Overview
overview
- Jeremy Pettit (he/him/his) conducts research on depression, anxiety and suicidal behaviors in childhood and adolescence. He has a particular interest in the course of depression, anxiety and suicidal behaviors over time, including interpersonal and cognitive factors that contribute to the onset, maintenance and recurrence of these behaviors. His research also focuses on the development and evaluation of interventions for these behaviors. Pettit is the author of two books and more than 100 research articles and book chapters. His research program is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health.
research interests
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Etiology and course of anxiety, depression and suicidal behaviors
Intervention development and evaluation
Prevention of suicidal behaviors
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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Article
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2022The role of attentional shifting in the relation between error monitoring and anxiety in youthFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2022.111507 Web of Science: 000829442000008
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2022Harmonizing Depression Measures Across Studies: a Tutorial for Data HarmonizationFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s11121-022-01381-5 Web of Science: 000821714000001
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2022Development and initial validation of a parent report measure of youth belongingness and burdensomenessFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12869 Web of Science: 000780071100001
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2022Brief modular approach to target perceived burdensomeness in clinic-referred youthFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12858 Web of Science: 000777947900001
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2022Implementing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Children and Adolescents with Anxiety DisordersFull Text via DOI: 10.17759/cpse.2022110207 Web of Science: 000830703400005
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2021Metacognitive Beliefs Predict Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Outcome in Children with Anxiety DisordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s41811-021-00119-5 Web of Science: 000696485000002
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2021Negative overgeneralization is associated with anxiety and mechanisms of pattern completion in peripubertal youthFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/scan/nsab089 Web of Science: 000755952300007
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2021A computational network perspective on pediatric anxiety symptomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0033291720000501 Web of Science: 000680087700018
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2021Attending to the Attentional Control Scale for Children: Confirming its factor structure and measurement invarianceFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2021.102399 Web of Science: 000652752500009
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2020A Cost Analysis of a Stepped Care Treatment Approach for Anxiety Disorders in YouthFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1539913 Web of Science: 000549035100005
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2020A Randomized Controlled Trial of Attention Bias Modification Treatment in Youth With Treatment-Resistant Anxiety DisordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.02.018 Web of Science: 000518535500025
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2019Parental-perceived neighborhood characteristics and adolescent depressive symptoms: A multilevel moderation analysisFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22205 Web of Science: 000481784100001
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2019Group- Versus Parent-Involvement CBT for Childhood Anxiety Disorders: Treatment Specificity and Long-Term Recovery MediationFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/2167702619830404 Web of Science: 000475453300013
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2019Neural Correlates of Attentional Processing of Threat in Youth with and without Anxiety DisordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10802-018-0424-8 Web of Science: 000455541700010
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2018Assessment and Management of Suicide Risk In Children and AdolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2018.04.001 Web of Science: 000449446200002
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2018Aggressive Behaviors and Suicide Ideation in Inpatient Adolescents: The Moderating Roles of Internalizing Symptoms and StressFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12375 Web of Science: 000446177200008
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2018Spanish Translation and Validation of the Interpersonal Needs QuestionnaireFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/pas0000643 Web of Science: 000446234900001
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2018Reward Responsivity in Parenting: Development of a Novel Measure in Mothers of Young ChildrenFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10862-018-9666-6 Web of Science: 000441119200004
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2018Stress Accounts for the Association Between ADHD Symptoms and Suicide Ideation When Stress-Reactive Rumination Is HighFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10608-018-9910-0 Web of Science: 000434037900010
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2018Association between attention bias to threat and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/da.22706 Web of Science: 000426765900004
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2017Parental Acculturation Level Moderates Outcome in Peer-Involved and Parent-Involved CBT for Anxiety Disorders in Latino YouthFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/lat0000095 Web of Science: 000414251900003
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2017Can less be more? Open trial of a stepped care approach for child and adolescent anxiety disordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.08.004 Web of Science: 000412794000002
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2017Mindfulness Moderates the Association Between Perceived Burdensomeness and Suicide Ideation in Adults With Elevated Depressive SymptomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12314 Web of Science: 000412321200005
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2016Moving to Second-Stage Treatments Faster: Identifying Midtreatment Tailoring Variables for Youth with Anxiety DisordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2015.1038824 Web of Science: 000380005300006
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2016Does Childhood Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Predict Levels of Depressive Symptoms during Emerging Adulthood?Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10802-015-0065-0 Web of Science: 000374258300013
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2016A Randomized Clinical Trial of an Integrative Group Therapy for Children With Severe Mood DysregulationFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2015.12.011 Web of Science: 000371192200009
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2015The Association of Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Emotional Experiences with Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Young AdultsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1004492 Web of Science: 000365684700001
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2015Parental Support Partially Accounts for the Covariation Between ADHD and Depressive Symptoms in College StudentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10862-014-9449-7 Web of Science: 000354492900007
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2015Enhancing depression screening to identify college students at risk for persistent depressive symptomsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.11.025 Web of Science: 000350003800001
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2014Psychosocial predictors of body mass index at late childhood: A longitudinal investigationFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1359105313479626 Web of Science: 000337598300006
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2014The relationship between acculturative stress and eating disorder symptoms: is it unique from general life stress?Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10865-013-9498-5 Web of Science: 000336333300009
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2013Are Reports of Life Event Stress among Suicidal Youth Subject to Cognitive Bias?Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12034 Web of Science: 000325543400004
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2013Examining the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide in an Inpatient Veteran SampleFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12027 Web of Science: 000322818200007
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2013ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER IN ADOLESCENCE PREDICTS ONSET OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER THROUGH EARLY ADULTHOODFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/da.22082 Web of Science: 000319872200006
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2013Heterogeneous trajectories of depressive symptoms: Adolescent predictors and adult outcomesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.06.028 Web of Science: 000318909700032
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2013Heterogeneous classes of co-occurring externalizing symptoms in a sample of youth referred for anxiety disordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.02.014 Web of Science: 000319792800010
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2012Precipitating Events in Adolescent Suicidal Crises: Exploring Stress-Reactive and Nonreactive Risk ProfilesFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00067.x Web of Science: 000300046400002
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2011Co-morbidity between major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders: shared etiology or direct causation?Full Text via DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711000407 Web of Science: 000295326900002
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2011IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT STIGMATIZING ATTITUDES AND STEREOTYPES ABOUT DEPRESSIONFull Text via DOI: 10.1521/jscp.2011.30.5.484 Web of Science: 000291121200003
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2011Familial influence of substance use disorder on emotional disorder across three generationsFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.08.013 Web of Science: 000287467200017
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2011Developmental Relations Between Perceived Social Support and Depressive Symptoms Through Emerging Adulthood: Blood Is Thicker Than WaterFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0022320 Web of Science: 000287724200014
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2011Domains of Chronic Stress and Suicidal Behaviors Among Inpatient AdolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2011.563466 Web of Science: 000290046700014
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2011Suicide Ideation Among College Students Evidencing Subclinical DepressionFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2010.483710 Web of Science: 000299478100001
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2010The Roles of Social Support and Self-Efficacy in Physical Health's Impact on Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Older AdultsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10880-010-9211-6 Web of Science: 000285154000013
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2010Developmental Relations Between Depressive Symptoms, Minor Hassles, and Major Events From Adolescence Through Age 30 YearsFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0020980 Web of Science: 000284247200017
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2010Effect of Maternal Depression on Child Behavior: A Sensitive Period?Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2010.03.012 Web of Science: 000279276200008
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2009Problem Solving Moderates the Effects of Life Event Stress and Chronic Stress on Suicidal Behaviors in AdolescenceFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20632 Web of Science: 000271921500004
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2008Prospective relations between melancholia and substance use disordersFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/00952990802013367
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2003Reconciling Humanistic Ideals and Scientific Clinical PracticeFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/clipsy.bpg026
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Book
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2006Chronic depression: Interpersonal sources, therapeutic solutions.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/11291-000
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Book Chapter
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2018Depression. 138-153.Web of Science: 000522619900011
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2014
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2009
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2008Adult Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis Research: Current Status and Future Directions. 284-304.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/9780470756980.ch14
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Other Scholarly Work
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2020A Computational Network Perspective on Pediatric Anxiety. S353-S353.Web of Science: 000535308201108
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2020Editorial: Attention to Threat in Child Anxiety: Gazing Into the Future While Keeping Sight of the Past. 33-35.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2019.09.019 Web of Science: 000518535500011
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2018Developmental Window of Opportunity: Implications of Parent-Child Psychotherapy for Early Childhood Depression Treatment. 1051-1053.Full Text via DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2018.18060733 Web of Science: 000448945300001
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2016Stepping Toward Making Less More for Concerning Anxiety in Children and Adolescents. 234-238.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12158 Web of Science: 000385356600003
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2009Festschrift in Honor of Lynn P. Rehm, PhD, ABPP. 1255-1257.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20633 Web of Science: 000271921500001
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Preprint
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2019A Computational Network Perspective on Pediatric Anxiety SymptomsFull Text via DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3421612
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Review
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2021Therapeutic Alliance in Psychosocial Interventions for Youth Internalizing Disorders: A Systematic Review and Preliminary Meta-Analysis. 124-136.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/cps0000052 Web of Science: 000735540000001
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2021Viewing Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescence Through a Developmental Neuroscience Lens: The Impact of Neural Sensitivity to Socioaffective Pain and Reward. 767-790.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/2167702621989323 Web of Science: 000638959800001
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2019Coal-Mine Canaries in Clinical Psychology: Getting Better at Identifying Early Signals of Treatment Nonresponse. 1207-1221.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/2167702619858111 Web of Science: 000495775200003
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2018Reactive Aggression and Suicide-Related Behaviors in Children and Adolescents: A Review and Preliminary Meta-Analysis. 38-51.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12325 Web of Science: 000424937600005
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2014The co-occurrence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and unipolar depression in children and adolescents: A meta-analytic review. 595-607.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.10.002 Web of Science: 000346226700001
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2014Perceived Burdensomeness and Suicide-Related Behaviors in Clinical Samples: Current Evidence and Future Directions. 631-643.Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22071 Web of Science: 000337623800003
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2011Suicide-related behaviors and anxiety in children and adolescents: A review. 1133-1144.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2011.07.008 Web of Science: 000295424300007
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2005Evidence-based assessment of depression in adults. 267-277.Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.17.3.267
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2003Reconciling humanistic ideals and scientific clinical practice. 302-315.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/bpg026
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2003The integration of self-determination principles and scientifically informed treatments is the next tier. 318-319.Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/bpg028
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Busto, Cristina T del, Cognitive Beharioal-Therapy for Child Anxiety: Long-term Follow-up and Predictors of Long-term Outcomes 2016
- Hartley, Chelsey M, Reward Responsivity in Parenting: Development of a Novel Measure in Mothers 2016
- Meinzer, Michael C, The Development of a Depression Preventive Intervention for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 2015
- Hill, Ryan M, Open Trial and Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Novel Program to Reduce Perceived Burdensomeness 2015
- Hernandez, Ileana, Cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety disorders in youth: Treatment specificity and mediation effects 2014
- Dahan, Jessica, Individual Child Cognitive Behavioral Treatment versus Child-Parent Cognitive Behavioral Treatments for Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Comparative Outcomes 2013
Research
principal investigator on
- Targeting Attention Orienting to Social Threat to Reduce Social Anxiety in Youth awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2019 - 2024
- Targeting Burdensomeness among Clinic Referred Youth: Development of a Brief CBT Module awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2018 - 2020
- Attention Bias Modification Training in Youth with Subthreshold Impairing Anxiety awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2015 - 2017
- Attention Bias Modification Training in Youth with Subthreshold Impairing Anxiety awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2014 - 2017
- Neural correlates of attention training in children with anxiety disorders awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2015 - 2017
- Attention Bias Modification Training in Child Anxiety CBT Non-responders awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2013 - 2017
- Attention Bias Modification Training for Youth with Sub-threshold Anxiety awarded by Health Resources & Services Administrati 2013 - 2016
- Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Program to Reduce Perceived Burdensomeness in Adolescents awarded by American Psychological Foundation 2014 - 2015
- Parental Mediation of Child Anxiety CBT Outcome awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2008 - 2014
investigator on
- Preventive Intervention for Behavior Problems in Infants from High-Risk Families awarded by Child Health and Human Development 2020 - 2025
- Identifying Person-Specific Drivers of Adolescent Depression via Idiographic Network Modeling of Active and Passive Smartphone Data awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2021 - 2023
- Sleep-dependent negative overgeneralization in peri-pubertal anxiety awarded by National Institute of Mental Health 2018 - 2023
Contact
full name
- Jeremy Pettit
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7426-9411 (confirmed)
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2524-0521 (confirmed)
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