SCTL Publications
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Published Works
- 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. - 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. - 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)
- 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.
- Lerner, M.D. & Day, T.C. (in press). Beyond the Landmarks: Where to next with Biomarkers of Autism? American Journal of Psychiatry.
- Gates, J.A.,* Gerber, A.,* Miller, C.M.,* Lerner, M.D. (in press). Quantifying social skill deficits and strengths profiles in autistic youth. Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13889
- De Los Reyes, A., Wang, M., Lerner, M. D., Makol, B.A., Fitzpatrick, O., & 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, 51(5), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2111684
- 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, 923025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923025
- *McDonald, R. G., *Khawar, S., Yacoub, N., Cargill, M., 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
- 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 and Developmental Disorders, 52(10), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05559-2
- Cooper, C. M.,* Rosen, T.,* Kim, H.,* Eaton, N., Cohn, E., Drahota, A., Moskowitz, L., the UCAS Consortium, Lerner, M. D., & Kerns, C. M. (2022). Predictors of expert providers’ familiarity with intervention practices for school- and transition-age youth with ASD. Autism, 00(0), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613221100787
- Lawlor, J., Thomas, C., Guhin, A. T., Kebyon, K. Lerner, M. D., UCAS Consortium, & Drahota, A. (2021). Suspicious and fraudulent online survey participation: A tutorial and case study utilizing the REAL framework. Methodological Innovations, 14(3), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F20597991211050467
- 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, 783-812. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-021-00365-1
- 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. 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 412-415. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9630427
- 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
- Libsack, E. J.,* McNair, M. L.,* Giacomantonio, J.,* Felsman, P.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2022). Low intensity interventions for autistic children and young people. In S. Bennett, P. Myles-Hooton, J. Schleider, & R. Shafran (Eds.), Oxford Guide to Low-Intensity Evidence-Based Interventions for Children and Young People. (pp. 159-171). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med-psych/9780198867791.003.0015
- 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%2F21677026211021975
- 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 brains of those with autism: A deep learning approach. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7(7), 688-695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2021.03.015
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/global-literature-on-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov/resource/pt/covidwho-1001232?lang=en
- Hauschild, K. M.,* Felsman, P.,* Keifer, C. M.,* & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Evidence of an own-age bias in facial emotion recognition for individuals with and without autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 00428. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00428
- 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
- 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%2F1362361320924906
- Kang, E.,* Gioia, A.,* Pugliese, C. E., Islam, N. Y.,* Martinez-Pedraza, F., Girard, R. M., McLeod, B. D., Carter, A. S., & Lerner, M. D. (2020). 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
- 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
- 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(2020),101552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101552
- Black, M., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., Scott, M., Gerber, A. H.,* Esposito, C. M.,* Falkmer, M., Lerner, M. D., Halladay, A., Strom, E., D’Angelo, A., Falkmer, Bolte, 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
- Santore, L. A.,* Gerber, A.,* Gioia, A.,* 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 – OCD symptoms in youth with ASD. Autism, 24(4), 983-994. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361320909177
- 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
- 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. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(3), 297-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2019.1678167
- 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. Behavior Research & Therapy, 123, 1 - 11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.103477
- Keifer, C. M.,* Hauschild, K. M.,* Hajcak, G., Nelson, B. D., & 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
- Goldstein, T. R. Lerner, M. D., Paterson, S., Jaeggi, L.,* Toub, T. S., Hirsh-Pasek, K., & Golinkoff, R. M. (2019). Stakeholder perceptions of the effects of a public school-based theatre program for children with ASD. Journal of Learning Through the Arts, 15(1), n1. https://doi.org/10.21977/D915136948
- Black, M., Mahdi, S., Milbourn, B., Thompson, C., D’Angelo, A., Strom, E., Falkmer, M., Falkmer, T., Lerner, M. D., Halladay, A., Gerber, A. H.,* Esposito, C. M.,* Girdler, S., & Bolte, 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
- 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(2019),107710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2019.05.010
- Kim, H., ¥* Greene, A., ¥* Eaton, N. R., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (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
- 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 cognition in school-age youth with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12(8), 1260-1271. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2123
- Kerns, C. M., Berkowitz, S. J., Moskowitz, L, Drahota, A, Lerner, M. D., UCAS Consortium, & Newschaffer, C. J. (2020). Screening and treatment of trauma-related symptoms in youth with autism spectrum disorder amongst community providers. Autism, 24(2), 515-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319847908
- De Los Reyes, A., Lerner, M. D., Keeley, L. M., Weber, R., 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
- 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
- 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(2019), 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.12.005
- Kang, E,* Gadow, K. D., & Lerner, M. D. (2020). Atypical communication characteristics, differential diagnosis, and the autism spectrum disorder clinical phenotype in youth. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 49(2), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1539912
- Rosen, T. E.,* Spaulding, C. J.,* Gates, J. A.,* Gadow, K. D., & Lerner, M. D. (2019).
Autism severity, co-occurring psychopathology, and intellectual functioning predict supportive school services for youth with ASD. Autism, 23(7), 1805-1816. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318809690 - Keifer, C. M.,* Dichter, G. A., McPartland, J. C., & Lerner, M. D. (2019). Social motivation in autism: Gaps and directions for measurement of a putative core construct. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 42(2019), e95. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X18002418
- Kim, H.,* Keifer, C. M.,* Rodriguez-Seijas, C.,* Eaton, N. R., Lerner, M. D., & Gadow, K. D. (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
- Scott, M., Milbourn, B., Falkmer, M., Bӧlte, S., Halladay, A., Lerner. M. D., Lounds-Taylor, J., & Girdler, S. (2019). Factors impacting employment for people with autism spectrum disorders: A scoping review. Autism, 23(4), 869-901. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318787789
- De Los Reyes, A., Makol, B. A., Racz, S. J., Youngstrom, E. A., Lerner, M. D., & Keely, L. M. (2019). 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
- 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 (2017), 164-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2017.01.006
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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(2018), 252-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.11.004
- Goldstein, T. R., & Lerner, M. D. (2018). Dramatic pretend play games uniquely improve emotional control in young children. Developmental Science, 21(4), e12603. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12603
- 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(sup1), S247-S268. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2017.1410826
- 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. 2018 40th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 360-363. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512183
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fjermestad, K. W., Lerner, M. D., McLeod, B. D., Wergeland, G. J., 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lerner, M. D., Rosen, T. E.,* Kang, E.,* Keifer, C. M., & Gerber, A.* (2019). Autism spectrum disorder. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 223-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634841.013.15
- 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 (pp. 203 - 214). New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190645472.001.0001
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 &Amp; Human Development, 47(6), 890–902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0620-5
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- 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
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- 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
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