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PUBLICATIONS
Books and Monographs
Tolan, P. H. (1989), (Ed.), Multi-systemic structural-strategic interventions for child and adolescent
behavior problems. New York: Haworth Press, (also published as special issue of Journal of
Psychotherapy and the Family).
Tolan, P. H., Keys, C., Chertok, F., & Jason, L. (1990), (Eds.), Researching community
psychology: The integration of theories and methods. Washington, DC: The American
Psychological Association.
Tolan, P. H., & Cohler, B. J. (1993), (Eds.), Handbook of clinical research and practice with adolescents.
New York: Wiley.
Tolan, P. H., & Guerra, N. G. (1994). What works in reducing adolescent violence: An empirical review
of the field. Monograph prepared for the Center for the Study and Prevention of Youth Violence.
Boulder: University of Colorado.
Guerra, N. G., & Tolan, P. H. (1996). Violence prevention. Research Brief. Sponsored by the Society
for Research in Child Development. Prepared for U.S. Congress.
Tremblay, R., Nagin, D., Tolan, P.H., Dugue, L.F., Klevens, J., Velez, L.F., & Sarmiento, A. (1999).
Memoirs del seminars internacional sobre prevencion temprana de al violencia. Medellin,
Columbia: Alcadia de Medellin.
American Psychological Association, Working Group on Children’s Mental Health (Tolan, P.H., Anton,
B.S., Culbertson, J.L., Katz, K.S., & Nelson-Le Gall, S.A), (2001). Developing psychology’s
national agenda for children’s mental health: APA’s response to the surgeon general’s action
agenda for children’s mental health. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
http://www.apa.org/pi/cyf/dpnacmh.pdf.
Tolan, P.H., Szapocznik, J., & Sambrano, S. (2007), (Eds.), Preventing youth substance abuse: Sciencebased programs for children and adolescents. American Psychological Association.
Tolan, P.H., Henry, D., & Schoeny, M. (2008). The impact of mentoring on youth antisocial behavior: A
meta-analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 16, 1-15. Available at http://db.c2admin.org/docpdf/Tolan_Mentoring_review.pdf
Chapters
Lorion, R. P., Tolan, P. H., & Wahler, R. G. (1987). Prevention. In H. C. Quay (Ed.), The handbook of
juvenile delinquency (pp. 383-416). New York: Wiley.
Tolan, P. H., & McGuire, D. (1987). Children's needs and family size. In J. Grimes & A. Thomas (Eds.),
Children's needs: Psychological perspectives (pp. 202-209). Washington, DC: National
Association of School Psychologist.
McGuire, D., & Tolan, P. H. (1988). Clinical interventions with large family systems: Balancing
interests through siblings. In M. Kahn & K. Lewis (Eds.), Siblings in therapy (pp. 115-134).
New York: Norton Press.
Tolan, P. H., Keys, C., Jason, L., & Chertok, F. (1990). Conversing about theories, methods, and
community research. In P. H. Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok, & L. Jason (Eds.), Researching
community psychology: The integration of theories and methods (pp. 3-8). Washington, DC:
The American Psychological Association.
Chertok, F., Keys, C., Tolan, P. H., & Jason, L. (1990). An aspiration for community research. In P. H.
Tolan, C. Keys, F. Chertok, & L. Jason (Eds.), Researching community psychology: The
integration of theories and methods (pp. 224-228). Washington, DC: The American
Psychological Association.
Cohler, B. J., & Tolan, P. H. (1993). Tomorrow's adolescent: Life course psychopathology and
prevention. In P. H. Tolan & B. J. Cohler (Eds.), Handbook of clinical research and practice
with adolescents (pp. 489-526). New York: Wiley.
Davis, L., & Tolan, P. H. (1993). Alternative and preventive interventions. In P. H. Tolan & B. J. Cohler
(Eds.), Handbook of clinical research and practice with adolescents (pp. 427-451).
New York: Wiley.
Tolan, P. H., & Cohler, B. J. (1993). Introduction. In P. H. Tolan & B. J. Cohler (Eds.), Handbook of
clinical research and practice with adolescents (pp. 1-2). New York: Wiley.
Tolan, P. H., & Loeber, R. (1993). Antisocial behavior. In P. H. Tolan & B. J. Cohler (Eds.), Handbook
of clinical research and practice with adolescents (pp. 207-331). New York: Wiley.
Guerra, N. G., Tolan, P. H., & Hammond, R. (1994). Interventions for adolescent violence. In L. D.
Gentry, J. P. Schlagel, & L. Eron (Eds.), Reason to hope: A psychosocial perspective on violence
and youth (pp. 383-404). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hanish, L., Tolan, P. H., & Guerra, N. G. (1995). Treatment of oppositional defiant disorder. In M.
Reinecke, T. M. Dattilio & A. Freeman (Eds.), Casebook of cognitive-behavior therapy with
children and adolescents (pp. 62-78). New York: Guilford Press.
Tolan, P. H. (1996). Characteristics shared by exemplary child clinical interventions for indicated
populations. In M. C. Roberts (Ed.), Model programs in service delivery in child and family
mental health (pp. 91-107). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Guerra, N. G., Eron, L. D., Huesmann, L. R., Tolan, P. H., & VanAcker, R. (1997). A
cognitive/ecological approach to the prevention and mitigation of violence and aggression in
inner-city youth. In Bjorkquist, K., & D. P. Fry (Eds.), Cultural Variations in Conflict
Resolution: Alternatives to Violence (pp. 199-214). Mahwah, NJ. Lawrence Earlbaum.
Tolan, P. H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (1997). Families & development of urban children, In H. J. Walberg,
O. Reyes, R. P. Weissberg (Eds.), Urban Children & Youth: Inter disciplinary Perspective on
Policies & Programs (pp. 67-91). Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage.
Tolan, P. H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (1997). Treatment of juvenile delinquency: Between punishment and
therapy. In D. Stoff, J. Brieling, & J. Maser (Eds.), Handbook of antisocial behavior (pp. 405415). New York: John Wiley.
Tolan, P. H., Guerra, N. G., & Montaini-Klovdahl, L. (1997). Staying out of harm's way: Children's
coping with inner-city life. In S. Wolchik & I. Sandler (Eds.), Handbook of children's coping
with common stressors: Linking theory, research and interventions (pp. 453-479).
New York: Plenum.
Tolan, P.H. (1998). Voorspellers van gewelddadig gedrag bij jongeren. In W.K.en Wim Slot (Ed.), Van
lastig tot misdadig (pp. 52-64). Bohn Stafeu Van Loghum, Houten.
Tolan, P. H., & Brown, C. H. (1998). Methods for evaluating intervention and prevention efforts. In. P.
K. Trickett & C. Schellenbach (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the community
(pp. 439-464). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Tolan, P. H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (1998). Development of serious, violent and chronic offenders. In R.
Loeber & D. Farrington (Eds.), Never too early, never too late: Serious, violent and chronic
juvenile offenders (pp.68-85). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Tolan, P. H., & Guerra, N. G. (1998). Societal causes of violence towards children. In. P. K. Trickett &
C. Schellenbach (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the community (pp. 195-209).
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Tolan, P.H., & Kruesi, M. J. P. (1998). Disruptive behavior. In J. Noshpitz, S.I. Harrison & S. Eth
(Eds.), Handbook of child and adolescent psychiatry: Vol.5 (2nd Ed., pp. 83-87). New York:
Basic Books.
Tolan, P. H., Quintana, E. & Gorman-Smith, D. (1998). Prevention approaches for families. In L. L'Abate
(Ed.), Family psychopathology: The relational roots of dysfunctional behavior (pp. 379-400).
New York: Guilford Press.
Elliott, D., & Tolan, P. H. (1999). Youth violence, prevention, intervention and social policy: An
overview. In D. Flannery & R. Hoff (Eds.), Youth violence: A volume in the psychiatric clinics of
North America (pp. 3-46). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P. H., & Henry, D. (1999). The relation of community and family to risk
among urban poor adolescents. In P. Cohen, L. Robins, & C. Slomkowski (Eds.), Historical and
geographical influences on psychopathology (pp. 349-367). Hillsdale, NJ: Earlbaum.
Leventhal, A., Gorman-Smith, D., & Tolan, P.H. (1999). Urban violence. In L. Kurtz (Ed.),
Encyclopedia of violence, peace, and conflict (pp. U21-U27). San Diego: Academic Press.
Tolan, P.H. (1999). Research methods in community-based treatment and prevention. In P. Kendall, J.
Butcher, & G. Holmbeck (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in clinical psychology (2nd
edition) (pp. 403-418). New York: J. Wiley.
Hanish, L. D., & Tolan, P. H. (2001). Antisocial behaviors in children and adolescents: Expanding the
cognitive model. In W. J. Lyddon & J. V. Jones (Eds.), Empirically-supported cognitive
therapies: Current and future applications (pp. 182-199). Springer-Verlag.
Tolan, P. H. (2002). Family-focused prevention research: Tough but tender with family intervention
research. In H. Liddle, J. Bray, D. Santesban & R. Levant (Eds.), Family psychology intervention
science (pp. 197-214). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Tolan, P.H. (2002). Crime prevention: Focus on youth. In J.Q. Wilson & J. Petersilia (Eds.), Crime
(pp. 109-128). Oakland, CA: Institute for Contemporary Studies Press.
Treuting, J.J., Haegerich, T.M., & Tolan, P.H. (2003). Preventing delinquency and antisocial behavior.
In L.A., Jason, & D.S. Glenwick (Eds.), Innovative strategies for promoting health and mental
health across the lifespan (pp. 126-152). New York, NY: Springer Publishing.
Gorman-Smith, D., & Tolan, P.H. (2003). Positive adaptation among youth exposed to community
violence. In S. Luthar (Ed.), Resilience and vulnerability: Adaptation in the context of childhood
adversities (pp. 392-413). New York: Cambridge University Press.
Tolan, P.H., Sherrod, L., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2003). Building protection, support, and
opportunity for inner youth and their families. In K. Maton, C. Schellenbach, B. Leadbeater, & A
Solarz (Eds.), Investing in children, youth, families, and communities: Strengths-based research
and policy (pp. 193-211). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Pokorny, S.B., Baptiste, D.R., Tolan, P., Hirsch, B., Talbot, B., Ji, P., Paikoff, R.L., & Madison-Boyd, S.
(2004). Prevention science: Participatory approaches and Community Case Studies. In L.A.
Jason, C.B. Keys, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, R.R. Taylor, M.I., Davis, J. Durlak, & D. Holtz Isenberg
(Eds.), Participatory community research: Theories and methods in action. (pp. 87-104).
American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Tolan, P. H. (2004). Current state of violence prevention. In D. Flannery (Ed.), Institute for the Study
and Prevention of Violence-Kent Stat: Current perspectives on violence prevention. (pp. 28-31).
Kent State University.
Tolan, P.H. (2004). Going to scale in preventing antisocial behavior. In A. Solarz, (Ed.), Going to scale:
Multisector models of dissemination. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, Center
for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Graczyk, P., & Tolan, P.H. (2005). Implementing effective youth violence programs in community-based
organizational settings. In R. Steele & M. Roberts (Eds.), Handbook of mental health services for
children, adolescents, and families. (pp. 215-230). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P., & Henry, D. (2005). Promoting resilience in the inner-city: Families as a
venue for protection, support and opportunity. In R. Peters, B. Leadbeater & R. McMahon
(Eds.), Resilience in children, families, and communities: Linking theory with practice and policy.
(pp. 137-155). New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Tolan, P., & Morris, K. (2005). The inner-city of the United States and risk for substance use among
youth. In I. Obot & S. Saxena (Eds.), Substance use among young people in urban
environments. (pp. 77-102). Geneva: World Health Organization.
Tolan, P., Schoeny, M., Slavick, J., Boonmongkon, P., Czemy, V., Eisenstein, E., Movaghar, A.R., et al.
(2005). Risk factors for substance abuse and related adolescent problems: A brief survey in nine
countries. In I. Obot & S. Saxena (Eds.), Substance use among young people in urban
environments. (pp. 191-202) Geneva: World Health Organization.
Taylor-Crawford K. & Tolan, P.H. (2006). Beers, Clifford and Mental Hygiene. In Gary Albrecht, (Ed.).
Encyclopedia of Disability. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Tolan, P.H., Kamon, J., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2006). Treatment of adolescent disorders. In D. Wolfe &
E. Mash (Eds.). Treatment and prevention of adolescent disorders for behavioral and emotional
disorders in adolescents. (pp. 56-90). New York: Guilford Press.
Tolan, P., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2006). Family violence. In D. L. Schacter (Ed.), Annual
review of psychology (vol 57). (pp. 557-583). Palo Alto, CA US: Annual Reviews.
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., Henry, D., Quintana, E., Lutovsky, K., & Leventhal, A. (2007).
The SAFEChildren prevention program. In P. Tolan, J. Szapocznik, & S. Sombrano (Eds.),
Developmental approaches to prevention of substance abuse and related problems.
(pp.113-136). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Szapocznik, J., Tolan, P.H., Sambrano, S, & Schwartz, S. (2007). Preventing youth substance abuse: An
overview. In P. Tolan, J. Szapocznik, & S. Sombrano (Eds.), Preventing youth substance abuse:
Science-based programs for children and adolescents. (pp. 3-18). Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Tolan, P.H., Szapocznik, J., & Sambrano, S. (2007). Opportunities for development prevention of
substance abuse. In P. Tolan, J. Szapocznik, & S. Sombrano (Eds.), Preventing youth substance
abuse: Science-based programs for children and adolescents. (pp. 241-252) Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
Tolan, P.H. (2007). Understanding violence. In D. Flannery, Alexander T. Vazsonyi & Irwin D.
Waldman, (Eds.) Cambridge handbook of violent behavior and aggression. (pp. 5-18).
Cambridge University Press.
Abdul-Adil, J., Tolan, P.H., & Guerra, N.G. (2008). The cognitive-ecological model: Promise for the
future. In M. Mayer, R. VanAcker, J. Lochman, & F. Gresham (Eds.), Cognitive-behavioral
interventions for students with emotional/behavioral disorders. (pp. 365-384). Thousand Oaks:
Sage Publications.
Abdul-Adil, J., & Tolan, P.H. (2008). Violence prevention. In C. Renzetti & J. Edleson (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of interpersonal violence. (pp. 545-547). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Abdul-Adil, J., & Tolan, P.H. (2008). Youth violence. In C. Renzetti & J. Edleson (Eds.), Encyclopedia
of interpersonal violence. (pp. 767-768) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Guerra, N. G., Williams, K. R., Tolan, P.H., & Modecki, K.L. (2008). Theoretical and research advances
in understanding the causes of juvenile offending. In R.D. Hoge, N. Guerra, & P. Boxer (Eds.),
Treating the juvenile offender. (pp. 33-53). New York: Guilford Press.
Haegerich, T. & Tolan. P.H. (2009). Core competencies and prevention of adolescent substance use.
N.G. Guerra & C. Bradshaw (Eds.), Youth at risk: Core competencies to prevent problem
behaviors and promote positive youth development. New Directions in Child Development (R.
Larson & L. A. Jensen, Series Ed.). (pp. 47-61). New York: Josey-Bass.
Tolan, P. & Grant, K. E. (2009). How social and cultural contexts shape the development of coping. In E.
Skinner & M. Zimmer-Gembeck (Eds.), New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development:
Coping and the Development of Regulation, 124, (pp. 61-74).
Tolan, P.H. & Titus, J. (2009). Therapeutic jurisprudence in juvenile justice. In B. Bottoms, G.
Goodman, & C. Najdowski (Eds.), Child victims, child offenders. (pp. 313-333). New York:
Guilford Press.
Woo, S. & Tolan, P.H. (2009). Charting a way forward for school-family partnerships for child mental
health. In S. Christenson (Ed.), The handbook on school-family partnerships for promoting
student competence. (pp. 473-501). Boston: Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
Falender, C. & Tolan, P.H. (2010). The Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice. In I. Weiner
& E. Craighead (Eds.), The corsini encyclopedia of psychology. 4th edition. (p. 1651). Hoboken,
NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Schoeny, M. & Tolan, P.H. (2010). Delinquency. In I. Weiner & E. Craighead (Eds.), Corsini’s
Encyclopedia of Psychology. 4th edition. (p. 467). New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Hagerich, T.M. & Tolan, P.H. (in press). Delinquency and co-morbid Conditions. In D. Bishop and B.
Feld (Eds.), Oxford Handbook on Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice. Oxford University Press.
Horney, J. , Tolan, P.H., & Wesibourd, D. (in press). Situational aspects of the transition from adolescent
offending to adulthood crime. In R. Loeber & D. Farrington (Eds.), The Transitions between
Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime. Oxford University Press.
Articles
Tolan, P. H., & Lounsbury, J. W. (1982). Community mental health ideology presented in high school
health texts: A content analysis. Community Mental Health Journal, 18, (pp. 286-296).
Tolan, P. H., Cromwell, R. E., & Brasswell, M. (l986). The application of family therapy to juvenile
delinquency: A critical review of the literature. Family Process, 25, (pp. 6l9-649).
Tolan, P. H. (1987). Implications of age of onset for delinquency risk identification. Journal of Abnormal
Child Psychology, 15, (pp. 47-65).
Tolan, P. H., Perry, M. S., & Jones, T. (l987). Delinquency prevention: An example of consultation in
rural community mental health. Journal of Community Psychology, 15, (pp. 43-50).
Naylor, K., Tolan, P. H., & Wilson, M. (1988). Acquaintance rape: A systems perspective. The
Community Psychologist, 21, (pp. 20-21).
Tolan, P. H. (1988). Delinquent behaviors and male adolescent development: A preliminary study.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 17, (pp. 413-427).
Tolan, P. H. (1988). Socioeconomic, family, and social stress correlates of adolescents' antisocial and
delinquent behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 16, (pp. 317-332).
Tolan, P. H., Jaffe, C., & Ryan, K. (1988). Adolescents' mental health service use and provider, process,
and recipient characteristics. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 17, (pp. 228-235).
Tolan, P. H., & Lorion, R. P. (1988). Multivariate approaches to the identification of
delinquency-proneness in males. American Journal of Community Psychology, 16,
(pp. 547-561).
Tolan, P. H., Miller, L., & Thomas, P. (1988). Perception and experience of types of social stress and self
image among adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 17, (pp. 147-163).
Tolan, P. H., & Thomas, P. (1988). Correlates of delinquency participation and persistence. Criminal
Justice and Human Behavior, 15, (pp. 306-327).
McGuire, D., Manghi, E., & Tolan, P. H. (1989). The family-school system: The critical focus for
structural-strategic therapy with school behavior problems. Journal of Psychotherapy and the
Family, 6, (pp. 107-127).
Tolan, P. H. (1989). Guidelines and pitfalls: Applying structural-strategic approaches in a multiple level
perspective. Journal of Psychotherapy and the Family, 6, (pp. 151-156).
Tolan, P. H. (1989). Introduction: Treating behavior problems from a multi-level structural-strategic
approach. Journal of Psychotherapy and the Family, 6, (pp. 1-8).
Tolan, P. H. (1990). Family therapy, substance abuse, and adolescents: Moving from isolated cultures to
related components. Invited Essay Review. Journal of Family Psychology, 3, (pp. 454-465).
Tolan, P. H. (1990). Research training at DePaul University. The Community Psychologist, 23, (pp. 7-8).
Tolan, P. H., & Mitchell, M. E. (1990). Families and antisocial and delinquent behavior. Journal of
Psychotherapy and the Family, 6, (pp. 29-48).
Tolan, P. H. (1991). The impact of therapist outcome conception on child and adolescent family therapy.
Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 1, (pp. 61-78).
Gorman-Smith, D., & Tolan, P. H. (1992). Ethics and empirical basis of treatment of adult survivors of
childhood sexual abuse. AFTA Newsletter, 50, (pp. 41-44).
Attar, B. K., Guerra, N. G., & Tolan, P. H. (1994). Neighborhood disadvantage, stressful life events, and
adjustment in urban elementary school children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23,
(pp. 391-400).
Eargle, A., Guerra, N. G., & Tolan, P. H. (1994). Preventing aggression in inner-city children: Small
group training to change cognition, social skills, and behavior. Journal of Child and Adolescent
Group Psychotherapy, 4, (pp. 229-242).
Tolan, P. H., & Guerra, N. G. (1994). Prevention of delinquency: Current status and issues. Journal of
Applied and Preventive Psychology, 3, (pp. 251-273).
Guerra, N. G., Huesmann, L. R., Tolan, P. H., VanAcker, R. V., & Eron, L. D. (1995). Stressful events
and individual beliefs as correlates of economic disadvantage and aggression among urban
children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, (pp. 518-528).
Tolan, P. H., Guerra, N. G., & Kendall, P. (1995). A developmental- ecological perspective on antisocial
behavior in children and adolescents: Towards a unified risk and intervention framework.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 63, (pp. 579-584).
Tolan, P. H., Guerra, N. G., & Kendall, P. (1995). Introduction to special section on prediction and
prevention of antisocial behavior in children and adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 63, (pp. 515-517).
Tolan, P. H., & Thomas, P. (1995). The implications of age of onset for delinquency risk II:
Longitudinal evidence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 23, (pp. 157-181).
Florsheim, P., Tolan, P. H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (1996). Family processes and risk for externalizing
behavior problems among African-American and Hispanic boys. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 64, (pp. 1222-1230).
Gorman-Smith, D., & Tolan, P. H. (1996). Prospects and possibilities: Next steps in sound understanding
of youth violence. Journal of Family Psychology, 10, (pp. 153-157).
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P. H., Zelli, A., & Huesmann, L. R. (1996). The relation of family functioning
to violence among inner-city minority youth. Journal of Family Psychology, 10,
(pp. 115-129).
Huesmann, L. R., Maxwell, C., Eron, L., Dahlberg, L. L., Guerra, N. G., Tolan, P. H., VanAcker, R., &
Henry, D. (1996). Evaluating a cognitive/ ecological program for the prevention of aggression in
urban children. Preventive Medicine, 12, (pp. 120-128).
Tolan, P. H. (1996). How resilient is the concept of resilience? The Community Psychologist, 29,
(pp. 12-15).
Tolan, P. H., & Guerra, N. G. (1996). Progress and prospects in youth violence prevention evaluation.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 12, (pp. 129-131).
Tolan, P. H., & Henry, D. (1996). Patterns of psychopathology among urban poor children: Co-morbidity
and aggression effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64,
(pp. 1094-1099).
Tolan, P. H., & McKay, M. (1996). Preventing serious antisocial behavior in inner-city children: An
empirically based family prevention program. Family Relations, 45, (pp. 148-155).
Tolan, P. H., Gorman-Smith, D., Huesmann, L.R., & Zelli, A. (1997). Assessment of family relationship
characteristics: A measure to explain risk for antisocial behavior and depression in youth.
Psychological Assessment, 9, (pp. 212-223).
Van Acker, R., Guerra, N. G., Tolan, P. H., Huesmann, L. R., Eron, L. D., & Henry, D. (1997). An
examination of school-based aggression: Examination of risk factors and prevention practices.
Focus on Exceptional Children.
Florsheim, P., Tolan, P. H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (1998). Family relationships, parenting practices, the
availability of male family members, and the behavior of inner-city boys in single-mother and
two-parent families. Child Development, 69, (pp. 1437-1447).
Gorman-Smith, D., & Tolan, P. H. (1998). The role of exposure to violence and developmental problems
among inner-city youth. Development & Psychopathology, 10, (pp. 101-116).
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P. H., Loeber, R., & Henry, D. (1998). The relation of family problems to
patterns of delinquent involvement among urban youth. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,
26, (pp. 319-333).
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., & Henry, D. (2000). A developmental-ecological model of the relation
of family functioning to patterns of delinquency. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 16, (pp.
169-198).
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., Henry, D.B., & Florsheim, P. (2000). Patterns of family functioning and
adolescent outcomes among urban African American and Mexican American families. Journal
of Family Psychology, 14, (pp. 436-457).
Henry, D., Guerra, N.G., Huesmann, L.R., Tolan, P.H., VanAcker, R., & Eron, L.D. (2000). Normative
influences on aggression in urban elementary school classrooms. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 28, (pp. 59-81).
Minden, J., Henry, D., Tolan, P.H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2000). Urban boys’ social networks and school
violence. Professional School Counselor, 4, (pp. 95-104).
Tolan, P.H. (2000). School strategies for increasing school safety. Choices Briefs, 6, (pp. 1-9).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Loeber, R. (2000). Developmental timing of onsets of disruptive
behaviors and later delinquency of inner-city youth. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 9,
(pp. 203-220).
Hanish, L., & Tolan, P.H. (2001). Patterns of change in family-based aggression prevention. Journal of
Marriage and Family Therapy, 27, (pp. 213-226).
Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2001). Longitudinal family and peer group effects on
violence and non-violent delinquency. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, (pp. 172-186).
Sheidow, A.J., Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., & Henry D. (2001). Family and community
characteristics: Risk factors for violence exposure in inner-city youth. Journal of Community
Psychology, 29, (pp. 345-360).
Tolan, P.H. (2001). Emerging themes and challenges in understanding youth violence involvement.
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 30, (pp. 233-239).
Tolan, P.H. (2001). Youth violence and its prevention in the United States: An overview of current
knowledge. Journal of Injury Control & Safety Promotion, 8, (pp. 1-12).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2001). New study to focus on efficacy of a whole school
prevention approaches. Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Youth, 2, (pp. 5-6 & 22).
Barkley, R. A., Cook, E. H., Dulcan, M., Campbell, S., Prior, M., Atkins, M., … Lewandowski, L.
(2002). Consensus statement on ADHD. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 11(2), 96-98.
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P., Henry, D., Leventhal, A., Schoeny, M., Lutovsky, K., & Quintana, E.
(2002). Predictors of participation in family-focused preventive-intervention for substance use.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 16, (pp. S55-S64).
Gorman-Smith, D., Tolan, P.H., Sheidow, A.J., & Henry, D. (2002). Partner violence and on the street:
Do the same factors relate? Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, (pp. 273-295).
Levant, R.F., Tolan, P., & Dodgen, D. (2002). New directions in children’s mental health policy:
Psychology’s role. Journal of Professional Psychology- Research & Practice, 33, (pp. 115-124).
Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group (e.g., Tolan P. H., Guerra, N.G., Henry, D., Huesmann,
L. R., Eron, L. D., & Van Acker, R.) (2002). A Cognitive-ecological approach to preventing
aggression in urban settings: Initial outcomes for high-risk children. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 70, (pp. 179-194).
Tolan, P. H., Hanish, L., McKay, M., & Dickey, M. (2002). Evaluating process in child and family
interventions: Aggression prevention as an example. Journal of Family Psychology, 16,
(pp. 220-236).
Tolan, P. H., Gorman-Smith, D., Henry, D., Chung, K., & Hunt, M. (2002). The relation of patterns of
coping of inner-city youth to psychopathology symptoms. Journal of Research on Adolescence,
12, (pp. 423-449).
Tolan, P., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2002). Linking family violence to delinquency across
generations. Children's Services: Social Policy, Research, and Practice, 5, (pp. 273-284).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D.B. (2003). The developmental-ecology of urban males’
youth violence. Developmental Psychology, 39, (pp. 274-291).
Tolan, P.H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2003). What violence prevention can tell us about developmental
psychopathology. Developmental and Psychopathology, 14, (pp. 713-729).
Letendre, J., Henry, D., & Tolan, P.H. (2003). Leader and therapeutic influences and prosocial skill
building in school based groups to prevent aggression. Research on Social Work Practice, 13,
(pp. 569-587).
Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group, & Gorman-Smith, D. (2003). Effects of teacher training
and consultation on teacher behavior toward students at high risk for aggression. Behavior
Therapy, 34, (pp. 437-452).
Henry, D.B., Farrell, A.D., & the Multisite Violence Prevention Project. (2004). The study designed by a
committee: Design of the Multisite Violence Prevention Project. American Journal of Preventive
Medicine, 26, (pp. 12-19).
Meyer, A.L., Allison, K.W., Reese, L.E., Gay, F.N., & the Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2004).
Choosing to be violence free in middle school: The student component of the GREAT Schools
and Families universal program. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26, (pp. 20-29).
Miller-Johnson, S., Sullivan, T.N., Simon, T.R. & the Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2004).
Evaluating the impact of interventions in the Multisite Violence Prevention Study: Samples,
procedures, and measures. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26, (pp. 48-61).
Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2004). Lessons learned in the Multisite Violence Prevention
Project: Collaboration: Big questions require large efforts. American Journal of Preventive
Medicine, 26, (pp. 62-71).
Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2004). The Multisite Violence Prevention Project: Background
and overview. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26, (pp. 3-11).
Orpinas, P., Horne, A.M., & the Multisite Violence Prevention Project. (2004). A teacher-focused
approach to prevent and reduce students’ aggressive behavior: The GREAT teacher program.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26, (pp. 29-38).
Smith, E.P., Gorman-Smith, D., Quinn, W., Rabiner, D., Tolan, P., Winn, D-M., & the Multi-Site
Violence Prevention Project (2004). Community-based multiple family groups to prevent and
reduce violent and aggressive behavior. The GREAT Families Program. American Journal of
Preventive Medicine, 26, (pp. 39-47).
Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2004). Have there been lasting effects associated with
the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks among inner-city parents and children? Journal of
Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 35, (pp. 542-547).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2004). Supporting families in a high-risk setting: Proximal
effects of the SAFEChildren Prevention Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 72, (pp. 855-869).
Gorman-Smith, D., Henry, D.B., & Tolan, P.H. (2004). Exposure to community violence and violence
perpetration: The protective effects of family functioning. Journal of Clinical Child and
Adolescent Psychology, 33, (pp. 439-449).
Tolan, P.H. (2004). International trends in bullying and children’s health: Giving it due consideration.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 158, (pp. 831-832). (Invited Editorial).
Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., & Gorman-Smith, D. (2005). Cluster analysis in family psychology research.
Journal of Family Psychology, 19, (pp. 121-132).
Tolan, P.H., & Dodge, K.A. (2005). Children’s mental health as a primary care and concern: A system
for comprehensive support and service. American Psychologist, 60, (pp. 601-614).
Henry, D. & the Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group (2006). Associations between peer
nominations, teacher ratings, self-reports, and observations of malicious and disruptive behavior.
Assessment, 13, (pp. 241-252).
Henry, D. B., Miller-Johnson, S., Simon, T., Schoeny, M., & the Multisite Violence Prevention Project.
(2006). Validity of teacher nominations and ratings for selecting influential high risk students for
a targeted intervention. Prevention Science, 7, (pp. 31-41).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Henry, D. (2006). Family violence. Annual Review of Psychology,
57, (pp. 550-583).
Gregory, A., Henry, D. B., Schoeny, M. E. & The Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group
(2007). School climate and implementation of a preventive intervention. American Journal of
Community Psychology, 40, (pp. 250-260).
Metropolitan Area Child Study Research Group (2007). Changing the way children "think" about
aggression: Social-cognitive effects of a preventive intervention. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 57, (pp. 160-167).
Saywitz, K. & Tolan P.H. (2007). Prevention and children’s mental health: Introduction to special issue.
Child and Family Policy and Practice Review. 3, (pp. 1-3).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D. Henry, D., & Schoeny, M. (2007). Prevention as one form of
developmental intervention: Implications for service and training. Child and Family Policy and
Practice Review, 3, (pp. 14-16).
Brady, S. S., Gorman-Smith, D, Henry, D., & Tolan, P.H. (2008). Adaptive coping reduces the impact of
community violence exposure on violent behavior among African American and Latino male
adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, (pp. 105-115).
Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2008). The Multisite Violence Prevention Project: Impact of a
universal school-based violence prevention program on social-cognitive outcomes. Prevention
Science, 9, (pp. 231-244).
Sheidow, A. J., Strachan, M. K., Minden, J. A., Henry, D. B., Tolan, P. H. & Gorman-Smith, D. (2008).
The relation of antisocial behavior patterns and changes in internalizing symptoms for a sample
of inner-city youth: Co-morbidity within a developmental framework. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 37, (pp. 821-829).
Tolan, P., Henry, D., Schoeny, M., & Bass, A. (2008). Mentoring interventions to affect juvenile
delinquency and associated problems. Campbell Systematic Review, 16, (pp. 1-112).
De Los Reyes, A., Henry, D., Tolan, P. & Wakschlag, L. (2009) Linking informant discrepancies to
observed variations in young children’s disruptive behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 37, (pp. 637-652).
Miller-Johnson, S., Gorman-Smith, D., Sullivan, T. N., Orpinas, P., & Simon, T. (2009). Parent and peer
predictors of physical dating violence perpetration in early adolescence: Tests of moderation and gender
differences. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, (pp. 538-550).
Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2009). The ecological effects of universal and selective violence
prevention programs for middle school students: a randomized trial. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 77, (pp. 526-542).
Multisite Violence Prevention Project (2009). The multisite violence prevention project: impact of a
universal school-based violence prevention program on social-cognitive outcomes. Prevention
Science, 9, (pp. 231-244).
Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., Henry, D. B., & Schoeny, M. (2009). The benefits of booster
interventions: evidence from a family-focused prevention program. Prevention Science. 10,
(pp. 287-297).
Abdul-Adil, J., Drozd, O, Irie, I., Riley, R., Silas, A., Famer, A.D., & Tolan, P.H. (2010). Universitycommunity mental health center collaboration: Encouraging the dissemination of empiricallybased treatment and practice, Community Mental Health Journal, 46, (pp. 417–422).
Simon, T., Miller, S., Gorman-Smith, D., Orpinas, P., Sullivan, T. N., & the Multisite Violence
Prevention Project (2010). Physical dating violence norms and behavior among 6th-grade
students from four U.S. sites. Journal of Early Adolescence, 30, (pp. 395-409).
Wakschlag, L., Tolan, P., & Leventhal, B. (2010). Research Review: ‘Ain’t misbehavin’: Towards a
developmentally-sensitive nosology for preschool disruptive behavior. Journal of Child
Psychology & Psychiatry, 51, (pp. 3-22).
Farrell, A., Henry, D., Schoeny, M., Bettencourt, A., Tolan, P. (2010) Normative beliefs and self-efficacy
for nonviolence as moderators of peer, school, and parental risk factors for aggression in early
adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 39, (pp. 800-813).
Guerra, N. G., Graham, S. and Tolan, P. H. (2011). Raising healthy children: Translating child
development research into practice. Child Development, 82, (pp. 7–16).
Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., Gorman-Smith, D., & Schoeny, M.E. (2012). Risk and promotive factors for
youth violence: Results from the CDC Multisite Violence Prevention Project. American Journal
of Preventive Medicine.
Lee-Williams, J., Tolan, P. H., Durkee, M., Amir, F., & Anderson, R. (2012). Integrating racial and
ethnic identity research into developmental understanding of adolescents. Child Development
Perspectives, 6,304-311.
Multisite Violence Prevention Project. (2012). Mediators of effects of a selective family-focused
violence prevention approach for middle school students. Prevention Science, 13,114.doi:10.1007/s11121-011-0245-2
Wakschlag, L.S., Henry, D.B., Tolan, P.H., Carter, A.S., Burns, J.L., & Briggs-Gowan, M.J.
(2012). Putting theory to the test: Modeling a multidimensional, developmentally-based
approach to preschool disruptive behavior. Journal of the American Academy for Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 51, 593-604.
Aiyer, S. M., Williams, J. L., Tolan, P. H., & Wilson, M. N. (2013). Predicting desistance in a high-risk
sample: Examining the influence of individual and contextual factors. Journal of Community
Psychology, 41 (4), 408-424.]
Henry, D. B., Dymnicki, A. B., Schoeny, M. E., Meyer, A. L., & Martin, N. C., Multisite Violence
Prevention Project. (2013). Middle school students overestimate normative support for
aggression and underestimate normative support for nonviolent problem-solving
strategies. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 43 (2), 433-445.
Matjasko, J. L., Vivolo-Kantor, A., Henry, D. B., Gorman-Smith, D., & Schoeny, M. E., The Multisite
Violence Prevention Project. (2013). The relationship between a family-focused preventive
intervention, parenting practices, and exposure to violence during the transition to adolescence:
Testing a mediational model. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 22 (1), 45-66.
doi:10.1080/10926771.2013.743947
Multisite Violence Prevention Project. (2013). The moderating role of developmental microsystems in
selective preventive intervention effects on aggression and victimization of high-risk sociallyinfluential students. Prevention Science, 14,390-400
Sheidow, A., Henry, D., Tolan, P., & Strachan, M. (2013). The role of stress exposure and family
functioning in internalizing outcomes of urban families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 115. doi:10.1007/s10826-013-9793-3
Sangwon, K., Orpinas, P., Martin, R., Horne, A., Sullivan, T. N. & Tolan, P. (in press). The Multisite
Violence Prevention Project: A typology of behavior adjustment among early adolescents. Journal of
Psychoeducational Assessment.