Rebecca Griffith
- Current Intern: University of Pittsburgh/Western Psychiatric Hospital
- BA (2016) Park University, Parkville, MO
- MA (2019) Washburn University, Topeka, KS
Contact Info
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
My research interests focus on individual factors related to youth violence and juvenile delinquency. Specifically, I am interested in how neurocognitive, social cognitive, and personality factors contribute to violence propensity. Further, I am interested in how these same factors are related to behavior while incarcerated, and behavior post-release. My ultimate goal as a researcher is to advance the field of knowledge on these factors and inform and refine risk assessment across the course of criminal justice involvement and subsequently inform forensic assessments and targeted clinical interventions.
Selected Publications —
Pederson, C., Griffith, R., Nowalis, S., & Fite, P. (in press). Creating profiles of juvenile offenders using functions of aggression and callous-unemotional traits: Relations to crime type.
Fite, P., Baca, S., Gomez, C., Griffith, R., & Gudñio, O. (in press). Attitudes toward mental health services among detained adolescents: The role of CU traits.
Fite P., Hesse, D., & Griffith, R., (2022). Aggression and peer victimization experiences among adolescents who use alcohol with versus without parental permission. Journal of Substance Use. https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2022.2039967
Fite P., Griffith, R., Hesse, D., Tampke, E., & Barnhart, E. (2022). Psychological control and adjustment among detained youth: Does perceived containment matter? Journal of Child and Family Studies.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02192-y
Fite, P., Able, M., Hesse, D., Griffith, R., & Doyle, R. (2021). Links between proactive and reactive aggression and disciplinary actions among middle school-age youth. Psychology in the Schools, 58(9), 1877-1886.
Fite, P., Williford, A., Griffith, R., & Parker, K. (2020). Peer victimization among detained youth: The impact of callous-unemotional traits. Child and Youth Care Forum, 50, 569-585.
Nowalis, S., Fite, P., Pederson, C., Tampke, E., & Griffith, R. (2020). Role of perceived containment in the association between callous-unemotional traits and behavioral interventions in detained youth: does mediation or moderation better explain this relationship? Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 1-20.
Tampke, E., Fite, P., Griffith R., Pederson, C.A., & Abel, M. (2020). Further evaluations of the link between perceived containment and proactive and reactive functions of aggression in detained youth. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 30(4), 509-527.
Griffith, R., Huffhines, L., Jackson, Y., & Nowalis, S. (2020). Strategies for longitudinal recruitment and retention with parents and preschoolers exposed to significant adversity: The PAIR project as an example of methods, obstacles, and recommendations. Child and Youth Services Review, 110, 1-10.
Fite, P. Griffith, R., Tampke, E., Stone, K., & Strivastava, P. (2019). Factors associated with perceived containment. Journal of Community Psychology, 8(3), 932-944.
Fite, P. Tampke, E., & Griffith, R. (2019). Perceived containment among elementary school age youth. Psychopathology & Behavioral Assessment, 42, 150-159.
Fite, P., Pederson, C., & Griffith, R. (2019). Further evaluation of factors associated with restrictive housing among detained youth. Child & Youth Care Forum, 48(6), 849-864.
Griffith, R., Gillath, O., Zhao, X., & Martinez, R. (2017). Staying friends with an ex-romantic partner: Predictors, reasons, and outcomes. Journal of Personal Relationships, 24(3), 550-584.
Selected Presentations —
Guler, J., McGuire, A., Griffith, R., Jackson, A., & Hambrick, E. (March 2021) A systematic review of the influence of childhood trauma exposure on executive functioning. Poster presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), San Diego, CA.
Naderi, P., Griffith, R., & McGuire, M. (2020, April) Gender, Martyrdom, and Extremism: How Mass Violence Signifies Manhood in Militant Jihadism and White Nationalism. Presentation presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Omaha, NE.
Griffith, R. & Fite, P. (2020, March). Individual factors associated with violent and sex-related offenses in two juvenile detention cohorts. Poster presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Srivastava, S., Fite, P. J., Griffith, R., Tampke, E. C., & Stone, K. (2020, March). Factors Associated with Perceived Containment. Presentation presented at the 18th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. *cancelled due to COVID-19
Pederson, C., Griffith, R., & Fite, P. (2019, March). Relations between profiles of individual characteristics and crime typologies in juvenile offenders. Poster presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Griffith, R. (2019, March) Forensic confirmation bias: Is consider-the-opposite an effective debiasing strategy? Poster presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Griffith, R., Pederson, C., & Fite, P. (2018, October) Juvenile crime typologies: Do individual factors matter? Poster presented at the National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Annual meeting, Kansas City, MO.
Griffith, R., Jackson, Y., Cho, B., McGuire, A., & Gusler, S. (2018, August). Childhood trauma exposure and hostile attribution bias in parents of young children. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Cho, B., Griffith, R., Huffhines, L., Guler, J., & Jackson, Y. (2018, August). Cumulative trauma versus subtypes in relation to observed parenting behaviors. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Griffith, R., Provorse, D., & Nebel, C.L. (2018, March). Educating jurors via cross-examination: Adversarial allegiance and juror perceptions of expert biasability. Poster presented at the American Psychology and Law Society Annual Meeting, Memphis, TN.
Griffith, R., Gillath, O., Zhao, X., & Martinez, R. (2017, August). Staying friends with an ex-romantic partner: Predictors, reasons, and outcomes. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
Moffitt, K., Joy, E., Stran, B., Smalley, R., Griffith, R., Hockett, J., & Provorse, D. (2017, March). Preventing sexual and relationship violence on college campuses. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, TX.
Awards & Honors —
2022 Section Dissertation Award, Honorable Mention
APA Div 37 Child Maltreatment
2022 Wrightsman Summer Fellowship
The University of Kansas
2022 CLAS Graduate Scholarly Development Fund
The University of Kansas
2022 Nyre Student Support Fund Award
The University of Kansas
Grants & Other Funded Activity —
2022 F31 HD106745-01A1, NICHD
Title: The Role of Hostile Attribution Bias and Working Memory in the Link between Trauma Exposure and Violence in Justice-Involved Youth
Sponsor: Dr. Paula Fite, University of Kansas
Type: 1F31HD106745-01A1
Role: PI
Status: Funded
Amount: $39,442