Select Publications

Alvis, L., Kibble, C., Douglas, R., Giang, C., Johns, T., Oosterhoff, B., & Kaplow, J. B. (2025). Exploring intersections between trauma and discrimination in youth of color seeking mental health services. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.10.018 

Alvis, L., Oosterhoff, B., Hoppe, R., Giang, C., & Kaplow, J. B. Measurement invariance of the Grief Facilitation Inventory with respect to youth gender, race, ethnicity, and age. Death Studies.

https://doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2024.2355482

Alvis, L., Oosterhoff, B., Giang, C., & Kaplow, J. B. A Pilot open trial of an individualized adaptation of Trauma and Grief Component Therapy (TGCT) in children and adolescents. Child & Youth Care Forum.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-023-09776-3 

Alvis, L., Douglas, R., Oosterhoff, B., Gaylord-Harden, N., & Kaplow, J. B. Identity-based bullying and mental health among Black and Latino youth: The moderating role of emotional suppression. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 36, 409-420.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22927

Wray-Lake, L., Alvis, L., Plummer, J., Shubert, J. S., & Syvertsen, A. K. Adolescents’ developing awareness of inequality: Racial and ethnic differences in trajectories. Child Development, 94, 439-457.

https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13870

Alvis, L., Zhang, N., Sandler, I., & Kaplow, J. B. Developmental manifestations of grief in children and adolescents: Caregivers as key grief facilitators. Journal of Children and Adolescent Trauma.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-021-00435-0

Douglas, R., Alvis, L., Rooney, E., Busby, D., & Kaplow, J. Racial, ethnic, and neighborhood income disparities in childhood trauma/grief reactions: Exploring indirect effects through trauma and bereavement exposure. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 34(5), 929-942.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22732