Amie Bettencourt

Research output

Research output per year 2008 2019 2022 2023 2024

• 46 Article
• 5 Review article

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A Study of Households with Children and Firearms in Baltimore, Maryland

  Cohen, J., Milton, J., Hoops, K., Irvin, N., Bettencourt, A. & Ryan, L., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Community Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Baltimore 100%
  • Firearms 88%
  • Child 33%
  • cause of death 9%
  • descriptive statistics 8%
• 2023

  A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Virtually Delivered Group-Based Mothers and Babies for Latina Immigrant Mothers

  Platt, R., Martin, C. P., Perry, O., Cooper, L., Tandon, D., Richman, R., Bettencourt, A. F. & Polk, S., Sep 1 2023, In: Women's Health Issues. 33, 5, p. 465-473 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Hispanic Americans 100%
  • baby 98%
  • immigrant 73%
  • Postpartum Depression 66%
  • Mothers 66%

• Associations Between Social Determinants of Health, Chronic Absence From School, and Teacher Ratings of Parents’ Engagement in Early Education

  Paulson, R. E., Plesko, C. M., Gross, D. & Bettencourt, A. F., Dec 2023, In: Journal of School Nursing. 39, 6, p. 431-443 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • School Teachers 100%
  • Social Determinants of Health 96%
  • Parents 53%
  • Education 45%
  • Poverty 38%

• Behavioral Concerns in Early Childhood Consultation: Diagnostic Overshadowing and Comorbidity

  Leppert, M. L., Bettencourt, A. & Harrison, J. N., Nov 2023, In: Clinical pediatrics. 62, 11, p. 1315-1317 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Characteristics of Patients Served by a Statewide Child Psychiatry Access Program

  Bettencourt, A. F., Coble, K., Reinblatt, S. P., Jadhav, S., Khan, K. N. & Riddle, M. A., Jul 1 2023, In: Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 74, 7, p. 718-726 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Primary Health Care 44%
  • Pediatrics 31%
  • Latent Class Analysis 27%
  • Anxiety 23%
  • Adolescent Psychiatry 21%

• Cost-Effectiveness a Parenting Skills Program Implemented in Public PreK Schools in Disadvantaged Urban Communities

  Slade, E. P., Bettencourt, A. F. & Gross, D. A., Nov 2023, In: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 50, 6, p. 888-900 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Parenting 100%
  • Vulnerable Populations 93%
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis 77%
  • costs 50%
  • Parents 25%

• Embedding a Parenting Skills Program in Public PreK: Outcomes of a Quasi-Experimental Mixed Methods Study

  Bettencourt, A. F., Gross, D., Schock, N., Ferro, R. & Perrin, N., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Early Education and Development.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Parenting 100%
  • Students 62%
  • Parents 40%
  • Absenteeism 22%
  • Baltimore 22%

• Identifying Meaningful Indicators of Parent Engagement in Early Learning for Low-Income, Urban Families

  Bettencourt, A. F., Gross, D., Bower, K., Francis, L., Taylor, K., Singleton, D. L. & Han, H. R., Dec 2023, In: Urban Education. 58, 10, p. 2308-2345 38 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • school 100%
  • income 98%
  • learning 92%
  • low income 89%
  • family 81%

• Long-term consequences of bullying involvement in first grade

  Bettencourt, A. F., Clary, L. K., Ialongo, N. & Musci, R. J., Apr 2023, In: Journal of School Psychology. 97, p. 63-76 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bullying 100%
  • exclusion 55%
  • school grade 51%
  • Criminal Law 28%
  • Suspensions 17%

• Patterns in School-Based Mental Health Visits and Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Benefield, H., Bettencourt, A., Lee, M. & Vidal, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: School Mental Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pandemics 100%
  • medication 80%
  • Mental Health 73%
  • mental health 64%
  • Prescriptions 49%

• When Adverse Childhood Experiences Present to a Statewide Child Psychiatry Access Program

  Ferro, R. A., DiFatta, R., Khan, K. N., Coble, K., Reinblatt, S. P. & Bettencourt, A. F., Jul 2023, In: Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research. 50, 3, p. 400-412 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences 100%
  • child psychiatry 89%
  • childhood 46%
  • Primary Health Care 44%
  • present 37%
• 2022

  Beliefs as Mediators of Relations Between Exposure to Violence and Physical Aggression During Early Adolescence

  Farrell, A. D., Pittman, S., Bettencourt, A. F., Mehari, K. R., Dunn, C. & Sullivan, T. N., Mar 2022, In: Journal of Early Adolescence. 42, 3, p. 297-326 30 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Exposure to Violence 100%
  • Aggression 74%
  • aggression 59%
  • adolescence 59%
  • violence 45%

• Characteristics of Primary Care Providers' Consultations With a Statewide Child Psychiatry Access Program Regarding Autism Spectrum Disorder

  Reinblatt, S. P., Coble, K., Williams, J. L. L., Cotton, A. M. & Bettencourt, A. F., Sep 1 2022, In: Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. 63, 5, p. 463-473 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • child psychiatry 100%
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder 79%
  • autism 74%
  • Primary Health Care 60%
  • Referral and Consultation 56%

• Developing an equitable measure of parent engagement in early childhood education for urban schools

  Gross, D. A., Bettencourt, A. F., Holmes Finch, W., Plesko, C., Paulson, R. & Singleton, D. L., Oct 2022, In: Children and Youth Services Review. 141, 106613.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • childhood 100%
  • Education 91%
  • Parents 78%
  • Absenteeism 53%
  • Income 51%

• Education on the Social Determinants of Mental Health in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowships

  Kronsberg, H., Bettencourt, A. F., Vidal, C. & Platt, R. E., Feb 2022, In: Academic Psychiatry. 46, 1, p. 50-54 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Social Determinants of Health 100%
  • child psychiatry 96%
  • Adolescent Psychiatry 96%
  • psychiatry 73%
  • Mental Health 58%
  1 Scopus citations

• Higher exposure to childhood adversity associates with lower adult flourishing

  Wang, L., Yu, Z., Chen, W., Zhang, J. & Bettencourt, A. F., Dec 2022, In: BMC public health. 22, 1, 612.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Adverse Childhood Experiences 100%
  • childhood 46%
  • Violence 30%
  • experience 21%
  • violence 18%

• Latent classes of aggression and peer victimization: Measurement invariance and differential item functioning across sex, race-ethnicity, cohort, and study site

  Bettencourt, A. F., Musci, R. J., Masyn, K. E. & Farrell, A. D., Mar 1 2022, In: Child development. 93, 2, p. e117-e134

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Crime Victims 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • victimization 66%
  • aggression 64%
  • ethnicity 58%

• Positive Childhood Experiences Associate with Adult Flourishing Amidst Adversity: A Cross Sectional Survey Study with a National Sample of Young Adults

  Yu, Z., Wang, L., Chen, W., Zhang, J. & Bettencourt, A. F., Nov 2022, In: International journal of environmental research and public health. 19, 22, 14956.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • young adult 100%
  • Sampling 98%
  • Young Adult 96%
  • China 96%
  • young 82%

• Trends in Mental Health Concerns Reported to Two Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Programs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Bettencourt, A. F., Allen, C., Coble, K., Hibbert, T. & Sarver, D. E., Jun 2022, In: Psychiatric Services. 73, 6, p. 670-673 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pandemics 100%
  • Mental Health 73%
  • Pediatrics 60%
  • Delivery of Health Care 57%
  • Primary Health Care 41%
• 2021

  Characteristics of Providers Using a Child Psychiatry Access Program

  Cotton, A., Riddle, M. A., Reinblatt, S. P. & Bettencourt, A. F., Oct 2021, In: Psychiatric Services. 72, 10, p. 1213-1217 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Primary Health Care 53%
  • Pediatrics 52%
  • Referral and Consultation 29%
  • Osteopathic Medicine 22%
  • Mental Health Services 14%

• Patterns of Adolescents’ Appraisals of Responses to Problem Situations: Associations with Aggression, Victimization, and Contextual Factors

  Farrell, A. D., Dunn, C. B., Pittman, S. K. & Bettencourt, A. F., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 50, 4, p. 641-662 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crime Victims 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • victimization 66%
  • aggression 64%
  • adolescent 45%

• Pediatric Primary Care Provider Comfort with Mental Health Practices: A Needs Assessment of Regions with Shortages of Treatment Access

  Bettencourt, A. F., Ferro, R. A., Williams, J. L. L., Khan, K. N., Platt, R. E., Sweeney, S. & Coble, K., Aug 2021, In: Academic Psychiatry. 45, 4, p. 429-434 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Needs Assessment 100%
  • shortage 77%
  • Primary Health Care 67%
  • Mental Health 66%
  • mental health 58%
• 2020

  Patterns of Student Treatment Attendance and Dropout in an Urban School-Based Mental Health Program

  Kronsberg, H. & Bettencourt, A., Sep 1 2020, In: School Mental Health. 12, 3, p. 610-625 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • drop-out 100%
  • Mental Health 80%
  • Students 71%
  • mental health 70%
  • Latent Class Analysis 25%

• What is Parent Engagement in Early Learning? Depends Who You Ask

  Gross, D., Bettencourt, A. F., Taylor, K., Francis, L., Bower, K. & Singleton, D. L., Mar 1 2020, In: Journal of Child and Family Studies. 29, 3, p. 747-760 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Learning 100%
  • Consensus 51%
  • learning 46%
  • Income 44%
  • Parents 40%
  2 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Adolescents' Appraisal of Responses to Problem Situations and Their Relation to Aggression and Nonviolent Behavior

  Farrell, A. D. & Bettencourt, A. F., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychology of Violence.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression 100%
  • Intention 89%
  • aggression 80%
  • rating 70%
  • adolescent 56%
  1 Scopus citations

• Associations between an educational attainment polygenic score with educational attainment in an African American sample

  Rabinowitz, J. A., Kuo, S. I. C., Felder, W., Musci, R. J., Bettencourt, A., Benke, K., Sisto, D. Y., Smail, E., Uhl, G., Maher, B. S., Kouzis, A. & Ialongo, N. S., Jun 2019, In: Genes, Brain and Behavior. 18, 5, e12558.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • African Americans 100%
  • Education 67%
  • Academic Success 57%
  • Reading 37%
  • Criminal Law 30%
  3 Scopus citations

• Beliefs About Fighting and Their Relations to Urban Adolescents’ Frequency of Aggression and Victimization: Evaluation of the Beliefs About Fighting Scale

  Farrell, A. D., Bettencourt, A. F. & Mehari, K. R., Jun 1 2019, In: Journal of Early Adolescence. 39, 6, p. 785-813 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crime Victims 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • victimization 66%
  • aggression 64%
  • adolescent 45%
  4 Scopus citations

• Evaluating Implementation Fidelity of a School-Based Parenting Program for Low-Income Families

  Bettencourt, A. F., Gross, D. & Breitenstein, S., Oct 1 2019, In: Journal of School Nursing. 35, 5, p. 325-336 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Parenting 100%
  • Income 73%
  • Parents 40%
  • Child Behavior 19%
  • Poverty 19%
  2 Scopus citations

• Financial Incentives for Promoting Participation in a School-Based Parenting Program in Low-Income Communities

  Gross, D. & Bettencourt, A. F., May 15 2019, In: Prevention Science. 20, 4, p. 585-597 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Parenting 100%
  • Income 73%
  • Motivation 72%
  • low income 70%
  • incentive 68%
  4 Scopus citations

• How do collective student behavior and other classroom contextual factors relate to teachers' implementation of an evidence-based intervention? A multilevel structural equation model

  Musci, R. J., Pas, E. T., Bettencourt, A. F., Masyn, K. E., Ialongo, N. S. & Bradshaw, C. P., Dec 1 2019, In: Development and psychopathology. 31, 5, p. 1827-1835 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Structural Models 100%
  • structural model 83%
  • Students 59%
  • classroom 44%
  • evidence 35%
  3 Scopus citations

• Violence exposure in an urban city: A GxE interaction with aggressive and impulsive behaviors

  Musci, R. J., Bettencourt, A. F., Sisto, D., Maher, B., Masyn, K. & Ialongo, N. S., Jan 2019, In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines. 60, 1, p. 72-81 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Exposure to Violence 100%
  • Impulsive Behavior 80%
  • aggressive behavior 74%
  • violence 45%
  • teachers' behavior 27%
  6 Scopus citations
• 2018

  Evaluating the genetic susceptibility to peer reported bullying behaviors

  Musci, R. J., Bettencourt, A. F., Sisto, D., Maher, B., Uhl, G., Ialongo, N. & Bradshaw, C. P., May 2018, In: Psychiatry research. 263, p. 193-198 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bullying 100%
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease 76%
  • Conduct Disorder 10%
  • Genome-Wide Association Study 8%
  • Public Health 5%
  3 Scopus citations

• Negative Consequences Associated With Witnessing Severe Violent Events: The Role of Control-Related Beliefs

  Musci, R. J., Bettencourt, A. F., Rabinowitz, J., Ialongo, N. S. & Lambert, S. F., Dec 2018, In: Journal of Adolescent Health. 63, 6, p. 739-744 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • violence 100%
  • Violence 95%
  • event 89%
  • adulthood 67%
  • Exposure to Violence 63%
  5 Scopus citations

• The Costly Consequences of not Being Socially and Behaviorally Ready to Learn by Kindergarten in Baltimore City

  Bettencourt, A. F., Gross, D., Ho, G. & Perrin, N., Feb 1 2018, In: Journal of Urban Health. 95, 1, p. 36-50 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Baltimore 100%
  • kindergarten 71%
  • school 68%
  • city 43%
  • school readiness 32%
  6 Scopus citations
• 2017

  How school climate relates to chronic absence: A multi–level latent profile analysis

  Van Eck, K., Johnson, S. R., Bettencourt, A. & Lindstrom-Johnson, S. R., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of School Psychology. 61, p. 89-102 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • school climate 100%
  • Climate 96%
  • Students 21%
  • climate 20%
  • student 12%
  35 Scopus citations

• Patterns of peer- and teacher-rated aggression, victimization, and prosocial behavior in an urban, predominantly African American preadolescent sample: Associations with peer-perceived characteristics

  Bettencourt, A. F., Musci, R., Clemans, K. H., Carinci, J. & Ialongo, N. S., Dec 2017, In: Journal of School Psychology. 65, p. 83-101 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crime Victims 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • African Americans 72%
  • victimization 66%
  • aggression 64%
  7 Scopus citations

• Reporting and identifying child physical abuse: How well are we doing?

  Ho, G. W. K., Bettencourt, A. & Gross, D. A., Dec 2017, In: Research in Nursing and Health. 40, 6, p. 519-527 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Child Abuse 100%
  • Child 27%
  • Mandatory Reporting 15%
  • Law Enforcement 14%
  • Data Systems 13%
  1 Scopus citations

• Universal mandatory reporting policies and the odds of identifying child physical abuse

  Ho, G. W. K., Gross, D. A. & Bettencourt, A., May 2017, In: American journal of public health. 107, 5, p. 709-716 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mandatory Reporting 100%
  • Child Abuse 78%
  • abuse 49%
  • Protection of Children 15%
  • reporter 14%
  11 Scopus citations
• 2013

  Early predictors of urban adolescents community violence exposure

  Lambert, S. F., Bettencourt, A. F., Bradshaw, C. P. & Ialongo, N. S., Jan 1 2013, In: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma. 22, 1, p. 26-44 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Exposure to Violence 100%
  • violence 45%
  • adolescent 41%
  • adolescence 23%
  • Crime Victims 18%
  1 Scopus citations

• Individual and Contextual Factors Associated with Patterns of Aggression and Peer Victimization During Middle School

  Bettencourt, A. F. & Farrell, A. D., Feb 2013, In: Journal of Youth and Adolescence. 42, 2, p. 285-302 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crime Victims 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • victimization 66%
  • aggression 64%
  • adolescent 22%
  38 Scopus citations

• Stability and Change in Patterns of Peer Victimization and Aggression during Adolescence

  Bettencourt, A., Farrell, A., Liu, W. & Sullivan, T., Jul 1 2013, In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 42, 4, p. 429-441 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Crime Victims 100%
  • Aggression 80%
  • victimization 66%
  • aggression 64%
  • adolescence 64%
  34 Scopus citations
• 2012

  Adult-directed and peer-directed respect for authority: Relationships with aggressive and manipulative behavior

  Clemans, K. H., Graber, J. A. & Bettencourt, A. F., Sep 2012, In: Journal of Research on Adolescence. 22, 3, p. 480-486 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Respect 100%
  • aggressive behavior 96%
  • Peers 79%
  • respect 74%
  • Authority 55%
  4 Scopus citations

• Patterns of adolescents' beliefs about fighting and their relation to behavior and risk factors for aggression

  Farrell, A. D., Bettencourt, A., Mays, S., Kramer, A., Sullivan, T. & Kliewer, W., Jul 2012, In: Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 40, 5, p. 787-802 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression 100%
  • aggression 80%
  • adolescent 56%
  • Group 28%
  • American 16%
  20 Scopus citations
• 2010

  Environmental influences on fighting versus nonviolent behavior in peer situations: A qualitative study with urban African American adolescents

  Farrell, A. D., Mays, S., Bettencourt, A., Erwin, E. H., Vulin-Reynolds, M. & Allison, K. W., 2010, In: American Journal of Community Psychology. 46, 1, p. 19-35 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • African Americans 100%
  • American 82%
  • adolescent 62%
  • Aggression 36%
  • school system 34%
  47 Scopus citations

• Normative beliefs and self-efficacy for nonviolence as moderators of peer, school, and parental risk factors for aggression in early adolescence

  Farrell, A. D., Henry, D. B., Schoeny, M. E., Bettencourt, A. & Tolan, P. H., Nov 2010, In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 39, 6, p. 800-813 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Aggression 100%
  • Self Efficacy 98%
  • moderator 91%
  • aggression 80%
  • adolescence 79%
  19 Scopus citations
• 2008

  Individual factors influencing effective nonviolent behavior and fighting in peer situations: A qualitative study with urban African American adolescents

  Farrell, A. D., Erwin, E. H., Bettencourt, A., Mays, S., Vulin-Reynolds, M., Sullivan, T., Allison, K. W., Kliewer, W. & Meyer, A., Apr 2008, In: Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 37, 2, p. 397-411 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • African Americans 100%
  • American 82%
  • adolescent 62%
  • Aggression 55%
  • Students 37%
  37 Scopus citations