Carla S Stover

Biographic Data

ID	5046536
NAME	Carla S Stover
GIVEN NAMES	Carla S
FAMILY NAME	Stover
SIGNATURE	STOVER C S
AFFILIATIONS	Yale University
ORCID	0000-0002-6767-5307
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	30
TOTAL CITATIONS	59
AUTHOR COUNT	30
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	4

Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence Among Service Members and Veterans: A Scoping Review
Open AccessElizabeth C Coppola, Mark Relyea et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2026
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health challenge with disproportionately high rates among United States (U.S.) Service Members and Veterans. IPV is often conceptualized as a unidirectional phenomenon despite evidence that most IPV is bidirectional, where both members of a couple use and experience IPV. This scoping review examined the current state of the literature on bidirectional IPV among Service Members and Veterans. MEDL…
Scoping Review of Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence Using Dyadic Data
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Alison Krau et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2026
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often considered a unidirectional phenomenon even though historical debate has highlighted the prevalence of bidirectional IPV, where both partners in a couple use and experience IPV. Dyadic data, in which both partners report on IPV, is important because agreement in partner reports of IPV is low. This scoping review aimed to identify rates of bidirectional IPV and examined how different methods of reporting bi…
Emotion regulation among African American infants and their coparents in the context of triangular interactions at 12 months post‐partum
Open AccessYana Segal Sirotkin, Benedetta Ragni et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2026References: 102
Emotion regulation (ER) during infancy is largely interpersonal, with dyadic studies of mutual regulation revealing how interactions are co‐constructed moment by moment. However infant ER in triadic (father‐mother‐infant) context, the most common context for infant‐father engagement during the first year, has rarely been considered. This report presents a new observational system, measuring infant triangular emotion regulation (MITER), for assess…
Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines for Responding to Intimate Partner Violence Use Disclosures in U.S. Healthcare Settings
Open AccessGalina A Portnoy, Carla S Stover et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2025References: 3
The healthcare system plays a critical role in intimate partner violence (IPV) detection and response through implementation of routine screening for IPV experiences (i.e., victimization). Yet, development of guidelines for identifying and responding to those who use violence in relationships (i.e., perpetration) is in its infancy. We used a multi-phased exploratory sequential mixed methods approach to develop clinical practice guidelines for res…
Engagement in a Statewide Implementation of F4C: The Positive Impact of Coparent Involvement
Open AccessC McCaskill, Carter W McCaskill et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2025References: 4
Associations between trauma exposure and irritability within the family unit: A network approach
Open AccessGrace Cotter, Kristina Morreale et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Psychology and…2024
BACKGROUND: Pediatric irritability is a pervasive psychiatric symptom, yet its etiology remains elusive. While trauma exposure may contribute to the development of irritability, empirical research is limited. This study examined the prevalence of irritability among trauma-exposed children, identified factors that differentiate trauma-exposed children with and without irritability, and employed a network analysis to uncover associations between ir…
Caregiver-child agreement in posttraumatic symptoms and outcomes in the child and family traumatic stress intervention
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Hilary Hahn et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024References: 23
Randomized controlled trial of a prenatal focused coparenting consultation for unmarried black fathers and mothers: One‐year infant and family outcomes
Open AccessJames P Mchale, Carla S Stover et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2023Cited by: 3References: 64
In the infant mental health field, scant conceptual attention has been given to coparenting and family adaptations of non‐white family systems, with no evidence‐based, community‐informed coparenting interventions responsive to unmarried Black mothers’ and fathers’ life circumstances. This study examined 1‐year post‐partum child and family outcomes of a novel, modest dosage (six sessions) prenatal focused coparenting consultation (FCC) using rando…
Self‐reported reflective functioning and father–child interactions in a sample of fathers who have used intimate partner violence
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Angela Farren et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2023Cited by: 3References: 55
Reflective functioning (RF) has been found to be associated with mother–child interactions, but less is known about the association of fathers’ self and child‐focused RF and father–child relationships. Fathers who have histories of intimate partner violence (IPV) are known to have poor RF, which may impact their father–child interactions. The current study was designed to examine how types of RF are associated with father–child relationships. Pre…
Frontal EEG Asymmetry in Fathers who use Intimate Partner Violence
Open AccessEllie Baker, Ellie N Baker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2022References: 2
Structured Trauma-Related Experiences and Symptoms Screener for Adults (STRESS-A): Validation in a child welfare sample of mothers and fathers with active domestic violence
Austen Mcguire, Rebecca Beebe et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2021
The study supports the STRESS-A as a reliable and valid tool for measuring PTSD symptoms in caregivers with current domestic violence and CPS involvement. Findings indicate further research investigating symptom structure differences between mothers and fathers. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
The prefrontal cortex in a pandemic: Restoring functions with system-, family-, and individual-focused interventions
Open AccessAmy F T Arnsten, Eileen M Condon et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unanticipated and uncontrollable chronic stressor that is detrimental to the mental and behavioral health of children and families, particularly those from disadvantaged and marginalized backgrounds. Chronic stress impairs a myriad of prefrontal cortical functions, important for coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, and has consequences on dyadic parent-child functioning. Informed by neuroscience and clinical evidence, se…
Commentary: Covid-19 and mental health equity in the United States
Open AccessEileen M Condon, Amanda M Dettmer et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sociology2020
Evaluation of a Statewide Implementation of Fathers for Change: A Fathering Intervention for Families Impacted by Partner Violence
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Rebecca Beebe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2020Cited by: 1References: 5
Exploratory study on the role of trauma-informed self-care on child welfare workers' mental health
Open AccessAlison Salloum, Mi Jin Choi et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 2References: 30
Development of a trauma-informed self-care measure with child welfare workers
Open AccessAlison Salloum, Mi Jin Choi et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 3References: 35
The moderating role of attachment on the association between childhood maltreatment and adolescent dating violence
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Mi Jin Choi et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2018Cited by: 4References: 74
Findings of an Early Intervention to Address Children’s Traumatic Stress Implemented in the Child Advocacy Center Setting Following Sexual Abuse
Open AccessHilary Hahn, Matthew Oransky et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2015
The Moderating Role of Attachment on the Relationship Between History of Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence Victimization
Open AccessLinda Sapanski Smith, Carla S StoverARTICLEViolence Against Women2015Cited by: 4References: 13
Exposure to trauma is a well-established predictor of intimate partner violence (IPV), although this relationship is not causal. The current study hypothesized that attachment-based anxiety moderated the relationship between trauma history and IPV revictimization in a sample of women who had reported IPV victimization 1 year earlier. Results confirmed the following hypotheses: When attachment-based anxiety was high, trauma history was positively …
The Relationship of Reflective Functioning to Parent Child Interactions in a Sample of Fathers with Concurrent Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Substance Abuse Problems
Open AccessCarla S Stover, E E CoatesARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2015Cited by: 7References: 4
Statewide dissemination of an evidence-based practice using Breakthrough Series Collaboratives
Open AccessJason M Lang, Robert P Franks et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2015Cited by: 6References: 46
Hostility and substance use in relation to intimate partner violence and parenting among fathers
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Andrew Kiselica et al.ARTICLEAggressive Behavior2015Cited by: 1References: 61
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant public health and economic problem, which also increases the risks for child maltreatment. One attribute that may contribute to both IPV and poor parenting is hostility. Moreover, the link between hostility and these outcomes may be mediated by substance use, such that more hostile individuals are at greater risk for using drugs and alcohol, leading them to engage in more aggressive and rejecting b…
An Initial Examination of the Association of Reflective Functioning to Parenting of Fathers
Open AccessCarla S Stover, Andrew Kiselica et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2014Cited by: 4References: 54
Parental reflective functioning (RF) is a parent's capacity to understand and take into account the mental states of their children. Research on RF is somewhat scarce and has focused primarily on mothers. Mothers high in RF have improved parent–child relationships in terms of attachment, sensitivity, and more balanced mental representations of their children, in addition to displaying more caregiving behaviors than do those low in this characteri…
Caregiver and Youth Agreement Regarding Youths’ Trauma Histories: Implications for Youths’ Functioning After Exposure to Trauma
Open AccessMatthew Oransky, Hilary Hahn et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2013Cited by: 3References: 35
Agreement of parent and child reports of trauma exposure and symptoms in the early aftermath of a traumatic event
Carla S Stover, Hilary Hahn et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2010
Exposure to violence and potentially traumatic events (PTE) is a common experience among children and youth. Early interventions and treatment are most effective when parents are aware of the nature of the traumatic exposure, understand their child's symptomatic response, and are intimately involved in the treatment process. The present study investigated concordance between parents and exposed children on child trauma history, the subjective rep…