wergeland, G. J. H. (in press). The Therapy Process Observational Coding System: Group Cohesion Scale in youth anxiety treatment: Psychometric properties. Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23496
  23. Day, T. C.,* Malik, I.,* Boateng, S.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Vocal emotion recognition in autism: Behavioral performance and event-related potential (ERP) response. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-05898-8
    • Farming Dale State College Outstanding Scholarly Publication in Social Sciences and Humanities
  24. McKenney, E. E.,* Brunwasser, S., Richards, J.,* Day, T.,* Kofner, B., McDonald, R.,* Williams, Z. J., Gillespie-Lynch, K., Kang, E., Lerner, M. D., & Gotham, K. O. (2023). Repetitive negative thinking as a transdiagnostic prospective predictor of depression and anxiety symptoms in neurodiverse first-semester college students. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2022.0078
  25. Kang, E.,* Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (in press). The importance of parent-teacher informant discrepancy in characterizing autistic youth: A replication latent profile analysis. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2154217
  26. Kang E., Cargill, M. I.,* Khawar, S,* Jeyanayagam, B.,* McDonald, R.G.,* & Lerner, M. D. (in press). Social Skills Training. In P. Sturmey, R. Lang, & J. K. Luiselli (Eds.). Lifespan Treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Evidence-Based Guide for Professionals and Families. New York: Oxford University Press. 
  27. Shea, L. Cooper, D., Wilson, A.B., Hyatt, J. Msipa, D., Hofvander, B., Overland, S., da Silva, W.C., Mogavero, M., Green, D., Wall, N., Lerner, M.D., Stahmer, A., Hooven, K., Bornman, J., Robinson, K., Burke. J. (2024). A response to and caution of Language is a critical mediator of autistic experiences within the criminal justice system. Autism Research.
  28. De Los Reyes, A., Epkins, C. C., Asmundson, G. J. G., Augenstein, T. M., Becker, K. D., Becker, S. P., Bonadio, F. T., Borelli, J. L., Boyd, R. C., Bradshaw, C. P., Burns, G. L., Casale, G., Causadias, J. M., Cha, C. B., Chorpita, B. F., Cohen, J. R., Comer, J. S., Crowell, S. E., Dirks, M. A., Drabick, D. A. G., DuPaul, G. J., Ehrlich, K. B., Evans, S. C., Evans, S. W., Felton, J. W., Fite, P. J., Gadow, K. D., Galán, C. A., Garbacz, S. A., Gaylord-Harden, N., Humphreys, K. L., Gerber, A. H., Hogue, A., Ivanova, M. Y., Jarrett, M. A., Jensen-Doss, A., Kang, E., Kendall, P. C., Laird, R. D., Langberg, J. M., Langer, D. A., Lee, S. S., Lerner, M. D., Lippold, M. A., Luebbe, A. M., Makol, B. A., McLeod, B. D., McMahon, R. J., Miller, M., Ohannessian, C. M., Ollendick, T. H., Piña, A., Prinstein, M. J., Rabinowitz, J., Reynolds, E. K., Salekin, R. T., Schleider, J. L., Scott, J. C., Talbott, E., Silverman, W. K., Spears, A. P., von der Embse, N., Wakschlag, L. S., Wang, M., Watts, A. L., Weisz, J. R., White, B. A., White, S. W., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2023). Editorial statement about JCCAP’s 2023 special issue on informant discrepancies in youth mental health assessments: Observations, guidelines, and future directions grounded in 60 years of research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52(1), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2158842
  29. Lerner, M. D., & Day, T. C. (2023). Beyond the landmarks: Where to next with biomarkers of autism? American Journal of Psychiatry, 180(1), 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.20220905
  30. Gates, J. A.,* Gerber, A.,* Miller, C. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2023). Quantifying social skill deficits and strengths profiles in autistic youth. Child Development, 94(3), 659-673. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13889
  31. Libsack, E. J.,* McNair, M. L.,* Giacomantonio, J.,* Felsman, P.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2022). Low intensity interventions for autistic children and young people. In Bennett, S., Myles-Hooton, P., & Schleider, J. (Eds). Oxford Guide to Low-Intensity Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Young People. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
  32. De Los Reyes, A., Wang, M., Lerner, M. D., Makol, B. A., Fitzpatrick, O. M., & Weisz, J. R. (2022). The Operations Triad Model and youth mental health assessments: Catalyzing a paradigm shift in measurement validation. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 52(5), 19-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2111684
  33. Lerner, M. D., Brown, C. E.,* Sridhar, A.,* Tschida, J. E.,* Felsman, P. G.,* Libsack, E. J.,* Kerns, C. M., Moskowitz, L., Soorya, L., Wainer, A., Cohn, E., & Drahota, A. (2022). Usual care for youth with autism spectrum disorder: Community-based providers’ reported familiarity with treatment practices. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923025
  34. McDonald, R. G.,* Khawar, S.,* Yacoub, N., Cargill, M. I., Lerner, M. D., & Kang, E. (2022). Performance- and theater-based social skills interventions for supporting social cognition and social communication in autistic youth: A review and theoretical synthesis. Seminars in Speech and Language, 43(4), 255-276. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0042-1750763
  35. Gerber, A. H.,* Kang, E.,* Nahmias, A. S., Libsack, E. J.,* Simson, C. E.* & Lerner, M. D. (2022). Predictors of treatment response to a community-delivered group social skills intervention for youth with ASD. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05559-2
  36. Cooper, C. M.,* Rosen, T.,* Kim, H.,* Eaton, N., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Moskowitz, L., UCAS Consortium, Lerner, M. D., & Kerns, C. M. (2022). Predictors of expert providers’ familiarity with intervention practices for school- and transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 27(2), 331-343. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221100787
  37. Mayor Torres, J. M. ¥*, Clarkson, T.¥*,^ Hauschild, K. M.*, Luhmann, C. C., Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (2022). Facial emotions are accurately encoded in the neural signal of those with autism spectrum disorder: A deep learning approach. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7(7), 688-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.03.015
  38. Mayor-Torres, J. M.,* Ravanelli, M., Medina-DeVilliers, S. E.,* Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (2021). Interpretable SincNet-based deep learning for emotion recognition from EEG brain activity. In Proceedings of the 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. October 31 - November 4, 2021 (Virtual).
  39. Lawlor, J., Thomas, C., Guhin, A. T., Kenyon, K., Lerner, M. D., UCAS Consortium, & Drahota, A. (2021). Suspicious and fraudulent online survey participation: Introducing the REAL framework. Methodological Innovations, 14(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/20597991211050467
  40. Libsack, E. J.,* Keenan, E. G.,* Freden, C. E.,* Mirmina, J.,* Iskhakov, N.,* Krishnathasan, D.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2021). A systematic review of passing as non-autistic in autism spectrum disorder. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 24(4), 783-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-021-00365-1
  41. McPartland, J. C., Lerner, M. D., Bhat, A., Clarkson, T.,* Jack, A., Koohsari, S., Matuskey, D., McQuaid, G. A., Su, W.-C., & Trevisan, D. A. (2021). Looking back at the next 40 years of ASD neuroscience research. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 51(12), 4333-4353. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-021-05095-5
  42. Libsack, E. J.,* Trimber, E.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* Hajcak, G., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2021). An electrocortical measure associated with metarepresentation mediates the relationship between autism symptoms and theory of mind. Clinical Psychological Science, 10(2), 324-339. https://doi.org/10.1177/21677026211021975
  43. Keifer, C. M.,* Day, T. C.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2021). Social and non-social reward anticipation in typical development and autism spectrum disorders: Current status & future directions. Current Psychiatry Reports, 23(6), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-021-01247-7
  44. Lerner, M. D., Gerber, A. H., Keluskar, J. L., & Girard, R. M. (2020). COVID-19 and autism research: Revealing gaps and convergences. Autism Research, 13(6), 858-859. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2329
  45. Corbett, B. A., Schwartzman, J. M., Libsack, E. J.,* Muscatello, R. A., Lerner, M. D., Simmons, G. L., & White, S. W. (2020). Camouflaging in autism: Examining sex-based and compensatory models in social cognition and communication. Autism Research, 14(1), 127-142. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2440
  46. Simmons, G. L., Ioannou, S., Smith, J. V., Corbett, B. A., Lerner, M. D., & White, S. W. (2020). Utility of an observational social skill assessment as a measure of social cognition in autism. Autism Research, 14(4), 709-719. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2404
  47. Hauschild, K. M.,* Felsman, P.,* Keifer, C. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Evidence of an own-age bias in facial emotion recognition for adolescents with and without autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00428
  48. Kang, E.,* Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (2020). Atypical communication characteristics among clinic-referred youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: Stability and associations with clinical correlates. Development & Psychopathology, 32(4), 1240-1253. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095457942000070x
  49. Granieri, J. E.,* McNair, M. L.,* Gerber, A. H.,* Reifler, R.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Atypical social communication is associated with positive initial impressions among peers with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24(7), 1841-1848. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320924906
  50. Kang, E.,* Gioia, A.,* Pugliese, C. E., Islam, N. Y.,* Martinez-Pedraza, F. D. L., Girard, R. M., McLeod, B. D., Carter, A. S., & Lerner, M. D. (2021). Alliance-outcome associations in a community-based social skills intervention for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Behavior Therapy, 52(2), 324-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2020.04.006
  51. Keifer, C. M.,* Mikami, A. Y., Morris, J. P., Libsack, E. J.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Prediction of social behavior in autism spectrum disorders: Explicit versus implicit social cognition. Autism, 24(7), 1758-1772. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320922058
  52. Kang, E.,¥* Santore, L. A.,¥* Rankin, J. A.,* & Lerner, M. D. ^ (2020). Self-reported social skills importance ratings, not social skills themselves, predict sociometric status in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 74, 101552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101552
  53. Black, M. H., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., Scott, M., Gerber, A.,* Esposito, C.M.,* Falkmer, M., Lerner, M. D., Halladay, A., Ström, E., D’Angelo, A., Falkmer, T., Bölte, S., & Girdler, S. (2020). Multi-informant international perspectives on the facilitators and barriers to employment for autistic adults. Autism Research, 13(7), 1195-1214. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2288
  54. Santore, L. A.,* Gerber, A.,* Gioia, A. N.,* Bianchi, R.,* Talledo, F.,* Peris, T. S., & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Felt but not seen: Observed restricted repetitive behaviors are associated with self-report—but not parent-report—obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24(4), 983-994. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320909177
  55. Clarkson, T.,* Kang, E.,* Capriola-Hall, N.,* Lerner, M. D., Jarcho, J., & Prinstein, M. J. (2019). A meta-analysis of the RDoC social processing domain across units of analysis in children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(3), 297-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1678167
  56. Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Gadow, K. D., Rosen, T. E.,* Kim, H.,* Lerner, M. D., & Eaton, N. R. (2020). A transdiagnostic model of psychiatric symptom co-occurrence and autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 13(4), 579-590. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2228
  57. Keifer, C. M.,* Dichter, G. S., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D.^ (2019). Social motivation in autism: Gaps and directions for measurement of a putative core construct [Commentary on Jaswal & Akhtar]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42, E95. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x18002418
  58. Kang, E.,* McPartland, J. C., Keifer, C. M.,* Foss-Feig, J. H., Levy, E. J.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Reply to: Can the N170 be used as an electrophysiological biomarker indexing face processing difficulties in autism spectrum disorder? Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 4(3), 324-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2018.09.004
  59. Gerber, A. H.,* Girard, J. M., Scott, S. B., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Alexithymia—not Autism—is associated with frequency of social interactions in adults. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 123, 103477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.103477
  60. Keifer, C. M.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* Nelson, B. D., Hajcak, G., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Differences in the late positive potential and P300 to emotional faces in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 49(12), 5009-5022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04207-6
  61. Goldstein, T. R. Lerner, M. D., Paterson, S., Jaeggi, L.,* Toub, T. S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. (2019). Stakeholder perceptions of the effects of a public school-based theatre program for children with ASD. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.21977/d915136948
  62. Black, M. H., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., Thompson, C., D’Angelo, A., Ström, E., Falkmer, M., Falkmer, T., Lerner, M. D., Halladay, A., Gerber, A.,* Esposito, C.,* Girdler, S., & Bölte, S. (2019). Perspectives of key stakeholders on employment of autistic adults across the United States, Australia, and Sweden. Autism Research, 12(11), 1648-1662. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2167
  63. De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Keeley, L. M., Weber, R. J., Drabick, D. A. G., Rabinowitz, J., & Goodman, K. L. (2019). Improving interpretability of subjective assessments about psychological phenomena: A review and cross-cultural meta-analysis. Review of General Psychology, 23(3), 293-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019837645
  64. Kang, E., ¥^* Clarkson, T., ¥^* Keifer, C. M.,* Rosen, T. E.,* & Lerner, M. D. ^ (2019). Discrete electrocortical predictors of anxiety and anxiety-related treatment response in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Biological Psychology, 146, 107710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.05.010
  65. Kim, H., ¥*  Greene, A., ¥*  Eaton, N. R., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. (2019). Is there a general factor of the autism symptom phenotype? Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(10), 1021-1025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2019.04.024
  66. Russo-Ponsaran, N. M., Lerner, M. D., McKown, C., Weber, R .J.,* Karls, A., Kang, E.,* & Sommer, S. L.* (2019). Web-based assessment of social-emotional skills in school-aged youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12(8), 1260-1271. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2123
  67. Kerns, C. M., Berkowitz, S. J., Moskowitz, L. J., Drahota, A., Lerner, M. D., UCAS Consortium, & Newschaffer, C. J. (2019). Screening and treatment of trauma-related symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder amongst community providers in the United States. Autism, 24(2), 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319847908
  68. De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Keeley, L. M., Weber, R. J., Drabick, D. A. G., Rabinowitz, J., & Goodman, K. L. (2019). Improving interpretability of subjective assessments about psychological phenomena: A review and cross-cultural meta-analysis. Review of General Psychology, 23(3), 293-319. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089268019837645
  69. Marro, B. M.,¥* Kang, E.,¥* Hauschild, K. M.,* Normansell, K. M.,* Abu-Ramadan, T. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. ^ (2019). Social performance-based interventions promote gains in social knowledge in the absence of explicit training for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic, 83(3), 301-325. https://doi.org/10.1521/bumc.2019.83.3.301
  70. Mikami, A. Y., Miller, M., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Social functioning in youth with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder: Transdiagnostic commonalities and differences. Clinical Psychology Review, 68, 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.12.005
  71. Kang, E,* Gadow, K. D., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Atypical communication characteristics, differential diagnosis, and the autism spectrum disorder phenotype in youth. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(2), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1539912
  72. Rosen, T. E.,* Spaulding, C. J.,* Gates, J. A.,* & Lerner, M.D.^ (2019). Autism severity, co-occurring psychopathology, and intellectual functioning predict supportive school services for youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 23(7), 1805-1816. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318809690
  73. Kim, H.,* Keifer, C.,* Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Eaton, N., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. (2019). Quantifying the optimal structure of the autism phenotype: A comprehensive comparison of dimensional, categorical, and hybrid models. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 58(9), 876-886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2018.09.431
  74. Kerns, C. M., Moskowitz, L., Rosen, T.*, Drahota, A., Wainer, A., Josephson, A.,* Soorya, L., Cohn, E., Chacko, A., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). A multi-site, multidisciplinary delphi consensus study describing "usual care" intervention practices for school- to transition-age youth with autism. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 48, S247-S268. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1410826
  75. Libsack, E.,* Clarkson, T.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Unique perspectives: Harnessing multimodal assessment to understand how children with autism decode the social world. Behavioral Health News, 6(1), 35-36. https://www.bbrfoundation.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/bhn-summer2018_0.pdf
  76. Mayor-Torres, J. M.,* Clarkson, T.,*  Stepanov, E. A., Luhmann, C. C., Lerner, M. D., & Riccardi, G. (2018). Enhanced error decoding from error-related potentials using convolutional neural networks. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. TBD). Honolulu, HI, July 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512183
  77. Lerner, M. D., Mazefsky, C. A., White, S. W., & McPartland, J. C. (2018). Autism spectrum disorder. American Psychological Association Handbook of Psychopathology, 447-471. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000065-000
  78. Lerner, M. D., Rosen, T. E.,* Kang, E.,* Keifer, C. M., & Gerber, A.* (2018). Autism spectrum disorder. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634841.013.15
  79. Lerner, M. D., & Girard, R. M. (2018). Appreciating and promoting social creativity in youth with Asperger’s Syndrome. In Kaufman, S.B. (Ed.), Supporting and Educating Twice-Exceptional Children, 203-214. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190645472.001.0001
  80. De Los Reyes, A., Makol, B. A., Racz, S. J., Youngstrom, E. A., Lerner, M. D., & Keely, L. M. (2018). The Work and Social Adjustment Scale for Youth: A measure for assessing youth psychosocial impairment regardless of mental health status. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1238-6
  81. Scott, M., Milbourn, B., Falkmer, M., Black, M., Bӧlte, S., Halladay, A., Lerner. M. D., Taylor, J. L., & Girdler, S. (2018). Factors impacting employment for people with autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review. Autism, 23(4), 869-901. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318787789
  82. Rosen, T. E.,* Mazefsky, C. A., Vasa, R. A., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Co-occurring psychiatric conditions in autism spectrum disorder. International Review of Psychiatry, 30(1), 40-61, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2018.1450229
  83. Kang, E.,* Keifer, C. M.,* Levy, E. J.,* Foss-Feig, J. H., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Atypicality of the N170 event-related potential in autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 3(8), 657-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2017.11.003
  84. Rosen, T. E.,* & Lerner, M. D.^ (2018). Error-related brain activity and anxiety symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 11(2), 342-354. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1898
  85. Black, S. R.,* Lerner, M. D., Shirtcliff, E. A., & Klein, D. N. (2018). Patterns of neuroendocrine coupling in 9-year-old children: Effects of sex, body-mass index, and life stress. Biological Psychology, 132, 252-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.11.004
  86. Goldstein, T. R., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Dramatic pretend play games uniquely improve emotional control in young children. Developmental Science, 21(4), https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12603
  87. Hauser, M. J., Kohn, R., Lerner, M. D., Stein, M., Lory, B., & Bursztajn, H. J. (2017). Intellectual disabilities, autism, and aging. Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199374656.003.0031
  88. Moskowitz, L. J., Rosen, T.,* Lerner, M. D., & Levine, K. (2017). Assessment of anxiety in youth with autism spectrum disorder. In C. Kerns, E. Storch, P. Kendall, J. J. Wood, & P. Renno (Eds.), Evidence Based Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (pp. 79-104). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-805122-1.00005-3.
  89. Gates, J. A.,* Kang, E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2017). Efficacy of group social skills interventions for youth with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 52, 164-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.006
  90. Lerner, M. D., ¥ Mazefsky, C. A., ¥ Weber, R. J.,* Transue, E., Siegel, M. S., Gadow, K. D., & the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Inpatient Research Collaborative (2018). Verbal ability and psychiatric symptoms in clinically-referred inpatient and outpatient youth with ASD. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 48(11), 3689-3701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3344-5
  91. Tudor, M. E.,* Rankin, J. A., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). A model of family and child functioning in siblings of youth with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders. 48(4), 1210-1227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-017-3352-5
  92. Lerner, M. D., De Los Reyes, A., Drabick, D. A. G., Gerber, A. H.,* & Gadow, K. D. (2017). Informant discrepancy defines discrete, clinically useful autism spectrum disorder subgroups. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(7), 829-839. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12730
  93. Fjermestad, K. W., Lerner, M.D., McLeod, B. D., Wergeland, G. J. H., Haugland, B. S., Havik, O. E., Öst, L.-G., & Silverman, W. K. (2017). Motivation and treatment credibility predict alliance in cognitive behavioral treatment for youth with anxiety disorders in community clinics. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(6), 793-805. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22551
  94. Keenan, E. G.,* Gotham, K., & Lerner, M. D. (2017). Hooked on a feeling: Repetitive cognition and internalizing symptomatology in relation to autism spectrum symptomatology. Autism, 22(7), 814-824. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361317709603
  95. Kim, H.,* Keifer, C. M.,* Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Eaton, N. R., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (2017). Structural hierarchy of autism spectrum disorder symptoms: An integrative framework. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 59(1), 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12698
  96. Wainer, A., Drahota, A., Cohn, E., Kerns, C., Lerner, M. D., Marro, B.,* Moskowitz, L., & Soorya, L. (2017). Understanding the landscape of psychosocial intervention practices for social, emotional, and behavioral challenges in youth with ASD: A study protocol. Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(3), 178-197. https://doi.org/10.1080/19315864.2017.1284289
  97. Gabriel, J.,* Angevin, E.,* Rosen, T.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Use of theatrical techniques and elements as interventions for autism spectrum disorders. In Sofia, G. (Ed.), Theater and Cognitive Neuroscience (pp. 163-176). London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781472584816.ch-010
  98. Kang, E.,* Klein, E. F.,* Lillard, A. S. & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Predictors and moderators of spontaneous pretend play in children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1577. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01577
  99. Rosen, T. E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Externalizing and internalizing symptoms moderate longitudinal patterns of facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(8), 2621-2634. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-2800-y
  100. Mendelson, J. L.*, Gates, J. A.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Friendship in school-age boys with autism spectrum disorders: A meta-analytic summary and developmental, process-based model. Psychological Bulletin, 142(6), 601-622. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000041
  101. Goldstein, T. R., Lerner, M. D., & Winner, E. (2017). The arts as a venue for developmental science: Realizing a latent opportunity. Child Development, 88(5), 1505-1512. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12884
  102. De Los Reyes, A., Aldao, A., Qasmieh, N., Dunn, E. J., Lipton, M. F., Hartman, C., Youngstrom, E. A., Dougherty, L. R., & Lerner, M. D. (2017). Graphical representations of adolescents’ psychophysiological reactivity to social stressor tasks: Reliability and validity of the Chernoff Face approach and person-centered profiles for clinical use. Psychological Assessment, 29(4), 422-434. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0000354
  103. Spaulding, C. J.,* Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (2016). Trajectories and correlates of special education supports for youth with autism spectrum disorder and psychiatric comparisons. Autism, 21(4), 423-435. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361316645428
  104. Meyer, A.,* Lerner, M. D., De Los Reyes, A., Laird, R. D., & Hajcak, G. (2016). Considering ERP difference scores as individual difference measures: Issues with subtraction and alternative approaches. Psychophysiology, 54(1), 114-122. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12664
  105. Garman, H. D.,* Spaulding, C. J.,* Webb, S. J., Mikami, A. Y., Morris, J. P., & Lerner, M. D. (2016). Wanting it too much: An inverse relation between social motivation and facial emotion recognition in autism spectrum disorder. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 47(6), 890-902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0620-5
  106. Fjermestad, K. W., Lerner, M. D., McLeod, B. D., Wergeland, G. J. H., Heiervang, E. R., Silverman, W. K., Öst, L.-G., De Los Reyes, A., Havik, O. E., & Haugland, B. S. M. (2016). Therapist-youth agreement on alliance change predicts outcome in CBT for anxiety disorders. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(5), 625-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12485
  107. Lerner, M. D., & White, S. W. (2015). Moderators and mediators of treatments for youth with autism spectrum disorders. Moderators and Mediators of Youth Treatment Outcomes, 146-173. https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199360345.003.0007
  108. Rankin, J. A.,* Weber, R. J.,* Kang, E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2015). Parent- and self-reported social skills importance in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(1), 273-286. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2574-7
  109. Lerner, M. D., Potthoff, L. M.,* & Hunter, S. J. (2015). Optimizing cross-sectional prediction of social functioning in youth referred for neuropsychological testing. PLOS ONE, 10(5),1-16. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128303
  110. White, S. W.¥, Lerner, M. D.¥, McLeod, B. D., Wood, J. J., Ginsburg, G. S., Kerns, C., Ollendick, T., Kendall, P. C., Piacentini, J., Walkup, J., & Compton, S. (2015). Anxiety in youth with and without autism spectrum disorder: Examination of factorial equivalence. Behavior Therapy, 46(1), 40-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2014.05.005
  111. Lerner, M. D., & Lillard, A. S. (2014). From false belief to friendship: Commentary on Fink, Begeer, Peterson, Slaughter, and de Rosnay. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33(1), 18-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12070​
  112. 109.Mendelson, J. L.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Friendship among school aged boys with ASD, Autism Spectrum News, 7(2), 17, 27, 33. https://autismspectrumnews.org/friendship-among-school-aged-boys-with-asd/
  113. Riskind, R. G., Palmquist, C. M., Kondrad, R. L., & Lerner, M. D. (September 2, 2014). Once in a lifetime: navigating the first year in your first tenure-track job. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  114. White, S. W., Kreiser, N. L., & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Autism spectrum disorders. In C.A. Alfano and D. Beidel (Eds.), Comprehensive Evidence-Based Interventions for School-Age Children and Adolescents 213 - 230. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  115. Lerner, M. D., McMahon, C. M., & Britton, N.* (2014). Autism spectrum disorder in adolescents: promoting social and emotional development. In T.P. Gullotta & M. Bloom (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Primary Prevention and Health Promotion: Adolescence, 3(2), 1023-1033. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5999-6_192
  116. Tudor, M. E.,* Walsh, C. E., Mulder, E. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Pain as a predictor of sleep problems in youth with autism spectrum disorders. Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 19(3), 292-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361313518994
  117. Tudor, M. E.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2014). Intervention and support for siblings of youth with developmental disabilities: A systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 18(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-014-0175-1
  118. Lillard, A. S., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Palmquist, C. M., Lerner, M. D., & Smith, E. D. (2013). Concepts and theories, methods and reasons: Why do the children (pretend) play? Reply to Weisberg, Hirsh-Pasek, and Golinkoff (2013); Bergen (2013); and Walker and Gopnik (2013). Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 49-52. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030521
  119. Webb, S. J., Bernier, R., Henderson, H. A., Johnson, M. H., Jones, E. J. H., Lerner, M. D., McPartland, J. C., Nelson, C. A., Rojas, D. C., Townsend, J., & Westerfield, M. (2013). Guidelines and best practices for electrophysiological data collection, analysis and reporting in autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(2), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-013-1916-6
  120. De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Thomas, S. A., Daruwala, S., & Goepel, K. (2013). Discrepancies between parent and adolescent beliefs about daily life topics and performance on an emotion recognition task. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 41(6), 971-982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9733-0
  121. Mikami, A. Y., Griggs, M. S., Lerner, M. D., Emeh, C. C., Reuland, M. M., Jack, A., & Anthony, M. R. (2013). A randomized trial of a classroom intervention to increase peers’ social inclusion of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(1), 100-112. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029654
  122. McMahon, C. M., Lerner, M. D., & Britton, N.* (2013). Group-based social skills interventions for adolescents with higher-functioning autism spectrum disorder: A review and looking to the future. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics, 4, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.2147/ahmt.s25402
  123. Lillard, A. S., Lerner, M. D., Hopkins, E. J., Dore, R. A., Smith, E. D., & Palmquist, C. M. (2013). The impact of pretend play on children’s development: A review of the evidence. Psychological Bulletin, 139(1), 1-34. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0029321
  124. Lerner, M. D., & Mikami, A. Y. (2013). Correct effect size estimates for strength of association statistics: Comment on Odgaard and Fowler (2010). Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81(1), 190-191. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0030785
  125. Lerner, M. D., McPartland, J. C., & Morris, J. P. (2013). Multimodal emotion processing in autism spectrum disorders: An event-related potential study. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2012.08.005
  126. Lerner, M. D., Morris, J. P., & McPartland, J. C. (2012). Processing of Emotional Faces and Voices in Autism Spectrum Disorders: ERP Correlates and Interaction with Social Knowledge. Friedman, B. (Chair). New Developments in the Psychophysiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders, 49, S7-S7. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01420.x   
  127. Lerner, M. D., McLeod, B. D., & Mikami, A.Y. (2012). Preliminary evaluation of an observational measure of group cohesion for group psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 69(3), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.21933
  128. Guli, L. A., Semrud-Clikeman, M., Lerner, M. D., & Britton, N.* (2013). Social Competence Intervention Program (SCIP): A pilot study of a creative drama program for youth with social difficulties. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 40(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2012.09.002
  129. Linkenauger, S. A., Lerner, M. D., Ramenzoni, V. C., & Proffitt, D. R. (2012). A perceptual-motor deficit predicts social and communicative impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorders. Autism Research, 5(5), 352-362. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1248
  130. Lerner, M. D., White, S. W., & McPartland, J. C. (2012). Mechanisms of change in psychosocial interventions for autism spectrum disorders. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience, 14(3), 307-318. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2012.14.3/mlerner
  131. Lerner, M. D., & Mikami, A. Y. (2012). A preliminary randomized controlled trial of two social skills interventions for youth with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 27(3), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1177/108835761245061
    • Among 10 most-read papers in this Journal as of December 2012.
  132. Lerner, M. D., Haque, O. S., Northrup, E. C., Lawer, L., & Bursztajn H. J. (2012) Emerging perspectives on adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorders, violence, and criminal law. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 40(2), 177-190. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22635288/
  133. Lerner, M. D., Calhoun, C. D., Mikami, A. Y., De Los Reyes, A. (2012). Understanding parent-child social informant discrepancy in youth with high functioning autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(12), 2680 - 2692. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-012-1525-9
  134. Lerner, M.D. (2011). Editorial: Icons and iconoclasm. Jefferson Journal of Science and Culture, 1(1), v-vii. http://journals.sfu.ca/jjsc/index.php/journal/article/view/1/1
  135. Lerner, M. D., Mikami, A. Y., & McLeod, B. D. (2011). The alliance in a friendship coaching intervention for parents of children with ADHD. Behavior Therapy, 42(3), 449-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2010.11.006
    • Among 25 most-read papers in this Journal as of December 2011
  136. Lerner, M. D., Mikami, A. Y., & McLeod, B. D. (2011). The alliance in a friendship coaching intervention for parents of children with ADHD. Behavior Therapy, 42(3), 449-461. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2010.11.006
  137. Lerner, M. D., Hutchins, T. L., & Prelock, P. A. (2011). Brief report: Preliminary evaluation of the theory of mind inventory and its relationship to measures of social skills. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 41(4), 512-517. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-010-1066-z
  138. Lerner, M. D., Mikami, A. Y., Levine, K. (2011). Socio-Dramatic Affective-Relational Intervention for adolescents with Asperger syndrome & high-functioning autism: Pilot study. Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice, 15(1), 21-42. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361309353613
    • Among 25 most-read papers in this Journal as of December 2011.
    • Translated & reprinted (2012) in Autismo, 10, 151 - 175.
  139. Mikami, A. Y., Jack, A., Lerner, M. D. (2010). Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In: Matson, J. (eds) Social Behavior and Skills in Children, 159 - 185. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0234-4_9
  140. Mikami, A. Y., Lerner, M. D., Griggs, M. S., McGrath, A., & Calhoun, C. D. (2010). Parental influence on children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: II. Results of a pilot intervention training parents as friendship coaches for children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 38(6), 737-749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-010-9403-4
  141. Mikami, A. Y., Lerner, M. D., & Lun, J. (2010). Social context influences on children’s rejection by their peers. Child Development Perspectives, 4(2), 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2010.00130.x
  142. Lerner M.D., Levine K. (2007). The Spotlight Program: An integrative approach to teaching social pragmatics using dramatic principles. Journal of Developmental Processes, 2(2), 91-102. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/downloaddoi=10.1.1.511.8436&rep=rep1&type=pdf
Matthew D. Lerner, Ph.D.
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
Drexel University
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Social Connections & Treatment Lab (SCTL)
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
Drexel University
3020 Market St
#560
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 571-3219
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