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CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
Alfred J Finch, Jr., Ph.D., ABPP
ADDRESS:
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
The Citadel
Charleston, South Carolina 29409-0420
Phone: 843-953-5320
(E-Mail fincha@citadel.edu)
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: July 3, 1944, Rome, Georgia, U.S.A.
LICENSURE:
FAMILY INFORMATION:
Clinical Psychologist, South Carolina - No. 302
Spouse: N. Kaye Finch, Ph.D.
Two grown children
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Dallas High School, Dallas, Georgia -1962
University of Georgia, 1962 -1966 B.S.
Major: Psychology
University of Alabama, University, Alabama - Ph.D. 1966 -1970
Major: Clinical Psychology
Intern, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama -1970
Fellow in Clinical Child Psychology, Devereux Foundation, Devon, Pennsylvania, 1970 -1971
The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina - Ed. S. 1988 - 1992
Major: School Psychology
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified in Clinical Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology, No. 3328
Board Certified in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Board of Professional
Psychology, No. 5705
HONORS:
Phi Kappa Phi, National Honor Society
Psi Chi, National Honor Society in Psychology
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Psychology, presented by the South Carolina Psychological
Association, 1986
Walter G. Klopfer Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Literature in Personality
Assessment: Honorable Mention, 1989
Scientist-Practitioner Award, presented by the Clinical Psychology Interns, Medical University of
South Carolina for providing an excellent role model, 1989-90, 1990-91
Award for Lifetime Contribution to Psychology, presented by the South Carolina
Psychological Association, 1993.
Distinguished Service Award, presented by the American Board of Professional Psychology, 2004
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POSITIONS:
Experimental Laboratory Technician, University of Alabama, University, Alabama, 1966 -1967
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alabama, University, Alabama, 1967 -1968
Counselor, Camp Ponderosa, Therapeutic Summer Community for Emotionally Disturbed Children,
Mentone, Alabama, summer-1967
V.A. Trainee, V.A. Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1968 -1970
Staff Psychologist, Devereux Foundation, Devon, Pennsylvania, 1971 -1972
Executive Board of Directors, Psychological Concerns, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1971 -1972
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 1972 -1977
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1977 -1981
Coordinator of Research, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia, 1972 -1981
Senior Clinical Child Psychologist, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia, 1972 1981
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia,
1979-1981
Acting Vice Chairman, Division of Clinical Psychology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia,
1979-1981
Acting Director of Psychology, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia, 1979 1981
Vice Chairman, Division of Clinical Psychology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1981
Director of Psychology, Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia, 1981
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina,
Charleston, South Carolina, 1982 -1983
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston,
South Carolina, 1983 - 1991
Professor of Psychology, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 - present
Head, Department of Psychology, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 -2002
Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Citadel, 2003 - 2008
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MEMBERSHIPS:
American Psychological Association (2, 5, 12, 36, 37, 53)
Fellow 12, 37, 53
Fellows Committee, Division 12, 1995-98, Division 53, 2001- present
Chair, 2003 - present
Ad Hoc Committee on Science and Clinical Psychology, Division 12, Section III, 1983 -1985
Section 1, Division 12 (Clinical Child - now Division 53)
Committee on Internship Training in Clinical Child Psychology, 1985-87
Member-at-Large 1988 -1991
President Elect 1993
President 1994
Past President 1995
Charleston Area Psychological Association, 1983 - present
Member-at-Large 1987 -1988
South Carolina Psychological Association, 1983 - present
Chair, Continuing Education Committee, 1988 -1991
President-Elect, 1991 -1992
President, 1992-1993
Past-President 1993-94
Academic Committee 1998-2002
Chair 1999-2000
South Carolina Academy of Professional Psychology, 1983 - present
Secretary, 1984-1985
President-Elect, 1985-1986
President, 1986-1987
Past-President 1987-1988
American Board of Professional Psychology,
Southeastern Board of Directors, 1989 -1993
Board of Trustees, 1997-present
Chair, Taskforce on Marketing, 2000-present
Standards Committee, 1997-present
President Elect, 2004-present
American Board of Clinical Psychology, Board of Directors, 1992 - present
National Coordinator of Examinations 1992-1999, 2002 - present
President Elect 1999
President 2000 - 2001
Past President 2001 - present
Liaison to BOT, 1997- present
American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Board of Directors, 2002 - present
President, 2003 - present
Board of Examiners in Psychology, State of South Carolina, 1986 -1991
Vice Chairman, 1987 -1988
Chair, 1988-1989
Secretary 1989-1990
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Southeastern Psychological Association, 1969 - present
Director of Continuing Education, 1997-present
President-Elect, 2003-present
EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Assessment 1994-2000
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 1992 -1994
Journal of Personality Assessment 1988 -1994
Journal of Clinical Child Psychology 1984-1994
Associate Editor, 1992 -1994
Clinical Child Psychology Newsletter 1987 -1988
Rorschachjanal 992 -1994
Cognitive Therapy and Research 1988 -1989
Handbook of Pediatric Psychology (Editorial Advisory Board 1988)
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
Reviewer, Journal of Educational Psychology
Reviewer, Behavior Therapy
STATE AND LOCAL CONSULTANT POSITIONS:
Psychological Consultant to Cullman County Board of Education, Cullman, Alabama, 1967 -1968
Psychological Consultant to Cullman County Head Start Program, Cullman, Alabama, 1968 -1969
Psychological Consultant to Lowndes County Office of Economic Opportunity, Haynesville, Alabama,
1969-1970
Psychological Consultant to Tredyffrin-Eastown Elementary Schools, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, 1970 -
1971
Research Consultant to Chesterfield Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center, Chesterfield,
Virginia, 1978-1980
Psychological Consultant to Richmond Community Action Programs, Richmond, Virginia, 1978 -1980
Research Consultant to Virginia Treatment Center for Children, Richmond, Virginia, 1982 -1987
Consultant and Supervisor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of
South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 -1995
NATIONAL CONSULTANT APPOINTMENTS:
Site visitor, Committee on Accreditation, American Psychological Association, 1983 -1992
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS AND LECTURESHIPS:
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia, Fall, 1973
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Education and Psychology, Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia,
Fall, 1979
Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, June1980, June 1981,
June 1982, June 1983, June I984, June 1985, June 1986, June1987, June 1988, June 1989, June 1990,
June 1991, June 1992, June 1993, June 1994, June 1995, June 1996, June 1997, June 1998, June 2000,
June 2001, June 2002, June 2003
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, Fall 1990
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 1991 -2000
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CIVIC, SOCIAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES:
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Special Education, City of Richmond Schools, Richmond, Virginia,
1975-1978
Board of Directors, Virginia Mental Health and Mental Retardation Society, 1977 -1981
Advisory Board, Educational Therapy Center, Richmond, Virginia, 1979 -1981
Vice-Chairman, Educational Training Committee, The Mental Health and Mental Retardation Society
of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 1979 -1981
Finance Committee, Charlestowne Montessori School, Charleston, South Carolina, 1986 -1988
Board of Directors, Charlestowne Montessori School, Charleston, South Carolina, 1988 - 1989
Tai Chi Instructor, STAE FIT Program for Senior Citizens, 2003 - present
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PUBLICATIONS
Finch, A. J., Jr., Lattal, K. A., & Rickard, H. C. (1969). Speech rate as a measure of imitative
performance. Psvchonomic Science. 16, 189-190.
Dinoff, M., Finch, A. J., Jr., Finch, K., & Hobbs, T. A. (1969). A comparison of regressed psychiatric patients
on the Minimal Social Behavior Scale. Psychological Reports, 24. 922.
Dinoff, M., Finch, A. J., Jr., Clemments, C. B., & Hodo, G. L. (1970). Testing clinical judgment during a crisis,.
Psychological Reports. 26. 181-182.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Welsh, D. K., Haney, J, R., & Dinoff, M. (1970). A comparison of two versions of a Minimal
Social Behavior Scale. Psychological Reports, 26, 985-986.
Haney, J. R., Welsh, D. K., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Dinoff, M. (1970). Comparison of age-matched regressed
patients on the Minimal Social Behavior Scale. Psychological Reports. 27. 104.
Dinoff, M., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Skelton, H. M. The stability of schizophrenic speech on a standardized videotaped interview. (1971). Journal of Clinical Psychology, 27, 191-194.
Dinoff, M., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Skelton, H. M. (1971). A circuit for video-tape interviewing and its recording
reliability. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. 5. 203-207.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Ginn, F. W. (1973). Social behavior in older institutionalized retardates. American Journal
of Mental Deficiency. 77. 468-469.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Lloyd, A., Frerking, R. A. & Rickard, H. C. (1973). Model's competency, vicarious
reinforcement, and subject's strategy in imitative performance. Psychological Reports. 32. 442.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Ollendick, T. H., & Ginn, F. W. (1973). WISC short forms with mentally retarded children.
American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 78, 144-149.
Ollendick, T. H. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1973). Reflection-impulsivity in brain-damaged and normal children.
Perceptual and Motor Skills. 36. 654.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Childress, W. B., & Ollendick, T. H. (1973). Comparison of separately administered and
abstracted WISC short forms with full scale WISC. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 77. 755-756.
Finch, A. J., Jr., & Montgomery, L. E. (1973). Reflection-impulsivity and information seeking in emotionally
disturbed children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1. 358-362.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Griffin, J. L., Jr., & Edwards, G. L. (1973). Abbreviated Mf and Si Scales: Efficacy with
parents of emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 30. 80.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Childress, W. B. (1975). A comparison of WISC selected subtest short forms with mentally
retarded children. Mental Retardation, 13, 20-21.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Thornton, L. S., & Montgomery, L. E. (1974). WAIS short forms with hospitalized psychiatric
patients. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 42. 469.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Nelson, W. M., Ill, Montgomery, L. E., & Stein, A. B. (1974). Reflection-impulsivity and locus
of control in emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Genetic Psychology. 125, 273-275.
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PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Finch, A. J., Jr., Montgomery, L. E., & Deardorff, P. A. (1974). Reliability of State-Trait Anxiety with
emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 2. 67-69.
Ollendick, T. H., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Ginn, F. W. (1974). Comparison of Peabody, Leiter, WISC and academic
achievement among emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 2. 47-51.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Montgomery, L. E., & Deardorff, P. A. (1974). The Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale:
Reliability with emotionally disturbed children. Psychological Reports, 34. 658.
Montgomery, L. E. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975). Reflection-impulsivity and locus of conflict in emotionally
disturbed children. Journal of Genetic Psychology. 126, 89-91.
Deardorff, P. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Royall, L, R. (1974). Manifest anxiety and nail-biting. Journal of Clinical
Psychology. 30, 378.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Pezzuti, K. A., Montgomery, L. E., & Kemp, S. R. (1974). Reflection-impulsivity and academic
attainment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 2. 71-74.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Childress, W.B., & Ollendick, T. H. (1974). Efficacy of WAIS short-forms with mental
retardates. Mental Retardation. 12. 48-49.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Edwards, G. L., & Griffin, J. L., Jr. (1974). Utility of the Mini-Mult with parents of emotionally
disturbed children. Journal of Personality Assessment, 39. 146-150.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Nelson, W. M., Ill (1974). Anxiety and locus of conflict in emotionally disturbed children.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2, 33-37.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Deardorff, P. A., & Anderson, J. (1975). Affective relationship, locus of control and imitative
behavior. Journal of Genetic Psychology. 127. 71-74.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Nelson, W. M., Ill (1974). Locus of control and anxiety in emotionally disturbed children.
Psychological Reports. 35, 469-470.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Pezzuti, K. A., & Nelson, W. M. Ill (1975). Locus of control and academic achievement in
emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 43, 103.
Thornton, L. S., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Griffin, J. L., Jr. (1975). The Mini-Mult with criminal psychiatric patients.
Journal of Personality Assessment. 39, 394-396.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Deardorff, P. A., & Montgomery, L. E. (1974). Individually tailored behavioral ratings: A
possible alternative. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2, 209-216.
Nelson, W. M., Ill, Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, M.S., & Nelson, S.B. (1974). Anxiety and locus of
conflict in delinquents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 2, 275-279.
Montgomery, L. E. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1974). Validity of two measures of anxiety in children. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 2, 293-298.
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PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Nelson, W. M., Ill, Finch, A. J., Jr., & Hooke, J. F. (1975). Effects of reinforcement and response-cost on
cognitive style in emotionally disturbed boys. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 94. 426-428.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Deardorff, P. A., & Montgomery, L. E. (1974). Reflection-impulsivity: Reliability of the
Matching Familiar Figures Test with emotionally disturbed children. Psychological Reports, 35. 11331134.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., & Montgomery, L. E. (1974). Multi-dimensionality of anxiety in children: Factor
Structure of the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2, 331-336.
Newmark, C. S., Faschingbauer, T. R., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Kendall, P. C. (1975). Factor Analysis of MMPISTAI. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 31. 449-452.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Childress, W. B., Wilkins, K., & Kendall, P. C. (1974). WISC short forms with emotionally
disturbed children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2, 337-341.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Nelson, W. M., Ill (1976). Reflection-impulsivity and problem behaviors in emotionally
disturbed boys. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 128. 271-274.
Deardorff, P. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Lira, F., & Indrisano, V. (1975). Empathy and socialization in
repeat offenders, first offenders, and normals. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 22, 453-455.
Newmark, C. S. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1976). Comparing the diagnostic validity of an abbreviated and standard
MMPI. Journal of Personality Assessment. 40, 10-12.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Wilkinson, M. D., Nelson, W. M., Ill, & Montgomery, L. E. (1975). Modification of an impulsive
cognitive style in emotionally disturbed boys. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 3, 49-52.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Deardorff, P. A., Anderson, J., & Sitarz, A. M. (1975). Reflection-impulsivity,
persistence behavior, and locus control in emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 43. 748.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Montgomery, L. E., & Morris, T. (1975). Effects of two types of failure on
anxiety in emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 84. 583-585.
Stein, A. B., Finch, A. J, Jr., Hooke, J. F., Montgomery, L. E., & Nelson, W. M., Ill (1975). Cognitive tempo
and the mode of representation in emotionally disturbed children and normal children. Journal of
Psychology. 90, 197-201.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Nelson, W. M,, III, & Newmark, C.S. (1975). Application of Faschingbauer's
abbreviated MMPI to parents of emotionally disturbed children. Psychological Reports, 37, 571-574.
Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Mahoney, J. (1976). Factor specific differences in locus of control of
emotionally disturbed and normal children. Journal of Personality Assessment. 40. 42-45.
Cherico, B. M., Kendall, P. C., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975). Effects of task difficulty on factor specific
helplessness in locus of control for children. Psychology, 12(3), 29-31.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Crandell, C,, & Deardorff, P. A.(1976). Reflection-impulsivity and need for achievement in
emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 129. 329-331.
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PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Newmark, C. S. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975). Control of vocalization by use of a standardized set of verbal
reinforcers. Journal of Australian Psychology, 27, 213-217.
Griffin, J. L, Jr., Finch, A. J., Jr., Edwards, G. L, & Kendall, P. C. (1976). MMPI/Mini-Mult correspondence
with parents of emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 32, 54-56.
Newmark, C. S., Falk, R., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1976). Interpretive accuracy of abbreviated MMPI's. Journal of
Personality Assessment, 40. 266-268.
Newmark, C. S., Falk, R., Boren, R., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1976). Validity of an empirical derived set of symptom
cluster to diagnose schizophrenia. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 32. 459-462.
Nelson, W. M., Ill, Finch, A, J., Jr., Montgomery, L.E., & Bristow, A. (1975). Locus of control and locus of
conflict in emotionally disturbed and normal children. Psychology. 12. 27-31.
Kendall, P. C., Deardorff, P. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Graham, L. (1976). Proximics, locus of control, anxiety,
and type of movement in emotionally disturbed and normal boys. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology,
4, 9-16.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., & Montgomery, L. E. (1976). Qualitative difference in the experience of statetrait anxiety in emotionally disturbed and normal children. Journal of Personality Assessment. 40. 522530.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Anderson, J., & Kendall, P. C. (1976). Anxiety and digit span performance in emotionally
disturbed children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 874.
Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Gillen, B. (1976). Readability and human interest scores as objective aids in
behavior therapy text selection. Behavior Therapy, 7, 535-538.
Ollendick, T. H., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Nelson, W. M., Ill (1976). Correlates of information seeking in emotionally
disturbed and normal children. Psychological Reports. 38. 923-929.
Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., Auerbach, S. M., Hooke, J. F., & Mikulka, P. J. (1976). The STAI: A
systematic evaluation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 44. 406-412.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1976). A cognitive-behavior treatment for impulse control: A case study.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 44, 852-857.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1978). Therapeutic biofeedback and the single subject strategy.
Psychotherapy: Theory. Research and Practice, 15, 299-301.
Kendall, P. C., Deardorff, P. A., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1977). Empathy and socialization in first and repeat
juvenile offenders and normals. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 5, 93-97.
Gillen, P. C., Kendall, P. C., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1977). Reading ease and human interest scores: A
comparison of Flesch scores with subjective ratings. Teaching in Psychology, 4, 39-41.
Nelson, W. M., Ill, Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., & Gordon, R. H. (1977). Anxiety and locus of conflicts in
normal children. Psychological Reports, 41, 375-378.
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PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Deardorff, P. A., Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Sitarz, A.M. (1977). Empathy, locus of control, and anxiety
in college students. Psychological Reports. 40. 1236-1238.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1978). A cognitive-behavioral treatment for impulse control: A group
comparison study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 46. 110-118.
Lira, F. T., White, M. J., & Finch, A. J, Jr. (1977). Anxiety and mood states in delinquent adolescents. Journal
of Personality Assessment, 41, 532-536.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Dannenburg, M. A., & Morgan, J. R. (1978). Effects of task difficulty in StateTrait anxiety in emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Genetic Psychology. 133, 255-259.
Newmark, C. S., Ziff, D. R., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Kendall, P.C. (1978). Comparing the empirical validity of the
standard form with two abbreviated MMPIs. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 46. 53-61.
Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., Little, V., Cherico, B. M., & Ollendick, T. H. (1978). Variations in a construct:
Quantitative and qualitative differences in children's locus of control. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 46, 590-592.
Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Montgomery, L. E. (1978). Vicarious anxiety: A systematic evaluation of a
vicarious threat to self-esteem. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 46. 997-1008.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Spirito, A., Entin, A., Montgomery, L. E., & Schwartz, D. J. (1979). Short form
and factor analytic studies of the WISC-R with behavior-problem children. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 7, 337-344.
Kendall, P. C., Mosses, J. A., & Finch, A. J, Jr. (1980). Impulsivity and persistence in adult inpatient "Impulse"
offenders. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 36. 363-365.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1979), Reanalysis: A reply. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
47, 1107-1108.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1979). Analyses of changes in verbal behavior following a cognitivebehavioral treatment for impulsivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 7, 455-463.
Newmark, C. S., Woody, G. G., Ziff, D. R., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1980). MMPI short forms: A different
perspective. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 49. 279-283.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Spirito, A. (1980). Use of cognitive training to change cognitive processes. Exceptional
Education Quarterly. 1980, 31-39.
Kendall, P. C., Hooke, J. F., Rymer, R., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1980). Cognitive style in adults: Task alternatives,
task strategy, and time estimation. Journal of Personality Assessment. 44. 175-181.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., Spirito, A., & Mikulka, P. J. (1981). Multi-dimensionality of the NowickiStrickland Locus of Control Scale for Adults. Journal of Personality Assessment. 45. 151-154.
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PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Spirito, A., Finch, A. J., Jr., Smith, T. L, & Cooley, W. H. (1981). Stress inoculation for anger and anxiety
control: A case study with an emotionally disturbed boy. Journal of Child Clinical Psychology. 10. 67-70.
Newmark, C. S., Gentry, L., Warren, N., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1981). Racial bias in an MMPI index of
schizophrenia. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 20, 215-218.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., & Spirito, A. (1982). Impulsive cognitive style and impulsive behavior in
emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 141. 293-294.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Spirito, A., & Brophy, C. J. (1982). Reflection-impulsivity and WISC-R performance in
behavior-problem children. Journal of Psychology, 111, 217-221.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Spirito, A., Garrison, S., & Marshall, P. (1983). Developmental differences in Bender-Gestalt
recall ability in children with learning and behavior problems. Perceptual and Motor Skills. 515, 87-90.
Finch, A. J., Jr., & Eastman, E. S. (1983). A multimethod approach to measuring anger in children. Journal of
Psychology, 1.12. 55-60.
Baskin, C. H., Saylor, C. F., Furey, W. M., Finch, A. J, Jr., & Carek, D.J. (1983). Helping teachers help
children with cancer: A workshop for school personnel. Children's Health Care, 12. 78-83.
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., Baskin, C. H., Saylor, C. B., Darnell, G., & Furey, W. (1984). Children's
Depression Inventory: Investigation of procedures and correlates. Journal of the American Academy of
Child Psychiatry. 23. 626-628.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Edwards, G. L., & Searcy, J.D, (1984). Reflection-impulsivity and short-term memory in
emotionally disturbed children. Journal of Psychology. 116, 263-267.
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., Cassel, S. C., Saylor, C. B., & Penberthy, A. R. (1984). Learned helplessness:
Effects of noncontingent reinforcement and response-cost with emotionally disturbed children. Journal of
Psychology. 117. 189-196.
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., Spirito, A., & Bennett, B. (1984). The Children's Depression Inventory: A
systematic evaluation of psychometric properties. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 52, 955967.
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., Baskin, C. H., Furey, W., & Kelly, M. M. (1984). Construct validity for measures
of childhood depression: Application of multitrait-multimethod methodology. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 52, 977-985.
Norvell, N., Brophy, C., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1985). An investigation of the relationship of anxiety to childhood
depression. Journal of Personality Assessment. 49. 150-153.
Rogers, T. R., Forehand, R., Furey, W., Baskin, C. H, Finch, A. J., & Jordan, S. (1984). Heart surgery in
infants: A preliminary assessment of maternal adaptation. Children's Health Care. 13, 52-58.
Deardorff, P. A., Hopkins, L. R., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1984). Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire: A reliability
and validity study. Psychological Reports, 55, 708-710.
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PUBLICATIONS (continued)
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., & Edwards, G. E. (1985). Children's Depression Inventory: Sex and Grade
Norms for Normal Children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 53. 424-425.
Eason, L, Finch, A. J., Jr., Brasted, W. & Saylor, C. (1985). The assessment of depression and anxiety in
hospitalized pediatric patients. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 161, 57-64.
Finch, A. J., Jr., & Robbins, R. L. (1985). Internship training in clinical child psychology. Proceedings of the
National Conference on Training of Clinical Child Psychologists. Section on Clinical Child Psychology,
Division of Clinical Psychology, American Psychological Association.
Pallmeyer, T. P., Saylor, C. F., Treiber, F. A., Eason, L. J., Finch, A. J., Jr.,& Carek, D.J. (1986). Helping
school personnel understand the student with cancer: Workshop evaluation. Child Psychiatry and Human
Development, 16, 206-217.
Shoemaker, O. S., Erickson, M. T., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1986). Depression and anger in third and fourth grade
boys: A multimethod assessment approach. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 15, 290-296.
Nelson, W. M,, III, Politano, P. M., Finch, A. J, Jr., Wendel, N., & Mayhall, C. (1987). Children's Depression
Inventory: Normative data and utility with emotionally-disturbed children. Journal of the American
Academy of Child Psychiatry. 26. 43-48.
Saylor, C. F., Pallmeyer, T. P., Finch, A. J., Jr., Eason, L., Treiber, F., & Folger, C. (1987). Predictors of
psychological distress in hospitalized pediatric patients. Journal of the American Academy of Child
Psychiatry. 361, 333-336.
Wolfe, V., Finch, A. J,, Jr., Saylor, C. F., Blount, R. L., Pallmeyer, T., & Carek, D. (1987). Negative affectivity
in children: A multitrait-multimethod investigation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 55, 245250.
Blount, R. L., Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., Wolfe, V., Pallmeyer, T., Mclntosh, J., Griffin, J., & Carek, D.
(1987). Locus of Control and achievement in child psychiatric inpatients. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 15, 175-179.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., Edwards, G., & Mclntosh, J. (1987). Children's Depression Inventory:
Reliability over repeated administrations. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 16. 339-341.
Wolfe, V. V., Blount, R. L., Saylor, C. F., Duflour, D., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1987). Nurses's perceptions of stress
reduction techniques in pediatric oncology. Journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses. 4, 913.
Blount, R. L. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1988). Reducing trichotillomania in a three year old girl. Child and Family
Behavior Therapy, 9. 65-72.
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Mclntosh, J. (1988). Self-reported depression in psychiatric, pediatric and
normal populations. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. 18. 250-254.
Mclntosh, J. A., Belter, R. W., Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Edwards, G. L. (1988). The Bender-Gestalt
with adolescents: Comparison of two scoring systems. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 44. 226-230.
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Finch, A. J., Jr., Blount, R. L, Saylor, C. F., Wolfe, V. V., Pallmeyer, T. P., Mclntosh, J. A., Griffin, J. M., &
Carek, D.J. (1988). Intelligence and emotional/behavioral factors as correlates of achievement in child
psychiatric inpatients. Psychological Reports. 63, 163-170.
Belter, R. W., Mclntosh, J. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Saylor, C. F. (1988). Preschooler's ability to differentiate
levels of pain. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 17. 329-335.
Wendel, N. H., Nelson, W. M. Ill, Politano, P. M., Mayhall, C. A., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1988). Differentiating
Inpatient Clinically-Diagnosed and normal children using the Children's Depression Inventory. Child
Psychiatry and Human Development. 19. 90-100.
Lipovsky, J. A., Finch, A. J., Jr. & Belter, R. W. (1989). Assessment of depression in adolescents: Objective
and projective measures. Journal of Personality Assessment, 53, 449-458.
Belter, R. W., Mclntosh, J. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., Williams, L. D. & Edwards, G. L. (1989). The Bender-Gestalt
as a method of personality assessment with adolescents. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 45. 414-423.
Belter, R. W., Lipovsky, J. A. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1989). Rorschach Egocentricity Index and self-concept in
children and adolescents. Journal of Personality Assessment. 53,783-789.
Fryer, L., Saylor, C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Smith, K. (1989). Helping the child with cancer: What school
personnel want to know. Psychological Reports. 65, 563-566.
Dickson, J., Saylor, C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1990). Personality factors, family structure, and sex of drawn figure
on the Draw-A-Person Test. Journal of Personality Assessment. 55. 362-366.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Imm, P. S., & Belter, R. W. (1990). Brief Rorschach records with children and adolescents.
Journal of Personality Assessment, 55, 640-646.
Raynor, B., O'Shea, J., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1990). Building boats and character: The Fobot project.
Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 24 (4), 23.
Weiss, B., Weisz, J. R., Politano, M., Carey, M., Nelson, W. M., Ill, Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991). Developmental
differences in the factor structure of the Children's Depression Inventory. Psychological Assessment: A
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 3, 38-45.
Imm, P. S., Foster, K. Y., Belter, R. W., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991). Assessment of short-term visual memory in
child and adolescent psychiatric
inpatients. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 47, 440-443.
Cole, T. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Carey, M. P. (1991). Relation between differential emotions and depression in
emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 59. 594- 597.
Lonigan, C., Shannon, M., Finch, A. J., Jr., Daugherty, T., & Taylor, C.
(1991). Children's reactions to a
natural disaster: Symptom severity and degree of exposure. Advances in Behaviour Research and
Therapy, 13. 135-154.
Aikman, K., Belter, R., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1992). Human figure drawings: Validity in assessing intellectual
level and academic achievement. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 48. 114-120.
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Weiss, B., Weisz, J., Politano, M., Carey, M., Nelson, & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1992). Relations among selfreported depressive symptoms in clinic-referred children versus adolescents. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology. 101. 391-397.
Hauck, A. L. & Finch, A. J., Jr., (1993). The effects of relative age on achievement in middle school.
Psychology in the Schools, 30. 74-78.
Jeney-Gammon, P., Daugherty, T. K., Finch, A. J., Jr., Belter, R. W., & Foster, K.Y. (1993). Children's coping
styles and report of depressive symptoms following a natural disaster. Journal of Genetic Psychology,
154. 259-267.
Shannon, M. P., Lonigan, C. J., Finch, A. J., Jr., Taylor, C. M. & Sallee, F. R. (1994). Children exposed to
disaster: I. Epidemiology of posttraumatic symptoms and symptom profiles. Journal of the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 33, 80-93.
Shannon, M. P., Lonigan, C. J., Taylor, C. M., & Finch, A. J., Jr., (1994). Children exposed to disaster: II.
Risk factors for the development of posttraumatic symptomatology. Journal of the American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 33. 94-105.
Nelson, W.M., III, Hart K.J., & Finch, A.J., Jr. (1994). Anger in Children: A Cognitive Behavioral View of the
Assessment-Therapy Connection. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. 11.135150
Lonigan, C.J., Carey, M.P., & Finch, A.J., Jr. (1994). Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents:
Negative affectivity and the utility of self-reports. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 62, 10001008.
Bell, N.L., Rucker, M., Alexander, J. & Finch, A. (2002). Concurred Validity of the Slosson Full-Range
Intelligence Test: Comparrison with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition and the
Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement-Revised. Psychology in the Schools 39. 31-37.
Nelson, W.M. & Finch, A. J. (2002). Board Certification in Psychology: A concept whose time has come.
Feedback, Fall, 17. Also reprinted in the Newsgram. 3 (9). 17-18.
Saylor, C.F., Cowart, B.L., Lipovsky, J.A., Jackson, C., & Finch, A.J. (2003). Media exposure to September
11: Elementary school students's experiences and posttraumatiSc symptoms. American Behavioral
Sciences. 46. 1622-1642.
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BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Kendall, P.C. (1978). Reflection-lmpulsivity: Implications and Treatment Strategies for
Child Psychopathology. In L. E. Beutler & R. Greene (Eds.) Special Problems in Child and Adolescent
Behavior, Westport, Connecticut: Technomic Publishing Co. pp. 75-98.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Kendall, P. C. (1978). Anxiety in Children: Theoretical Views and Research Findings. In L.
E. Beutler & R. Greene (Eds.), Special Problems in Child and Adolescent Behavior. Westport,
Connecticut: Technomic Publishing Co. pp. 213-227.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Kendall, P. C. (Eds.). (1979). Clinical Treatment and Research in Child Psvchopatholoqy.
Jamaica, N.Y.: Spectrum Publications.
Finch, A. J. Jr. & Kendall, P. C. (1979). Problems in the Measurement of Anxiety in Children. In A. J Finch, Jr.
and Philip C. Kendall (Eds.), Clinical Treatment and Research in Child Psvchopathology. Jamaica, N.Y.:
Spectrum Publications.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Kendall, P. C. (1979). Impulsive Behavior: From Research to Treatment. In A. J Finch, Jr.
& Philip C. Kendall (Eds.), Clinical Treatment and Research in ChildI Psychopathology. Jamaica, N.Y.:
Spectrum Publications.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1979). Strategies for Research in Child Psychopathology. In A.J. Finch, Jr.
and Philip C. Kendall (Eds.), Clinical Treatment and Research in Child Psvchopatholoav. Jamaica, N.Y.:
Spectrum Publications.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1980). Cognitive-behavior modification in a case of impulsivity/overactivity.
In M. J. Fine (Ed.), Interventions with Hyperactive Children. Jamaica, N.Y.: Spectrum Publications.
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1980). Developing Non-impulsive Behavior in Children: CognitiveBehavioral Strategies for Self-Control. In P.C. Kendall and S.D. Hollon (Eds.), Cognitive-Behavioral
Interventions: Theory. Research, and Procedures. New York: Academic Press.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Saylor, C. F. (1984). An Overview of Childhood Depression. In J. V. Lavigne and W. Burns
(Eds.), Review of Pediatric Psychology, Volume 1, New York: Grune and Stratton Inc., 201-239.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Rogers, T. R. (1984). Self-report Instruments. In T. H. Ollendick and M. Hersen (Eds.)
Child Behavioral Assessment: Principles and Procedures. New York: Pergamon Press, 106-123.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., & Nelson, W.M., III (1988). Assessment of Anger in Children. In R.J.Prinz
(Ed.) Advances In Behavioral Assessment of Children and Families. Volume 3, Greenwich, Connecticut:
JAI Press Inc. 235-265.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Carey, M. (1989). Physical Child Abuse. In Michael C. Roberts & C. Eugene Walker's
(Eds.) Casebook in Child and Pediatric Psychology. New York: Guilford Publications, 192-211.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Lipovsky, J. A., & Casat, C. (1989). Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents:
Negative Affectivity or Separate Constructs? In Philip C. Kendall & David Watson's (Eds.) Anxiety and
Depression: Distinctive and Overlapping Features. Orlando, Florida, Academic Press, Inc. 171-202.
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Finch, A. J., Jr. & Mclntosh, J. A. (1990). Assessment of Fears and Anxieties in Children. In Annette
LaGreca's (Ed.) Childhood Assessment: Through the Eyes of the Child. Newton, MA: Allyn and Bacon,
Inc. 234-258.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Casat, C., & Carrey, M, P. (1990). Depression in children and adolescents. In S. B. Morgan
& T. M. Okumabua (Eds.), Child and Adolescent Disorders: Developmental and Health Psychology
Perspectives. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 135-172.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Belter, R. W. (1993). Projective techniques with children. In T. H. Ollendick & M. Hersen
(Eds.), Handbook of Children and Adolescent Assessment. Newton, MA. Allyn and Bacon, Inc. 224-236.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Nelson, W. M., Ill, & Ott, E. S. (1993). Cognitive-Behavioral Procedures with Children: A
Practical Guide. Newton, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc.
Finch, A. J., Spirito, A., Imm, P., & Ott, E. S. (1993). Cognitive self instruction for impulse control in children.
In A. J Finch, Jr., W. M. Nelson, III, & E. S. Ott (Eds.), Cognitive-Behavioral Procedures with Children: A
Practical Guide. Newton, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. 233-256.
Finch, A. J., Nelson, W. M., Ill, & Moss, J. (1993). Stress inoculation for anger control in aggressive children.
In A. J Finch, Jr., W. M. Nelson, III, & E. S. Ott (Eds.), Cognitive-Behavioral Procedures with Children: A
Practical Guide. Newton, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. 148-205.
Grace, N., Spirito, A., Finch, A. J., Jr. & Ott, E.S. (1993). Coping skills for anxiety control in children. In A. J
Finch, Jr., W. M. Nelson, III, & E. S. Ott (Eds.), Cognitive-Behavioral Procedures with Children: A
Practical Guide. Newton, MA: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. 257-288.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Politano, M. P. (1994). Projective techniques. In T. H. Ollendick, N.J. King & W. Yule
(Eds.) International Handbook of Phobic and Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents. New York:
Plenum Press. 381-393.
Politano, P., & Finch, A. (1996). The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Third Edition (WISC-III). In C.
S. Newmark (Ed.) Major psychological assessment instruments. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, Inc. 294-319.
Nelson, W. M., Ill & Finch, A. J, Jr. (1996), Keeping Your Cool: The Anger Management Workbook,
Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Nelson, W. M., Ill & Finch, A. J, Jr. (I996). Keeping Your Cool: Part 2. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Nelson, W. M., Ill & Finch, A. J, Jr., (1996). Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Aggressive Children: Therapist
Manual. Ardmore, PA: Workbook Publishing.
Nelson, W.M., III & Finch, A. J, Jr. (2000). Children's Inventory of Anger. (Manual) Los Angeles, CA:
Western Psychological Services.
Nelson, W.M., III & Finch, A. J, Jr. (2000). Children's Inventory of Anger (CHIA). Los Angeles, CA: Western
Psychological Services. (Test)
Finch, A., J., Jr., Nelson, W.M., III, & Hart, K. (under contract). Comparative Treatments for Conduct
Disorders. NY: Springer
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Finch, A. J., Jr. (1970). A Standardized Video-Tape Interview. Reliability with Psychiatric Patients. Paper
presented at the Alabama Psychological Association, Destin, Florida
Finch, A. J., Jr., Ollendick, T. H., Ginn, F. W., & Childress, W.B. (1973). The Devereux Short Form of the WISC
for Retarded Children. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1973). Reflection-lmpulsivity: Implications for child psychopathology. Richmond Area
Psychological Association, Richmond, Virginia
Finch, A. J., Jr., Deardorff, P. A., & Montgomery, L. E. (1974). A possible alternative: Individually-tailored
behavioral ratings. Paper presented at the 2Oth Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Hollywood, Florida
Pezzuti, K. A. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1974). Effects of cognitive tempo on academic achievement in emotionally
disturbed children. Paper presented at the 2Oth Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Hollywood, Florida
Finch, A. J., Jr., Wilkinson, M. D., Nelson, W.M., III, & Montgomery, L. E. (1974). Modification of an impulsive
cognitive tempo in emotionally disturbed boys. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Convention of the
American Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kendall, P. C., Deardorff, P. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Graham, L. (1974). Personality and interpersonal distancing in
children. Paper presented at the Virginia Psychological Association, Richmond, Virginia
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975). The experience of anxiety in emotionally disturbed children. Richmond Area
Psychological Association, Richmond, Virginia
Deardorff, P. A., Finch, A. J, Jr., & Kendall, P. C. (1975). Empathy and socialization in repeat offenders, first
offenders, and normals. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Alpha Kappa Delta Sociological Research
Symposium, Richmond, Virginia
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975), Effects of failure on state-trait anxiety in emotionally disturbed children. Paper presented
at the 21st Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Griffin, J. L., Jr., Edwards, G. L., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975). Application of the Midi-Multi to parents of emotionally
disturbed children. Paper presented at the 22st Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Ollendick, T. H. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1975). Correlations of information seeking in emotionally disturbed and normal
children. Paper presented at the 21st Annual Convention of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Atlanta, Georgia
Kendall, P. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., Auerbach, S. M., Hooke, J. F., & Mikula, P.J. (1975). The STAI: A systematic
evaluation. Paper presented at the 83rd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association,
Chicago, IL
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Montgomery, L. E., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Kendall, P. C. (1976). Anxiety and achievement in emotionally disturbed
children. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Finch, A. J., Jr., & Kendall, P. C. (1976). Vicarious anxiety: Empathy, locus of control and various defense
mechanisms as factors in experiencing anxiety for others. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Meeting
of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kendall, P. C., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1976). Impulse control: A cognitive-behavioral treatment. Paper presented at
the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Little, V. L., Kendall, P. C., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1976). Variations in personality constructs in normal and nonnormal children. Paper presented at the 84th Annual Convention of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, D.C.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., & Nelson, W.M., III. (1976). Response-cost in the modification of impulsive
children. Paper presented at a poster session, in the 84th Annual Convention of the American
Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Kendall, P. C., & Garrison, S. (1977). Effects of examiner sex and nature of task on failureinduced anxiety in emotionally disturbed boys. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, Hollywood, Florida
Edwards, G. L. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1977). Anxiety, cognitive tempo, and short-term memory in emotionally
disturbed children. Paper presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Hollywood, Florida
Kendall, P. C. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1977). Cognitive-behavioral strategies for developing impulse control in children.
Paper presented at the Western Psychological Association Convention, Seattle, Washington
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Kendall, P. C. (1977). Helping children control their impulse behavior. Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Neuropsychiatric Society of Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia
Spirito, A. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1978). Short forms of the WISC-R with behavioral problem children. Paper
presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1978). A cognitive-behavior approach to the treatment of impulsive emotionally disturbed
children. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Atlanta, Georgia
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1979). Stress-inoculation with children. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Montgomery, L. E., Nelson, W. M., Ill, & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1979). Anger in children: Preliminary investigations of
anger-evoking stimuli in children. Paper presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Allin, R. B., Jr., Allin, D. W., Finch, A. J., Jr. (1980). Intensive home-based treatment interventions with mentally
retarded/emotionally disturbed individuals and their families. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Meeting
of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Shoemaker, O. S., Ill, & Brandt, R. (1980). Multidimensional trait anxiety reactions to learning
tasks. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Washington, D.C.
Berry, E. R., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Draper, W. (1980). The emotionally disturbed child: An electrophoretic and
psychological correlative study. Paper presented at the Virginia Academy of Science, Cnarlottesville,
Virginia
Finch, A. J., Jr., Fleming, C. C., & Spirito, A. (1981). The relationship between impulsive cognitive style and
impulsive behavior in emotionally disturbed children. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the
Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Fleming, C. C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Spirito, A. (1981). Symptoms of childhood depression: Investigation with
emotionally disturbed children. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1981). Stress inoculation for the management of anger in children. Paper presented at the Fall
Meeting of the Virginia Psychological Association, Arlington, Virginia
Finch, A, J., Jr. & Albano, A. M. (1982). Reliability of the Children's Depression Inventory. Paper presented at the
28th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Bennett, B., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Fleming, C. (1982). Factor analysis of the Children's Depression Inventory. Paper
presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Albano, A. M., Chirico, B., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1982). Correlation of the Children's Depression Inventory and
KASTAN attribution rating scale. Paper presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Norvell, N. (1982). Child Psychopathology: A factor analytic investigation. Paper presented at
the 90th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1983). Methodological considerations in depression and future research. Paper presented at the
29th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., & Nelson, W. M., III. (1983). The Children's Inventory Anger: A self-report
measure. Paper presented at the 91st Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Anaheim, Calif.
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., Baskin, C. H., Saylor, C. B., Darnell, C., & Furey, W. (1983). Children's Depression
Inventory: Empirical
investigation of procedures and validity. Paper presented at the 91st Annual
Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Anaheim, Calif.
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Finch, A. J., Jr. (1983). A working model of multitrait/multimethod assessment on a short-term psychiatric unit for
children. Paper presented at the Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Association of
Psychiatric Services for Children, Richmond, Virginia.
Baskin, C. H., Furey, W., Carek, D., Finch, A. J., Jr.,& Saylor, C. F. (1983). Psychiatric consultation extended to
the schools: A teacher's workshop on childhood cancer. Paper presented at the Southeastern Regional
Meeting of the American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children, Richmond, Virginia
Finch, A. J, Jr. (1983). Childhood Depression. Paper presented at the Fall meeting of the South Carolina
Psychological Association, Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Finch, A. J., Jr., & Saylor, C. F. (1984). Depression in children: Current status of empirical attempts to quantify
the construct. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Tampa,
Florida
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Edwards, G. L. (1984). Children's Depression Inventory: Normative data for normal children.
Paper presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Eason, L. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1984). Inventories for the assessment of depression and anxiety in the pediatric
setting. Paper presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New
Orleans, Louisiana
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Saylor, C. S. (1984). Assessment of Childhood Depression: A research update. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Regional American Association of Psychiatric
Services for Children, Columbia, South Carolina
Saylor, C. F., Eason, L., Treiber, F., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Pallmeyer, T. (1984). Depression and anxiety in pediatric
patients: Issues for the psychiatric consultant. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the
Southeastern Regional American Association of Psychiatric Services for Children, Columbia, South
Carolina
Finch, A. J., Jr. and Saylor, C.F. (1984). Multitrait-multimethod evaluation of measures of childhood depression.
Paper presented at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., & Edwards, G. L. (1985). Test-retest reliability on the Children's Depression
Inventory with normal school children. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality Assessment, Berkeley, California
Finch, A. J., Jr., Saylor, C. F., Carek, D. J. & Saunders, B. (1985). Objective assessment as a means of
enhancing training, research, and clinical service. Presented at the meeting of the American Association
of Psychiatric Services for Children, Orlando, Florida
Saylor, C. F., Treiber, F., Eason, L., Finch, A. J., Jr., Pallmeyer, T., & Folger, C. (1985). Predictors of distress in
hospitalized children. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Atlanta, Georgia
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Shoemaker, O. S., Erickson, M. T., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1985). Depression and anger in 3rd and 4th grade boys: A
Multimethod assessment. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Edwards, G. L. (1985). State-trait issues in childhood depression using the
Children's Depression Inventory. Presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Los Angeles, California
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1985). Childhood depression: Theoretical and assessment status. Presented at the 93rd
Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles, California
Finch, A. J., Saylor, C. F., & Edwards, G. L. (1986). Depression and Anger in children with poor school
achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality Assessment, Tampa,
Florida
Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Edwards, G. L. (1986). The Children's Inventory of Anger: Age norms and
reliability over repeated administrations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Personality Assessment, Tampa, Florida
Saylor, C. F. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1986). Depression in child psychiatry inpatients: what they say and what we see.
Paper presented at the 32nd annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Kissimmee,
Florida
Pallmeyer, T. P., Saylor, C. F., Finch, A. J,, Jr., & Pfelffer, M. (1986). Construct validity of the emotional indicators
of the Bender visual-Motor Gestalt Test with emotionally disturbed children. Paper presented at the 32nd
annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Kissimmee, Florida
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1986). Multiple Measures of Anxiety and Depression in Child Psychiatry Patients. Paper
presented at the 94th Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Saylor, C, F. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1986). Depression and Anxiety in outpatient children. Paper presented at the
94th Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Blount, R. L. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1986). Reducing trichotillomania in a three-year-old girl: A case study. Poster
presented at the 2Oth annual convention of the American Association of Behavior Therapy, Chicago,
Illinois
Lipovsky, J. A. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1987). Assessment of depression in adolescents. Paper presented at the
annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, San Francisco, California
Finch, A. J., Lipovsky, J.A., Belter, R, & Saylor, C. (1987). Depression and anxiety in children. Paper presented
at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, San Francisco, California
Belter, R. W., Mclntosh, J. A., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1987). The Bender-Gestalt as a method of personality
assessment with adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality
Assessment, San Francisco, California
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Finch, A. J., Jr. (1987). On the evaluation of psychotherapy competency in clinical child psychology trainees.
Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta,
Georgia
Belter, R. W., Mclntosh, J. A., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Saylor, C.F. (1987). Measurement of pain in pre-school
children: Three self-report methods. Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Mclntosh, J. A., Belter, R. W., Saylor, C. F., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1987). The Bender-Gestalt with adolescents:
Comparison of two scoring systems. Paper presented at the 33rd annual meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1987), Cognitive self-instruction with impulsive children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting
of the South Carolina Psychological Association, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 1987.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Fryer, L L, Saylor, C. F., & Mclntosh, J.A. (1987). Childhood anxiety and depression: Negative
affectivity or separate constructs. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, New York
Finch, A. J., Jr., Lipovsky, J. A., & Belter, R. W. (1988). Hypervigilance in Adolescence: Objective and projective
assessment. Paper presented at the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, New
Orleans, Louisiana
Belter, R. W., Lipovsky, J. A. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1988). Rorschach egocentricity index and self-concept in
children. Paper presented at the Mid-Winter Meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, New
Orleans, Louisiana
Aikman, K. G., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Belter, R. W. (1988). Human figure drawings: Validity in assessing intellectual
level and academic achievement. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1988). The therapeutic alliance: Therapist and supervisor parallels - Trust and awkwardness.
Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans,
Louisiana
Finch, A. J., Jr., Belter, R, W., Lipovsky, J. A., & Aikman, K. G. (1988). Depression and anxiety in children:
Objective and Projective Assessment. Paper presented at the 96th Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Carey, M. P. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1989). Depression and anxiety in child and adolescent psychiatric patients:
Distinguishable entities or a unified construct. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child and
Adolescent Psychopathology. Miami, Florida
Belter, R.W., Lipovsky, J.A., & Finch, A.J., Jr. (1989). Empirical assessment of internalizing and externalizing
disorders in children and adolescents. Presented at the Society for Personality Assessment annual
meeting, New York.
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Finch, A. J., Jr., Imm, P.S., & Belter, R.W. (1989). Normative Rorschach data for child and adolescent psychiatric
inpatients. Presented at the Society for Personality Assessment Annual meeting, New York.
Carey, M.P., Finch, A. J., & Belter, R.W. (1989). Comparison of depressed and nondepressed child and
adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Presented at the 97th annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New Orleans.
Carey, M. P. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1989). Anxiety and depression in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients:
Utility of self- and parent-ratings. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association. Washington, D. C.
Carey, M. P., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Imm, P. S. (1989). Differentiating depressive and anxiety disorders from other
child psychiatric disorders: The role of overt behavior, cognitions, and emotions. Paper presented at the
23rd Annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Washington, D.C.
Carey, M. P., Finch, A. J., Jr., Imm, P. S., & Kingsley, R. (1990). The role of cognition and emotions:
Differentiating depressive and anxiety disorders from other child psychiatric disorders. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Costa Mesa,
California.
Finch, A. J, Jr., Imm, P. S., & Belter, R. W. (1990). Brief Rorschach protocols with child and adolescent
psychiatric inpatients. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment,
San Diego, California
Finch, A. J., Jr., Imm, P. S., Belter, R. W., & Carey, M. P. (1990). Anxiety and/or depression: A factor analytic
solution. Paper presented at the 36th Annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Atlanta, Ga.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Imm, P. S., Belter, R. W., & Dacey, C. (1990). Assessment of depression in children and
adolescents. Paper presented at the XIII International Congress on the Rorschach and Projective
Techniques. Paris, France.
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1990). Recent advances in the treatment of child and adolescent depression. Paper presented
at the 98th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, Massachusetts.
Saylor, C., Finch, A. J., Jr., & Belter, R. W. (1990). Aftermath of a major hurricane: Clinical and research
challenges. Paper presented at the 98th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Boston, Massachusetts.
Shannon, M., Finch, A. J., Jr., Imm, P., & Sallee, F. (1990). Rural children's reactions to Hurricane Hugo. Paper
presented at the 37th annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Chicago.
Shannon, M., Finch, A. J., Jr. & Imm, P. S. (1990). Rural children's reaction to Hurricane Hugo. Paper presented
at the 24th annual meeting of the American Association of Behavioral Therapy. San Francisco.
Daugherty, T., Shannon, M., Lonigan, C., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991).
Assessment of children's reaction to
natural disaster. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, New
Orleans.
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SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Lonigan, C., Shannon, M., Daugherty, T., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991). Children's reactions to a natural disaster.
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, New Orleans.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Belter, R., & Imm, P. (1991), Assessment of adolescent depression: Examination of the revised
Depression Index. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment, New
Orleans.
Foster, K. Y., Ashmore, S. D., & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991), Hopelessness, negative thinking, and suicide in
adolescents. Paper presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association.
New Orleans.
Foster, K. Y., Richardson, C., & Finch, A. J, Jr. (1991). Measurement of distress in adolescence: A comparison
of two measures. Paper presented at the 37th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological
Association. New Orleans.
Carey, M., Finch, A. J, Jr., Belter, R., Imm, P., & Carey, T. (1991). Family Assessment Device: Utility with
adolescent inpatients and their parents.
Paper presented at the 99th annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association. San Francisco.
Finch, A. J., Jr. & Belter, R. (1991). Impact of a natural disaster on children and their families. Paper presented at
the 99th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco.
Nelson, W. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991). Assessment of anger in children: Development of the CIA. Paper presented
at the 99th annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association. San Francisco.
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991). Getting into the internship of your choice: The internship site perspective. Paper
presented at the 99th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco.
Shoemaker, O.S., Mclntosh, J., Saylor, C. & Finch, A.J., Jr. (1991). Concurrent validity of the broad-band factors
of the Youth Self-report version of the Child Behavior Profile with psychiatric inpatients. Paper presented
at the 99th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association. San Francisco.
Lonigan, C.J. & Finch, A. J., Jr. (1991). Negative affectivity in children and its relation to self-reported anxiety and
depression. Paper presented at the 25th annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of
Behavior Therapy. New York.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Morrison, C., Foster, K. & Belter, R. (1992). Negative Affectivity in Adolescents. Paper
presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Knoxville.
Anderson, D.L., Ostrander, R. & Finch, A. J,, Jr. (1992). Validity of parent report on the Child Behavior Checklist
Depression scale (CBCL-R). Paper presented at the 38th annual meeting of the Southeastern
Psychological Association. Knoxville.
Finch, A. J., Jr., Belter, R., Shoemaker, O., & Politano, P.M. (1992). Use of the Rorschach and MMPI with
adolescent inpatients. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality Assessment.
Washington, D.C.
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1993). Discussion of model programs in service delivery in clinical child psychology. Paper
presented at the 101st annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.
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SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Finch, A. J., Jr., Lonigan, C., Shannon, M.P., & Taylor, C.M. (1993). Hurricane Hugo: A long-term follow-up.
Paper presented at the 101st annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto,
Canada.
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1994). Clinical-Child Psychology: Directions for the 21st Century. Paper presented at the 102nd
Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.
Belter, R., Finch, A., Foster, K., & Imm, P. (1995). Disconcordance between parent and child reports: What does
it mean? Paper presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Savannah, GA.
Griffiths, B. & Finch, A. (1995). Rorschach responses of violent and nonviolent juvenile offenders. Paper
presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Savannah, GA.
Lynch, T., Bell, N.L., Finch, A.J., & Politano, P.M. ( 2002). Factor Analysis of the Behavioral Assessment System
for Children Self-Report of Personality - Child (BASC SRP-C). Presentation at annual conference, South
Carolina Psycholgists Association, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Parrott, D., Bell, N.L., Finch, A.J., & Politano, P.M. (2002). Factor Analysis of the Behavioral Assessment System
for Children Parent Rating Scale - Child (BASC PRS-C). Presentation at annual conference of South
Carolina Psychological Association, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Saylor, C, Finch, A., Fig, N., Jackson, C., & Cowart, B. (2002). September 11 media exposure: Impact on
elementary students. Presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Chicago, Illinois.
Radecke, J., DeRoma, V., Jones, R., Finch, A., & Bell, N. (2003). Trasational and transformational leadership in
clinical supervision. Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
New Orleans, LA.
Gill, R., DeRoma, V., & Finch, A. J, Jr. (2003). How risks to children and attitudes of the caregiver influence
family reunification. Paper presented at the 8th International Family Violence Research Conference,
Portsmouth, NH.
Fiinch, A. J, Jr. (2004). Development of empirically supported treatments. Paper presented at the 50th Annual
Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Atlanta, GA.
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SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Finch, A. J., Jr., Lonigan, C., Shannon, M.P., & Taylor, C.M. (1993). Hurricane Hugo: A long-term follow-up.
Paper presented at the 101st annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto,
Canada.
Finch, A. J., Jr. (1994). Clinical-Child Psychology: Directions for the 21st Century. Paper presented at the 102nd
Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles.
Belter, R., Finch, A., Foster, K., & Imm, P. (1995). Disconcordance between parent and child reports: What does
it mean? Paper presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
Savannah, GA.
Griffiths, B. & Finch, A. (1995). Rorschach responses of violent and nonviolent juvenile offenders. Paper
presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Savannah, GA.
Lynch, T., Bell, N.L., Finch, A.J., & Politano, P.M. ( 2002). Factor Analysis of the Behavioral Assessment System
for Children Self-Report of Personality - Child (BASC SRP-C). Presentation at annual conference, South
Carolina Psycholgists Association, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Parrott, D., Bell, N.L., Finch, A.J., & Politano, P.M. (2002). Factor Analysis of the Behavioral Assessment System
for Children Parent Rating Scale - Child (BASC PRS-C), Presentation at annual conference of South
Carolina Psychological Association, Myrtle Beach, SC.
Saylor, C, Finch, A., Fig, N., Jackson, C., & Cowart, B. (2002). September 11 media exposure: Impact on
elementary students. Presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association.
Chicago, Illinois.
Radecke, J., DeRoma, V., Jones, R., Finch, A., & Bell, N. (2003). Trasational and transformational leadership in
clinical supervision. Presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association,
New Orleans, LA.
Gill, R., DeRoma, V., & Finch, A. J, Jr. (2003). How risks to children and attitudes of the caregiver influence
family reunification. Paper presented at the 8th International Family Violence Research Conference,
Portsmouth, NH.
Fiinch, A. J, Jr. (2004). Development of empirically supported treatments. Paper presented at the 50th Annual
Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association. Atlanta, GA.
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COMMITTEE WORK:
Member, Psychology Internship Training Committee, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
1982-1991
Member, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Research Committee, 1982-1986
Member, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Promotions and Tenure Committee, 19841991
Member, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Computer Utilization Committee, 1983-1991,
Chair, 1983-1987
Member, Psychiatry Department Recruitment Committee, 1983-1985
Member, Institute of Psychiatry Research Committee, 1988-1991
Member, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds Committee, 1984-91.
Member, Graduate Council, The Citadel, 1991-2002
Member, Academic Board, The Citadel, 1991- 2002
Chair, Committee on Educational Programs, SACS Steering Committee, The Citadel, 1992-1995
Member, SACS Steering Committee, The Citadel 1992-1995
Chair, Core Curriculum Review Committee, The Citadel, 1996-1998
Member, Advising Committee, 1999 - 2001
Member, Committee on Excellence in Teaching, 1999 - 2002
Executive Committee 2001- present
Numerous Search Committees including Vice President of Academic Affairs, Provost, Dean of Education,
Head Department of Health and Physical Education, Head Department of Education, Head Department of
Biology, etc.
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GRANT INFORMATION:
Principal Investigator: Virginia Commonwealth University Faculty Grant, Physiological manifestations of
anxiety in emotionally disturbed children, 1974-1975, $5,995.
Principal Investigator: Virginia Mental Health Foundation, Training impulsive emotionally disturbed
children to delay, 1975-1977, $10,000.
Principal Investigator: Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Training Grant,
Clinical Child Psychology Internship Program, 1976-1981, $10,500.
Principal Investigator: Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Research Grant,
Anger management in emotionally disturbed children, 1980-1981, $6,230.
Principal Investigator: Virginia Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation Research Grant,
Establishment of a data-based clinical assessment research program, 1981, $10,000.
Co-program Director: Child Mental Health Training Grant, National Institute of Mental Health, July, 1984 June, 1985, $19,108; July, 1985 - June, 1986, $19,108; July, 1986 - June, 1987, $19,108.
Program Director: Clinical Child/Pediatric Psychology Internship, National Institute of Mental Health, July,
1985 - June, 1986, $37,834; July, 1986 - June, 1987, $27,125; July, 1987 - June 1988, $27,125.
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REFERENCES
Thomas Ollendick, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Virginia Tech
Derring Hall
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phillip C. Kendall, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Weiss Hall
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Anthony Spirito, Ph.D.
Child and Family Psychiatry
Rhode Island Hospital
593 Eddy Street
Providence, Rl 02902
W. Michael Nelson, III, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Xavier University
Cincinnati, OH 45207
Conway F. Saylor, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
The Citadel
171 Moultrie St.
Charleston, SC 29409