Paula J Fite
Biographic Data
| ID | 189912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paula J Fite |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paula J |
| FAMILY NAME | Fite |
| SIGNATURE | FITE P J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8780-974X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 81 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 72 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 81 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Bidirectional Associations Between Relational and Physical Peer Victimization and Sleep Disturbance Among Boys and Girls in Late Childhood
Hostile Attribution Bias and Working Memory in the Link Between Trauma Exposure and Violence in Justice-Involved Youth
Background Youth involved with the justice system are more vulnerable to trauma exposure and engaging in violent behavior. Trauma exposure is linked to increases in youth violence, however, the pathway from trauma to violence, including neurocognitive and neuropsychological mechanisms, is not well understood. The current study sought to test the influence of hostile attribution bias (HAB) and working memory on violence and whether these factors p…
Investigating Sex Differences in the Association Between Alexithymia and Adjustment Outcomes Among Detained Youth
Do Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Contribute to Risk for Restrictive Behavioral Interventions for Detained Youth
Understanding Associations Between Childhood Maltreatment, Biological Sex, and Emotion Reactivity Among Emerging Adults
Emerging adults exposed to childhood maltreatment may exhibit differences in emotion reactivity (ER), which may be influenced by maltreatment subtype and biological sex. The current study investigated the links between specific types of childhood maltreatment and ER in a sample of 498 emerging adults. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was implemented to evaluate the factor structure and sex invariance of the Emotion Reactivity Scale (ERS) in thi…
Zooming in on Early Aggression: A Cross‐Cultural and Developmental Study of Youth in the United States and Aotearoa New Zealand
There is ample evidence supporting developmental differences in overall rates of both physical and relational aggression. However, research evaluating developmental trends in specific acts of aggression across measures is limited, particularly in early childhood. A better understanding of what specific acts of aggression are more common in early childhood could inform assessment and identify specific behavioral targets for early prevention and in…
Longitudinal Relations between School Connectedness and Internalizing Problems during Early Adolescence
Are symptoms of depression and anxiety associated with specific charges among detained youth
Parent, Teacher, and Youth Reports on Measures of Reactive and Proactive Aggression
Do Symptoms of Depression Moderate the Links Between Reactive and Proactive Aggression and Frequency of Substance Use
Peer Victimization and Risk for Specific Charges Among Detained Youth
Relations between reactive and proactive aggression and internalizing symptoms among detained adolescents
Are perceived containment and coping styles differentially associated with reactive and proactive aggression
Studies informing ways to target aggression in youth, particularly through the identification of internal patterns predictive of concurrent and future levels of aggression, could be particularly beneficial. To this end, the current study surveyed 216 elementary‐aged children on topics of perceived containment (i.e., perceived ability of authority figures to control, limit, and set consequences for one's behaviors), coping responses, and reactive …
Do after‐school activities help mitigate the negative impact of community violence exposure? A person‐centered approach
The current study used a person‐centered approach to identify classes of after‐school activities that may reduce the harmful effects, including anxiety and depression, of community violence exposure (CVE) in Latino youth. Participants in the current study included 144 students (54.2% male, ages 14–19) who were recruited from a charter high school in a large, Midwestern city. Students provided information on after‐school activities, CVE, and inter…
Links Between Past 30-day Substance Use and Specific Charges Among Detained Youth
Examining Incremental Validity of Dimensions of Alexithymia and Parental Psychological Control on Internalizing Symptoms of Youth Involved with the Juvenile Justice System
Pathways to Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents: Examination of Child Maltreatment and Post-Traumatic Symptoms
Informant Discrepancies in Suicidality Screening Tools Among School Age Youth
Alcohol Use and Internalizing Symptoms Among High School students: Does Parental Permission Matter
Peer Victimization Among Detained Youth: The Impact of Callous-Unemotional Traits
Varying Experiences of Cyber Victimization among Middle and High School Students
Demographic Differences in Youth Perceptions of Staff: A National Evaluation of Adjudicated Youth
Despite the large societal and personal cost associated with the detainment of juvenile offenders in residential facilities, little is known about the factors that contribute to youth behavior while incarcerated. One factor that may be of importance to maintaining security within facilities and improving rehabilitation efforts is youth’s perceptions of correctional staff, namely, youth’s perceptions of positive staff characteristics (e.g., friend…
Links between proactive and reactive aggression and disciplinary actions among middle school‐age youth
The current study examined associations between proactive and reactive aggression and disciplinary actions in an academic year among middle school‐age youth at Time 1 (Fall) and 6‐month later (Spring) and evaluated school attachment as a moderator of these links. Findings indicated that reactive, not proactive, aggression was robustly positively associated with disciplinary actions in both Fall and Spring. School attachment was negatively associa…
Associations between different forms of peer victimization and school absences: The moderating role of teacher attachment and perceived school safety
Given the significant negative impacts of peer victimization on youth development, studies have sought to understand what buffers against these consequences. To that end, the present study examined whether teacher attachment and perceptions of school safety moderated the associations between different forms of victimization and school absences over the course of an academic year among a sample of 272 high school students. Findings indicated that …
Diagnostic classification of irritability and oppositionality in youth: A global field study comparing ICD‐11 with ICD‐10 and DSM‐5
BACKGROUND: Severe irritability has become an important topic in child and adolescent mental health. Based on the available evidence and on public health considerations, WHO classified chronic irritability within oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) in ICD-11, a solution markedly different from DSM-5's (i.e. the new childhood mood diagnosis, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder [DMDD]) and from ICD-10's (i.e. ODD as one of several conduct disord…
Substance Use as a Longitudinal Predictor of the Perpetration of Teen Dating Violence
Reactive/proactive aggression and the development of internalizing problems in males: The moderating effect of parent and peer relationships
The current study examined whether reactive and/or proactive aggression in adolescent males prospectively predicted increased levels of internalizing symptoms (depression and anxiety) in late adolescence. It was postulated that reactive aggression would be robustly related to later internalizing problems, but only among adolescent males who had problematic family or peer social relationships. Participants were a racially diverse group of 289 adol…
The Role of Sleep in the Relation Between Community Violence Exposure and Delinquency Among Latino Adolescents
Little is known about factors that account for the link between community violence exposure (CVE) and delinquency among adolescents. Sleep is one factor that warrants attention, given the poor sleep habits found among many adolescents and its relation to CVE and delinquent behaviors. Further, given the growing rate of Latino youth in the United States, and their risk for CVE, examining factors that account for this relation among Latino youth is …
Acculturation Dissonance, Acculturation Strategy, Depressive Symptoms, and Delinquency in Latina/o Adolescents
Influence of perceived neighborhood safety on proactive and reactive aggression
The current study examined associations between perceived neighborhood safety and proactive and reactive subtypes of aggression while also considering peer delinquency and poor parental monitoring in a community recruited sample of 89 children (56% male) ranging from 9 to 12 years of age ( M =10.44, SD =1.14). In addition, neighborhood safety was examined as a moderator of the associations between peer delinquency and poor parental monitoring and…
Does change in perceptions of peer teen dating violence predict change in teen dating violence perpetration over time
Research has previously demonstrated that perceptions of peer's teen dating violence (TDV) is associated with one's own perpetration of TDV, although little research has examined whether this relationship is consistent across developmental time periods (i.e., mid-to-late adolescence). The present study examined whether changes in perceptions of peer's TDV predicted change in one's own perpetration of TDV in a sample of ethnically diverse adolesce…
Bidirectional associations between affective empathy and proactive and reactive aggression
Preliminary evidence indicates that affective empathy is differentially related to proactive and reactive functions of aggression. However, additional longitudinal research is needed to understand the potential reciprocal nature of these links. The current study examined the bidirectional associations between affective empathy and proactive and reactive aggression over a 6‐month period during middle childhood, with attention to potential gender d…
Parental school involvement as a moderator of the association between peer victimization and academic performance
The Impact of Aggression Subtypes and Friendship Quality on Child Symptoms of Depression
Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Peer Delinquency: Implications for Prevention and Intervention
Prior research has found that proactive and reactive aggression differentially relate to many variables, including peer relations. However, no research has examined the relation between proactive and reactive aggression and peer delinquency, an important proximal predictor of adolescent antisocial behavior. The current study examined the relationship between proactive and reactive aggression and peer delinquency in a 2-year longitudinal study of …
Anxiety symptoms as a moderator of the reciprocal links between forms of aggression and peer victimization in middle childhood
The current short-term longitudinal study evaluated whether anxiety symptoms moderated the bidirectional associations between forms (i.e., physical and relational) of aggression and peer victimization over a 1-year period during middle childhood. Participants were 228 predominantly Caucasian children (50.4% boys; M = 8.32 years, SD = .95 years) in the second through fourth grades and their homeroom teachers. Children completed a self-report measu…
The Moderating Effect of Social Support From a Dating Partner on the Association Between Dating Violence Victimization and Adjustment
Dating violence victimization is associated with decreased relationship satisfaction and increased mental health symptomatology. Yet, violent dating relationships often remain intact across time, even when the aggression fails to cease. Thus, research is needed to determine the factors that reduce the negative impact of victimization. One factor may be that abusive dating partners are perceived as supportive by their partners, serving to reduce t…
Factors associated with perceived containment
There is growing evidence indicating that a lack of perceived containment, or youth's beliefs about whether adults can control their behavior, is associated with problem behavior. However, little research has examined factors that may contribute to perceived containment, which would be helpful in further tailoring prevention and intervention efforts for problem behavior. The current study evaluated associations between callous‐unemotional (C/U) t…
The role of cortisol and psychopathic traits in aggression among at‐risk girls: Tests of mediating hypotheses
Multiple etiological factors (e.g., biological and personality predispositions) have been linked to the development of aggression. The purpose of the present study was to examine the relation between proactive/reactive aggression and biological (HPA-axis functioning) and personality characteristics (subdimensions of psychopathy) among girls at risk for aggressive behavior. Participants included girls (N = 158) admitted for acute psychiatric inpat…
Influence of Contextual Factors on Academic Performance in a Sample of Latino Adolescents: The Moderating Role of School Attachment
The present study further evaluated contextual factors (i.e., neighborhood violence and peer rejection) that contribute to academic performance by examining school attachment as a moderator of these associations in a sample of Latino high school students (N = 144, 54% male). Findings suggested that both neighborhood violence and peer rejection were negatively associated with academic performance. However, the influence of neighborhood violence de…
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms in Relation to Psychopathic Traits and Aggression Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Children: ADHD Symptoms as a Potential Moderator
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is associated with elevated rates of psychopathic traits and aggression. However, it remains unclear if attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms exacerbate these relations, particularly in samples of children who are severely clinically distressed. The purpose of the present study was to test ADHD symptoms as a potential moderator of the relations of ODD symptoms to psychopathic traits (i.e., ca…
Reward and punishment sensitivity are differentially associated with ADHD and sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms in children
Perceived Best Friend Delinquency Moderates the Link Between Contextual Risk Factors and Juvenile Delinquency
The current study evaluated the effects of contextual risk factors (i.e., negative life events and neighborhood problems) and perceived best friend delinquency on child self‐reported delinquency. More specifically, the present study extended the literature by evaluating whether best friend delinquency moderated the effects of contextual risk factors on self‐reported delinquency in a community‐recruited sample of 147 school‐aged children (mean age…
Contextual Influences of Proactive and Reactive Subtypes of Aggression
The positive impact of attending a community-based youth program on child depressive symptoms
The current study evaluated associations between attending a community-based youth program, neighborhood problems, and child depressive symptoms in a sample of 147 children (mean [M] age=8.22 years, 54.4% male). Findings suggested that both program attendance and neighborhood problems were uniquely associated with child depressive symptoms while also considering the variance associated with child delinquency, such that high levels of attendance a…
The effect of neighborhood disadvantage on proactive and reactive aggression
The current study examined the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on proactive and reactive aggression in a sample of 126 children (66% male) identified as aggressive. Sixth‐grade proactive and reactive aggression was regressed on fifth‐grade proactive and reactive aggression, neighborhood disadvantage, gender, and race. Findings suggested that neighborhood disadvantage was a significant unique predictor of proactive but not reactive aggression.…
Parenting Stress as a Predictor of Age Upon Admission to a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Facility
Proactive and Reactive Aggression and Peer Delinquency: Implications for Prevention and Intervention
Prior research has found that proactive and reactive aggression differentially relate to many variables, including peer relations. However, no research has examined the relation between proactive and reactive aggression and peer delinquency, an important proximal predictor of adolescent antisocial behavior. The current study examined the relationship between proactive and reactive aggression and peer delinquency in a 2-year longitudinal study of …
Child internalizing and externalizing behavior as predictors of age at first admission and risk for repeat admission to a child inpatient facility
Gaining a better understanding of the types of child symptomatology that predict age at first admission and risk for readmission to a child psychiatric inpatient facility could help to inform the focus of intervention. Accordingly, the current study examined whether internalizing and externalizing behavior problems, alone or in combination, were associated with age at first admission and risk for repeat admission. Analyses were based on a sample …
Further Validation of a Measure of Proactive and Reactive Aggression Within a Clinical Child Population
The effect of neighborhood disadvantage on proactive and reactive aggression
The current study examined the effect of neighborhood disadvantage on proactive and reactive aggression in a sample of 126 children (66% male) identified as aggressive. Sixth‐grade proactive and reactive aggression was regressed on fifth‐grade proactive and reactive aggression, neighborhood disadvantage, gender, and race. Findings suggested that neighborhood disadvantage was a significant unique predictor of proactive but not reactive aggression.…
Moderating Effect of Intimate Exchange on Delinquent Socialization Processes
Research indicates peer socialization processes affect the development of problem behavior in childhood and adolescence; however moderating peer factors have not been readily examined. Friendship intimate exchange may be an important factor to consider, as literature suggests that intimate exchange becomes an increasingly important aspect of friendships as children age into adolescence. Accordingly, the current study examined the moderating effec…
Influence of perceived neighborhood safety on proactive and reactive aggression
The current study examined associations between perceived neighborhood safety and proactive and reactive subtypes of aggression while also considering peer delinquency and poor parental monitoring in a community recruited sample of 89 children (56% male) ranging from 9 to 12 years of age ( M =10.44, SD =1.14). In addition, neighborhood safety was examined as a moderator of the associations between peer delinquency and poor parental monitoring and…
Associations Between Effortful Control, Psychological Control and Proactive and Reactive Aggression
Associations Between Relational Aggression, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation in a Child Psychiatric Inpatient Sample
Contextual Influences of Proactive and Reactive Subtypes of Aggression
The positive impact of attending a community-based youth program on child depressive symptoms
The current study evaluated associations between attending a community-based youth program, neighborhood problems, and child depressive symptoms in a sample of 147 children (mean [M] age=8.22 years, 54.4% male). Findings suggested that both program attendance and neighborhood problems were uniquely associated with child depressive symptoms while also considering the variance associated with child delinquency, such that high levels of attendance a…
Childhood Predictors of an At-Risk Transition into Early Adulthood Among African American and Caucasian Males
The Influence of Physical Activity in the Relation Between Neighborhood Safety and Depressive Symptoms Among School-Age Children
The Impact of Aggression Subtypes and Friendship Quality on Child Symptoms of Depression
The Influence of Neighborhood Characteristics and Parenting Practices on Academic Problems and Aggression Outcomes Among Moderately to Highly Aggressive Children
The current study utilized a longitudinal design to examine the effects of neighborhood and parenting on 120 at‐risk children's academic and aggressive outcomes, concurrently and at two later timepoints during the transition to middle school. Random effects regression models were estimated to examine whether neighborhood characteristics and harsh parenting predicted change in these problems from 4 th to 6 th grade. Results indicated that academic…
Perceived Best Friend Delinquency Moderates the Link Between Contextual Risk Factors and Juvenile Delinquency
The current study evaluated the effects of contextual risk factors (i.e., negative life events and neighborhood problems) and perceived best friend delinquency on child self‐reported delinquency. More specifically, the present study extended the literature by evaluating whether best friend delinquency moderated the effects of contextual risk factors on self‐reported delinquency in a community‐recruited sample of 147 school‐aged children (mean age…
The Association Between Problematic Parental Substance Use and Adolescent Substance Use in an Ethnically Diverse Sample of 9th and 10th Graders
Further Evaluation of Associations Between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity and Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms and Bullying-Victimization in Adolescence
Child Routines and Parental Adjustment as Correlates of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Children Diagnosed with ADHD
Risk for Being a Teen Parent: The Influence of Proactive and Reactive Aggression in a Sample of Latino Adolescents
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms in Relation to Psychopathic Traits and Aggression Among Psychiatrically Hospitalized Children: ADHD Symptoms as a Potential Moderator
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is associated with elevated rates of psychopathic traits and aggression. However, it remains unclear if attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms exacerbate these relations, particularly in samples of children who are severely clinically distressed. The purpose of the present study was to test ADHD symptoms as a potential moderator of the relations of ODD symptoms to psychopathic traits (i.e., ca…
Reward and punishment sensitivity are differentially associated with ADHD and sluggish cognitive tempo symptoms in children
Substance Use as a Longitudinal Predictor of the Perpetration of Teen Dating Violence
Mediating Effect of Psychopathy on the Risk of Social Problems Among Children with ADHD Versus Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Symptoms
The Role of Reactive Aggression in the Link Between Hyperactive–Impulsive Behaviors and Peer Rejection in Adolescents
Psychology (77 works) · Clinical Psychology (63 works) · Developmental psychology (57 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (52 works) · Psychiatry (48 works) · Clinical Psychology (44 works) · Medicine (44 works) · Poison control (37 works) · Aggression (32 works) · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression (30 works)