Selected Publications
Cao, V. T., Davies, P. T., & Sturge-Apple, M. L. (accepted). Disentangling the Relationship Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Unsupportive Parenting Through a Developmental Lens. Development and Psychopathology.
Davies, P.T., Cao, V.T., Patel, M.D., & Sturge-Apple, M.L. (in press). Why Does Children’s Temperamental Exuberance Increase their Vulnerability to Externalizing Symptoms: A Process Oriented Approach. Development and Psychopathology.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001304
Davies, P.T., Pearson, J.K., Cao, V.T., & Sturge-Apple, M.L. (in press). Family-Level Antecedents of Children’s Patterns of Reactivity to Interparental Conflict: Testing the Reformulation of Emotional Security Theory. Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037dev0001497
Waxmonsky, J.G., Kujawa, A., Pegg, S., Babinski, D., Baweja, R., Cao, V.T., Shroff, D., &
Waschbusch, D.A. (in press). The Impact of Irritability and Callous Unemotional Traits on Reward Positivity in Youth with ADHD and Conduct Problems. Research on Child and
Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00901-9
Babinski, D. E., Shroff, D. M., Cao, V. T., & Waschbusch, D. A. (2021). Sex-Specific Norms for Diagnosing Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Childhood: A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Analysis. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6(2), 290-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1875343
Selected Presentations
Cao, V.T., Patel, M.D., Davies, P.T., & Sturge-Apple, M.L. Why Does Children’s Temperamental Exuberance Increase their Vulnerability to Externalizing Symptoms?: A Process-Oriented Approach. Poster to be at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Salt Lake City, Utah (Mar. 23-25, 2023).
Cao, V.T., Davies, P.T., & Sturge-Apple, M.L. Temperamental Antecedents of Callous-Unemotional Traits and Externalizing Problems. Poster to be at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development. Salt Lake City, Utah (Mar. 23-25, 2023).
Cao, V.T., Davies, P.T., & Sturge-Apple, M.L. Disentangling the Relationship Between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Unsupportive Parenting Through a Developmental Lens. Poster to be presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy. Cypress, Greece (Remote Due to COVID) (May 18-22, 2022).
Shroff, D.M., Cao, V.T., Waschbusch, D.A., Babinski, D.E. Sex-Specific Norms for Diagnosing ADHD:A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Analysis. Poster to be presented at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the ABCT. Atlanta, GA. (Nov. 21-24, 2019).
Awards and Media
Society of Research in Child Development (SRCD) | Graduate Student Travel Award | Jan 2023
Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathology (SSSP) | Best Blitz Talk Award | May 2022
The Collegian | Bailey Jensen | December 2016
Members of Penn State’s service organization ServeState speak on their passion for volunteering
Vanessa Cao 