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Sarah Black

Sarah Black

Department of Psychological Sciences
Assistant Professor
Campus:
Kent
Office Location:
226 Kent Hall Annex
Contact Information
Email:
sblack38@kent.edu
Personal Website:
BE-RAD Lab

Biography

Graduate Areas: Clinical

  • Clinical - Child

Does Dr. Black plan to recruit a doctoral student for the next incoming class?

Research Interests:

My research interests lie broadly in the area of developmental psychopathology, with particular interest in risk for mood disorders during childhood and adolescence. Currently, my lab is investigating how parenting behaviors and parental psychopathology may influence the development of emotional regulation abilities during middle childhood and adolescence. Given our understanding of adolescence as a period of marked change, my research also considers how the normative hormonal, social, and environmental events of childhood and adolescence can be disrupted and lead to increased risk for emotional dysregulation. and subsequent psychopathology. Finally, I am a licensed clinical psychologist and maintain an ongoing interest in assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with a variety of presenting problems.

Courses Frequently Taught:

  • Clinical Practicum Supervision
  • Psychological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence 

Publications:

  • Black, S.R., Scalco, M.D., Mackin, D., Shirtcliff, E.A., & Klein, D.N. (in press). Longitudinal patterns of neuroendocrine coupling from middle childhood to early adolescence. Developmental Psychobiology.
  • Black, S.R., Evans, M.L., Aaron, L., Brabham, D.R., & Kaplan, R.M. (2021). Covariance between parent and child psychological symptoms before and during COVID-19. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 46(10), 1182-1194.
  • Kessel, E.M., Frost, A., Goldstein, B.L., Black, S.R., Dougherty, L.R., Carlson, G.A., & Klein, D.N. (2020).  Developmental pathways from preschool irritability to multifinality in early adolescence: The role of diurnal cortisol. Psychological Medicine, 1-9.
  • Hausman, E.M., Black, S.R., Bromet, E., Carlson, G., Danzig, A., Kotov, R., & Klein, D.N. (2020). Reciprocal effects of parent and child internalizing symptoms before and after a natural disaster. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(7), 836-845.
  •  Black, S.R., Seager, I., Meers, M.R., Arnold, L.E., Birmaher, B., Findling, R.L. … Fristad, M.A. (2020). Associations between parental psychopathology and sexual behavior in an outpatient psychiatric sample. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49 (1), 50-59.
  • Frost, A., Kessel, E., Black, S., Goldstein, B., Bernard, K., & Klein, D. (2019). Homotypic and heterotypic continuity of internalizing and externalizing symptoms from ages 3 to 12: The moderating role of diurnal cortisol. Development and Psychopathology, 31(2), 789-798.
  •  Black, S.R., Fristad, M.A., Arnold, L.E., Birmaher, B., Findling, R.L., Youngstrom, E.A., & Horwitz, S.H. (2019).  Factors influencing young adults’ use of outpatient mental health services. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 4(2), 113-121. 
  •  Black, S.R., Goldstein, B.L., & Klein, D.N. (2019) Parental depression moderates the relationships between cortisol, testosterone, and children’s symptoms. Journal of Affective Disorders, 251, 42-51.
  •  Black, S.R., Blampied, N.M., Arnold, L.E., & Fristad, M.A. (2019). Is evidence-based treatment helping my patient? Utilizing modified Brinley plots to measure clinical change. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 26(1), e12272.   
  • Black, S.R., Lerner, M.D., Shirtcliff, E.A., & Klein, D.N. (2018). Patterns of neuroendocrine coupling in 9-year-old children: Effects of body mass index and life stress. Biological Psychology, 132, 252-259. 

Education

Ph.D., Stony Brook University (2015)
Department of Psychological Sciences
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