Research

Poster Presentations:

Cyperski, M., Norwood-Strickland, A., & Burkhart, B. (2014, November). Dysfunctional parenting predicts oppositional behavior in juvenile sex offenders. Poster to be presented at annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Philadelphia, PA.

Cyperski, M., Newman, J., & Burkhart, B. (2014, October). Childhood maltreatment predicts dimensional markers of psychopathy in juvenile offenders. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Cyperski, M., Shapiro, S., Burkhart, B., & Witte, T. (2012, October). Examining executive functioning deficits in juvenile delinquents with a history of trauma exposure. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, KS.

Cook, P. K. & Burkhart, B. R. (2009, August). How Deceptive are Juvenile Sexual Offenders Regarding Their Offense? Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.  

Croysdale, A. E., Ritter, A., Burkhart, B. R. (2009, August).  Assessing Delinquency Change in a Juvenile Sex Offender Treatment Program. Poster accepted for the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

Boyles, C. G., Cook, P. K., & Burkhart, B. R. (2009, February). The Development of a  Psychopathy Content Scale for the MACI.  Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Cook, P. K., Boyles, C. G., Burkhart, B. R., & Comer, K. (2009, February).  Psychopathy and Personality Characteristics for Adolescent Offenders.  Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Norwood, A. K., Burkhart, B. R., Stevens, K., & Cook, P. K. (2009, February). Effectiveness of Creative Writing on Psychological Well Being in Prison.  Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Cook, P. K., Burkhart, B. R., Lazarte, A. A., & McQueen, D. R. (2008, August). A Measure of Depression for Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders. Poster session presented at the annual meeting for the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Cook, P. K., Burkhart, B.R., Lazarte, A. A., Pirtle, D, & Carter, B. (2008, August). A Measure of Conduct Disorder for Incarcerated Juvenile Offenders. Poster session presented at the annual meeting for the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Croysdale, A. E. & Burkhart, B. R. (2008, August). Comparison of Attachment Measures of Among Juvenile Sexual Offenders.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting for the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Cook, P. K., Burkhart, B. R., Lazarte, A. A., Pirtle, D. J., & Carter, B. (2008, May). Racial Differences on the Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory.  Poster session presented at the annual meeting of American Psychological Science, Chicago, IL.

Cook, P. K., Burkhart, B. R., Lazarte, A. A., McQueen, D. R., McCutheon, J. C., & Norwood, A. (2008, March).  Iatrogenic Effects Measured within a Juvenile Sexual Offender Population. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the 2008 Southeastern Psychological Association, Charlotte, NC.

Paper Presentations:

Mims, B.D., Simmons, L.W., & Norwood-Strickland, A. (2014, March). Autism Symptoms in

Juvenile Delinquents. Paper presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association Convention, Nashville, Tennessee.

Norwood-Strickland, A., Fix, R.L., Morais, H., Buckley, P., & Burkhart, B. (2014, March). Race, Attachment Styles, and Family Structure Differences among Juvenile Delinquents with and without Sexual Offenses. Paper presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Burkhart, B. R., Cook, P. K., & Sumrall, R. (2008, October). Embedding Research in a Large Scale Treatment Program. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Atlanta, GA.

Symposium Presentations:

Fix, R. L., Burkhart, B. R., Morais, H., & Newman, J. (2014, March). Review and Analysis of Current Social and Legal Policy Affecting Juveniles with  Sexual Offenses: A  Critique of Social and Legal Policies for Adolescents with Sexual Offenses. Symposium presented at the Society of Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.

Burkhart, B., Simmons, L., Newman, J., Kantra, L., Norwood-Strickland, A., Jacksons, M., Miranda, M., & Gray, E. (2013, March). Next-Generation Programming: Providing Psychological Services to Difficult Adolescent Populations. Symposium presented to the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, GA.

Manuscripts:

Fix, R. L., & Fix, S. T. (2013). The effects of mindfulness-based treatments for aggression: A critical review. Aggressive Behavior, 18, 219-227.

Last Updated: April 27, 2016