I am a child clinical psychologist and developmental researcher. Broadly stated, my research focuses on the interplay between child characteristics and developmental psychopathology.

There are two broad themes in my work. The first focuses on anxiety and coping in childhood. I am particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms underlying risk for anxiety disorders in children and how best to treat these difficulties when they arise. The second area of research is focused on the impact of early cognitive characteristics, such as language development, on social emotional functioning, academic achievement, and adult outcomes. Within this area, I have examined individual differences in reading disorders, determinants of reading skill development, and long-term adjustment and academic outcomes in children with a history of language impairment.

Current studies focus on cognitive processing biases in anxious children and group treatment for young anxious children (5 to 7 year olds) and their parents. My current research on anxiety in children is being presented at a free public talk, Psych in the City at SFU Surrey Campus on April 30th, 2008. A description of the Psych in the City series is available in the "Links" section of this website.

Office RCB 6148. Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive, Burnaby BC Canada V5A 1S6

Telephone 778.782.5329
Fax 778.782.3427

Education.	Awards & Honours.
Ph.D., University of Waterloo, 1993, Clinical Psychology	Ontario Graduate Fellowship, 1990
M.A.Sc., University of Waterloo, 1987, Psychology	Provost Doctoral Fellowship, University of Waterloo, 1989
B.A., University of Guelph, 1977, Honours Psychology	Faculty of Arts Scholarship, University of Waterloo, 1987

Recent Publications.

Young, A. R., Manassis, K., Ben-Knaz, R. (Manuscript in submission). Parental perceptions of anxious children: Relationship to cognitive-behavioral treatment outcome.

Young, A. R. (Manuscript in preparation). Sensitivity to facial expressions of emotion: Gender and age effects.

Young, A. R. (Manuscript in preparation). The effects of anxiety on working memory in children: An examination of the verbal efficiency theory.

Young, A. R. (2007). Learning disorders in girls. In D. Bell-Dolan, S. L. Foster, & E. J. Mash (Eds.) Handbook of Behavioral and Emotional Problems in Girls. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers’ Clinical Child Psychology Series.

Brownlie, E. B., Beitchman, J. H., Escobar, M. Young, A. R., Atkinson, L., Johnson, C., Wilson, B., Douglas, L. (2004). Early language impairment and young adult delinquent and aggressive behavior. Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 453-467.

Carpendale, J. I. M., & Young, A. R. (2002). Review of Cohen, N. J. (2001). Language impairment and psychopathology in infants, children, and adolescents by N. J. Cohen, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2001. In Canadian Psychology.

Young, A.R., Beitchman, J. H., Johnson, C. J., Atkinson, L., Escobar, M., Douglas, L., & Wilson, B. (2002). Young adult academic outcomes in a longitudinal sample of early identified language impaired and control children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 43(5), 635-645.

Young, A. R. & Beitchman, J. H. (2002). Specific Reading and other Learning Disorders. In: Outcome in Children with Specific Developmental Disorders: A Guide for Practice and Research, Patricia Howlin & Orlee Udwin (Eds.). UK: Cambridge University Press.

Beitchman, J. H., Wilson, B., Douglas, L., Young, A., & Adlaf, E. (2001). Substance Use Disorders in Young Adults With and Without LD: Predictive and Concurrent Relationships. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34, 317-332.

Beitchman, J.H., Wilson, B., Johnson, C.J., Atkinson, L., Young, A., Adlaf, E., Escobar, M., & Douglas, L. (2001). Fourteen-year Follow-up Study of Speech/Language Impaired and Control Children: Psychiatric Outcome. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(1), 75-82.

Beitchman, J. H., Adalf, E., Douglas, L., Atkinson, L., Young, A. R., Johnson, C. J., Escobar, M. & Wilson, B. (2001). Comorbidity of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders in Late Adolescence: A Cluster Analytic Approach. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 27(3), 421-440.

Katzman, D. K., Christensen, B., Young, A. R., & Zipursky, R. B. (2001). Starving the brain: Structural abnormalities and cognitive impairment in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Seminars in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 6(2), 146-152.

Manassis, K. & Young, A. R. (2001). Adapting Positive Reinforcement Systems to Suit Child Temperament. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 603-605.

Young, A. R. & Beitchman, J. H. (2001). Learning Disorders. In G. O. Gabbard (Ed.), Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, Third Edition (pp. 109-224). Washington: DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

Manassis, K. & Young, A. R. (2000). Perception of emotions in anxious and learning disabled children. Depression and Anxiety, 12, 209-216.

Recent Publications

Monga, S., Owens, M. Young, A. (2004, October). Battling “Sneaky Fears”: A group treatment for young anxious children. Workshop to be presented to the Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Montreal, Quebec.

Young, A. R., Hubley, P., Hanson, M. & Clarke, H. (2004, October). Predictors of child distress during scald burn injury treatments. To be presented at the Meeting of the Canadian Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Montreal, Quebec.

Young, A. R. (2004, June). Examining the face-in-the-crowd: Age and gender effects. Human Early Learning Partnership, Research Day, Vancouver, BC.

Young, A. R., Hubley, P., Hanson, M. & Clarke, H. (2004, May). Child and parent characteristics predicting child distress during scald burn injury treatment. Paper presented at the Canadian Special Interest Group of the American Burn Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.

Young, A. R. (2004, March). Attentional bias for angry faces: Influence of social anxiety or rejection sensitivity in children. Anxiety Disorders Association of America, Miami, Florida.

Young, A. R., Hubley, P., Hanson, M., & Clarke, H. (2003, May). A pilot study of pain in children undergoing treatment for scald burns. Canadian Pain Society Conference, Toronto , Ontario.

Young, A. R. (2002, October). Multiple Outcomes of Early Speech and Language Disorders in Young Adulthood. Paper presented at the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), Research Retreat, Victoria , B.C.

Young, A. R. (2002, June). Unique characteristics of school-refusing anxiety disordered children. Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Vancouver, B. C.