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PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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  • Abdel-Baki, R., Dobson, O., Rigby, E.*, & Thomassin, K. (accepted). A meta-analysis of parental self-efficacy in parents of autistic and non-autistic youth. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 
 
  • Abdel-Baki, R.*, Frankiewicz, K.*, & Thomassin, K. (2026). Associations between caregiver and child factors and parental self-efficacy in mothers and fathers of autistic children in Canada. Research in Autism, 132, Article 202867. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202867 
 
  • Stearns, N. R., Kerig, P. K., Alexander, A., Thomassin, K., & Craig, S. G. (accepted). Emotion regulation and emotion reactivity in callous-unemotional (CU) traits: The role of dynamic physiological indicators in primary and secondary CU variants. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
 
  • Aitken, M., Andrade, B. F., Krasinkiewicz, C. E.*, Chan, S.-W.S., Ghandi, S. P., Pun, J. W., Hamilton-Wright, A., Wang, W., Sack, L.*, Weisz, J. R., Bancroft R., Henderson, J., & Thomassin, K. (2026). Testing the biobehavioral regulation of negative emotion as a mechanism of change in a transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-026-09739-8 
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  • Vogel, N.*, Sosa-Hernandez, L.*, Funston, C.*, Balfour, E.*, & Thomassin, K. (2025). Assessing day-to-day emotion dynamics within the whole family: Protocol for a family-wide ecological momentary assessment study (The Family and Child Emotion Study). JMIR Research Protocols, 14, Article e77364. https://doi.org/10.2196/77364
 
  • Seddon, J. A.*, Reaume, C. L.*, & Thomassin, K. (2025). A six-week group program of emotion focused family therapy for parents of children with mental health challenges: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Psychiatry, 25(1), Article 131. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-06382-y
 
  • Sack, L.*, Alie, M.*, & Thomassin, K. (2024). Content analysis of mothers’ and fathers’ self-efficacy in the context of emotion socialization. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33(11), 3612-3626. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02935-7 
 
  • Sosa-Hernandez, L.*, Vogel, N.*, Frankiewicz, K.*, Reaume, C.*, Drew, A.*, McVey Neufeld, S.*, & Thomassin, K. (2024). Exploring emotions beyond the laboratory: A review of emotional and physiological ecological momentary assessment in children and youth. Psychophysiology, 61(12), Article e14699. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14699
 
  • ​Pritchard, T., Buckle, J., Thomassin, K., & Lewis, S. (2024). Rural suicide in Newfoundland and Labrador: A qualitative exploration of health care providers’ perspectives. PLOS One, 19(8), Article e0306929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306929 
 
  • Reaume, C.*, & Thomassin, K. (2024). Parental linguistic content and distancing predict beliefs about emotion and child emotion regulation. Cognition and Emotion, 39(7) https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2362371
 
  • Susman, E.S.*, Coulombe, P., Evans, S.C., McLaughlin, K.A., Weisz, J.R., & Thomassin, K. (accepted). Are vagal tone and vagal regulation modifiable transdiagnostic processes of evidence-based psychological treatment? Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 1-15. 
 
  • Seddon, J. A.*, Reaume, C.*, Sack, L.*, Sosa-Hernandez, L. P.*, & Thomassin, K. (2024). Maternal and paternal emotion dysregulation profiles: Links to parent and child functioning. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 91, Article 101628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101628
 
  • Thomassin, K., McVey Neufeld, S.*, Ansari, N.*, & Vogel, N*. (2023). Feasibility, acceptability, and usability of physiology and emotion monitoring in adults and children using the novel time2feel smartphone application. Sensors, 23(23), Article 9470. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23239470
 
  • Moline, R. L.*, Thomassin, K., & Hou, S.* (2023). A Transdiagnostic Modular Approach to Treating Pica in a Young Female with a Trauma History. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 11, 58-65.A transdiagnostic modular approach to treating pica in a young female with a trauma history. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 11(1), 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1037/cpp0000438 
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  • Sack, L.*, Seddon, J. A.*, Sosa-Hernandez, L.*, & Thomassin, K. (2022). Typologies of non-suicidal self-injury functions and clinical correlates among inpatient youth. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 55, 999-1009.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01465-x
 
  • Reaume, C.*, Seddon, J. A.*, Colwell., S., Sack, L.*, Do Rosario, S.*, & Thomassin, K. (2022). Racial-ethnic differences in positive emotion socialization: Links to child emotional lability. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 81(3), Article 101443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2022.101443
 
  • Thomassin, K., Sosa-Hernandez, L.*, & Reaume, C.* (2022). The effectiveness of knowledge mobilization on parent emotion beliefs is moderated by parent gender, dysregulation, and family expressiveness. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 56(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000338
    
  • Seddon, J. A.*, Abdel-Baki, R.*, Feige, S.*, & Thomassin, K. (2020). The cascade effect of maternal and paternal dysregulation and psychopathology: An emotion socialization transmission framework. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 579519. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579519 
 
  • Weisz,  J. R., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Santucci, L. C., MacPherson, H. A., Rodriguez, G. M., Bearman, S. K., Lang, J. M., Venderploeg, J. J., Marshall, T. M., Lu, J. J., Jensen-Doss, A., & Evans, S.C. (2020). Clinician training, then what? Randomized clinical trial of Child STEPs psychotherapy using lower-cost implementation supports with versus without expert consultation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88(12), 1065-1078. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000536 
 
  • Moline, R. L.*, Thomassin, K., & Hou, S.* (2022). A Modular Approach to Treating Pica in a Young Female with a Trauma History. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology.
 
  • Harmon, S. L., Price, M., Corteselli, K., Lee, E., Metz, K., Bonadio, F. T., Marchette, L. K., Hersh, J., Marchette, L. K., Rodriquez, G., Raftery-Helmer, J., Thomassin, K., Bearman, S.K., Jensen-Doss, A., Evans, S., & Weisz, J. R. (2021). Evaluating a Modular Approach to Therapy for Children with Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and Conduct Problems (MATCH) in School-based Mental Health Care: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychology: Psychopathology, 12, Article 639493. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.639493
 
  • Weisz, J. R., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Santucci, L. C., MacPherson, H. A., Rodriguez, G. M., Bearman, S. K., Lang, J. M., Venderploeg, J. J., Marshall, T. M., Lu, J. J., Jensen-Doss, A., & Evans, S.C. (2020). Clinician training, then what? Randomized clinical trial of Child STEPs psychotherapy using lower-cost implementation supports with versus without expert consultation. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 88, 1065-1078.
 
  • Moline, R. L.*, Hou, S.*, Chevrier, J.*, & Thomassin, K. (2020). A Systematic Review of Behavioral Treatments for Pica in Youths. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28(1), 39-55. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpp.2491​​
 
  • Seddon, J. A.*, Abdel-Baki, R.*, Feige, S.*, & Thomassin, K. (2020). The cascade effect of maternal and paternal dysregulation and psychopathology: An emotion socialization transmission framework. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 579519. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.579519
 
  • Sosa-Hernandez, L.*, Sack, L.*, Seddon, J. A.*, Bailey, K.*, & Thomassin, K. (2020). Mother and father repertoires of emotion socialization practices in middle childhood. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 69, Article 101159. 
 
  • Seddon, J. A.*, Rodriguez, V. J.*, Provencher, Y.*, Raftery-Helmer, J., Hersh, J., Labelle, P. R., & Thomassin, K. (2020). Meta-analysis of the effectiveness of the Trier Social Stress Test in eliciting physiological stress responses in children and adolescents. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 116, Article 104582. Online eprint.
 
  • Thomassin, K., Seddon, J. A.*, & Vaughn-Coaxum, R. (2020). Development and validation of the Parents’ Gendered Emotion Beliefs Scale. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 29(3), 855-866. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-019-01591-6
 
  • Thomassin, K. & Seddon, J. A.* (2019). Implicit attitudes about gender and emotion are associated with mothers’ but not fathers’ emotion socialization. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 51, 254-260.  https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000142
 
  • Thomassin, K., Wilson, L. F., Vaughn-Coaxum, R., Campbell, W. K., Zeichner, A. & Miller, J. D. (2019). Development and validation of the Praise, Indulgence, and Status Parenting Scale. Journal of Personality Assessment, 102(6), 804-816. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2019.1639187 
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  • Thomassin, K., Buscea, O.*, Chan, K. J.*, Carter, E.* (2019). A thematic analysis of parents’ gendered beliefs about emotion in middle childhood boys and girls. Journal of Family Issues, 40(1), 2944-2973. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X19868261 
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  • Thomassin, K., Marchette, L., & Weisz, J. R. (2019). Practitioners’ use and evaluation of transdiagnostic youth psychotherapy years after training and consultation have ended. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 46(1), 821-832. https:/doi.org/10.1007/s10488-019-00962-x.
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  • Weisz, J. R., Vaughn-Coaxum, R. A., Evans, S. C., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Lee, E., Ng, M. Y., Lau, N., Raftery-Helmer, J., Mair, P. (2019). Efficient monitoring of treatment response during youth psychotherapy: The Behavior and Feelings Survey. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 49(6), 737-751. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2018.1547973 
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  • Thomassin, K., Raftery-Helmer, J., & Hersh, J. (2018). A review of coding approaches for the Trier Social Stress Test for youth. Frontiers in Psychology: Quantitative Psychology and Measurement, 9, Article 2610. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02610
 
  • Madden, A.*, Are, F.*, Rea, H.*, Shaffer, A., & Thomassin, K. (2018). Negative peer relations moderate the association between childhood emotional abuse and nonsuicidal self-injury in an inpatient adolescent sample. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27(12), 3994-4000. httsp://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1230-1
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  • Valiquette-Tessier, S.*, Gosselin, J., Young, M., & Thomassin, K. (2018). Putting parenthood under the cultural lens: A literature review of cultural stereotypes associated with motherhood and fatherhood. Marriage & Family Review, 55, 299-329. 
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  • Weisz, J. R., Ugueto, A., Bearman, S. K., Marchette, L., Lee, R., Cheron, D. M., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., Raftery-Helmer, J., Weissman, A., & Jensen-Doss, A. (2018). When the torch is passed does the flame still burn? Testing a “Train the Supervisor” model for the Child STEPs Treatment Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 86(9), 726-737. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000331
 
  • Suveg, C., Jones, A.*, Davis, M.*, Jacob, M., Morelen, D., & Thomassin, K. (2018). Emotion-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy for youth with anxiety disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 46(3), 569-580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0319-0
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  • Thomassin, K., Guerin Marion, C.*, Venasse, M.*, & Shaffer, A. (2017). Specific coping strategies moderate the link between emotion expression deficits and nonsuicidal self-injury in an inpatient sample of adolescents. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 11(21), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-017-0158-3
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  • Thomassin, K., Quint, E.*, Sezlik, S.*, & Shaffer, A. (2017). Profiles of emotion deficits and adolescent nonsuicidal self-injury in an inpatient sample. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27(4), 752-764. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12312
 
  • Davis, M.*, Thomassin, K., Bilms, J.*, Suveg, C., Shaffer, A., & Beach, S. A. (2017). Preschoolers’ genetic, physiological, and behavioral susceptibility factors moderate links between parenting stress and internalizing, externalizing, and sleep problems. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(4), 473-485. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.21510
 
  • Thomassin, K., Suveg, C., Davis, M.*, Lavner, J. A., & Beach, S.R.H. (2017). Coparental affect, children’s emotion dysregulation, and parent and child depressive symptoms. Family Process, 56(1), 126-140. httsp://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12184
 
  • Thomassin, K., Jones, A.*, & Suveg, C. (2017). “You Want Me to Do What?!” Ethical considerations when conducting exposure tasks with youth with anxiety. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2(1), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2016.1250015
 
  • Thomassin, K., Shaffer, A., Madden, A.*, & Londino, D. (2016). Specificity of childhood maltreatment and emotion deficit in nonsuicidal self-injury in an inpatient sample of youth. Psychiatry Research, 244, 103-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.050
 
  • Santucci, L., Thomassin, K., Petrovic, L.*, & Weisz, J.R. (2015). Building evidence-based interventions for the youths, providers, and contexts of real-world care. Child Development Perspectives, 9(2), 67-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12118
 
  • Weisz, J. R., Krumholz, L.S., Santucci, L., Thomassin, K., & Ng, M.* (2015). Shrinking the gap between research and practice: Tailoring and testing youth psychotherapies in clinical care contexts. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 11(1), 139-163. httsp://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032814-112820
 
  • Thomassin, K. & Suveg, C. (2014). Reciprocal positive affect and well-regulated, adjusted children: A unique contribution of fathers. Parenting: Science and Practice, 14(1), 28-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2014.880017
 
  • Morelen, D. & Thomassin, K. (2013). Emotion socialization and ethnicity: An examination of practices and outcomes in African American, Asian American, and Latin American families. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, 86(2), 168-178.
 
  • Harding, H. G., Morelen, D., Thomassin, K., Bradbury, L., & Shaffer, A. (2013). Exposure to maternal and paternal perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV), emotion regulation, and child outcomes. Journal of Family Violence, 28(1), 63-72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-012-9487-4
 
  • Morelen, D., Jacob, M. L., Suveg, C., Jones, A., & Thomassin, K. (2013). Family expressivity, emotion regulation, and the link to psychopathology: Examination across race. British Journal of Psychology, 104(2), 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8295.2012.02108.x
 
  • Thomassin, K., Morelen, D., & Suveg, C. (2012). Emotion reporting using electronic diaries reduces anxiety symptoms in girls with emotion dysregulation. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 42(4), 207-213. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-012-9205-9
 
  • Shaffer, A., Suveg, C., Thomassin, K., & Bradbury, L. (2012). Maternal emotion socialization in the context of family risks: Links to child emotion dysregulation. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21(6), 917-924. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9551-3
 
  • Thomassin, K. & Suveg, C. (2012). Parental autonomy support moderates the link between ADHD symptomatology and task perseverance.  Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 43(6), 958-967. httsp://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-012-0306-1  
 
  • Suveg, C., Shaffer, A., Morelen, D., & Thomassin, K. (2011). Links between maternal and child psychopathology symptoms: Mediation through child emotion regulation and moderation through maternal behavior. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 42(5), 507-520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-011-0223-8
 
  • Lindstrom, W., Coleman, C., Thomassin, K., Southall, C., & Lindstrom, J. (2010). Simulated dyslexia in postsecondary students: Description and detection using embedded validity indicators. Clinical Neuropsychologist, 25(2), 302-322. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2010.537280
 
  • Suveg, C., Morelen, D., Brewer, G. A., & Thomassin, K. (2010). The emotion dysregulation model of anxiety: A preliminary path analytic examination. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 24(8), 924-930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2010.06.018
 
  • Suveg, C., Payne, M., Thomassin, K., & Jacob, M. L.  (2010). Electronic diaries:  A feasible method for capturing emotional experiences in youth. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32(1), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9162-0
 
  • Gilleland, J., Suveg, C., Jacob, M., & Thomassin, K. (2009). Parental somatization and child emotional functioning as predictors of youth’s somatic functioning. Child: Care, Health & Development, 35(3), 383-390. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00950.x
 
  • Suveg, C., Hoffman, B., Zeman, J. L., & Thomassin, K. (2009). Common and specific emotion-related predictors of anxious and depressive symptoms in youth. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 40(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-008-0121-x
 
  • Suveg, C., Jacob, M.L., & Thomassin, K.  (2009). Generalized anxiety disorder in youth. In E.A. Storch and L.J. Garcia-Lopez (Eds.), Behavioral Psychology/Psicologia Conductual, 17, 41-66. Special Issue on Advances in Evidence-based Assessment and Treatment of Anxiety. 

Book chapters

  • Thomassin, K., Seddon, J. A.*, & Reaume, C.* (accepted). Case Conceptualization in Children and Adolescents. In N. de la Osa and M.A. Carrasco (Eds.), Clinical Assessment with Children and Adolescents: New Contributions to Research and Practice. Hogrefe.
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  • Thomassin, K., Jacob, M. L., West, K. B.*, Hale, M. E.*, & Suveg, C. (in press). Emotion Regulation in Youth with Anxiety Disorders. In D. McKay and E.A. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders (pp. 171-185). Springer.
 
  • Thomassin, K. & Hunsley, J. (2019). Case Conceptualization. In M. Prinstein, E. Youngstrom, E. Mash, & R. Barkley (Eds.) Treatment of Childhood Disorders, 4th Edition. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
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  • Marchette, L.K., Thomassin, K., Hersh, J., MacPherson, H.A., Santucci, L., Weisz, J.R. (2019). Community Mental Health Settings. In T.H. Ollendick, S.W. White, & B.A. White (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
 
  • Suveg, C., Thomassin, K., & Morelen, D. (2016). Self-Monitoring. In D.W. Nangle, D.J. Hansen, R.L. Grover, J.N. Kingery, & C. Suveg (Eds.) Treating Internalizing Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Core Techniques and Strategies (pp. 230-250). New York, NY: Guildford Press.
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  • ​Jacob, M. L., Thomassin, K., Morelen, D., & Suveg, C. (2011). Emotion Regulation in Youth with Anxiety Disorders. In D. McKay and E.A. Storch (Eds.), Handbook of Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (pp. 171-185). New York, NY: Springer.
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