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Curriculum Vitae: Elaine Ann Blechman, Ph.D.
December 10, 2003
Mailing Address: Muenzinger Psychology Building
Campus Box 345
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0345
Telephone 303-449-3151
Fax 303-442-3808
E-mail blechman@psych.colorado.edu
Website www.colorado.edu/psychology/resilience
CURRENT POSITION: Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Colorado at Boulder
IBS Professional Staff Problem Behavior Program
EDUCATION
UNDERGRADUATE YEARS DEGREE__________________________
UCLA 1962-1966 B.A. Psychology with Honors
GRADUATE YEARS DEGREE__________________________
UCLA 1967-1969 USPHS Research Fellow
UCLA 1966-1968 M.A. Developmental Psychology
Brentwood, CA V.A. 1969-1971 Intern in Clinical Psychology
UCLA 1971 Ph.D. Clinical & Social Psychology
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
1990- Professor, Psychology, U. of Colorado at Boulder
1990 Professor, Psychiatry, SUNY HSC Brooklyn
1990 Senior Research Scientist, NYC Dept. of Health
1984-89 Professor of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein C of M
1983-84 Research Professor, Wesleyan U., CT
1977-83 Research Associate Professor, Wesleyan U., CT
1973-77 Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Yale U., CT
1971-73 Assistant Professor, Psychology, U. of Maryland
CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE
1. Licensed Psychologist: CT (514,'74), NY 9115, (7/17/87), CO (6/95)
2. Diplomate: American Board Behavioral Psychology, 1989
I. PUBLICATIONS
1. Blechman, E.A., Nakamura, C.Y. (1971). Mothers' test anxiety and task selection and children's performance with mother or a stranger. Child Development, 42, 1109-1118.
2. Blechman, E.A. (1974). The family contract game: A tool to teach interpersonal problem solving. Family Coordinator, 269-281.
3. Blechman, E.A. (1974). A new way to teach contracting: The family contract game. Psychotherapy, 11, 294.
4. Blechman, E.A., Olson, D.H.L., & Hellman, I.D. (1976). Stimulus control over family problem-solving behavior. Behavior Therapy, 7, 687-692.
Reprinted. In M.D. Stein, & J.K. Davis (Eds.) (1982). Therapies for adolescents. San Francisco: Jossey/Bass.
5. Blechman, E.A., Olson, D.H.L., Schornagel, C.Y., Halsdorf, M.J., & Turner, A.J. (1976). The family contract game: Technique and case study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 449-455.
6. Nickerson, M., Light, R., Blechman, E.A., & Gandelman, B. (1976). Three measures of problem solving behavior: A procedural manual. JSAS Catalog of Selected Documents in Psychology, Winter Issue (Ms 1190).
7. Blechman, E.A., & Dannemiller, E. (1976). Effects on performance of perceived control over noxious noise. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 601-607.
8. Blechman, E.A., Berberian, R.M., Thompson, W.D. (1977). How well does number of parents explain unique variance in self-reported drug use? Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 45, 1182-3.
9. Blechman, E.A. (1977). Objectives and procedures believed necessary for the success of a contractual approach to family intervention. Behavior Therapy, 8, 275-277.
10. Blechman, E.A. (1978). Behavior intervention with families, optimism, and the federal government. The Behavior Therapist, 1, 17.
11. Blechman, E.A. (1979). Short- and long-term results of positive home-based treatment of childhood chronic constipation and encopresis. Child Behavior Therapy, 1, 237-247.
Reprinted. In C.E. Schaefer, H.L. Millman, & G.F. Levine (Eds.) (1979). Therapies for psychosomatic disorders. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Reprinted. In C.E. Schaefer, H.L. Millman, S. Sichel, & J. Riegelhaupt-Zwilling (Eds.). (1986). Advances in Therapies for Children. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
12. Hargis, K.R., & Blechman, E.A. (1979). Social class and training of parents as behavior change agents. Child Behavior Therapy, 1, 69-74.
13. Blechman, E.A. (1979). Child knows best? (Review of the book Problem solving techniques in childrearing). Contemporary Psychology, 24, 69.
14. Blechman, E.A. (1979). Marital therapy and child management training. American Journal of Family Therapy, 7, 79-80.
Reprinted. In, A.S. Gurman (Ed.) (1981). Questions and answers in the practice of family therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
15. Blechman, E.A. (1979). Report on the March 1979 NIMH Conference on women and psychotherapy. Behavior Therapist, 2, 5-7.
16. Blechman, E.A. (1980). Family problem-solving training. American Journal of Family Therapy, 8, 3-22.
17. Blechman, E.A. (1980). Ecological sources of dysfunction in women: Issues and implications for clinical behavior therapy. Clinical Behavior Therapy Review, 2, 1-16.
Reprinted in C.M. Franks (Ed.) (1984). New Developments in Behavior Therapy: From Research to Clinical Application. New York: The Haworth Press
18. Blechman, E.A. (1981). Toward comprehensive behavioral family intervention: An algorithm for matching families and interventions. Behavior Modification, 5, 221-236.
19. Blechman, E.A., Kotanchik, N.L., & Taylor, C.J. (1981). Families and schools together: Early behavioral intervention with high-risk students. Behavior Therapy, 12, 308-319.
20. Blechman, E.A., Budd, K.S., Christopherson, E.R., Syzkula, S., Wahler, R., Embry, L.H., Kogan, K., O'Leary, K.D., & Riner, L.S. (1981). Engagement in behavioral family therapy. Behavior Therapy, 12, 461-472.
21. Blechman, E.A., Taylor, C.J., & Schrader, S.M. (1981). Family problem solving vs. home notes as early intervention with high-risk children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 49, 919-926.
Reprinted in Schaefer, C.E. & Briesmeister, J. (1984). Family therapy techniques for problem behaviors of children and youth. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Reprinted in Miller, B. & Olson, D.H. (1983). Vol. II of Family Studies Review Yearbook. University of Minnesota.
22. Blechman, E.A., & Rabin, C. (1982). Concepts and methods of explicit marital negotiation training with the marriage contract game. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 10, 47-55.
23. Blechman, E.A. (1982). Are children with one parent at psychological risk?: A methodological review. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 44, 179-195.
24. Blechman, E.A. (1982). Conventional wisdom about familial contributions to substance abuse. American Journal of Drug Alcohol Abuse, 9, 35-53.
25. Blechman, E.A. (1984). Behavioral medicine and women's health issues. Behavioral Medicine Update, 5, 7-10.
26. Rabin, C., Blechman, E.A., & Milton, M.C. (1984). A multiple baseline study of the Marriage Contract Game's effects on problem solving and affective behavior. Child and Family Behavior Therapy, 6 (2), 45-60.
27. Rabin, C., Blechman, E.A., Kahn, D., & Carel, C. (1985). Refocusing from child to marital problems using the Marriage Contract Game. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 11, 75-85.
28. Blechman, E.A., Tinsley, B., Carella, E.T., McEnroe, M.J. (1985). Childhood competence and behavior problems. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 94, 70-77.
29. Blechman, E.A., & McEnroe, M.J. (1985). Effective family problem solving. Child Development, 56, 429-437.
30. Blechman, E.A., McEnroe, M.J., Carella, E.T., & Audette, D.P. (1986). Childhood competence and depression. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 95, 223-227.
31. Blechman, E.A. & Ruff, M.H. (1986). Caesar's Wife. [Review of the book Helping families in distress: An introduction to family focused helping] Contemporary Psychology, 31, 701.
32. Blechman, E.A. & Ruff, M.H. (1986). [Review of the book Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Impulsive Children]. Child & Family Therapy, 8, 76-77
33. Resick, P.A., Calhoun, K., Rothblum, E.D., Dartnall, N., & Blechman, E.A. (1986). Sex bias in behavioral journals. The Behavior Therapist, 2, 27-29.
34. Ruff, M.H. & Blechman, E.A. (1987). The treatment of women in family therapy. [A review of the book Women & family therapy]. Contemporary Psychology, 32 (7), 673.
35. Blechman, E.A. & Tryon, A.S. (1989). [Review of the book Behavioral treatment of children with problems: A practice manual.] Contemporary Psychology, 34, 600.
36.Carr, R. & Blechman, E.A. (1990). [Review of the book Progress in behavior modification, Vol. 22]. Contemporary Psychology.
37. Blechman, E.A. (1990). The knowledge base of family therapy. [Review of the book The changing family life cycle: A framework for family therapy. Second Edition.] Contemporary Psychology.
38.Tarnowski, K.J., & Blechman, E.A. (1991). Introduction to the special section: Disadvantaged children and families. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 20 (4), 338-339.
39. Blechman, E.A. (1992). Mentors for high-risk minority youth: From effective communication to bicultural competence. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology. 21 (2) 160-169.
40. Blechman, E.A., & Culhane, S.E. (1993). Early Adolescence and the Development of Aggression, Depression, Coping, and Competence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 13, 4, 361-382.
41. Blechman, E.A. (1993). Temper Tantrums. 1994 Medical and Health Annual (pp. 477-482). Chicago: Encyclopedia Brittanica.
42. Dumas, J.E., Blechman, E.A., Prinz, R.J. (1994). Aggressive children and effective communication. Aggressive Behavior, 20, 347-359.
43. Prinz, R. J., Blechman, E. A., Dumas, J. E. (1994). An evaluation of peer coping skills training for childhood aggression. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23, 193-203.
44. Blechman, E. A., Dumas, J. E., & Prinz, R. J. (1994). Prosocial coping by youth exposed to violence. Journal of Child and Adolescent Group Therapy, 4, 205-227.
45. Blechman, E.A., Prinz, R.J., & Dumas, J.E. (1995). Coping, Competence, and Aggression Prevention: Part 1. Developmental Model. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 4, 211-232.
46. Blechman, E.A. (1996). Coping, Competence, and Aggression Prevention: Part 2. Universal, School-Based Prevention. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 5, 19-35.
47. Dumas, J.E., Neese, D.E., Prinz, R.J., & Blechman, E.A. (1996). Short-term stability of aggression, peer rejection, and depressive symptoms in middle childhood. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 24, 105-119.
48. Blechman, E.A. (1996). [Review of the book Troubled families, problem children--Working with parents: A collaborative process.] The Behavior Therapist, 19, 42-43.
49. Blechman, E.A. (1997). Invited article: About prosocial coping therapy. The Family Psychologist, 12.
50. Blechman, E.A., Lowell, L., & Garrett, J. (1999). Prosocial coping and substance use during pregnancy.
Addictive Behaviors, 24, 99-109.
51. Dumas, J.E., Rollock, D., Prinz, R.J., Hops, H., & Blechman, A.E. (1999). Cultural sensitivity: Problems
and solutions in applied and preventive intervention. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 8, 175-196.
52. Blechman, E.A., & Hall, K. (2000). Prosocial family therapy: A manualized preventive intervention for
juvenile offenders. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 5, 343-378.
53. Blechman, E.A. (2000). Women's Health. In Kazdin, A.E. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of psychology. Washington,
DC: APA.
54. Blechman, E.A. (2000). Resilience. In Kazdin, A.E. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of psychology. Washington, DC:
APA.
55. Blechman, E.A., Maurice, A., Buecker, B. & Helberg, C. (2000). Can mentoring or skill training reduce
recidivism? Observational study with propensity analysis. Prevention Science, 1, 139-155.
56. Blechman, E.A., Hile, M.G., Cohen, W., & Fishman, D.B. (2001). Restorative justice and the prosocial
communities solution. Youth & Society, 33, 273-295.
57. Blechman, E.A. (2001) Altruism. In Neil Salkind (Ed.) Child Development, Vol. 1, McMillan Psychology
Reference Series. New York: McMillan Reference.
58. Stickle, T.R. & Blechman, E.A. (2002). Aggression and fire: Antisocial behavior in firesetting and
nonfiresetting juvenile offenders. Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Assessment, 24, 177-193.
59. Stoolmiller, M., & Blechman, E.A. (In press). Substance Use is a Robust Predictor of Adolescent Recidivism. Criminal Justice and Behavior.
1. Blechman, E.A. (1985). Solving child behavior problems: At home and at school. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
1a. Blechman, E.A. (1985). Como resolver problemas de comportamiento en la escuela y en casa. Barcelona, Spain: Eidiciones CEAC.
2. Blechman, E.A., Fishman, C.A., & Fishman, D.B. (In Press). Caregiver Alliances for At Risk and Dangerous Youth: Establishing school and agency coordination and accountability. Champaign, IL: Research Press.
1. Blechman, E.A. (Ed.). (1984). Behavior modification with women. New York: Guilford Press.
2. Blechman, E.A., & Brownell, K. (Eds.). (1988). Handbook of behavioral medicine for women. First Edition. New York: Pergamon Press.
2a. Blechman, E.A., & Brownell, K. (Eds.). (1992). Medicina conductual de la mujer. Barcelona, Spain: Martinez Roca.
3. Blechman, E.A. (Ed.). (1990). Emotions and the family: For better or for worse. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
3a. Japanese translation. Published 1998.
4. Hetherington, E.M. & Blechman, E.A. (Eds.). (1996). Stress, coping, and resiliency in children and families. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
5. Blechman, E.A., & Brownell, K. (Eds.). (1998). Behavioral medicine for women: A comprehensive handbook. New York: Guilford.
5a. Blechman, E.A., & Brownell, K. (Eds.) (1999). Behavioral medicine for women: A comprehensive handbook. New York: Guilford. (Paperback edition).
1. Freitag, C., Blechman, E.A., & Berck, P. (1973). College students as companion aides to newly released psychiatric patients. In G. Specter & C. Claiborne, (Vol. Eds.), Crisis intervention: A topical series in community clinical psychology: Vol. 2. New York: Behavior Publications.
2. Blechman, E.A., & Manning, M. (1976). A reward-cost analysis of the single parent family. In E.J. Mash, L.A. Hamerlynck, & L.C. Handy (Eds.), Behavior modification and families. I. Theory and research (pp. 61-90). New York: Brunner/Mazel.
3. Blechman, E.A., & Olson, D.H.L. (1976). The family contract game: Description and effectiveness. In D.H.L. Olson (Ed.), Treating Relationships (pp. 269-277). Iowa: Graphic Publishing.
Reprinted in E.T. Nickerson & K.S. O'Laughlin (Eds.), (1982). Helping through action: Action-oriented therapies. Amherst, Mass.: Human Resources Development Press.
Reprinted in Corfman, E. (1979). Games that help solve life problems. Research of E.A. Blechman. In E. Corfman (Ed.), Families today--A research sampler on families and children (pp. 897-927). NIMH Science Monograph 1, DHEW Publication). (ADM) 79-815. Washington, D.C.: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office.
4. Blechman, E.A. (1980). Behavior therapies. In A. Brodsky & R. Hare-Mustin (Eds.), Women and psychotherapy (pp. 217-244). New York: The Guilford Press.
5. Blechman, E.A. (1981). Competence, depression and behavior modification with women. In M. Hersen, R.M. Eisler & P.M. Miller (Eds.). Progress in behavior modification, Vol. 12 (pp. 227-263). New York: Academic Press.
6. Blechman, E.A. (1984). Competent parents, competent children: Behavioral objectives of parent training. In R.F. Dangel and R.A. Polster (Eds.), Behavioral parent training: Issues in research and practice (pp. 34-63). New York: Guilford Press.
7. Blechman, E.A. (1984). Women's behavior in a man's world: Sex differences in competence. In E.A. Blechman (Ed.) Behavior modification with women (pp. 3-33). New York: Guilford Press.
8. Blechman, E.A. Rabin, C., & McEnroe, M.J. (1986). Family communication with board- and computer-games. In C.E. Schaefer & S. Reid (Eds.), Game Play: Therapeutic Uses of Childhood Games (pp. 129-145). New York: Wiley.
9. Blechman, E.A., & Clay, C.J. (1986). The scientific and ethical treatment of premenstrual complaints. In B.F. Carter & B.E. Ginzberg (Eds.) Premenstrual Distress: Ethical and Legal Implications in a Biomedical Perspective. New York: Plenum.
10. Blechman, E.A., Clay, C., Kipke, M., & Bickel, W. (1988). Premenstrual experience. In E.A. Blechman & K.D. Brownell (Eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Medicine for Women (pp. 439-450). New Jersey: Pergamon.
11. Blechman, E.A. & Brownell, K.D. (1988). Competence and physical hardiness. In E.A. Blechman & K.D. Brownell (Eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Medicine for Women (pp. 439-450). New York: Pergamon Press.
12. Blechman, E.A., Tryon, A.S., McEnroe, M.J., &, Ruff, M.H. (1989). Behavioral approaches to psychological assessment: A comprehensive strategy for the measurement of family interaction. In M.M. Katz, & S. Wetzler (Eds.), Contemporary approaches to psychological assessment. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
13. Blechman, E.A., Tryon, A.S., Ruff, M.H., & McEnroe, M.J. (1989). Family skills training and childhood depression. In C.E. Shaefer (Ed.), Handbook of parent training: Parents as co-therapists for children's behavior problems. New York: Wiley.
14. Sigel, I.E. & Blechman, E.A. (1990). Reflections: A conceptual analysis and synthesis. In G.R. Patterson (Ed.), Advances in Family Research. New York: Erlbaum.
15. Blechman, E.A. (1990). A new look at emotions and the family: A model of effective family communication. In Blechman, E.A. (Ed.) Emotions and the family: For better or for worse (pp. 201-224). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
16. Blechman, E.A. (1991). Effective Communication: Enabling the Multi-Problem Family to Change. In P. Cowan & M. Hetherington (Eds.), Advances in family research, II. Family transitions. New York: Erlbaum.
17. Blechman, E.A. (1991). Mentors for high-risk children: Toward bicultural competence. In Wiener, S. (Ed.), Urban Institute Monograph on Mentoring. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.
18. Blechman, E.A, Wills, T.A., & Adler, V. (1992). Process measures in intervention for drug-abusing women: From coping to competence. In Kilbey, M.M., & Asghar, K. (Eds.) Methodological issues in epidemiological, prevention, and treatment research on drug-exposed women and their children (pp. 314-343). Research Monograph 117. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
19. Dumas, J.E., Blechman, E.A., & Prinz, R.J. (1992). Helping families with aggressive children and adolescents change. In R.D. Peters, R.J. McMahon, & V.L. Quinsey (Eds), Aggression and violence throughout the lifespan. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
20. Blechman, E.A., & Delamater, A.M. (1992). Family communication and type 1 diabetes: A window on the social environment of chronically ill children. In R.E. Cole & D. Reiss (Eds), How families cope with chronic illness. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
21. Wills, T.A., Blechman, E.A., & McNamara, G. (1996). Family support, coping, and competence. In E.M. Hetherington & E.A. Blechman (Eds.) Stress, coping, and resiliency in children and families (pp. 107-134). Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum.
22. Blechman, E.A. (1998). Parent training in moral context: Prosocial Family Therapy. In Schaefer, C. (Ed.), Handbook of Parent Training (pp. 508-548). New York: Wiley.
23. Blechman, E.A. (1998). Section EditorsC- Overview, Section 2. Stress and Coping. In E.A. Blechman & K.D. Brownell, (Eds.) Behavioral medicine for women: A comprehensive handbook (pp. 95-102). New York: Guilford.
24. Helstrom, A, & Blechman, E.A. (1998). Parenting. In E.A. Blechman & K.D. Brownell, (Eds.) Behavioral medicine for women: A comprehensive handbook (pp. 70-74). New York: Guilford.
25. Blechman, E.A., Brownell, K.D., & Helstrom, A. (1998). What we know about womenC-s health. In E.A. Blechman & K.D. Brownell, (Eds.) Behavioral medicine for women: A comprehensive handbook (pp. 854-856). New York: Guilford.
1. Blechman, E.A. & McEnroe, M.J. (1987). FIT: Family Interaction Tasks. Technical Manual. Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY.
2. Blechman, E.A., Bass, C., & Newman, D. (1987). BLOSSOM: Blechman On-Site Skill Observation Measure. Technical Manual. Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY.
3. Blechman, E.A., McEnroe, M.J., Ruff, M.H., & Kipke, M. (1987). CSIMPA (Computer Simulation of Parenting Skills). Unpublished Ms. Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
4. Blechman, E.A. & McEnroe, M.J. (1987). CMCG (Computer Marriage Contract Game). c ASIP Inc.
5. Dumas, J.E. & Blechman, E.A. (1990). INTERACT/BLISS: A computer coding system to assess small group communication. Unpublished ms., University of Montreal.
6. Blechman, E.A., Dumas, J.E., Prinz, R.J. & Culhane, S.E. (1993) Multicontextual Preventive Intervention for High-Risk Youth Manual. Unpublished ms, University of Colorado, Boulder.
7. Blechman, E.A., Lowell, L., Dumas, J.E., & Prinz, R.J. (1993). Coding manual for the Communication Effectiveness Scale (CES): Information exchange in dyads. Unpublished ms, University of Colorado, Boulder.
8. Blechman, E.A., & French, D. (1994). Coding manual for the Communication Effectiveness Scale (CES): Information exchange, behavior management, and problem solving during self-disclosure and small-group interaction. Unpublished ms, University of Colorado, Boulder.
9. Blechman, E.A. (1996). Prosocial coping skills for youth offenders and their families: A practitioner guidebook. Unpublished ms, University of Colorado, Boulder.
10. Culhane, S.E., & Blechman, E.A. (1997). Prosocial Coping Style Inventory. Unpublished rating scale. PAL Center, University of Colorado at Boulder.
F. Unpublished Mss.