Amy M. Smith Slep, Ph.D. Publications

In Press

Foran, H. M., & Slep, A. M. S. (in press) Validation of a Self-Report Measure of Unrealistic Relationship Expectations. Psychological Assessment.
Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (in press). Therapeutic Treatment Approaches to Violent Behavior. In D. J. Flannery, A. T. Vazsonyi, and I. Waldman, I. (Eds.). Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (in press). Therapeutic treatments for violence. In D. J. Flannery, A. T. Vazsonyi, & I. Waldman (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Jouriles, E. N., McDonald, R., Slep, A. M.S., Heyman, R. E., & Garrido, E. (in press). Child abuse in the context of domestic violence: Prevalence, explanations and practice implications. Violence and Victims.
O’Leary, K. D., Slep, A. M. S., & O’Leary, S. G. (in press). Multivariate models of men’s and women’s partner aggression. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (in press). Public health approaches to family maltreatment prevention: Resetting family psychology’s sights from the home to the community. Journal of Family Psychology.
Slep, A. M. S. & O’Leary, S. G. (in press). Multivariate models of mothers’ and fathers’ aggression toward their children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

2007

Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2007). A Translational Research Orientation to Family Violence. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E (2007). Public Health Approaches to Family Maltreatment Prevention: Resetting Family Psychology’s Sights from the Home to the Community. Manuscript submitted for publication.

2006

Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2006). Creating and Field-Testing Diagnostic Criteria for Partner and Child Maltreatment. Journal of Family Psychology, Special issue: Relational Disorders and Relational Processes in Mental Health. 20, pp. 397-408.
Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2006). Relational Diagnoses: From Reliable Rationalist Diagnoses to Testable Taxonic Hypotheses. . In S. R. H. Beach, M. Wamboldt, N. Kaslow, R. E. Heyman, M. First, & D. Reiss (Eds.) Relational processes and DSM-V: From Neuroscience to Assessment and Treatment. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press. (pp. XXXX).
Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2006-a). Creating and field-testing diagnostic criteria for partner and child maltreatment. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 397-408.
Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2006-b). Relational diagnoses: From reliable rationally-derived criteria to testable taxonic hypotheses. In S. R. H. Beach, M. Wamboldt, N. Kaslow, R. E. Heyman, M. First, L. G. Underwood, & D. Reiss (Eds.) Relational processes and DSM-V: Neuroscience, Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment (pp. 139-156). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
Leung, D. A. & Slep, A. M. S. (2006). Predicting inept discipline: The role of parental depressive symptoms, anger, and attributions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
O’Leary, K. D., Slep, A. M. S., Avery-Leaf., S., & Cascardi, M. (2006). Gender Differences in Dating Aggression Among Multi-Ethnic High School Students. Manuscript submitted for publication.
O’Leary, S. G. & Slep, A. M. S. (2006). Precipitants of Partner Aggression. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 344-347.
Owen, D. J., Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2006). The risk of partner aggression research: Impact of laboratory couples conflict. Violence and Victims, 21, 483-497.
Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2006). Creating and field-testing child maltreatment definitions: Improving the reliability of substantiation determinations. Child Maltreatment, 11, 397-408.
Slep, A. M. S., Heyman, R. E., Williams, M. C., Van Dyke, C. E., & O’Leary, S. G. (2006). Using random telephone sampling to recruit generalizable samples for family violence studies. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 680–689.

2005

Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2005). Estimating Prevalences of Sensitive Problems from Non-Sensitive Data. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Lorber, M. F. & Slep, A. M. S. (2005). Mothers’ emotion dynamics and their relations with harsh and lax discipline: Microsocial Time Series Analyses. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 559-568.
Slep, A. M. S. & O’Leary, S. G. (2005). Parent and Partner Violence in Families with Young Children: Rates, Patterns, and Connections. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 73, 435-444.

2004

Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2004). Analogue behavioral observation. In M. Hersen (Ed.) & E. M. Heiby & S. N. Haynes (Vol. Eds.), Comprehensive handbook of psychological assessment: Vol. 3. Behavioral assessment (pp. 162-180). New York: Wiley.
O’Leary, K. D. & Slep, A. M. S. (2004). The Need to Consider Both Male and Female Behavior in Preventing Partner Abuse. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Schumacher, J. A. & Slep, A. M. S. (2004). Attitudes and Dating Aggression: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach. Prevention Science, 5, 231-243.
Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2004). Severity of partner and child maltreatment: Reliability of scales used in America’s largest Child and Family Protection Agency. Journal of Family Violence, 19, 95-106.

2003

Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2003). Analogue behavioral observation. In R. Fernandez-Ballesteros (Ed.) Encyclopedia of psychological assessment. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
O’Leary, K. D. & Slep, A. M. S. (2003) A dyadic longitudinal model of adolescent dating aggression. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 32, 314-327.
Snarr, J., Strassberg, Z. & Slep, A. M. S. (2003). Making faces: Mothers’ of odd and average boys interpretations child emotion cues. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31, 371-380

2002

Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2002). Do child abuse and interparental violence lead to adulthood family violence? Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 864-870.
Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2002). Double whammy and the cycle of violence: Does physical victimization and exposure to interparental violence in childhood lead to child or partner maltreatment in adulthood? Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64, 864-870.

2001

Black, D. A., Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2001). Risk factors for child physical abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 121-188.
Black, D. A., Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2001). Risk factors for child sexual abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 203-229.
Black, D. A., Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2001). Risk factors for partner sexual abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 269-280.
Black, D. A., Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2001). Risk factors for child psychological Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 189-201.
Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2001). Risk factors for family violence: Introduction to the special issue. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 115-119.
Heyman, R. E. & Slep, A. M. S. (2001). The hazards of predicting divorce without crossvalidation. Journal of Marriage and Family, 62, 473-479.
Heyman, R. E., & Slep, A. M. S. (2001). Risk factors for family violence: Introduction to the special issue. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 115-119.
Schumacher, J. A., Feldbau-Kohn, S. R., Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2001). Risk factors for male-to-female partner physical abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 269-352.
Schumacher, J. A., Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2001). Risk factors for child neglect. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 231-254.
Schumacher, J. A., Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2001). Risk factors for male-to-female partner psychological abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 255-268.
Slep, A. M. S. & Heyman, R. E. (2001). Where do we go from here? Moving toward an integrated approach to family violence. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 6, 353-356.
Slep, A. M. S. & O’Leary, S. G. (2001). Examining partner and child abuse: Are we ready for an integrated theory of family violence? Child and Family Psychology Review, 4, 87-108.
Slep, A. M. S., Cascardi, M., Avery-Leaf, S. & O’Leary, K. D. (2001). Two new measures of attitudes accepting of teen dating aggression. Psychological Assessment, 13, 306-318.

2000

O’Leary, K. D., Slep, A. M. S., & O’Leary, S. G. (2000). Co-occurrence of Partner and Parent Aggression: Research and Treatment Implications. Behavior Therapy, 31, 631-648.

1999

Cascardi, M., Avery-Leaf, S., O’Leary, K. D., & Slep, A. M. S. (1999). Factor Structure and Convergent Validity of the Conflict Tactics Scale in High School Students. Psychological Assessment, 11, 546-555.
O’Leary, S. G., Slep, A. M. S., & Reid, M. J. (1999). A longitudinal study of mothers’ overreactive discipline and toddlers’ externalizing behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 27, 331-341.

1998

Slep, A. M. S., & O’Leary, S. G. (1998). The effects of maternal attributions on parenting: An experimental analysis, Journal of Family Psychology, 12, 234-243.

1995

Slep, A. M. S. Heyman, R. E., & Neidig, P. H. (1995). Managing your child’s behavior: Ages birth to four. Stony Brook, NY: Behavioral Science Associates.
Smith, A. M., & O'Leary, S. G. (1995). Attributions and arousal as predictors of maternal discipline. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 345-357.