Research Interests
- Developmental Psychopathology
- Depression
- Neglect
Research Description
My research focuses on how and why certain children and adolescents go on to develop internalizing symptoms. Specifically, I examine the prospective interplay between cognitive, interpersonal, and physiological vulnerability factors and the onset and maintenance of depression in both domestic and international youth samples. In recent years, I have become increasingly interested in translating these basic developmental psychopathology findings into screening procedures that can better identify youth living in adverse family contexts, and thus, at elevated risk for psychological distress. Over the next several years, I look forward to taking an applied developmental psychopathology approach to research in which more objective psychosocial screening procedures are developed on the bases of novel, longitudinal, laboratory studies with at-risk youth.
Education
Ph.D., Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Psychology
Affiliate, Center for Social & Behavioral Science
External Links
Recent Publications
Cohen, J. R., Choi, J. W., Fishbach, J. S., & Temple, J. R. (2025). A Trauma-Focused Screening Approach for Teen Dating Violence Prevention. Prevention Science, 26(1), 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-025-01772-4
Stutts, M., Briley, D. A., & Cohen, J. R. (2025). The Prospective Impact of Perceived Social Support Profiles on Mental Health for Justice-Involved Youth. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 53(7), 1017-1031. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-025-01311-3
Thakur, H., Choi, J. W., Andrews, A. R., Temple, J. R., & Cohen, J. R. (2024). Measurement of adolescent psychological wellbeing: A test of factor structure and measurement invariance. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(3), 734-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12939
Cohen, J. R., & Stutts, M. (2023). Interpersonal Well-Being and Suicidal Outcomes in a Nationally Representative Study of Adolescents: A Translational Study. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51(9), 1327-1341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01068-7
De Los Reyes, A., Epkins, C. C., Asmundson, G. J. G., Augenstein, T. M., Becker, K. D., Becker, S. P., Bonadio, F. T., Borelli, J. L., Boyd, R. C., Bradshaw, C. P., Burns, G. L., Casale, G., Causadias, J. M., Cha, C. B., Chorpita, B. F., Cohen, J. R., Comer, J. S., Crowell, S. E., Dirks, M. A., ... Youngstrom, E. A. (2023). Editorial Statement About JCCAP’s 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 52(1), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2022.2158842