Selected Publications

 Block, S. D., Johnson, H. M., Williams, L. M., Shockley, K. L., Wang, E., Widaman, K.F. (2022). Predictors of prosecutorial decisions in reports of child sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment, https://doi.org/10.1177/10775595221074375

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Block, S. D., Poplin, A. B., Wang, E. S., Widaman, K. F., & Runyan, D. K. (2016). Variation in acceptable child discipline practices by child age: Perceptions of community norms by medical and legal professionals. Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 34(1), 95–112. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2237

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Harris, L. S., Block, S. D., Ogle, C. M., Goodman, G. S., Augusti, E.-M., Larson, R. P., Culver, M. A., Pineda, A. R., Timmer, S. G., & Urquiza, A. (2015). Coping style and memory specificity in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse. Memory, 24(8), 1078–1090. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2015.1068812

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Villodas, M. T., Litrownik, A. J., Thompson, R., Jones, D., Roesch, S. C., Hussey, J. M., Block, S., English, D. J., & Dubowitz, H. (2014). Developmental transitions in presentations of externalizing problems among boys and girls at risk for child maltreatment. Development and Psychopathology, 27(1), 205–219. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579414000728

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Hobbs, S. D., Goodman, G. S., Block, S. D., Oran, D., Quas, J. A., Park, A., Widaman, K. F., & Baumrind, N. (2014). Child maltreatment victims' attitudes about appearing in dependency and criminal courts. Children and Youth Services Review, 44, 407–416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.001

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McWilliams, K., Augusti, E-M., Dion, J., Block, S. D., Melinder, A., Cashmore, J., & Goodman, G. S. (2014). Children as witnesses. In G. Melton, A. Ben-Arieh, J. Cashmore, G. Goodman, & N. Worley (Eds.) Sage handbook of child research (pp. 285-300). Sage.

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Block, S. D., Foster, E. M., Pierce, M. W., Berkoff, M. C., & Runyan, D. K. (2013). Multiple forensic interviews during investigations of Child sexual abuse: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Applied Developmental Science, 17(4), 174–183. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2013.836033

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Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Goodman, G. S., Pineda, A., Timmer, S., Urquiza, A., & Saywitz, K. J. (2013). Autobiographical memory specificity in child sexual abuse victims. Development and Psychopathology, 25(2), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579412001083

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Block, S. D., Shestowsky, D., Segovia, D. A., Goodman, G. S., Schaaf, J. M., & Alexander, K. W. (2012). “That never happened”: Adults' discernment of children's true and false memory reports. Law and Human Behavior, 36(5), 365–374. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0093920

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Thompson, R., Wiley, T. R., Lewis, T., English, D. J., Dubowitz, H., Litrownik, A. J., Isbell, P., & Block, S. (2012). Links between traumatic experiences and expectations about the future in high risk youth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 4(3), 293–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023867

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Goodman, G. S., Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Larson, R. P., Augusti, E.-M., Cho, Y. I., Beber, J., Timmer, S., & Urquiza, A. (2011). False memory for trauma-related Deese–Roediger–McDermott lists in adolescents and adults with histories of child sexual abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 23(2), 423–438. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954579411000150

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Lewis, T. L., Kotch, J., Wiley, T. R. A., Litrownik, A. J., English, D. J., Thompson, R., Zolotor, A. J., Block, S. D., & Dubowitz, H. (2011). Internalizing problems: A potential pathway from childhood maltreatment to adolescent smoking. Journal of Adolescent Health, 48(3), 247–252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.07.004

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Block, S. D., Oran, H., Oran, D., Baumrind, N., & Goodman, G. S. (2010). Abused and neglected children in court: Knowledge and attitudes. Child Abuse & Neglect, 34(9), 659–670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2010.02.003

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Block, S. D., Greenberg, S. N., & Goodman, G. S. (2009). Remembrance of eyewitness testimony: Effects of emotional content, self-relevance, and emotional tone1. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39(12), 2859–2878.

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00553.x

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Ogle, C. M., Block, S. D., Harris, L. S., Culver, M., Augusti, E.-M., Timmer, S., Urquiza, A., & Goodman, G. S. (2008). Accuracy and specificity of autobiographical memory in childhood trauma victims. Stress, Trauma, and Children's Memory Development, 171–203. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195308457.003.0006

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Malloy, L. C., Mitchell, E., Block, S., Quas, J. A., & Goodman, G. S. (2007). Children’s eyewitness memory: Balancing children’s needs and defendants’ rights when seeking the truth. In M. P. Toglia, J. D. Read, D. F. Ross, & R. C. L. Lindsay (Eds.), The handbook of eyewitness psychology, Vol I: Memory for events. (pp. 545–574). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.