Barry M. Wagner
Professor of Psychology
Co-Director of Clinical Training
332 O'Boyle (202) 319-5762
I am interested in developmental psychopathology in children and adolescents, and the ways in which family relationships influence trajectories of negative and positive adjustment across development. Much of my recent research has involved suicidal youths, and is aimed at understanding the qualities of their relationships and their coping/emotion regulation styles that increase the risk of suicidal symptoms through childhood and adolescence. I am also involved in developing a prevention program to strengthen parents' resources and skills for fostering effective emotion regulation in young people.
Education
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (1987)
Ed.M., Counseling and Consulting Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (1981)
B.A., Philosophy, State University of New York, Stony Brook (1977)
Selected Publications
Ialongo, N.S., Koenig-McNaught, A.L., Wagner, B.M., Pearson, J.L., McCreary, B.K., Poduska, J., & Kellam, S. (2004). African-American children's reports of depressed mood, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation and later suicide attempts. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 34, 395-407.
Wagner, B.M., Silverman, M.A., & Martin, C.E. (2003). Family factors in youth suicidal behaviors. American Behavioral Scientist, 46, 1171-1191.
Wagner, B.M., Aiken, C., Mullaley, P.M., & Tobin, J. (2000). Parents’ reactions to adolescents’ suicide attempts. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 39, 429-436.
Recent Courses:
PSY 309 Psychology of Adolescence
PSY 734 Couple and Family Interaction
PSY 735 Developmental Psychopathology
PSY 812 Family Therapy: Theory and Practice
PSY 901 Clinical Assessment I: Principles of Assessment, Interviewing
PSY 928 Practicum in Family Therapy
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