Education
PhD, University of Vermont, 1995
Major Areas of Interest
- Understanding the effects of stressful life experiences on young people
- Developing interventions that protect youth from negative stress effects
Representative Sample of Publications
Taylor, J.J., Grant, K.E., Amrhein, K., Carter, J.S., Farahmand, F.,
Harrison, A., Thomas, K.J., Carleton, R.A., Lugo, E., & Katz, B.N.
(in press). The manifestation of depression in the context of urban
poverty: A factor analysis of the Children’s Depression Inventory in
low-income urban youth. Psychological Assessment.
Carter, J. S., Smith, S., Bostick, S., & Grant, K. E.
(2013). Mediating effects of parent-child relationships and body image
in the prediction of internalizing symptoms in urban youth. Journal of
Youth and Adolescence.
Farahmand, F.,
Duffy, S. N., Tailor, M., DuBois, D. L., Lyon, A., Grant, K. E.,
Czarlinski, J., Masini, O., Zander, K. J., & Nathanson, A. M.
(2012). Community-based mental health and behavioral programs for
low-income, urban youth: A meta-analytic review. Clinical Psychology:
Science and Practice, 19, 195-215.
Meyerson, D. A.,
Grant, K. E., Carter, J. S., & Kilmer, R. (2011). Posttraumatic
growth among children and adolescents: A systematic review. Clinical
Psychology Review, 31, 949-964.
Gaylord-Harden, N.
K., Cunningham, J., Holmbeck, G., & Grant, K. E. (2010).
Suppressor effects in coping research with African American adolescents
from low-income communities. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 78, 843-855.
Gaylord-Harden,
N.K., Taylor, J. J., Campbell, C. L., Kesselring, C. M., & Grant, K.
E. (2009). Maternal attachment and depressive symptoms in urban
adolescents: The influence of coping strategies and gender. Journal of
Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 684-695.
Saul, A. L., Grant, K. E., & Carter, J. S. (2008). Post-traumatic
reactions in adolescents: How well do the DSM-IV PTSD criteria fit the
real life experience of trauma exposed youth? Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 36, 915-925.
Landis, D.,
Gaylord-Harden, N., Malinowski, S., Grant, K. E., Ford, R. E., &
Carleton, R. A. (2007). Urban adolescent stress and hopelessness.
Journal of Adolescence, 30, 1051-1070.
Grant, K. E.
Compas, B. E., Thurm, A. E., McMahon, S. Gipson, P. Campbell, A.,
Krochock, K. & Westerholm, R. I. (2006). Stressors and child and
adolescent psychopathology: Evidence of moderating and mediating
effects. Clinical Psychology Review. 26, 257-283.
Grant, K. E.,
McCormick, A., Poindexter, L., Simpkins, T., Janda, C. M., Thomas, K.
J., Campbell, A., Carleton, R., & Taylor, J. J. (2005). Exposure
to violence and parenting as mediators between poverty and psychological
symptoms in urban African American adolescents. Journal of
Adolescence, 28, 507-521.
Grant, K. E.,
Compas, B. E., Thurm, A. E., McMahon, S. D., & Gipson, P. (2004).
Stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology: Measurement issues
and prospective effects. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent
Psychology, 33, 412-425.
Grant, K. E.,
Compas, B. E., Stuhlmacher, A., Thurm, A. E., McMahon, S., &
Halpert, J. (2003). Stressors and child and adolescent psychopathology:
Moving from markers to mechanisms of risk. Psychological Bulletin,
129, 447-466.
Grant, K. E.,
Marsh, P., Syniar, G., Williams, M., & Addlesperger, E. (2002).
Gender differences in rates of depression among undergraduates:
Measurement matters. Journal of Adolescence, 25, 613-617.
Reynolds, L. K.,
O’Koon, J. H., Papademetriou, E., Szczygiel, S., & Grant, K. E.
(2001). Stress and somatic complaints in low-income urban adolescents.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 30, 499-514.
Grant, K. E.,
O’Koon, J., Davis, T. H., Roache, N., Poindexter, L., Armstrong, M.,
Minden, J. A., & McIntosh, J. M. (2000). Protective factors
affecting low-income urban African-American youth exposed to stress.
Journal of Early Adolescence, 20, 388-417.