Publications
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Ryan, K. M., & Campbell, S. M. (2026). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A focus on meta-analyses to identify benefits and new approaches. In A. Scudder, T. Hembree-Kigin, & C. M. McNeil (Eds.), Clinical Handbook of Advancements in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Springer

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Campbell, S. M., Edwards, E.-J., Hambour, V., Horan, N., Hawes, T., Swan, K., Wotton, M., Melloy, B., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2025). The effects of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy on parent feeding practices and children’s problematic mealtime behaviors, Behavior Therapy, 56(3), 566-579.

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Campbell, S. M., Hawes, T., Swan, K., Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2023). Evidence-based treatment in practice: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy research on addressing individual differences and diversity through the lens of 20 years of service. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 16, 2599—2617. https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S360302.

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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Kerin, J., Webb, H. J., Gardner, A., Mastro, S., & Swan, K. (2019). Improved perceptions of emotion regulation and reflective functioning in parents: Two additional positive outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 50, 340-352. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.07.002

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Thomas, R., Abell, B., Webb, H. J., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 140(3) e20170352

 

Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., McGregor, L., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). An evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with and without a motivational enhancement to reduce attrition. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 537-550. doi:10.1080/15374416.2016.1247357.

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Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2012). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: An evidence-based treatment for child abuse, Child Maltreatment, 17, 253-266.

 

Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Accumulating evidence for Parent-Child Interaction Therapy in the prevention of child maltreatment. Child Development, 82(1), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01548.x

 

Scholes, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Thomas, R. (2011). Can caregiver depression keep a good parenting intervention down? The case of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. In H. D. Friedman & P. K. Revera (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Abnormal Psychology (chapter 5), New York: NOVA Science Publishers, Inc.

 

Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2007). Behavioral outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and Triple P - Positive Parenting Program: A review and meta-analysis, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 475-495.

 

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