Ben Barger
Biographic Data
| ID | 166844 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Barger |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Barger |
| SIGNATURE | BEN BARGER |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9403-1331 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1964 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Grade Retention: The Role of Speech and Language Disorders, Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Socioeconomic Status, Special Education, and Bilingualism
The odds of grade retention for children with speech or language disorders were assessed using data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), a nationally representative and cross-sectional survey of U.S. children from 2016 to 2021. Various demographic, social, and education variables were also examined to confirm prior findings with a large national cohort. Results indicate higher odds of retention for children who were identified wi…
Universal Behavior Screening and Early Warning System Indicators in Middle Schools
Early warning indicator and intervention systems (EWS) have been promoted to identify students at risk of school underperformance or dropout. Current EWS systems typically include administrative data on attendance, behavior incidents requiring disciplinary action, and course performance. This study tested whether specific emotional and behavioral risk symptoms measured by a student self‐report universal screener administered in the fall can predi…
Center-Based Childcare Access to Health Screenings and Developmental Assessments in U.S. Children from Birth to Five
Mentorship and regulatory oversight in center-based childcare programs were associated with greater odds of referral for health screenings and developmental assessments for children under five years old. Mentoring and regulatory oversight may facilitate the provision of timely referrals for screenings and assessments for children and their families in center-based childcare programs
Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism: Calling for Equity in Autism Research and Practice
Gender and race measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a U.S. base sample
Introduction The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one the most widely used behavior screening tools for public schools due to its strong psychometric properties, low cost, and brief (25-question) format. However, this screening tool has several limitations including being primarily developed for the purposes of identifying clinical diagnostic conditions and primarily in a European population. To date, there has been minimal compa…
School psychologists' perceptions, roles, and training regarding sexual health education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Despite research indicating evidence‐based sexual health education results improved student outcomes, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) do not typically receive sexual health education. While school psychologists possess skills that could contribute to sexual health education for students with I/DD, there is no existing research on this topic. To address this, we conducted a survey of school psychologists in a state…
Epidemiology with psychometric spirit: MoBa leads autism's interdisciplinary future—a commentary on Havdahl et al. (2023)
Havdahl et al.'s (2023) Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) skill loss study stands out for their creative consideration of scale items to gain a better understanding of skill loss/regression. This commentary outlines how the MoBa team continues to challenge the field by conducting “basic” measurement analyses with their public health longitudinal population data. Their creative use of items, validity‐oriented analyses, and tra…
Examining the predictive validity of behavior screeners across measures and respondents
Through this study we compared different informants and different behavior screening tools that are available to screen for behavioral and emotional risk. We examined screening results from 100 students from a high school with a high achiever's magnet program in the Southeastern United States (school demographics: 71% female and 79% black, non‐Hispanic). This school conducted behavior screening using both teacher‐report via the Student Risk Scree…
Watch Me!” Training Increases Knowledge and Impacts Attitudes Related to Developmental Monitoring and Referral Among Childcare Providers
Trees and Trash: Examining the Link Between Urban Forest Engagement and Blight in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Research conducted in various contexts suggests that urban greenspace, primarily trees, helps to reduce crime rates and other negative aspects of place. This study contributes to that literature by examining residents' reporting of activities they do to create, maintain, and protect the urban forest in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), and the association of this involvement with blight measures. Using binary logistic regression, we found that urban forest…
Gray space and green space proximity associated with higher anxiety in youth with autism
Caretaker Awareness of Health Care Provided Developmental Screening: Increases from 2007 to 2012
Standard back-translation procedures may not capture proper emotion concepts: A case study of Chinese disgust terms
We present data questioning the adequacy of standard back-translation procedures for investigating emotion states across cultures (Brislin, 1970). Our data indicate that the Chinese back-translation of the term disgust has led cross-cultural researchers to accept terms whose themes, goals, and motivations are more akin to the English term anger. Evidence is presented showing that, compared with the standard back-translation method, a more painsta…
College mental health programs: A paradigm for Comprehensive Community Mental Health centers
The Interrelationships of Family Size and Socioeconomic Status for Parents of College Students
Parents of college students were studied to test some of the implications of findings relating family size, socioeconomic status, and value orientation. Beginning college students were administered a questionnaire concerning family background variables. Significant relationships were found between size of family of origin and educational attainment, occupational status, income, divorce rate, and number of offspring. The results seem to indicate a…
Need Patterns and Abilities of College Dropouts
The Interaction of Ability Levels and Socioeconomic Variables in the Prediction of College Dropouts and Grade Achievement
Personality Patterns and Achievement in College1
Personality Patterns and Achievement in College1
Need Patterns and Abilities of College Dropouts
The Interaction of Ability Levels and Socioeconomic Variables in the Prediction of College Dropouts and Grade Achievement
The Interrelationships of Family Size and Socioeconomic Status for Parents of College Students
Parents of college students were studied to test some of the implications of findings relating family size, socioeconomic status, and value orientation. Beginning college students were administered a questionnaire concerning family background variables. Significant relationships were found between size of family of origin and educational attainment, occupational status, income, divorce rate, and number of offspring. The results seem to indicate a…
College mental health programs: A paradigm for Comprehensive Community Mental Health centers
Standard back-translation procedures may not capture proper emotion concepts: A case study of Chinese disgust terms
We present data questioning the adequacy of standard back-translation procedures for investigating emotion states across cultures (Brislin, 1970). Our data indicate that the Chinese back-translation of the term disgust has led cross-cultural researchers to accept terms whose themes, goals, and motivations are more akin to the English term anger. Evidence is presented showing that, compared with the standard back-translation method, a more painsta…
Caretaker Awareness of Health Care Provided Developmental Screening: Increases from 2007 to 2012
Gray space and green space proximity associated with higher anxiety in youth with autism
Trees and Trash: Examining the Link Between Urban Forest Engagement and Blight in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Research conducted in various contexts suggests that urban greenspace, primarily trees, helps to reduce crime rates and other negative aspects of place. This study contributes to that literature by examining residents' reporting of activities they do to create, maintain, and protect the urban forest in Atlanta, Georgia (USA), and the association of this involvement with blight measures. Using binary logistic regression, we found that urban forest…
Examining the predictive validity of behavior screeners across measures and respondents
Through this study we compared different informants and different behavior screening tools that are available to screen for behavioral and emotional risk. We examined screening results from 100 students from a high school with a high achiever's magnet program in the Southeastern United States (school demographics: 71% female and 79% black, non‐Hispanic). This school conducted behavior screening using both teacher‐report via the Student Risk Scree…
Watch Me!” Training Increases Knowledge and Impacts Attitudes Related to Developmental Monitoring and Referral Among Childcare Providers
Gender and race measurement invariance of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire in a U.S. base sample
Introduction The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is one the most widely used behavior screening tools for public schools due to its strong psychometric properties, low cost, and brief (25-question) format. However, this screening tool has several limitations including being primarily developed for the purposes of identifying clinical diagnostic conditions and primarily in a European population. To date, there has been minimal compa…
School psychologists' perceptions, roles, and training regarding sexual health education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Despite research indicating evidence‐based sexual health education results improved student outcomes, students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) do not typically receive sexual health education. While school psychologists possess skills that could contribute to sexual health education for students with I/DD, there is no existing research on this topic. To address this, we conducted a survey of school psychologists in a state…
Epidemiology with psychometric spirit: MoBa leads autism's interdisciplinary future—a commentary on Havdahl et al. (2023)
Havdahl et al.'s (2023) Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) skill loss study stands out for their creative consideration of scale items to gain a better understanding of skill loss/regression. This commentary outlines how the MoBa team continues to challenge the field by conducting “basic” measurement analyses with their public health longitudinal population data. Their creative use of items, validity‐oriented analyses, and tra…
Universal Behavior Screening and Early Warning System Indicators in Middle Schools
Early warning indicator and intervention systems (EWS) have been promoted to identify students at risk of school underperformance or dropout. Current EWS systems typically include administrative data on attendance, behavior incidents requiring disciplinary action, and course performance. This study tested whether specific emotional and behavioral risk symptoms measured by a student self‐report universal screener administered in the fall can predi…
Center-Based Childcare Access to Health Screenings and Developmental Assessments in U.S. Children from Birth to Five
Mentorship and regulatory oversight in center-based childcare programs were associated with greater odds of referral for health screenings and developmental assessments for children under five years old. Mentoring and regulatory oversight may facilitate the provision of timely referrals for screenings and assessments for children and their families in center-based childcare programs
Structural, Institutional, and Interpersonal Racism: Calling for Equity in Autism Research and Practice
Grade Retention: The Role of Speech and Language Disorders, Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Socioeconomic Status, Special Education, and Bilingualism
The odds of grade retention for children with speech or language disorders were assessed using data from the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), a nationally representative and cross-sectional survey of U.S. children from 2016 to 2021. Various demographic, social, and education variables were also examined to confirm prior findings with a large national cohort. Results indicate higher odds of retention for children who were identified wi…
Psychology (15 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Infant Development and Preterm Care (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works)