Every year, CDS produces research that’s evaluated by experts, published in scholarly journals and tapped to make improvements in the community. Recent peer-reviewed research from CDS has addressed communication interventions and assessments, collaborations across the lifespan among families of students with disabilities, and differences in reinforcements employed in American, Chinese and Japanese schools.
Access our published research below.
2018
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Xie, J., Wei, Y., & Bear, G. G.
(2018) Revision of Chinese version of the Delaware Bullying Victimization Scale: Adolescents Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology (in Chinese), 26(2), 259–263. -
Xie, J., Peng, Z., Zhuorong, Z., Yang, C., & Bear, G. G.
(2018) Chinese version of Delaware School Climate Scale: Teacher/Staff Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology (in Chinese), 26(5), 891–996. -
Nie, Q., Teng, Z., Bear, G. G., Guo, C., Liu, Y., & Zhang, D.
(2018) Hope as mediator between teacher-student relationships and life satisfaction among Chinese adolescents: A between- and within-person effects analysis Journal of Happiness Studies, advanced online publication. -
Harris, A. B., Bear, G. G., Chen, D., de Macedo Lisboa, C. S., & Holst, B.
(2018) Perceptions of Bullying Victimization: Differences between Once-Retained and Multiple-Retained Students in Public and Private Schools in Brazil Child Indicators Research, advanced online publication. -
Dewey, L., Rose, C., Mueller, J., Spencer, B. & Freedman, B.
(2018) Increasing Access to Empirically-Validated Interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Dissemination of PEERS into Community Health Settings Delaware Journal of Public Health, 4(5), 52–61. - McDermott, Suzanne, Royer, Julie, Cope, Tara, Lindgren, Scott, Momany, Elizabeth, Lee, Jae Chul, McDuffie, Mary Joan, Lauer, Emily, Kurtz, Stephen & Armour, Brian S. (2018) Using Medicaid data to characterize persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities in five U.S. states American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 123(4), 371–381. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-123.4.371
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Yang, C., Bear, G. G., & May, H.
(2018) Multilevel associations between school-wide social–emotional learning approach and student engagement across elementary, middle, and high schools School Psychology Review, 47(1), 45–61. - Bear, G. G., Harris, A. B., Lisboa, C., & Holst, B. (2018) Perceptions of engagement and school climate: Differences between once-retained and multiple-retained students in Brazil International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, Advance online publication.
- Haakonsen-Smith, C., Turbitt, E., Muschelli, J., Leonard, L., Lewis, K., Freedman, B., Muratori, M., & Biesecker, B. (2018) Feasibility of coping effectiveness training for caregivers of children with autism spectrum disorder: A genetic counseling intervention Journal of Genetic Counseling, 27(1), 252-262.
- Mantz, L. S., Bear, G. G., Yang, C., & Harris, A. B. (2018) The Delaware Social-Emotional Competency Scale (DSECS-S): Evidence of validity and reliability Child Indicators Research, 11(1), 137-157.
2017
- Bear, G. G., Slaughter, J., Mantz, L., & Farley-Ripple, L. (2017) Rewards, praise, and punitive consequences: relations with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation Teaching and Teacher Education, 65, 10-20.
- Bear, G. G., Yang, C., Mantz, L. S., & Harris, A. B. (2017) School-wide practices associated with school climate in elementary, middle, and high schools Teaching and Teacher Education, 63, 372-383.
- Jensen, K. A. & Minke, K. M. (2017) Engaging families at the secondary level: An underused resource for student success School Community Journal, 27(2), 167-192.
- Papas, M. A., Stolz, N., Orsega-Smith, E. A., Sparling, E., & Freedman, B. (2017) The importance of inclusion for cardiovascular health promotion programs in Delaware Health Promotion Practice, Advance online publication.
- Xie, J., Xiao, S., Yang, C., & Bear, G. G. (2017) A comparative study of perceptions of school climate in Chinese and American adolescents Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology (in Chinese), 25(4), 714-718.
2016
- Culnane, M., Eisenman, L. T., & Murphy, A. (2016) College peer mentoring and students with intellectual disability: Mentors’ perspectives on relationship dynamics Inclusion, 4(4), 257-269. doi: 10.1352/2326-6988-4.4.257
- Eisenman, L. T. & Kofke, M. (2016) Questions, questions: Using problem-based learning to infuse disability studies into an introductory secondary special education course Review of Disability Studies, 12(4), 59-71.
- Holst, B., Weber, J., Bear, G. G., & Lisboa, C. (2016) Brazilian cross-cultural adaptation and content validity of the Delaware School Climate Survey – Student Electronic Journal of Educational Research, Assessment & Evaluation, 22(2), 1-12.
- Xie, J., Lu, X., Yang, C., Bear, G. G., & Ling, Y. (2016) A comparative study of bullying victimization in Chinese and American adolescents Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology (in Chinese), 24(4), 706-709 & 683.
- Brady, N., Bruce, S., Goldman, A. Erickson, K., Mineo, B., Ogletree, B. T., Paul, D., Romski, M. A., Sevcik, R., Siegel, E., Schoonover, J., Snell, M., Sylvester, L., Wilkinson, K. (2016) Communication services and supports for individuals with severe disabilities: Guidance for assessment and intervention American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 121(2), 121-138.
- Bear, G. G., Chen, D. Mantz, L. S., Yang, C., Huang, X., & Shiomi, K. (2016) Differences in classroom removals and use of praise and rewards in American, Chinese, and Japanese schools Teaching and Teacher Education, 53, 41-50.
- Bear, G. G., Holst, B., Lisboa, C., Chen, D., Yang, C., & Chen, F. F. (2016) A Brazilian Portuguese survey of school climate: Evidence of validity and reliability International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 4(3), 165-178.