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- Scheerer, N.E., Ng, C.S.M., Gurba, A.N.,* McNair, M.L.*, Lerner, M.D., Hargreaves, A. (in press). Editorial: Breaking Autism Stigma. Frontiers In Psychiatry.
- Gurba, A.N.,* McNair, M.L.,* Hargreaves, A., Scheerer, N.E., Ng, C.S.M., & Lerner, M.D. (in press). Editorial: Break the Stigma: Autism. The Future of Research on Autism Stigma – Towards Multilevel, Contextual, and Global Understanding. Frontiers In Psychiatry.
- 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. - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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).
- 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
- 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
- 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.,* 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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/10.1177/1362361320924906
- 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
- 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, 101552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rasd.2020.101552
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2018.12.005
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.* (2018). 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, 203-214. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190645472.001.0001
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.,* & 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, 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), https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12603
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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. 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 & Human Development, 47(6), 890-902. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-015-0620-5
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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/
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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. - 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/
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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. - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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