Publications and Presentations

Rodgers, R., Campagna, J., Attawala, R., Richard, C., Kakfa, C. & Rizzo, C. (2019) In the eye of the swiper: a preliminary analysis of the relationship between dating app use and dimensions of body image. Eating and Weight Disorders – Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. [Epub ahead of print]  doi:10.1007/s40519-019-00754-0.

Rostad, W.L., Gittins-Stone, D.*, Huntington F., Rizzo, C.J., Pearlman, D., & Orchowski, L. (2019). The association between exposure to violent pornography and teen dating violence in grade 10 high school students. Archives of Sexual Behavior. [Epub ahead of print] doi:10.1007/s10508-019-1435-4.

Collibee, C, Rizzo, C.J., Bleiweiss, K., & Orchowski, L. (2019). The influence of peer support for violence and peer acceptance of rape myths on multiple forms of interpersonal violence among youth. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1177/0886260519832925.

Rizzo, C.J., Collibee, C., Nugent, N., & Armey, M. (2019). Let’s get digital: Understanding adolescent romantic relationships using naturalistic assessments. Child Development Perspectives, 13(2), 104-109.

Doucette, H.*, Collibee, C., Hood, E.*, Gittins-Stone, D.*, DeJesus, B., & Rizzo, C.J. (2018). Perpetration of electronic intrusiveness among adolescent females: Associations with in-person dating violence.  Journal of Interpersonal Violence, https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260518815725.

Collibee, C., Rizzo, C.J., Kemp, K. Hood, E.*; Doucette, H.*; Gittins Stone, D.*; Dejesus, B. (2018). Depressive symptoms moderate dating violence prevention outcomes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1177/0886260518770189

Doucette, H.*, Tolou-Shams, M., Rizzo, C.J., & Conrad, S. (2018). Recidivism among first-time offending truant youth with psychiatric symptoms.  Journal of Applied Juvenile Justice Services, 1-19.

Rizzo, C.J., Barker, D., Joppa, M.*, Zlotnick, C., Warren, J., & Brown, L. (2018). Project Date SMART: A dating violence (DV) and sexual risk prevention program for adolescent Girls with prior DV exposure. Prevention Science, 19(4), 416-426. doi: 10.1007/s11121-018-0871-z.

Gittins-Stone, D.I.*, DuBois, R., DeJesus, B., Rodgers, R., & Rizzo, C.J. (2017). Brief report: A network analysis of self-cutting risk among late adolescent girls exposed to dating violence. Journal of Adolescence, 61, 12-16. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.09.002.

Rizzo, C.J., Joppa, M.*, Barker, D., Zlotnick, C., Warren, J., St. Eloi-Cadely, H., and Brown, L.K. (2017). Individual and relationship characteristics of adolescent girls with histories of physical dating violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1-26.https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260517696859

Joppa, M.*, Rizzo, C.J., Nieves, A., & Brown, L.K. (2016). Pilot investigation of the Katie Brown Educational Program: A school-community partnership. Journal of School Health, 86, 288-297. doi: 10.1111/josh.12378.

Johnson, S.E.*, Hoffman, J.A., Kruger, L.J., & Rizzo, C.J. (2015). Teaching school psychology students about teen dating violence: A snapshot of training practices across the U.S., School Mental Health, 7(4), 249-260. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-015-9156-x

Houck, C.D., Barker, D. Rizzo, C.J., Hancock, E., Norton, A., and Brown, L.K. (2014). Sexting and sexual behavior in at-risk adolescents. Pediatrics, 133(2), e276-e282. doi: 10.1542/peds.2013-1157

Joppa, M.*, Rizzo, C.J., Brown, L.K., Hadley, W., Dattadeen, J., Donenberg, G., DiClemente, R., & Project STYLE Study Group (2014). Internalizing symptoms and sexual risk among adolescents in mental health treatment: Personal factors as mediators. Child and Youth Services Review, 46, 177-185. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.07.023

Conrad, S., Tolou-Shams, M., Rizzo, C.J., Placella, N. and Brown, L.K. (2014). Gender differences in recidivism rates for juvenile justice youth: The impact of sexual abuse. Law and Human Behavior 38(4), 305-314. doi: 10.1037/lhb0000062.

Rizzo, C.J., Esposito-Smythers, C., Swenson, L.P., Hower, H., Wolff, J., and Spirito, A. (2014). Dating violence victimization, dispositional aggression, and nonsuicidal self-injury among psychiatrically hospitalized male and female adolescents. Suicide & Life Threatening Behavior, 44(3), 338-351. doi: 10.1111/sltb.12081.

Wolff, J.C., Esposito-Smythers, C., Becker, S.J., Lichtenstein, D., Seaboyer, L., Rizzo, C.J. and Spirito, A. (2014). Social-cognitive moderators of the relationship between peer victimization and suicidal ideation among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of Aggression Maltreatment and Trauma, 23, 268-285. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2014.883458

Tolou-Shams, M., Rizzo, C.J., Conrad, S.M., Johnson, S., Oliveira, C., Brown, L.K. (2014). Predictors of detention among juveniles referred for a court clinic forensic evaluation. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law. 42(1), 56-65.

Rizzo, C.J., Hunter, H., Lang, D., Oliveira, C., Donenberg, G., DiClemente, R.J., Brown, L.K., & Project STYLE Study Group (2012). Dating violence victimization and unprotected sex acts among adolescents in mental health treatment. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 21 (5), 825-832. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-011-9543-3

Esposito-Smythers, C., Walsh, A., Spirito, A, Rizzo, C. & Goldston, D. B. (2012). Working with the suicidal client who also abuses substances. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 19(2), 245–255. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2010.11.004.

Johnson, J. E., Esposito-Smythers, C., Miranda, R., Justus, A. N., Rizzo, C., and Clum, G. (2011).  Gender, social support, and distress in criminal justice involved adolescents.  International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 55(7), 1096-1109. doi: 10.1177/0306624X10382637

Swenson, R. R., Rizzo, C. J., Brown, L. K., Vanable, P., Carey, M., Valois, R., DiClemente, R., & Romer, D. (2010). HIV knowledge and its contribution to sexual health behaviors of low-income African American adolescents. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102, 1173-1182. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30772-0

Sznitman, S.R., Carey, M.P., Vanable, P.A., DiClemente, R.J., Brown, L.K., Valois, R.F., Hennessy, M., Farber, N., Rizzo, C., Caliendo, A., Salazar, L.F., Stanton, B.F. and Romer, D. (2010). The impact of community-based sexually transmitted infection screening results on sexual risk behaviors of African American adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 47(1), 12-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.12.024

Rizzo, C.J., Esposito-Smythers, C., Spirito, A. & Thompson, A. (2010) Psychiatric and cognitive functioning in adolescent inpatients with histories of dating violence victimization. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma, 19(5), 1-19. doi:  10.1080/10926771.2010.495034

Esposito-Smythers, C., Rizzo, C., McGeary , J. &  Spirito, A. (2009) Associations of the DRD2 TaqIA polymorphism with impulsivity and substance use: Preliminary Results from a Clinical Sample of Adolescents. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 93, 306-312. doi: 10.1016/j.pbb.2009.03.012.

Swenson, R.., Rizzo, C.J., et al. (2009). Prevalence and correlates of HIV testing among sexually active african american adolescents in four U.S. cities. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 36, 584-591. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3181b4704c.

Swenson, L.P., Esposito-Smythers, C, Rizzo, C.J., et al., (2007). Validation of the Children’s Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (ChIPS) with psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46(11), 1482-1490.

Rizzo, C.J., Esposito-Smythers, C, Swenson, L.P. et al., (2007). Factors associated with mental health service utilization among bipolar youth. Bipolar Disorders, 9(8),839-850. DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2007.00439.x

Rizzo, C.J., Daley, S.E. & Gunderson, B.H. (2006). Interpersonal sensitivity, romantic stress, and the prediction of depression: A study of inner-city, minority adolescent girls. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35 (3), 444-453.

Daley, S.E., Rizzo, C.J., & Gunderson, B.H. (2006). The longitudinal relation between personality disorder symptoms and depression in adolescence: The mediating role of interpersonal stress. Journal of Personality Disorders, 20 (4), 352-368.